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BASE MODELJapan

Land Cruiser FJ55.

The first purpose-built Land Cruiser station wagon: a four-door body on a 2,700 mm (106-inch) wheelbase, 1967–80, with the F and 2F petrol sixes and the H diesel. Known as the 'Iron Pig' for its slab-sided body.

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Sources & evidence
Land Cruiser FJ55 — Shannon's Classic, Eastern Creek, NSW August 2015Jeremy from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0 ↗
MODEL LINELand Cruiser 55 SeriesBUILT BYToyota Motor CorporationPRODUCED1967–80PRODUCTIONNot published separatelyLAYOUT4 wheels · 106″

The record

Toyota separated the wagon from the 40 Series in 1967 with the 55 Series, a longer chassis with a five-seat, four-door body sold mainly in North America and Australia. It kept the 40's driveline (F, then 2F from 1975; H diesel for some markets) and leaf springs. The 60 Series wagon replaced it in 1980.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1967–80
ENGINE3.9 L F / 4.2 L 2F petrol; 3.6 L H dieselToyota F family · Toyota H diesel family
PRODUCTION RUNNot published separately
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
STATUSreplaced by the 60 Series in 1980
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINELand Cruiser 55 Series
FAMILYLand Cruiser 55 Series
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE106″
BODY STYLEStation wagon
VARIANTS1

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • Cygnus White
  • Rustic Green
  • Dune Beige
  • Freeborn Red
  • Olympus White
  • White
  • White
  • Coronado Beige
  • Silver Gray
  • Beige
  • Yellow
  • Yellow
  • Pollux Orange
  • Pueblo Brown
  • Buffalo Brown
  • Muleta Red
  • Seminole Red
  • Fashion Green
  • Spring Green
  • Judson Green
  • Breathe Green
  • Olive
  • Deep Green
  • Nebula Green
  • Olive
  • Green
  • Light Olive
  • Horizontal Blue
  • Capri Blue
  • Royal Blue
  • Cadet Blue
  • Heath Gray
  • Sky Blue
  • Medium Blue
  • Copper
  • Light Blue Metallic

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Toyota Land Cruiser (J55) ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE
  2. 2Cruiser colour codes ↗Cool Cruisers of Texas · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft