Picked Clean: 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser Skeletonized By Junkyard Vultures

Toyota Land Cruisers don’t last long in self-service wrecking yards, as we saw with this ’85 earlier in the summer. When I saw this ’71 FJ40 a few weeks later, I could see the scavengers circling overhead. Now look at it!

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Junkyard Find: 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser

While the regular junkyard visitor might run across the occasional FJ60 Land Cruiser in a cheap self-service yard, especially here in 4WD-centric Colorado, there are some Toyota trucks you just don’t see in such junkyards. One is the 4Runner (I’ve found exactly one so far) and another is the FJ40 Land Cruiser. But wait— look what I just found!

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  • THX1136 I would agree with Kwik & Ollicat with this caveat, none should be mandated unless it is proven 1000% bulletproof reliable with a failure rate of less than 1 in 1million vehicles. Have no issue with making the tech available to those who chose to purchase it.
  • Jpolicke Did they ever clear out the arena parking lot with all the buy-back VW diesels?
  • Bd2 Tech that prevents non Tesla owners from using electric charging stations and also prevents racist behaviors.
  • AZFelix e:Ny1grotto?
  • Kwik_Shift_Pro4X The more taxpayer dollars wasted, the closer it will be to having all your assets taken from you.