1:48 am
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July 10, 2003
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I'd surely buy one of these 8)
Just consider the Icon FJ45, a military-style long-bed truck hand built by Jonathan Ward and company in Los Angeles. Ward, a former Land Cruiser restorer and special-projects consultant for Toyota, left to start his own company after Toyota produced the FJ Cruiser--a vehicle he felt wasn't true to the model. Now Ward focuses on building trucks with what he calls "classic styling, modern performance and timeless utility." The Icon truck's starting price? $120,000.
"There is not a single piece of plastic on that truck," says Mike Levine, editor of Pickuptrucks.com. "Everything is metal, and it's coated in Defense Department-quality materials. It is an indestructible truck if there ever was one." The FJ45 has a V8 engine that gets up to 450 horsepower and sport suspension package that comes with nitrogen-charged remote canister shocks, limiter straps and hydraulic bump stops.
I used to wheel a lot. . .
1:59 am
The 45s are sweet. Funny that they use the "nitrogen-charged remote canister shocks, limiter straps and hydraulic bump stops" to justify a price like that. How much would it save to get it with some plain old Monroe shocks and no limit straps or bump stops? $119,000? 😀 Heck, it looks like it's even leaf sprung.
2:33 am
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July 10, 2003
Offline Those leaf springs apparently add to the "sport suspension." 
Not that bad for a custom made vehicle, but I'd want a bigger/better lift for that kind of money.
I used to wheel a lot. . .
3:12 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline How much do you think he kicks back to Toyota to use their namesake and body panels?
I'd rather take the $125K, buy an FJCruiser, solid axle it, install a Tundra 5.7, and have $50+K left over to spend a month in Disneyland at the Grand California hotel - in a suite!
5:28 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline "BKGM Jeepers" wrote:
I'd rather take the $125K, buyt an FJCruiser, solid axle it, install a Tundra 5.7, and have $50+K left over to spend a month in Disneyland at the Grand California hotel - in a suite!
I like your style! 8)
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