Toyota Land Cruiser: Body Styles

Body Styles

Oct. 01, 2005 By ORC STAFF

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Toyota Land Cruiser

Body Styles

All Land Cruiser bodies (Except the Bundera and the 45 Wagon) are made by Araco (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, and Gifu Body manufactured the 45 Wagon. The remainder of the vehicle (except in some cases the engines) is 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,
25	Looks more like 40 series except with no turn signals on the fenders
25 P	Pickup version of above
28	Similar 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
45 L	Pick-up with square bed with tie-down loops on sides, removable hard/soft top
45 S	Pick-up with rounded bed with bevel on top rim like a 40.
45 W	4 door 40 series, permanent top.
45 T	VERY long 2 door 40 with 2 sets of 40 style side windows on HT
46	UNKNOWN
47 V	VERY long 2 door with 2 sets of 40 style side windows on HT
47 L	Identical to 45 Series except with H series engine
47 C	Cab & Chassis
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
73	Troop Carrier like 70 series with 2 doors but longer body/wheelbase
73 LD	Longer wheelbase version of the 70 LD detailed above
74	UNKNOWN
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
80	Current rounded wagon
MEGA	Copy of a Hummer complete with gear reduction hubs, 4WS, Inboard 4wheel disc brakes, Torsen LSD's WITH LOCKS, adjustable rear tire pressure

Availability by(Model Year)

Series	Austailia	Canada	U.S.	Japan
AK-10	--	--	--	42-?
BJ	--	--	--	51-54
25	--	NA?	58-59	55-59
28	--	--	--	--
40	??-84	60-84	60-83	60-84
42	81-84	81-84	NA	81-84
43	--	NA	NA	--
45 L	??-84	63-80%	63-67+	--
S	--	63-67?	63-67+	--
W	--	63?-68	63-67+	--
46	--	NA	NA	--
47	81-84	NA	NA	--
55	--	68-80	68-80	--
60	??-90	80-87	80-87	--
61	86-90	NA	NA	--
62	85-90	88-89	88-89	--
70	85-	85-87	NA	85-90
LD	85-92	NA	NA	--
73	85-90	NA	NA	--
74	85-90	NA	NA	--
75 P	85-	90?-#	NA	--
W	85-	NA	NA	--
80	90-	92-	90-	--