1980 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser Combines Chevy V8 Engine Swap With Off-Road Mods 16 Mar 2021, 12:50 UTC ·
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Produced until 2001, the J40 series used to feature a straight-six diesel engine with 4.0 liters of displacement for a brief period. Pretty potent for that era, the 2H motor doesn’t hold a candle to the Vortec 6000 hiding under the hood of this 1980 restomod offered by GR Auto Gallery. 40 photos
Assembled in late 1979, this rust-free FJ40
“is ready for the trail, highway, or car show” because almost every nut, bolt, gasket, and bearing has been replaced or painstakingly reconditioned. Stripped all the way down, sandblasted, then put back together from the ground up, the one-off build has been refinished in blue paintwork over black and blue for the interior.
autoevolution 3 Mar 2021, 10:46 UTC ·
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Because March is Toyota Month here at autoevolution, and despite just the two days that have passed since it began, we’ve already had our fill of Supras and Land Cruisers. But the thing with both these models is that no matter what one does to them, there’s always someone else doing something more. 29 photos
For instance, how many of you woke up this morning thinking you’ll get to see an FJ40 from the year 1972 propped on monster truck wheels? OK, and how many of you thought a matching trailer would be attached to such a contraption?
Vortec-Powered 1976 Toyota FJ40 Looks Like It Knows No Natural Enemy 2 Mar 2021, 10:44 UTC ·
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Over 9.5 million cars. That’s how many vehicles Toyota sold last year, thwarting all efforts from others to take away the crown of the world s best-selling carmaker. And those are just new models, as no one is looking at what happens on the pre-owned market in terms of customer interest. 17 photos
That segment is also literally drowning in Toyota cars, even if most of these machines are not as high-profile as the ones coming from Ford, GM, or Stellantis. Just do a quick search, and you’ll be amazed at the number of results you get.