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Welcome to BUSHWACKER and its rebuild story. Use the menu at the top to navigate to other pages.
This Web site describes my 2nd offroad vehicle and features one of the nicest FJ40's in Canada.
History of the Land Cruiser ... The FJ40
The "Classic" FJ40To drive a Land Cruiser is to vicariously drive the rough roads of the entire world. To drive in the driver's seat of a real chariot. What other 4x4, indeed what other passenger car can take you to that special place? There is such a thing as having a name that is so great the actual thing or person is unable to live up to the name. The Land Cruiser name has reached great proportions as a 4x4, yet it has continuously lived up to that name in extreme environments around the world even down to the South Pole, earning its reputation over a period of 50 years.
The FJ40 was produced for the U.S. for over two decades (1960-1983).
Back in the 1950's the American Army contacted the Toyota Motor Corporation with a request for a 4WD vehicle to be used by the soldiers and military police stationed in Japan. Toyota took the request seriously. The result: the Land Cruiser, a literally bulletproof vehicle. Down to earth yet with spirited attitude, capable of enlivening the life you're living and the conversation you're having. All FJ40 Land Cruisers are two door four-wheel drive trucks with removable hard top, doors and fold down windshield frame allowing for "open-air" driving
How many Land Cruisers were Sold per Year
in the U.S. from 1973 through 1983?
Year....Units Sold....Series / Models
1973......11,218........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1974.......8,204........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1975.......9,050........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1976.......9,236........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1977.......9,924........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1978.......8,858........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1979.......5,716........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1980.......3,058........FJ-40 / FJ-55
1981.......2,027........FJ-40 / FJ-60
1982.......3,088........FJ-40 / FJ-60
1983.......4,805........FJ-40 / FJ-60
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above ... A cool breeze on the N. Shore of Lake Ontario
Large limestone plates allow for a unique aport to drive "offshore" at Point Petre near Picton, Ontario.
Karly & "BUSHWACKER" almost done.
Many thanks to my close buddies, Mike Amos, Bud Pitchford & Curtis King for their encouragement & assistance over the 2005-6 winter restoration project. It could not have been done without them.
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