Vehicle Description
1988 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ73
Toyota divided the Land Cruiser family into three series. The most
basic version is the 'heavy duty' series, which prioritizes
functionality, durability and off-road capabilities over comfort or
technology. It is also characterized by flatter steel body panels
and a near vertical greenhouse. Models considered as 'heavy-duty'
by Toyota are the BJ, FJ, 20, 40 and 70 series.
For consignment a Turbo Diesel, high comfort optioned, greenhouse
viewing 4x4 that is just as comfortable picking up the kids from
soccer practice as it is in the wilds of trail blazing in
Yellowstone or on some freewheeling wilderness camping on BLM
lands. This example comes to our Hallowed Halls with 157,406 non
verifiable miles on the odometerand is ready to take you nearly
anywhereyour heart desires.
Exterior
Charcoal Gray coats the body, and I might add in a beautiful
metallic super glaze clear coat with just a few very minor faults
throughout. This writer is not a big fan of the 80's square and
rectangle design, but in this case it is really a plus adding large
greenhouse glass for the back passengers, and plenty of panoramic
viewing for front driver and passenger. Shiny chrome bumpers and
the headlight on either side grille as well as the T O Y O T A
badge in the center definitely add bling to the gray. Badging is
all there, as are some touch textured coated rockers, all rust
free. The vertical square back of the truck uses a 60/40 split
double door for easy access to the gear as well as plenty of
viewing glass. Wheels are also chromed, and have some machined
slots as well as a black hub, and are wrapped in good condition
31x10.5R15LT deep tread tires. All black plastic is fade free and I
see overall very nice condition for the exterior which leads me to
believe that this was more of a soccer practice pickup-er than the
4x4 adventurer.
Interior
Toyota with its sights on the Range Rover market, has upped the
ante for this interior which uses gray herringbone tweed cloth for
chairs and door panel inserts. Bolsters and surrounding door panels
use a gray vinyl, with some slight tears in the passenger door.
Very clean thick pile gray carpeting floods the floors, and for the
square and rectangle design dash we can see usage of gray and black
molded vinyl and plastic with all controls in easy reach. On top of
the dash center is a level indicator which is a neat graphic to see
how steep the climb is. Currently the dash is adorned with a
Bluetooth, MP3/CD/AM/FM stereo unit for listening pleasure. The
headliner is a cream soft cloth and shows in nice condition
unripped or unmarred and unstained. On to the drivetrain.
Drivetrain
A flip of the hood and we are greeted with a slightly corroded,
(typical for aluminum cast parts), 3.4L I-4 cylinder Turbo Diesel.
It is fed by EFI and there is a 5-speed manual transmission on the
back with 3.90 gears on both front and rear differentials. A stock
exhaust is on this truck and is like new.
Undercarriage
Up to the lift it shows slight wear but certainly no rust for the
underside. Leaf sprung suspension gives you more of a truck ride,
and I see power disc brakes up front and power drums for the
rear.
Drive-Ability
The diesel fires right up and I chug off to the test track where I
was presented with a nice ride, just a little stiff, but you will
want that when on uneven surfaces. It has nice acceleration with
the turbo, and provides plenty of power. I noticed the fuel gauge
was nonfunctional but all other items worked as designed. While
Classic Auto Mall represents that these functions were working at
the time of our test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions
will be working at the time of your purchase.
Here we have a fine example of the upper echelon of 4x4 motoring,
in diesel style. The truck is well preserved from 1988, and will
make a nice classic edition to any adventurer's garage, looking
good in front of the clubhouse or in the wilds of Utah. Here we go!
Climb every mountain...
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