1989 Toyota Land Cruiser Turbo Diesel

GG Allin · GG Allin's Garage

A friend of mine came in to this. He's not a car guy at all but he's not stupid when it comes to cars. He's a guy that just basically buys and sell stuff for a living. Every once in a while, he has cars. This thing has only roughly 700 miles on it. I saw it yesterday and it is easy to believe considering the condition that it's in. It's in as new condition. I told him he needs to put it on BaT. He wasn't even aware of what that was. Anyways, I've seen some Land Cruiser interest here so I thought I'd share.

GG Allin · GG Allin's Garage

Odometer. Sorry about the quality of the pictures. They were mostly sent to me via text by him.

Seahawk · 07-18-2021, 01:09 PM

Get an idea of what exactly he has by it posting on:

https://www.ih8mud.com/

I have no insight into that series of Land Cruiser - the folks on ih8mud will...the PP of LC's.

Neat!

speeder · speeder's Garage

Yeah, that's worth a couple of bucks. The RHD makes it a lot less desirable in the USA but there is a healthy market for that. I definitely suggest BaT, as well as Paul's suggestion.

Captain Ahab Jr · Captain Ahab Jr's Garage

I'd love to own that, will be interesting to see what folk think it's worth

GG Allin · GG Allin's Garage

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Originally Posted by speeder

Yeah, that's worth a couple of bucks. The RHD makes it a lot less desirable in the USA but there is a healthy market for that. I definitely suggest BaT, as well as Paul's suggestion.

The only problem I could see with BaT is this guy's lack of activity on there. You really need to know your cars and be able to answer questions in the comment section to get the bids.

The thing has some crazy cabin air filter and even an ice maker. I'll get some better pictures later. He's having a birthday party for his kid today, I'll be there.

speeder · speeder's Garage

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Originally Posted by GG Allin

The only problem I could see with BaT is this guy's lack of activity on there. You really need to know your cars and be able to answer questions in the comment section to get the bids.

The thing has some crazy cabin air filter and even an ice maker. I'll get some better pictures later. He's having a birthday party for his kid today, I'll be there.

I think that the most important thing in a BaT auction is to answer questions quickly and be honest, even if the answer is, "I don't know but I'll try to find out and report back ASAP." If he recently acquired it and doesn't know everything about it, he can say that. Other experts on that site will fill in a lot of the blanks for him.

The other thing is to just be polite and have thick skin, sellers who get defensive suffer in lost bids. This thing could go to the moon on that site, if handled correctly.

Seahawk · 07-18-2021, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GG Allin

The thing has some crazy cabin air filter and even an ice maker. I'll get some better pictures later. He's having a birthday party for his kid today, I'll be there.

I belong to i8MUD and would be happy to initially post about this LC just to get an idea, then you guys delve deeper.

I can tell you the TD's are highly sought after.

BAT homework:

https://bringatrailer.com/toyota/land-cruiser-70-series/

look 171 · 07-18-2021, 02:08 PM

There are a few Japanese imported 4wd vans running around my neighborhood. Out here, the right hand drive cars do not seem to be a large issue. People in the know and are looking for such vehicle are still plenty. I was at the Japanese Classic Car show in Long beach couple years ago, there's were an abundance of right hand drive imports.

I know of an Australia diesel fj40 in Torrance CA. The owner is from Australia but he's looking for 50k for a car that looks like it just cross the outback and back 10 times with the big dents and scratches to proof it. Interior is a mess. That car is worth a pretty penny if to the right buyer. Contact the Land Cruiser Museum in Utah and see if they will give him a few bucks for it.

GG Allin · GG Allin's Garage

He's selling it.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0122-486994/1989-toyota-fj-60-land-cruiser/

speeder · speeder's Garage

Pretty sure that it's an FJ62, not a 60...but then again, it could be a completely different number because it's a diesel. All US market LCs were FJ62s and this one has the automatic transmission and quad headlights of a 62.

We'll see what it brings! Probably would have done better on BaT but maybe not.

craigster59 · craigster59's Garage

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Originally Posted by speeder

Pretty sure that it's an FJ62, not a 60...but then again, it could be a completely different number because it's a diesel. All US market LCs were FJ62s and this one has the automatic transmission and quad headlights of a 62.

We'll see what it brings! Probably would have done better on BaT but maybe not.

FJ62's had auto trans, quad headlights and motorized side mirrors. The diesel would just give it a "BJ" designation.

Being turbo I think that makes it an HJ61 or 62.

craigster59 · craigster59's Garage

BTW, there was one locally (FJ62) with 13k on the clock that I saw back in August for $92k. It sold pretty quickly.