Toyota landcruiser fj40/bj40

hobochris

I've always liked the luck of these especially restored with the top off.


I'm thinking of changing car soon and I would love to get one of these as my everyday car/ do-er upper.

Does anyone know if they are easy to get in Ireland? how much should I expect to pay? what size are the engines in these? is there anything to watch out for?

Thanks in advance for any help/advise.

The Aussie

This is a car i know a bit about, they changed the model number a few over the years but it still stayed the same beast, still common as muck in Australia, the only thing that goes wrong with them is the body, the sills rust out like you would not belive but any pannel on them is available in fiberglass, other than that just you cant kill these things.

I think i saw a BJ40 for sale on classiccar.ie for 5 grand on the weekend, a late 70's short wheel based green thing that looked in very good nick, i would own one again in a second, hope this helps.


Anthony.

Cecil Mor

Rust killed 'em all over here, last one I saw was dying in a field some time ago. Unfortunately they shared the same problems with the rust bug as other seventies cars.

Great vehicle though and unbelievably popular over in Oz as the poster above says. But justifiably so...

Landyaddict

Two years ago a mate took one from a quarry in Dublin, it had been sitting there the last 5 or more years, was in an awful state, as already mentioned, rusted to hell. Had a 3 litre 24 volt diesel in it.
i got a call to get it started, mate didn't know it needed two battery's. Anyway long story short she fired up after 20 minutes of fetling the fuel system. Hell of a truck.
The fracker sold it to a couple of heads and it's now burnt out in a forest, damn shame.
In the Irish classics this month there are 3 for sale, in Tipp. Case of buy one get two free. Guy's looking for a grand for the three of them.
I'll pm you his number later if you like.

Landy

jimbobjones40

Landyaddict wrote: »

In the Irish classics this month there are 3 for sale, in Tipp. Case of buy one get two free. Guy's looking for a grand for the three of them.

That's really great value.

Hobochris, you won't find cheaper then that for a BJ40 needing restoration. Last year rough ones were selling for around €2,000 (excluding the two additional donors mentioned). If I hadn't my eye on something even better I'd have them in a second.

Another thing to watch out for is brake problems as most of these were used by farmers with unbraked trailers at some point (well mine was anyway :cool:).

If your looking for a rust free example try: www.tradecarview.com some low mileage and unrestored beauties on there. Going to cost about €7,000 to your door.

101sean

I think they're near me in Tipp, wants €3000 though. If I wasn't a pure Land Rover man, one of those would be the next choice.

AÆ

I always admired the FJ40....thought many times about getting one when i was in oz....many of them are now converted to LPG.

I would look at the 70 series...more pratical and less of a headache...





or u could go for the fj40s recent incarnation...(bit more money though )
The FJ Cruiser.....saw only one ever in the flesh...beautiful

hobochris

Thanks everyone, I think its the diesel model I'm gonna go for if i can find one that is RHD.

AÆ, thanks for the suggestions, But I'm set on the look of the fj/bj 40. small, rugged, and the roof comes off for the two days of summer we get each year.

Not only that but I'd want to make sure the 30 year rule applies.. Don't wanna be paying through the teeth for having a 3 or 4 litre engine.

AÆ

hobochris wrote: »

Thanks everyone, I think its the diesel model I'm gonna go for if i can find one that is RHD.

AÆ, thanks for the suggestions, But I'm set on the look of the fj/bj 40. small, rugged, and the roof comes off for the two days of summer we get each year.

Not only that but I'd want to make sure the 30 year rule applies.. Don't wanna be paying through the teeth for having a 3 or 4 litre engine.

You can get the 70 series model with a removable roof and the engine sizes are smaller but...
If i was looking for a clean fj40/bj40 (or even a fj45) i would look into importing one from oz. I dont know what expense that would entail but there are loads of old landcruisers which have been restored.

this is a good classified oz site... www.carsales.com.au

Traumadoc

Or from Japan: they have a few fjs about 4000 euro.

http://www.japaneseusedcars.com/auction/auctions3.htm

hobochris

I was thinking about this but wasn't sure about cost of importing.

Can anyone give me a rough indication of what import costs would be?

and whats involved?

