Junkyard Find: 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser

Well, here’s a truck you almost never see in junkyards.


a truck you almost never see in junkyards. In Colorado, FJ60/62s have been considered sufficiently desirable that even beat ones mostly get snapped up at pre-Crusher auctions. Perhaps that’s all changing now, what with gas prices knocking down the prices of newer, more modern/less “truck-y” SUVs.

This one’s a bit battered, but it appears to be free of the tooth marks of the Rust Monster.

The good old pushrod F engine! This would make an interesting swap into, say, a mid-70s Corona wagon… but that will never happen. Next stop, Chinese steel smelter.