• Belgian delivery from new • Believed only 2 owners • 168,000 km • Present current ownership since the mid 1980s * Please note that this car will be available for viewing by prior appointment in Belgium.

There is a phrase that says, "If you want to go into the desert take a Land Rover, but if you want to go into the desert and come out again, take a Land Cruiser." The third-generation, 40-series Land Cruiser was launched in 1960 and remained in production for a remarkable 51 years.

Certainly, from its launch the Land Cruiser developed a cast-iron reputation for reliability and examples such as this 1981 BJ42, which was a two-door short-chassis model introduced in 1980 with a 3.4-litre four-cylinder diesel engine, are virtually indestructible unless your sole intention is destruction.

The Land Cruiser's popularity and utility are reflected in the number of iterations in which it was built.

There were in fact so many that it is probably impossible to identify all of them.

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