£29,593
1981 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 15 Apr 2024
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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£29,593
1981 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser
UK • 15 Apr 2024
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1981 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser is a Japanese import with only 64,254 kilometers on the odometer. It features a 4230cc engine, manual gearbox, and a blue exterior with black interior. The car has been recently recommissioned and is in excellent mechanical and cosmetic condition.
Condition
8
The car has had some recommissioning work done to get it into excellent mechanical condition. The bodywork is believed to be original and authentic and the paint is in great condition with only a few minor blemishes. Interior is very well preserved.
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40,050 miles
FJ403040128
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
FNP 509W
1981
Auction
£29,593
1981 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 15 Apr 2024
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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Description
We know this car because it has been previously auctioned by us and this is its second visit to our Oxfordshire HQ.
At that time, the odometer read 63,593 kms.
Today, it reads 64,254 kms.
The vendor, who won the car at that 2022 auction, was compelled to bid for it by the powerful waves of nostalgia that washed over him when he first set eyes upon it.
The sight, sound and smell of FNP 509W took him back to his childhood in South Africa, when an FJ very much like this would take him to school every day, never failing to successfully negotiate the hill that lay between his home and the school, regardless of how muddy, dusty or otherwise treacherous the route might be.
The vendor is only selling now because he is set to return to Cape Town.
You won’t be surprised to learn that he has already bought himself another FJ back in South Africa.
Now then.
This car is a Japanese import.
That simple fact tells us two things.
Firstly, that it comes from a country where people tend to take...
Price Analysis vs Other Land Cruiser FJ40s
£2,708
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£26,394
Median Price (Since 2020)
£130,592
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 22nd Oct 2025
Latest MOT mileage:
64,488 kilometers
MOT History
Passed
On 23rd Oct 2024, 64,488 kilometers
Passed
On 9th Jul 2021, 63,557 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
Advisory:
- Offside Front Steering linkage deformed but serviceable steering idler has slight play (2.1.3 (c) (i))
Failed
On 28th Jun 2021, 63,555 miles
There were 6 defects noted.
Major:
- Steering box has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel (steering box fitted) (2.3 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Power steering component fouling (2.1.5 (e) (i))
- Front Power steering component fouling groove in shaft fouling bulk head (2.1.5 (e) (i))
- Steering system excessively rough lock to lock (2.1.1 (a))
Minor:
- Offside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
Advisory:
- Offside Front Steering linkage deformed but serviceable steering idler has slight play (2.1.3 (c) (i))
Failed
On 28th May 2021, 63,550 miles
There were 10 defects noted, with 1 deemed dangerous.
Major:
- Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))
- Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))
- Front Prop shaft joint excessively worn front (6.1.7 (c) (i))
- Front Power steering component leaking Steering box (2.1.5 (a))
- Offside Front Steering linkage fouling Steering arm hitting o/s (2.1.4 (a))
Advisory:
- Front Prop shaft joint worn, but not excessively rear (6.1.7 (c) (i))
- Rear Prop shaft joint worn, but not excessively front (6.1.7 (c) (i))
- Both front tractor seals leaking
- Offside Front Steering idler has side movement play
MOT Mileage Trend
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