The ORIGINAL FJ . . . . . LandCruiserSteve's FJ-25

[Silverdusk]

Steve that is the true definition of what a FJ is all about. I'm undeniably envious.

[1911]

Great work Steve, I love old iron of any kind. We are of similar age; my first transportation was a '49 BSA and my first car was a '60 Beetle. Thanks for posting all the photos.

[yotachick]

Awesome Land Cruiser Steve. Good story

[TCao]

Incredible! Thank you Steve for sharing this. It's too bad you're too far away to attend the 50th anniversary celebration at the Toyota museum in Torrance.

[LandCruiserSteve]

Chatsworth 818 FJ previously said:

Can you explain more about the history of the upside-down t-bird looking hood emblem? And the tires look retro is that what would have been on it originally?

The upside-down T-bird replaced the short-lived (and very rare) oval Toyota emblem that appeared briefly on the one '57 and the few '58 models.



This is the FJ-25 that it's from. (Restoration candidate?? )




The T-bird emblem remained as the official FJ-25 hood emblem until the introduction of the FJ-40 in the early 60's.


And, the tires were originally the military style "skinnies."




EDIT: Here's a slightly better pic of the original oval hood emblem.

[LandCruiserSteve]

dinopug previously said:

Bravo, that's a piece of real history.

podex_equus previously said:

it's beautiful. Just beautiful.

Sorry, it won't let me give you rep.

SoonerFJ previously said:

It doesnt get any better than this. Thanks for the post and pics.

cmtuohy previously said:

nice, real nice

Kent previously said:

Sweet!!!

tuns0ffun previously said:

thats so cool keep up the good work!!

gnwhite previously said:

Was that enough? NOOOOOOO steve had to throw in this dream manchine!!!
Looks just terrific!

Silverdusk previously said:

Steve that is the true definition of what a FJ is all about. I'm undeniably envious.

1911 previously said:

Great work Steve, I love old iron of any kind. Thanks for posting all the photos.

yotachick previously said:

Awesome Land Cruiser Steve. Good story

Thanks, all.

[LandCruiserSteve]

TCao previously said:

Incredible! Thank you Steve for sharing this. It's too bad you're too far away to attend the 50th anniversary celebration at the Toyota museum in Torrance.

Thanks, Thong. Yeah, I wish I wasn't so far away from Torrence, too.

Toyota has got the other pretty FJ-25 in their museum.

[FamilyJ]

Where are the seat belts?

[Joeg180]

Very Nice Steve!

[Mud Draggin']

I am still scrolling back & forth in awe,.....that is a terrific, well written & documented stroll down memory lane Steve. Your documentaion leaves me wondering about 2 things.....can you sleep in it, and does it have heated seats? (couldn't pass that up)
Makes one hope that perhaps some of our grandchildren will pass our FJ's along too.

Seriously though, I am curious how difficult it was to locate the replacement parts, and/or what type of references were needed to locate the old stuff?

Once again, thanks for the stroll, and congrats on the priveledge of restoring & owning such a diamond.

Jerry (and if I can figure out the rep point thing, you'll get whatever I can send)