Toyota Land Cruiser FJ55 1972, The oldest new truck
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- Опубліковано 20 гру 2019
- After 35 years, I get my dream truck, a 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ55 in perfect condition. This is the nicest looking FJ I have ever seen and has many ingenious parts added in. Toyota Landcruiser FJ 55.
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THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!! I also have a 72 FJ55 im restoring and a lot of the stuff on yours, being original, is great for reference material! Especially the toolkit! Wonderful vid! Cant wait to see more of it!
Green and White 73 fj55 was my second vehicle, Battleship Grey 69 Rebel Wagon was my first, 69 TR6 was my third. Wish I still had all of them, great memories!
All classic
Gracias, good memories.
Very good memories
I had one, same color. I bought it used in "79 or 80", It towed trailers well and was my work truck and daily driver in Montana. Being a builder, I had a rack built that I carried lumber on and used a quick scaffold as needed. I had it loaded up with my tools most of the time. It was a great vehicle. I am happy for you.
Thank you, they are great work trucks
Love the story mate and the trucks in immaculate condition for its age.
Thank you Dallas
Thank you for sharing your story, enjoy your new toy and best of luck
Thank you for watching it
Congratulations on your awesome new 1972 Toyota LandCruiser FJ55. It's beautiful and I have never seen one with all the interior gages and equipment that you have, including the CB radio, or the front bumper with locking boxes and a shovel, and not a spot of rust on her either. I was surprised to see the backup fuel pump as well. Wow, what a truck. You are certainly lucky. I used to have a 1982 Toyota LandCruiser FJ60 with the diesel motor and it ran beautifully and was always reliable. I am sure you and your family will enjoy your FJ55 for many years to come. Enjoy!!
Thank you, yes we love it. Especially my kids
We have a 1970 FJ55 same colour same features. awesome truck
I love it,. thank you
Awesome FJ! Excellent video of this great truck.
Thank you
Great stuff mate ,My dad brought one ,Jan 79 model tail gate ,took us to Fraser island in 1980 ,Australia when i was 12 ,we still have the pig, but with a 60 series 5 speed, and front disk brakes ,cheer
I'd love to go to Fraser
Persistence ! I'm happy for you. Take care of it!👍 Of course people will be as crazy about it as you are. That truck is sweet!!
Thank you
The "features" that the original owner added ACTUALLY make sense in this vehicle.
1) they are from that era of time so they look like they could be OEM to someone who doesn't know cruisers...
2) they are not just extra bells and whistles to distract you, they are informative and helpful.
So much respect to the original owner for maintaining this piece of art (landcruiser) to such a degree.....
Great comment, I'll forward it on to the original owner. Thank you
@@topsaw Please do! Best regards.
Such a beautiful car, from driving in it when you were a small boy. to owning it as a man. Congratulations. You waited patiently .
Your video was love letter to this special vehicle. I’m so glad it ended up in your hands. I loved how proud and happily excited Steve was. I have many fond memories of road trips in the Jeep. You probably don’t remember me, but I was good friends with Becky.
Thank you,kind words.
I Love it too , only can hope of finding one to repair but not many came to the USA, but never say never ,it is negative energy....
They are out there
Congrats ! So beautiful it hurts ! You’re a lucky guy !
Thank you
Bought one of this 3 days ago 😍
Fantastic!
Thank you very much! Such a great story and a fantastic truck. My dad bought an ’84 FJ60 in 1987 and I still have it now. I hurt his feelings when he brought it home because I told him I preferred the styling of the FJ55. He had it rust treated immediately so it, like yours, didn’t share the fate of 90% of these great old wagons. So fantastic that you kept at it and he granted your wish.
In the 1960s I used to walk to school past a house that had 2 1950s Jaguar 120s in a carport. I loved those cars but never approached the owners. Regrets? Yes.
Great story!
Realy happy
So am i
Your story is actually slightly better than the truck itself. I can relate totally. While my old man shopped Toyota dealers in the seventies, I was captivated by the cruisers. The big front hubs and knobby tyres said adventure just like it did for you. You must be a very happy man! I love my cruiser too.
Awesome truck! I just bought a 1969 FJ55 three months ago so very similar including color. Yours is WAY better condition than mine. Keep posting videos about this truck.
I mean, I love my 3rd gen, 4Runner, simply a great truck... but... wow... what a wonderful truck you have, the FJ55
is the one I dream about, and in such fine condition, damn... I feel your excitement... Thx, Moses...
Thank you
Very nice 55, I have a 1968 with the F engine and three on the tree. It lived a very hard life.
My 1975 fj55 has that exact same bumper and winch! Interesting coincidence. The original owner bought the car in Texas and drove it to Lake Tahoe where he put the bumper/winch on.
Funny coincidence, maybe there was an article in some 4wd magazine back then that gave both of them the idea
@@topsaw if your winch is a model 8000 then I have the original owners manual I could send you some pictures of if you want. It has installation and maintenance info, dated 1973 lol
@@coffelt683 Thank you, I actually have the original manual for it
@@topsaw Awesome, I forgot you got it from the original owner. I bought mine from the first owner as well, it's cool to get all the old original documents
Great story about how persistence pays off.. I hope you really enjoy the old girl
Thank you, every time I drive it, I appreciate the truck
Very nice car! :)
Thank you
It’s beautiful and well looked after.
Thank you
Toyota trucks were the back-bone of the out-back of Australia for many years and still are, I'm from NZ but remember when I lived there from 76to81 no one had any other make. Yes they are thirsty but at the time were the most powerful 4x4 I'm happy for you nice Xmas present Cheers NZ.
Hi I'm also crazy with this truck
Thanks
Great persistence story! I can totally relate.
Thank you
I fell in love with this model watching the movie The Lostboys. its a great shape and is full od great looks and features. Sadly i dont think they have them here in the U.K. The wicki' says they were sold for norrth America and Australia . The fj55 looks so cool . Thank you for sharing this video . subbed ya .
Thank you
Congratulations, great love story
Please add update videos of fj 55, and when your ready to sell let me know . Thx
Will do
👍
Thank you
Congratulations! Your patience paid off! The PO/neighbor took phenomenal care of it. 99% of FJ55’s looked that good for about the first 5 years before the owners began to run them into the ground. You have a beautiful Cruiser to maintain now as a solid investment for the future.
Congrats once again! Come by and visit us in the Iron Pig Preservation Society on IH8MUD.com
Thank you, I go on the web page all the time, really enjoy the iron.pog discussions
What color green is it?
Thank you
It's the stock 1972 sea foam green, not sure of the paint code
I have a land cruiser 1977...the best 4x4...my land... is 4 speed ... and motor 2f ...muscle and speed.. see you ...