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Originally posted by bigchillcar
damn, that looks sweet. can someone say 'looks like a hummer', though? guess it doesn't matter if it's got the goods. i used to have an '88 toyota 4x4 standard cab truck..looking for another right now. i like the old fj's, too..i;ve had old cj's (74), so i know what jeff appreciates with his old one..oldy but a damn goody, eh, jeff? 
ryan
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Yup. Oldie but a goodie; absolutely indestructible. Believe me, I have tried. Not the greatest rig to drive to the woods, but once I'm there I can't think of anything I would rather be in. Don't have to worry about the paint, a few extra dents add character, and there are no plastic parts to mangle. I am looking for a new right hand rear view mirror, though... the last trip left it out there somewhere...
This new Cruiser has some pretty big shoes to fill. Many of us mourned the passing of the FJ40 in the U.S. The larger, more luxurious Cruisers are great rigs, but they are in a whole different class than the old FJ40's. I couldn't imagine tying a dead deer to the roof, or throwing a bunch of dead ducks in the back, or taking that third run at that mud hole in an effort to get through, or... You get the idea. Anyway, I'm glad to see Toyota returning to its roots in a way.
Does anyone know if this one is actually made by Toyota? It's not common knowledge, but they did not manufacture the old FJ40's. They only marketed them. There is not a single part on mine that interchanges with anything Toyota ever made. The name escapes me right now, but the company that actually built them was kind of the Japanese equivelent of International Harvester. The Cruiser was the only road-going vehicle they made; the rest were all farm equipment, mining, construction, and the like.