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It may be small, but
the FJ40 is a six-seater
thanks to sideways FJ40
jump seats in the rear.
light when it does, and the ratio is slow, so Despite being in production since 1960, this ’77 FJ40 is
nearly the same save for fancy updates like door cards.
you don’t immediately roll it.
Handling … occurs. Engaging four high
takes an unusually light tug at the stubby
transfer case shifter, and from there to
four low (a feature earlier generations
didn’t have) requires that you jam the
T-case shifter into the passenger’s left calf.
Not that they’d be any better off in the
back, where the jump seats are mounted
over the wheelwells and require slouching
by anyone over 5-foot-5. This being a
No one knows where the “Iron Pig” nickname came
from, but it’s not hard to guess how the FJ55 got it.
FJ55
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