Fj40/80 Hybrid

[MILOWILLI]

Hi there guys, thought i would share this Vehicle with you. I met a guy from Naples FL who has this lovely FJ40/80. Its an FJ40 body sitting on a shortened 80 series chassis powered by a 6 cyl 1HD-T turbo Diesel Engine..what a beauty. Jerome built this vehicle himself...Enjoy!!!

 

[ExpeditionJeep]

Wow, really a cool and potentially extremely practical combination. Nice work!
Marc
Driving a Jeep, but rather envious of this 40/80....:elkgrin:

 

[Rallyroo]

Awesome. I'm jealous of the turbo diesel.

One suggestion though. He ought to change out the leather steering wheel for something else. The leather steering wheel just doesn't match the classic appearance of the FJ40 body.

 

[LC/LR4Life]

Nice way of getting rid of the old stiff leaf springs. I bet it rides a LOT nicer. Someone else did a FJ45 pickup on a 80 foundation and it looked cool too.

 

[taco chaser]

Damn! Do you wanna trade? :bigbossHL:

 

[Willman]

Welcome to the ExPo!

What a sweet LC!!

 

[Hltoppr]

....I gotta go measure MoGas' frame....wonder if he'll notice it missing in the morning....:ylsmoke:

Sweet 40!

-H-

 

[ChuckB]

Sooo Cool!!

 

[gearguywb]

Very nice 4080!

 

[Mike S]

I want it.

 

[LC/LR4Life]

Looks like he took an extra set of 40 front fenders and cut them down to make those rear 'flares'. Nice idea. The 80's engine in that engine bay is really tight. So much for working space haha.
:camping:

 

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

 

[JJackson]

Thats one sweet simple Cruiser.

 

[RHINO]

pretty sure i saw the website/writeup/pics of this rig getting built several years ago during general cruiser surfing of the net, wish i had a link,, i'll look for it. the cool part (if its the same rig) is how it was built, in the backyard, seemingly on the grass with no formal shop in site.

 

[Skim]

This 40 rocks.