Description
A 1987 FJ62V GX: the Land Cruiser 60 van with the square-eyed kakume face, the 3F 4. 0 petrol six on a carburettor and a five-speed manual. It was first registered in Japan in November 1987, three months after the facelift that gave the 60 its four square headlamps. It has been lifted, it has passed its UK MOT, and it has had a full service.
The V at the end of the chassis code is the body and its registration: a van, registered as a commercial vehicle in Japan, and the export certificate says so. GX was the middle grade. The certificate also records the engine as the 3F, the carburettor engine, not the fuel-injected 3F-E
The auction sheet grades this truck R: a repair has been recorded. It is to the front offside panel.
The panels carry surface rust and surface corrosion: on the bonnet, the wings and the doors, front and rear, by the filler cap and along the rear arch lip, and it is in the photographs.
It has had a suspension lift, It is recorded on the auction sheet, and the 改 in its Japanese type designation marks the modification on its registration. I do not know who made the kit or how much height it adds.
* An Italvolanti Formel wheel, a period Italian wood-rim wheel with a leather centre boss.
* Upgraded, brighter headlamps in the original square housings.
* Remote central locking.
* A modern head unit with USB and Bluetooth.
* All-terrain tyres on black steel wheels.
Very solid underneath, it looks very cool in person and drives very well indeed.
