Restored to rugged glory

Every once in a while, something truly exceptional comes across. This masterfully restored Deep Moss Green 1977 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 is just one such beautiful example.

The 4.2L 6-cylinder gasoline FJ40 started its life plying the Dutch lowlands, supporting the management of pristine domains and farmlands. After a long service life, Legacy Overland put the 4x4 through an exhaustive and obsessive restoration process. In this process, the off-road icon was kept largely original, but many tasteful tweaks and enhancements were made to bring it to better-than-new. 

The gearbox, was upgraded to a 5-speed unit from a Toyota Land Cruiser BJ46 to allow the FJ40 better on-road and cruising performance. Brakes were upgraded with a custom Legacy Overland kit to vented discs front and rear, power steering was added and suspension upgraded to Old Man Emu / ARB light-load springs and shocks.

Magic touches

The interior is finished in full grain dark brown leather with edge piping. The cabin is made more comfortable with a combination of sound insulating Dynamat and felt carpeting under a textured vinyl mat. The steering wheel is made grippier using black leather with cross stitching, while the sound is provided by a RetroSound Bluetooth enabled system matched with four speakers. A custom fabricated cubby box was added between two front OEM-style bucket seats with headrests added.

Some of the highlights include:

  • Rebuilt original Toyota 2F 4.2L 6-cylinder engine 

  • Aisin original carburetor rebuilt

  • Gearbox upgraded to a 5-speed and rebuilt 

  • Finished in Deep Moss Green paint

  • Body and wheel arch undersides coated with anti-gravel textured paint in body color

  • BFGoodrich All/Terrain KO2 285/75R16 tires

  • 16x5.5” steel wheels painted dark gray with chrome hub caps

  • Old Man Emu suspension components

  • Suspension lift with taller shackles

  • Upgraded disc brakes on front and rear axles

  • Upgraded power steering 

  • New galvanized exhaust system and muffler

  • Headers wrapped with insulating heat shield tape

  • New instrument gauge cluster with water temp senser, oil pressure sender and fuel level sender

  • Warn 8274 winch in custom fabricated mount tray

  • Spare wheel mounted on swing out arm, painted in black

  • Clear glass windows, including rubber seals and weather-stripping

  • New chromed windshield tie-down latches

  • LED split-style headlamps

  • Rear LED utility light 

  • Front yellow auxiliary fog lamps 

  • Reinforced roll bar painted in black

  • Hardtop with full front doors and rear ambulance doors

  • Two original style front bucket seats and two rear sideways mounted benches

  • Custom-made cubby box

  • OEM style micro perforated white foam roof liner

  • Upholstery, cubby box, dash pads, and sun visors in distressed leather with black edge piping 

  • Floor (front and rear), front foot wells, and transmission tunnel carpeted in textured vinyl with edge trim

  • Sound deadening Dynamat inside front doors, floor and front footwells 

  • Under dash air conditioning system

  • RetroSound Bluetooth enabled media receiver and four speakers (two in front doors and two in custom speaker boxes in rear)

  • USB charging point 

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