1965 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45 Pickup / Short Bed / Removable Hard Top

Renovated 1965 FJ45 Short Wheel Base Land Cruiser Pickup Truck with removable hard top.  Updated to mid-1980's Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60 running gear to include: Land Cruiser 2F engine. 4 speed manual transmission and 2 speed transfer case. front and rear differentials and axles.  
Also added are power 4 wheel disc brakes. (land cruiser on front and chevy truck on rear). with land cruiser master cylinder. vacuum booster & hydraulics.  The added power steering set-up uses first generation Toyota 4-Runner pump combined with FJ60 Land Cruiser power steering gear box.  
It also has a "Vintage Air" air-conditioning set-up inside the cab. but it only works for heat and defrost. no functional air conditioning is being claimed. Relating to air-conditioning under the hood. it is also all FJ60 land cruiser components. but without room for a fan-clutch in the assembly I have never gotten any combination of components to run an AC Compressor without "powdering the belts. " I have been advised that this may not be due to the lack of a fan-clutch as previously thought or guessed. but may instead be due to a defective upward pressure limit switch on the system. with the suggestion that if pressure limit switch was fixed/replaced and set correctly. it might be possible to use the air conditioner AS an air conditioner. even though there is no space for a fan-clutch. I have not tried that suggestion and have no real idea whether it would work. So presently there is no belt to drive the AC Compressor. though there is a 3rd-row crankshaft pulley and everything else required to accommodate a separate belt for driving the Air Conditioning.
For suspension. it has Old Man Emu springs with 2. 5" lift for front and rear. with greasable anti-inversion shackles. and ordinary shocks.  
The windshield wipers do not work. as an air-conditioning shop stripped the driver's side blade assembly on the motor post -- (someone playing with them and freaking out and grabbing it to stop it when the wipers didn't turn off "like new ones do" -- is what I think happened).
It also has a custom 29 gallon fuel tank mounted where the spare tire was originally positioned. The fuel gauge does not work. I suspect the sending unit in the tank. but am unsure of this. It could be wiring in-between the tank and gauge. or the gauge itself.  
The interior has a leather bench seat. split 60/40 and with power. It has AM/FM stereo with cassette deck all mounted in the glove box. with speakers behind the seat. and seat-matching lighted vanity visors (chick-rig!).  
Nearly all trim seen in black is powder coat. with the exception of the custom front and rear bumpers.
The wheels are custom built steel 16X7" wheels built to accommodate the second-generation land cruiser hub caps. and have proper offsets to work with the disc brakes. so no spacers etc. are required or used.  
The VIN # indicates that the truck was originally built between November and December of 1964. as an FJ45. for import to the USA as a 1965 model.  
We bought the truck 19 years ago. with the understanding that we were buying from the son of the original purchaser. I am trying to get some documentation to actually support that story. but no promises in those regards as yet. (and since-enacted privacy laws may prevent me from having any luck).  The mechanical renovation was completed about 6-7 years ago. and we have since put about 10. 00 miles on the truck -- the odometer shows about 20. 00 miles. but that's not the original odometer/speedometer -- We installed that odometer/speedometer not long after we originally bought it. so it only reflects the miles we have put on it during the course of our 19 year ownership. I only listed that number (20. 00 miles) because eBay formatting wouldn't accept 1. 00. 00 or 999. 99 miles -- i. e. : "I have no idea" what the mileage is and don't even want to make a claim.  

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