Toyota Land Cruiser (J40)

The Toyota J40 is the model designation for a Toyota Land Cruiser 40 series made from 1960 until 1984 (in Brazil, where it was known as the Toyota Bandeirante , it was made from 1959 until 2001). Most 40 series Land Cruisers were built as two-door vehicles with slightly larger dimensions than a Jeep CJ.

The model was available as the FJ40 series (with F engines) and also BJ40/41/42 (short wheelbase), BJ43/44/46 (middle wheelbase) or HJ45/47 (long wheelbase) designation where it had a Diesel engine. Brazilian built Land Cruisers (Bandeirantes) with Mercedes-Benz engines received OJ50-series modelcodes.

References to the series in this article will be to the J40 series unless referring to one of the petrol (FJ40/42 – 2WD) or diesel (BJ4#/HJ4#) models specifically.

History

For the history of the J series from the original 1951 Toyota Jeep BJ through the J20 series see Land Cruiser History from 1950 to 1955. For a more complete history of the Toyota Land Cruiser in the United States, see 'The History of the Toyota Land Cruiser' by Josh Boltrek at www.tlca.org.

• 1960 – J40 series launched. (wheelbase //
• 1963 – Longer wheelbase (), FJ45-B, pickup and cab-chassis were added
• 1967 – End of 4-door FJ45V (I) (w/b ) production, replaced by FJ55 Station wagon

: – 2door FJ45-B renamed FJ45 (II) (w/b )

• 1973? – HJ45 launched with the H , 3.6 litre in-line 6 cylinder Diesel engine.
• 1974 – BJ40/43 launched with the B, 3.0 litre in-line 4 cylinder diesel engine. A......
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