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Thought someone might be interested. The conversion was by Meano in South Africa, they confirmed it. This post was a couple of years ago. Since then I have driven it around for a while until it just leaked too much! Now it is getting an Extreme Makeover’, however I need encouragement ; money...

A friend of mine thought that too, looks like a series 2/3 roof , but of course the cruiser is wider and the flutes in the roof would be added. Definitely going down the camper route

Hi , I am famialr with the game viewers , but it isn’t one of those - I think mining company , commercial maybe the thing ; as it wouldn’t have been a cheap conversion

Thanks, I couldn’t not buy it but didn’t quite realise how big is was! So I am not sure what to do with it. It is being shipped to the UK and I think I will try and find someone to restore it and turn it into a camper /Larry

Thanks Ed, much appreciated. So as an original petrol it is definitely FJ45. The body looks well made, so probably a coach builder of the time, built on the pick up as new. Must have been an expensive truck. I will keep digging on SA coach builders. Thanks again Larry

Hi Craig, I import vehicles from South Africa. SA has the advantage of being a dry climate (as long as you buy from inland), RHD and still relatively cheap. Disadvantages can be there are a lot of bush mechanics in Africa so you have to be careful they haven’t been messed about too much. Also...

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Hi all. New to the forum but hope someone can help. I have just bought the FJ in the picture, but am not sure what it is! Main questions: Was it factory built or custom and who by? It is from South Africa, has 4 doors, one on the back, two on the left side and drivers on the right. I can’t find...

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