I Bought The Cheapest (& Worst) Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 In The Country & It STILL Rocked Off-Road!

In this video Tommy & David hit the trails in our new to us 1976 Toyota Land Cruiser. This thing is worn out, and yet even in its condition it shocked us with its capability!

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[krisw]

Rebuild the original engine, don’t LS swap it, even though I’m a huge LS fan. Put new tires, suspension and odds and ends that it needs. Don’t reinvent the wheel on this one, just fix what’s wrong and keep it close to original as your able to. The value will grow as long as you keep it original and don’t screw with adding the latest junk on it.

[OS-hxjk]

Buying Tumbleweed has been the best decision Roman Micah has made of late. Every Tumbleweed video is fun.

[Gorillanilla]

$8k is a deal! I have a 74 fj40 so I’m excited to see what you guys do with this machine. You’ll find the community with these Land Cruisers is amazing. Excited for the content!

[toolshed]

All you need to do is put EFI on it, repair the suspension, and add a rear locker. The patina is great and those rims are just perfect

[loose-arrow-garage]

I'm glad you flipped the bezel. We FJ40 guys are a bit obsessive about that! Seriously $8K for that rig is a good deal. Sure it needs a lot TLC but it's a worthwhile investment. I love my '69 and it was in worse shape when I bought it several years ago for $2K. It's value has increased more than tenfold now!

[rockymountainjazzfan]

Reminds me of years 4-wheeling with friend who had an FJ40. A couple of things--you can't drive them "easy" through mud, etc.--they are too heavy and, with open diffs, will get stuck every time. Unlike most any other current 4WD, one has to hit such stuff with some momentum, confident that there is just about nothing that will break on the FJ40. Another FJ40 oddity that most people don't know--its crawl ratio in first gear low range is only about 25:1. It can still perform well with that "meek" of a crawl ratio because the Toyota straight six (a Japanese metric knockoff of the old Chevrolet "stovebolt" straight six from the 1940s-1950s) has such massive low RPM torque. You also see the main running pitfall of the 1973+ FJ40--fuel system issues with emission strangled engine. The earlier FJ40s did not have those issues, but also only came with a 3-speed column shift manual transmission. There was also no way to ride comfortably in them. My friend finally sold his FJ40 when he started having lower back problems, partly from how awful the FJ rode.

[Cristobal_Ygnacio_Arriaga]

I’ll say rebuild the 2F and if posible get rid of the emissions stuff that are choking it. The straight 6 give you all its torque at 1200RPM it’s basically a diesel in that regard. Besides if you swap the engine that would tank it’s value when you decide to sell it.

2” lift from Old Emu suspension, locker in the rear and that car it’s as capable as most 4wd out there.

[florianschneider]

FJ 40 vs FJ cruiser video comparison and off road challenge between the 2 vehicles please. The ultimate old vs new.

[Ryno-fppm]

Doing a 2UZ-FE + H42 + FJ80 steering box + SOA conversion + lockers in my 65. I love 40 series Cruisers.

[tdcrd]

My favorite vehicle you’ve tested so far! Well maybe a tie with Tommys Jeep, but those two are so simple and classic.

[rafalst]

As someone said, dont swap the engine. fix everything, maybe lift it a little bit, put better tires and add lockers and it will be golden

[cejulius]

The classics channel to me is the most entertaining of all TLF channel. By far. Always enjoyed this episodes

[nelsonbaracat]

lots of very spontaneous fun and enjoyable content! looking forward to what you guys do with this old land cruiser! wondering what happened to the old Peugeot too, cant seem to find any more episodes

[ricosta]

Super fun video. I hope you guys do a full restoration to the FJ. Such an icon 👍

[theylied]

I love the old Land Cruisers. When I was a teenager, I used to go visit my father on base, and one of the head mechanics had three personal vehicles. An old U.S. military Toyota Land Cruiser that he brought back from Japan, an old U.S. military Dodge Power Wagon, and an old U.S. military Jeep Gladiator. All three of his vehicles were do anything go anywhere.

[FJAdventurer]

I have a 350 in mine, and it’s a beautiful match, but there is a lot to be said for keeping it original. I say rebuild that old F engine, throw a locker in it, pull of that rear trailer hitch, and never look back.

[poppyneese]

OK this is the best TFL episode ever!!! At 14 I had a summer job washing cars at a Toyota Datsun Volvo Fiat Dealership washing cars and we had these, all we had were tan with the white tops!

[ponypwr]

Perfect vehicle to do a restomod series! Bumpers were the most limiting factor, other than having aprox 30hp in current form.

[yadadameet]

You woulda made that hard left w/o reverse. Cool fj, doesn’t need wheels imo.

[tinkeringtimmermans]

Growing up our family used to take these 40s wheeling all the time. We had some fj40s (gas) and bj40s (diesel), they are a ton of fun and super overbuilt.
Ls would be the most practical and fun swap, lots of power all over the curve, no carb to burp or stall, much lighter than the stock LC engine and actually better mpg.
2.8 or 4bt would also be cool, but probably more difficult/expensive. Power would be okay(depends on tuning) but narrower curve relative to a gasser.
6bt would make it too nose heavy and too much torque for stock drivetrain.
Look forward to more content on this rig, 40s are awesome!