This 1972 Toyota FJ40 is a running and driving project. Purchased partially disassembled by the seller and driven home, he has pieced the truck back together with a fresh wiring harness, custom tailgate and generally sorted the truck to drivable condition. The truck shows many signs of hasty rust repair along with diamond plate panels over the worst exterior rust, and patches in the floor and transmission tunnel. This would make a cheap FJ40 driver or could be the basis for a more substantial restoration.

Finished in matte grey over white steel wheels, paint quality is poor but the body looks fairly straight. Diamond plate patch panels cover rust on the rockers and rear quarters, and because of past repairs standard fold down or split “barn door” tailgates no longer fit. A custom lower tailgate made from square tubing and sheet metal has been fitted in the place of a stock item. A removable hard top and replaced front bumper round out the bodywork.

Per the seller, the rust behind the rear-quarter diamond plate covers is not as extensive as one might expect, though the rockers have suffered from fiberglass and fiberglass tape repairs behind the diamond plate.

With the doors open the fiberglass repairs behind the diamond plate rocker covers can be seen.

The seller believes the front seats to be original items, and they appear to be in reasonably good condition. The rear seats are the correct long fold-down items, and are a good match for the fronts. A cutout for a no-longer-fitted modern single DIN stereo remains in the dash, and dash fittings appear to be otherwise complete. The dash itself shows rust holes in its upper edge near the windshield.

The seller believes the truck will need a 3/4 tub if the truck is to be restored, but with the present pans and tunnel the truck is usable. The pans and tunnel were repaired by a previous owner, and per the seller tubular steel members were used for structure and heavy sheet metal fills in the gaps. The frame is said to show no evidence of patching and remains very solid overall.

While the stock straight six has been retained and rewired, the engine bay will require some tidying up. The wiring harness and fuse block are both new, and a Trollhole points distributor is included to replace the fitted Delco item. The emergency brake is not currently working, and the transmission and transfer case are both said to work well. The seller has only taken the truck around his neighborhood as a means of testing things that had been fixed, and though sold with an Ohio title it is not known when it was last registered.