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Advice to maniacs. - Toyota Land Cruiser, 3.0L, 1978

Advice: if you are going to restore old equipment, immediately decide what level of originality of restoration you want to achieve.

Otherwise, any problem or nuance of recovery will cause the need for deep reflection on the meaning and practicality of what you are doing.

At the beginning of my restoration process, I was lucky to get such an original TOYOTA emblem, which was installed on the fortieth series Land Cruiser:

Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978

which immediately raised the bar for restoration work to a level akin to the Olympic one. I must say that I ordered this emblem even before the acquisition of my forty, and to my delight, it was found and ... lost (or simply stolen) in the logistics process. Had to order again.

And so she came ...

By that time, I already had a set of nameplates from Land Cruiser from different years

Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978
Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978
Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978
Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978

But I wanted everything to be exactly as in the years of release. And I succeeded:

Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978
Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978

Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978Advice to maniacs  - Toyota Land Cruiser 30L 1978
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Odissey4x4 09.12.20

The main thing will not stop halfway.

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otmorozen 09.12.20

Yes, completely original restoration is always a huge work, a lot of time, nerves and money. But then a lot of joy!

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Woo 09.12.20

Do not stop this important thing, the car is super and it must live :)

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Odissey4x4 09.12.20

Thanks. There were many people who, after such badges, began to get sick with something similar.

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Woo 09.12.20

Class is the approach.
It's like a theater starts with a hanger yes.

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Odissey4x4 09.12.20

At least not to lose.

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vnedorog 09.12.20

And somewhere in my garage there are a couple too. To restore chtol :)

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Odissey4x4 09.12.20

The photo shows both with standard wheels, and a little more.
Now stand 32x12x15

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Partier 09.12.20

Is your rubber standard size?

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Odissey4x4 09.12.20

Come on, come on!

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Kulikoff-Sun 09.12.20

Yeah, nameplates are a disease! I am glad that I am not alone with it. Now I'll go to the garage, take a picture of mine and lay it out. It's a pity that there is not enough space on the car ... but I want to hang so much;)

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Odissey4x4 09.12.20

Yes, this emblem was not found for the first time either.

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Paha40 09.12.20

In the last photo, just a dream did not find in Primorye Tayota curled on board 40 ki

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Odissey4x4 09.12.20

Yes, this is from the 7th series, exactly. But many forties travel with the same: either they put what they got during the restoration, or ... But according to the catalog there are only such as in the 3 penultimate photos.

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Paha40 09.12.20

On the first photo 2 and further (if I am not mistaken) from 72 to 85 years old I have such
4 Wheel
Draive
A friend took off his 70 and gave it for my birthday, I was happy as an elephant.
Probably true stickers are a disease.

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Paha40 09.12.20

Not my sidekick from the previous 40 85 on my family was left with one with your first photo 2-3-4-5 if you believe coolfj40.stores.yahoo.net/emlancruisfj.html FJ40, FJ45, FJ55 ~ 9 / '73 to ' 84 for 3 latest FJ40 FJ45 ~ 1958 to 9 / '73 1 photo 1 emblem that's exactly 70-80 series