1978 Toyota Land Cruiser

FJ40 SUV

8 - Cyl.

Manual

fj40266474

Gasoline

I am selling my 1978 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser which has been a project for the past few years that I absolutely loved. Life changes has put me in a position that has me putting my FJ on the market. There is so much to list. This is not a hardcore cruiser. I am not a rock crawler. I do not race this. It was built with dependability in mind with a fun factor thrown on top. My family and I have taken this to Drummond Island in the upper peninisula of Michigan, it is very capable and handled everything with ease. We have been to Silver Lake Sand Dunes multiple times. This is where the 383 small block chevy and the 35" Mickey Thompson Baja Claws really gave it an advantage. It will climb anything in the dunes and can climb test hill in two wheel drive. But mostly this vehicle has been used to go get ice cream with the kids and take over to the beach. The top has a sunroof installed from the previous owner, it does not open but does not leak. Everywhere we go people stop and give us the thumbs up or ask us about the vehicle. It is Not a Jeep.........:-). I have over $15,000 in receipts and have a bunch of extras that makes this cruiser still hold the title of, "work in progress". My plans were to add a York compressor to give memore self sufficiency. It will go with the cruiser along with many other extras. My enhancements to the vehicle are not yet complete as I have focused on the mechanicals of the vehicle first. The suspension is new with springs from Downey purchased from Mark's Off Road in CA. Truck has never left me left me stranded and has been a blast to drive and work on. The body is virtually rust free with the exception of the rear sill. Everything else is very solid and was to be repainted to it's original color of Dune Beije as part of my last thing to do before I could call it complete. There is a small dent on the drivers side front fender from a tree that was in the way on Drummond Island. The vehicle has many scratches from our explorations. Our rules were always, "scratches are okay, dents are bad". Here is a description of the vehicle to give you a feel for what this truck is all about. 1978 Toyota Land cruiser FJ40. It is 98% rust free from Idaho 1. Professionally built and installed new Chevy 383 Stroker with approximately 400hp and 400ftlb of torque. The engine has approximately 10,000 miles on it and it runs very strong. Motor and installation was over $7,000 using a Mark's of Australia bellhousing adapter. 2. New Warn 9000i Winch with roller fairlead, remote, etc. Never used. Installed in a Cool Cruisers HFS bumper with winch plate, very stout. 3. New flow master dual exhaust, custom mounted to stay inside frame rails and retain factory skid plate. 4. Edelbrock Performer intake manifold. 5. New Specter nickel-plated “block hugger” headers. 6. New Holley Truck Avenger 660cfm off road carburetor 7. New DUI performance HEI distributor with custom ignition curve. With spare clear distributor cover. 8. New starter. 9. New water pump. 10. New belts. 11. New radiator hoses. 12. Saginaw power steering conversion with all new parts. Cost over $1,300. Best mod on the vehicle! 13. Specter Off Road carpet insert in rear. 14. Factory vinyl flooring in the front. 15. Original center console still installed. 16. The factory 4 speed remained and it works flawlessly with the new Center Force clutch and pressure plate. 17. Folder full of manuals, write ups, how to arcticles, invoices, receipts, etc. 18. The seats and dash have been recovered with a carbon fiber style vinyl that looks great. 19. The front axle has new bearings, seals, tie rods and tie rod ends. 20. New OEM power brake booster. 21. New OEM master cylinder. 22. New OEM brake pads/shoes/rotors/calipers – work excellent. 23. New OEM radiator. 24. New parking brake pads have been replaced with OEM parts recently. 25. It has 2 fold down jump seats in the rear, also a Jeep fold n tumble rear bench is installed with separate seat belts. 26. Full roll cage with additional front cage added on. 27. New dash cover 28. New vinyl on the front seats 29. The head liner is okay and has racing stripes to match exterior, yuck… 30. The rear heater motor is seized up but it still radiates heat, currently removed. 31. Front heater and defroster work great, 32. Wipers work great, 33. All lights, turn signals, headlights, etc., pulled and installed with dielectric grease, all work great. New headlight bulbs. 34. GM alternator just rebuilt with new voltage regulator. No more jumping ampmeter. 35. New weather-stripping on doors, hardtop, windshield, with parts from Cool Cruisers of Texas. 36. Installed 4” “ Hell for Stout “ 2 ½” shackles both front and rear with axle shims on the front axle. Purchased from Cool Cruisers. 37. New HFS front bumper with shackle loops 38. There is a new Warn CE XD 9000i mounted on the front end with remote. 39. 5 Mickey Thompson Baja Claw Radials 35X12.50X15 with 90% tread left. 40. 15x10 Mickey Thompson Classic Lock wheels – 5 of them. 41. Jeep bench seat installed in rear. Still have factory jump seats in exc cond. 42. New Bilstein in rear, Pro Comp shocks up front 43. New 4” lift Downey springs. 44. Autometer mechanical gages for fuel pressure and water temp. 45. High flow electric fan with temp switch installed in block. 46. Both differentials are vented to the firewall with a filter. 47. Holley circle track high volume mechanical fuel pump installed with adjustable regulator to keep fuel pressure at a consistent 6 pounds. 48. New Bimini top with windshield rail. 49. Aluminum fold down tailgate with storage. Used when top is off. 50. Truck was originally Dune Beige. I wish it still was. 51. York compressor comes with it. You can add your own on board air. 52. New windshield mount mirrors to be used with the top off. On Aug-01-11 at 09:38:06 PDT, seller added the following information: I forgot to mention a couple things. The door hinges are customs made by MC Offroad Designs. They are called EZ Hinges that allow you to take the doors off like a jeep. No puling the pins and hitting your windshield hinge, etc. A new tow bar is included that allows you to flat tow this cruiser. I can pull this at 65 to 70 all day long with my pick up truck. I will also throw in a set of madnetic trailering lights so you can just hook up and go. Thanks