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55 Series / Family restoration

1976 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ55The one they went back for.

A family vehicle. Found again.

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Vehicle
1976 Toyota FJ55
Generation
55 Series
Project focus
Family vehicle restoration
Requested direction
Original condition
From the workshop archive

Not another FJ55. Their FJ55.

Their father bought this FJ55 new in 1976 and sold it five years later. Decades on, the family tracked down the same vehicle, bought it back and brought it to Cruiser Solutions.

The brief was a full restoration back to original condition: a way to reconnect with a vehicle already woven into the family story.

1976 FJ55 / The project in photographs

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this Cruiser.

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Project collection 1976 FJ55 Every image stays with this vehicle.
1 project photograph
Photograph 1

1976 FJ55 - original project photograph

Original project films

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1976 FJ55

Family restoration. Explore the original film collection for this individual vehicle.

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The documented brief and work

What shaped this project.

01

The vehicle

The original family FJ55, rather than a similar replacement.

02

The brief

A full restoration with original condition as its goal.

03

The purpose

Return the vehicle to family use.

Original chronology

The documented build

Selected milestones from the original account. These are historical updates, not a statement of the vehicle’s current condition or location.

  1. 1976

    Bought by their father

    The family story begins with a new FJ55.

  2. Five years later

    The vehicle is sold

    The Land Cruiser leaves the family.

  3. Decades later

    Found and repurchased

    The family locates the same vehicle and sends it for restoration.

Project photographs