1969 FJ4 Land Cruiser up for grabs in Dallas

mdwest

AH ambassador
Joined
Mar 20, 2016
Messages
7,180
Reaction score
37,657
Location
DFW
Media
54
Articles
1
Hunting reports
Africa
6
Mex/S.Amer
1
Europe
1
Member of
DSC Life Member, SCI, International Member PHASA
Hunted
Several of the lower 48, Alaska, South Africa, Ireland, Argentina, Peru

Attachments

Had a 69 half cab bronco. Would love to have this one! I don’t know what it will bring in this economy. A few years ago this would go 40k easy.
 
I’m guessing $25 to $30. Looks solid but the aluminum corners are a dead giveaway to rust issues.
 
It has kick vents!

Later air filter which is a good thing and non original bucket seats which, unless you are a collector or 5' 4" tall, is also a good thing. Unfortunately, looks like they replaced the trooper seats with a bench which really cuts down on load. But yes, it looks like a really nice one.

@WAB I think your estimate is probably right for this area.
 
It also has the original cruise ship steering wheel (mine does as well) needed to turn the original one without power steering, much less with those oversize after markets. I couldn't count tie rods to see if power steering had been added and that after market bumper would also hide it.
 
I’m just finishing up a ground up rebuild on a ‘69. The one thing that caught me by surprise was the hydraulic 4WD shift system. Scared me a little but seems to work well. The 71 I rebuilt had a standard shift system.
 
I’m just finishing up a ground up rebuild on a ‘69. The one thing that caught me by surprise was the hydraulic 4WD shift system. Scared me a little but seems to work well. The 71 I rebuilt had a standard shift system.
Was that original? All the other 69's I have seen were three-speed.
 
Was that original? All the other 69's I have seen were three-speed.

It is 3 on the tree, which I am maintaining. It’s the transfer case shift that is unique on this rig. They were way ahead of their time. We contacted Cool Cruisers about it. They encouraged us to keep it original as the system is very reliable and uncommon.
 
It is 3 on the tree, which I am maintaining. It’s the transfer case shift that is unique on this rig. They were way ahead of their time. We contacted Cool Cruisers about it. They encouraged us to keep it original as the system is very reliable and uncommon.
Duh - 4WD - I read 4 speed. Yes mine has the same system with the pull out knob. All I can say is that it works.
 
  • Like
Reactions: WAB

Forum statistics

Threads
59,506
Messages
1,291,679
Members
108,045
Latest member
HarryBrist
 

 

 

Latest profile posts

schwerpunkt88 wrote on Robmill70's profile.
Morning Rob, Any feeling for how the 300 H&H shoots? How's the barrel condition?
mrpoindexter wrote on Charlm's profile.
Hello. I see you hunted with Sampie recently. If you don't mind me asking, where did you hunt with him? Zim or SA? And was it with a bow? What did you hunt?

I am possibly going to book with him soon.
Currently doing a load development on a .404 Jeffrey... it's always surprising to load .423 caliber bullets into a .404 caliber rifle. But we love it when we get 400 Gr North Fork SS bullets to 2300 FPS, those should hammer down on buffalo. Next up are the Cutting Edge solids and then Raptors... load 200 rounds of ammo for the customer and on to the next gun!
 
Top