Toyota Land Cruiser 1971 - FJ55 - FJ45 Truck (Custom) 4X4

Description for Toyota Land Cruiser 1971

Toyota FJ Land Cruiser 1971 - Custom Truck (modified FJ 55). World class welding shop in California modified this vehicle and added (bronze) ship's portholes in the fabricated (heavy duty) cab which includes a full roll bar (cage) attached directly to the frame.

Last week we drove this truck from San Francisco to Carmel (275 miles round trip) on highway one. It ran great and the rebuilt engine with very low miles did not burn any oil (original 6cyl). Engine can probably use some tuning but runs very strong. The flat bed area flooring needs to be redone, or you can lay down some plywood for a solid foundation. Truck walls are restored and durable.

This is a solid and wonderful vehicle that can use some restoration, and also runs well now. Currently utilizing an auxiliary fuel tank (marine fuel tank) as the original tank (still intact) needs to be restoredand cleaned. The main gadgets work: lights, wipers, and even the cigarette lighter warm,s up--but we have not tried to light anything with it. The speedometer, heater, fuel gauge, and horn are not working. Needs a new tailgate handle and we use a screwdriver to open it now (internal mechanism still in great or perfect condition).

The truck starts right up and is incredibly fun to drive! In town the mileage is as expected but on our road trip we averaged around 17-18 MPG. This is a heavy duty truck with a long life ahead. We patched up the rust around the skirt using fiberglass/bondo and this can easily be sanded out and repainted if you want a more polished look. The driver's door opens and closes but should really get a new hinge at some point. The previous owner had this truck for over 30 years and it has been driven regularly and cared for.

This is unique and one-of-a-kind vehicle and difficult to part with but we recently lost our garage space, and have very limited parking where we live.

Clean tile and current registration that is smog exempt in California.

This truck is sold as-is and has idiosyncrasies due to age, but it is very powerful and strong.

Speedometer is frozen at 84889. Rebuilt engine has very low miles.

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