| LandCruiser Body Styles All Land Cruiser bodies (Except the Bundera and the 45 Wagon) are made byAraco (Formerly Arakawa), a division of Toyota. Araco also manufactures the interiors for Land Cruisers, Lexuses, and other Toyota cars and trucks.Toyota manufactures the Bundera/LandCruiser II, and Gifu Body manufactured the45 Wagon. The remainder of the vehicle (except in some cases the engines) are manufactured at Toyota's Honsya plant (Factory code A11)
SERIES DESCRIPTION AK-10 Predecessor to the Land Cruiser BJ Very First Land Cruiser! Flat fenders, round rear wheel wells, (B-85) vertical front grille 25 Looks more like 40 series except with no turn signals on the fenders round rear wheel wells and no headlight bezel 25 P Pickup version of above 28Similar to above with a longer wheelbase 28 V Wagon version of above 35 Very similar to a 25 38 Wagon 40 2 Door with removable hard/soft top, folding windshield 41 Same as above 42 Essentially identical to 40 series 43 V Slightly Longer 40. 43 W 2 Door version of the 45 Wagon 44 2 Door even longer wheelbase 40 (40 sized side windows followed by smaller ones 45 C Cab & Chassis L Pick-up with square bed with tie-down loops on sides, removable hard/soft top S Pick-up with rounded bed with bevel on top rim like a 40. Had fixed hardtop until approx 1964 then removable hardtop W 4 door 40 series, permanent top. T VERY long 2 door 40 with 2 sets of 40 style side windows
HT46 Same as 45T except with 5 speed transmission & upgraded frame 47 V VERY long 2 door with 2 sets of 40 style side windowsHT 47 L Identical to 45 Series except with H series engine 47 C Cab & Chassis 50 Brazillian made Bandierante soft top similar to 40 50 V Bandierante hard top similar to 40 50 VB Bandierante similar to 43 55 P2BL Bardierante extra-cab pickup. Similar to 45 series 55 B Bandierante short bed pickup similar to 45 series 55 BL Bandierante long bed pickup 55 Wagon with narrower appearance than 40 series. Front grille looks like 60 Square bodied wagon with a pair of round headlights 61 Similar to above except with a turbo 62 Square bodied wagon with 2 pairs of rectangular headlights 70 Square body 2 door with non-removable doors/hard top, sloping windshield and fenders that are a cross of a 40 and a 60. 70 LD Light Duty (Called "Bundera" in Australia) - 70 Series with 2L-T diesel or 22R gas engine, lighter axles used in the pickup (with the 8" ring gear), removable hard/soft top, and coil springs. Bundera means "Rock Wallaby" in an aboriginal language 71 Essentially identical to the 70 series 71 LD Similar to 70 series except with squarer front end and smaller front fenders 73 Like 70 series with 2 doors but longer body/wheelbase. 73 LD Longer wheelbase version of the 70 LD detailed above 74 Similar to 73 except with turbo engine 75 P Square bodied pickup with removable steel top 75 V Square bodied wagon with 2 doors and 2 windows per side in the rear 75 C Cab & Chassis 77 Four-door 70 series wagon 78 Virtually identical to above80 Current rounded wagon 90 AKA Challenger/Prado/Colorado. NOT really a Land Cruiser, just a re-badged/re-bodied IFS 4Runner. MEGA Copy of a Hummer developed WITH the assistance of AM General. Complete with gear reduction hubs, 4WS, Inboard 4 wheel disc brakes, Torsen LSD's _WITH_LOCKS_, adjustable rear tire pressure |