The Land Cruiser has all the time excelled at rugged versatility. These purpose-built sport-utility automobiles have been praised for demonstrating all-terrain functionality, reliability, and cargo-hauling performance. And eventually, after nearly 50 years of possession, one Land Cruiser proprietor is able to half methods with their trip.

The Choose of the Day is a 1974 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Pinehurst, Idaho. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“I’m the unique proprietor,” the itemizing begins. “I bought the Land Cruiser to get me up my driveway to my ranch home within the Colorado winter. I’ve saved it in a storage through the years and infrequently go for a drive.”

The FJ40 first went into manufacturing in 1960 with barely bigger dimensions when in comparison with its main competitor, the Jeep CJ. Manufacturing lasted via 1984, and in South America, this platform carried via all the way in which till 2001 within the Brazilian market. One of many noteworthy attributes of the FJ40 was its versatility in accessible physique configurations. The platform may very well be configured in pickup or sport-utility car format, and it was accessible in a number of completely different wheelbases. At the moment’s instance car is a short-wheelbase SUV with a hardtop that may be eliminated to put in a tender prime (included with the sale).

The physique seems to be straight, and it seems the car could have had a respray at one level. Referencing some manufacturing knowledge for the 1974 FJ, that there have been a variety of variations of inexperienced colours together with Breathe Inexperienced, Deep Inexperienced, Judson Inexperienced, Nebula Inexperienced, and Rustic Inexperienced. The rear finish has a singular entry design: It’s accessed through quick barn-style doorways on the backside and a flip-up window up prime, and the cargo compartment holds twin inward-facing vinyl leap seats.

The vendor hasn’t supplied any engine bay pictures, however primarily based on some analysis, if it’s a gas-powered motor, it’ll be a carbureted 3.9-liter inline-six mated to a four-speed handbook transmission. The odometer exhibits simply 72,322 miles, and the vendor says, “The mileage is appropriate.”

The Land Cruiser mannequin is about to make information within the media as soon as extra, as an all-new mannequin is set to launch in North America after a three-year hiatus. The brand new model even has retro-style spherical headlamps. Know-how shall be a far cry from the tried-and-true model of fifty years in the past, however one thing tells me a few of our readers would reasonably have a traditional one anyway.

The asking value is $39,900 for this one-owner Land Cruiser.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Choose of the Day.