123 man

hi lads i have a bj40 on the road for last 10 years and love it you have to keep respraying it every 3to 4 years . you just do not see any on the road now . one thing il tell you is they do not stop or let you down . i love to buy a new body for one say makeing up could be fun

AÆ

123 man wrote: »

hi lads i have a bj40 on the road for last 10 years and love it you have to keep respraying it every 3to 4 years . you just do not see any on the road now . one thing il tell you is they do not stop or let you down . i love to buy a new body for one say makeing up could be fun

Sweet..have u got any pictures...only ever saw one fj45 in ireland but never a fj/bj 40.

123 man

il get some pic and put them up . im look for door for one im doing up if any one see any around or a web page that has any .i have one on the road all the time and one for week ends i put a hold year in to doing it upwhat a job but pay off in the end. on my 3th one now . so any parts would be a help im in south co dublin

jimbobjones40

Hey 123 man, if your looking for parts there's a guy up north selling two complete BJ40s and one for parts he might have spare doors.

Here's the advertisements he has up on Motorbase:
http://www.motorbase.com/classifieds/viewad.ehtml?a=1680236036;k=;o=0;page=0;c=;subcategory=...pick%20a%20sub%20section...;sc=bj40

Landyaddict

Spoke to a mate today, chasing down two that he knows of in west dublin. i'll update after I've spoken to him further tonight.

Blue850

I took this photo at the Trim vintage show a couple of years ago
and there was another at the Inistioge vintage show in kilkenny last year, it was fitted up as a fire tender and had been on duty from 1982- 2006. Still owned by Kilkenny Fire Brigade, it was useful for dealing with Kilkenny's narrow streets

Silvera

I've seen that red one at shows too. There is also a blue original Irish-reg SWB model doing the classic show circuit.

I too would love a restored SWB model...with removable top.
Does anybody recall the resto they did on 'Pimp My Ride' of a yellow SWB version? It was the only PMR resto that I really liked so far. It looked the business!

123 man

thanks for that il look him up. i had a look at some in japan lovely jeep small money love to get a red one in you have some jeep then.

Capri

Try Brazil ?

http://www.brian894x4.com/LCBandeirante.html

http://www.mercado4x4.com.br/toyota_bandeirante.php


92 model in Brazil ( plenty of brazilians here in Irl to help you with details:cool: ) for R$38k ( €13k !!)

FJ40 heaven - http://www.renatodastoyotas.com.br/

123 man

has any one got one in from any were and if so how did it work out

maidhc

one for sale:
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/922758

BJBuddy

All you Landcruiser fans. I have 2 BJ 40's I've decided to let go to a good home. One roughly an '81. the other around '76. Started working on one but don't have the time. Apart from a front propshaft and 2 wheels, they are complete (except for the bits missing from rust). They were found in a ditch on a farm near Carlow, been lying there for about 5 years. Got them home, put in 2 batteries and a bit of diesel and the '76 fired up and drove through all the gears. Haven't tried the other one. Anyone interested in making an offer can e-mail me at dinks@live.com

gears

There is at least 1 and possible 2 BJs in a field, well more of a car graveyard, just outside Enniscorthy along with all kinds of other stuff plus even a few MGs.

BJBuddy

Complete bodies can be ordered from a company called OZ East who make them in fibreglass, will gelcoat it the colour you want and ship it to Ireland for very reasonable money. All you have to do is fit to your chassis, fit windows and wiring and you're off. The rest of these trucks is bullet proof

BJ45dude

Hi Guys,
I have a green 1979 BJ40 diesel with 75000miles, chassis and mechanically perfect but body is bad, I am going to get cracking on it this week I hope, I have the body removed from chassis to work at it, Looked at the 2 in Tyrone yesterday(Thx Eoghan) and got measurements, if anyone has any ideas it would be welcome..would love to get this machine on the road! parts very expensice abroad and postage a killer too.. any ideas folks???

tlc4x4

The good news is that you will be able to get fibreglass body panels here before the end of the year. I will be manufacturing them. Anybody interested please contact me

BJ45dude

any ideas on prices of the panels?

Silvera

There is a 1980 BJ40 for sale in the current edition of 'Irish Vintage Scene'.

