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1979 FJ55 Toyota Land Cruiser (The Iron Pig)
The Toyota FJ55 Land Cruiser was the first station wagon 4×4 built by the Japanese marque offering seating for up to 7 adults depending on internal configuration. The original prototype for Toyota’s first 4×4 came thanks to a Willys Jeep that the Japanese found in the Philippines during WWII. The vehicle was sent back to Japan, shortly thereafter the Japanese military commissioned Toyota to build an almost identical vehicle. In the post-WWII years this 4×4 was evolved into the FJ40 series on up to the FJ55 series, with the latter staying in production from 1967 till 1980 – when it was replaced with the less divisively designed J60 series. Toyota fitted its…