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The Dodge SRT10 is my favorite performance truck, especially since you could get it with a 6-speed and I like rowing gears, but the GMC Syclone and Typhoon are my favorite of the early ~'90 trucks.
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Of course Ford wasn't around in 90 - 93 when the 454 SS trucks were built. Still a good effort even with being down in horsepower and torque compared to the Chevy. That said the Syclone would bitch slap both of them !
Jason06
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Perhaps he should have included a parking brake conversion…
ha-ha I thought the same thing ! But you know how some car guy's are over the top on everything they do.
As nice as this truck is , I bet the brake is fine and this is OCD in overdrive.
I had an early 70s FJ40 that was rusty as heck but it could pull a house off it's foundation and I loved it.
It was many years of seeing the FJ55 before I realized it was a (supposed) Land Cruiser. I just thought they were ugly station wagons for rich moms that wanted the reliability of a Toyota to get to the ski resort. Even knowing for quite a while now that they are Land Cruisers, I still think it needed a better name. Slope Cruiser? Resort Cruiser? Heck, even Mall Cruiser could work IF they'd spent more time there.
1939 Ford truck custom built for LaSalle Wines
The "lean forward" styling doesn't do much for aerodynamics, but sure looks cool!
OP
Trying to decide which style I like the best. Probably the fj45, but maybe the fj55 (love the strange style of the front end). All look great, though.
1970 fj40
1967 fj45LV
1972 fj55
1984 fj60
1970 fj40
1967 fj45LV
1972 fj55
1984 fj60
You can keep that 55
There's a guy around here with a FJ40 running around. Nice looking rig. He had it restored before the prices went insane. It looks similar to the one below, but I think he has a small lift and KO2s on it.
OP
You can keep that 55
So tell me how you really feel! The fj55 definitely has an import look to it, but I find it to be the most interesting in appearance of the bunch. Therein lies the appeal, for me. The fj60 is the last of what I consider to be a real Land Cruiser. They turned into luxury barges after that, IMHO.
The fj55 definitely has an import look to it, but I find it to be the most interesting in appearance of the bunch. Therein lies the appeal, for me. The fj60 is the last of what I consider to be a real Land Cruiser. They turned into luxury barges after that, IMHO.
Always LOVED the FJ40 but they are simple like a Jeep. And have good axles under them too.
For the fam? A FJ60 with a diesel swap and 40dez and you're golden.
How about a FJ 45 Pickup with a 345 hp SBC !
And you all forgot the short lived convertible Sport truck craze.
And then in later years
Who else offered a factory available convertible?
And then in later years
Who else offered a factory available convertible?
I forgot about those. There was a group of them that would congregate 2 or 3 doors down from our house every weekend - about 1986 or so.
In the mid to late 80's the convertible top on a mini truck was the THING.... Or if you had an extended cab then a TARGA top was the thing but they ALL leaked like crazy.
Then Chevy came out with the SSR for a short time and it was a flop too.