It's white in colour and a japanese import. Has an 80-WW reg number. Looks to be in great nick in the pic. Seller is asking 5,750.

kev1.3s

gears wrote: »

There is at least 1 and possible 2 BJs in a field, well more of a car graveyard, just outside Enniscorthy along with all kinds of other stuff plus even a few MGs.

there are two in that field I can find out if they are for sale if anybody's interested

123 man

Silvera wrote: »

There is a 1980 BJ40 for sale in the current edition of 'Irish Vintage Scene'.

It's white in colour and a japanese import. Has an 80-WW reg number. Looks to be in great nick in the pic. Seller is asking 5,750.

it was on carzone about 4 week a go for 7some thing had sold on it and one in vintage scene is sold to

oflynno

kev1.3s wrote: »

there are two in that field I can find out if they are for sale if anybody's interested

i am interested,find out ,take pics if you can

also see if there are any mk3 cortinas

legend.
thanks

kev1.3s

he is a friend of a friend I went out to him a fiew years ago looking for a 1600 petrol engine for a land rover and at that stage he had a couple of willis jeeps in the field, I rang my mate today and he's going to find out more about them apparently the field had a lot more classics in there until recently but there is 1 in full view in the field and another further down the yard, they look to be in decent shape for a 70's toyota I'll let you's know when I know.

oflynno

kev1.3s wrote: »

he is a friend of a friend I went out to him a fiew years ago looking for a 1600 petrol engine for a land rover and at that stage he had a couple of willis jeeps in the field, I rang my mate today and he's going to find out more about them apparently the field had a lot more classics in there until recently but there is 1 in full view in the field and another further down the yard, they look to be in decent shape for a 70's toyota I'll let you's know when I know.

that would be great
what county are we talking about?

BJ45dude

Hi did u make any progress on the panels for BJ40?? I would be interested, have u prices/pics??

123 man

hi any one got there bj40s out in the snow this week

allana13

Hello Folks a bit new to this site.

Wanted to find out of any BJ40 Diesel's for sale ??

Many thanks for your help.

oflynno

allana13 wrote: »

Hello Folks a bit new to this site.

Wanted to find out of any BJ40 Diesel's for sale ??

Many thanks for your help.

hmmm,what is your budget?
a doer upper or a driver?
how good/how bad do you want?

i know of bj45,i think,the estate one,a private seller had for sale before,i can pass on your number if you are very serious about one,he doesn't like hassle

allana13

hi Buddy,

Thanks for the reply.

Do you have a libarary pic of BJ45 & BJ40
I dont really know the diff between the 2.

Thanks

oflynno

sure

the bj40
[IMG]http:///www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/data/articlestandard/tlc/522005/264185/bj40.jpg[/IMG]


and the bj 45(estate version of the bj40)

allana13

Thanks for the info buddy. I dont like the LWB model that much.... Will keep looking for the BJ40. If you know then plz let me know.

Cheers

oflynno

thats no prob

is it a driver u are looking for or something to do up?

they seem to mostly fall into 3 categories

1. done up and very expensive
2. shot to sh1t ,will run but body rotten
3. running with some rust but very very scarce

allana13

Hello Mate,

Thanks for the reply.

The prefrence will be option 1, however i guess depending on the funds i will have to settle for option 3.

Option 2 is out of question as unfortunately i cant do the work myself

Cheers

oflynno

have you tried the usual places like ebay.co.uk?

there was a few on there and a petrol one too

not being too nosey but pm with an idea of your budget and i'll check out one a guy has in cork a bj40 restored

allana13

Hi Buddy,

Did check on Ebay but only petrol models there.

Have sent you a pm.

Cheers

new2sat

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if the 81-84 BJ40 here in Eire had

1: 5 speed box
2: Power steering

I am interested in restoring one if I can get one for smallish money.

Thank you

Mr188

Hi,I have 1984 bj40 on the road,first registered in nov. It only has 4 speed box and no power steering.:)

new2sat

Mr188 wrote: »

Hi,I have 1984 bj40 on the road,first registered in nov. It only has 4 speed box and no power steering.:)

Thanks for the reply/info.

So it's hardship all the way then :rolleyes:

101sean

There was an immaculate yellow SWB in Thurles St Patricks day parade today on an original Tipp registration, I was driving the 101 so couldn't get a piccie.

Blue850

Theres an article in the latest Irish vintage magazine about the restoration of a yellow kilkenny reg one.

101sean

Not seen the latest issue but could have been that one, looked very fresh.