Not sure if I'm posting this in the right section, sorry.

A friend of mine works at a Toyota dealer and they just got in a '79 FJ40. Claims it has been restored and is in really really nice shape.
Says it can be bought for $17K and he says this is a great deal. Says it has a Chevy smallblock motor in it!

Anyone have any thoughts on if this is a deal or not?

Thanks,
Mike

 

just my opinion but i wouldn't want it with the small block.ck out ih8mud.com though.they have better fj40 info there

 

Thanks!

 

Personally, for 17K I would want the toy motor in it, or maybe a Toy Diesel out of some JDM rig...but either way I dont want no Chevy motor in there.

As posted elsewhere by an unnamed source -
I think Toyota makes a better product than GM, period. Putting a Meullet motor in your Yota makes it less worthy, so its cheap and easy, so are fat girls.

Just a thought.

 

If it's not a Toyota engine in there, it's not "restored"
I'd see if they will sell it cheaper because it doesn't have the "original" engine.

 

More specs and pics?

I'm thinking its too much money though. There are a lot of hack job v8s out there.

 

I will start with this depending on what other mods have been done to it, the price seams a little high. Without the 2F engine in it the cruiser is not really restored. The average price of a "bastardized" 40 is around 5,000 to 12,000 depending on the mods you have to remember chevy parts are cheap thats why people started puting them in cruisers in the first place. If I were you I would do my homework on this one. I agree on what Flyinglow says about the many v8 hack jobs.