I want it.

 

Get in line! What a sweet ride!

 

Drool

 

I'm in the market for a truck.

I figure I can spend $30K on a new 4wd Taco, or $27,500 for that. If I were closer I believe I'd have to go take a look.

 

Road trip!

I'm game - when we leaving?

 

More eye candy. It's only been posted 3 days. Somebody on here needs to go buy that beauty.

 

My father in law just bought a 73 fj cruiser. It's pretty awesome, not this awesome.

 

That is an evil website... I meandered over to a Cummins Land Rover and kept going down that road... I could spend hours on that site drooling

 

Yea, No. But if it were a short bed I'd be all over it, long beds just aren't good for the trails IMO.

 

I believe the one for sale is a short bed. That longbed is from an auction two years ago.

 

Yes - the OP is a short bed.

You're killing me here, but you knew that...

 

Man, what a sweet ride.

 

Wow! That would be a sweet "Grademobile!" And for the record Grade, we here have absolutely no problem helping you spend your money.

 

Nice truck. I've had two FJ40's and and FJ55 in my life. I loved them.

 

Two FJ40's in the past here too Speed. The first one was a 66 rustbucket with a 350 conversion, and the second was a cherry 78 with AC. What is the 55 series? Never seen one.

 

The 55 was the early station wagon model. It's known as the Iron Pig. It was a beast.

 

I've seen that one in town once or twice. It's pretty sweet.

 

Be interesting to know why he wants to sell. Now that it is posted at Bringatrailer I bet he's getting all manner of inquiries.

 

@fieldgrade What durham said. We don't mind helping you spend some of your money.

 

A quick GoogleFu shows a 55 series is the 4 door version.

 

Still seems like it has the Toyota "Bro Lean". You'd think with all those mods they would get rid of that.

-R

 

the fj55 is also known as the IRON PIG...I drive and prefer the fj80 myself but love the 45... any others here members of ONSC or IH8MUD?

 

not much love for it in the comments

 

Seems like a fairly large percentage of used FJ45s I've seen even as far back as the late 70's had totally different aftermarket engines.

Was the stock mill just no good?

 

that's pretty spiffy

 

I soooooo want that. Always dug those.

 

I'm headed to Hendersonville this weekend... anyone want me to bring it back down the hill for ya?


I'm holding out for a Jeep Scrambler.

 

I just re-read the description and as much as it looks like a shortbed in the photos, the description says "longbed".

 

That picture is deceiving. Still, so much want!!!

 

The 3.9B 4 cylinder is the "bread truck" engine. See comment from 4BTSwaps.com:

I know what a 3.9 is and how good and tuff they are. I was just wondering how the 3.3 compared to the 3.9 and wondered if they were good enough to consider using for some project, nothing special in mind.
Thanks for the information and your opinions.​

This is a very common swap for lighter vehicles. In factory trim they are available at 85hp 220lb-ft (mechanical) and the electronic versions are available up to 110hp 300lb-ft. If you did around on here you'll find explorers, S10's, and quite a few Jeeps running this engine. Fully dressed the 3.3L weighs 567lbs versus the bulky 750lbs of the 4BT, not to mention the overall size of the 3.9L when considering the smaller engine bays. However, the B3.3 is not nearly as readily available used as is the 3.9L. If you can get your hands on that one (assuming it's turbocharged), you should have no problem turning it around. The NA versions (<65HP) aren't as desireable but still bring decent money as long as it's the whole engine. Not much market for parts only.​