1975 Toyota FJ45 Land Cruise
Can you get more South African than a rod created from one of SA’s most iconic brands? Ok sure, Toyota is Japanese, but the Land Cruiser and the Hilux have been top sellers in our land since that bearded guy parted the sea.They’re farmer favourites and there are a helluva lot of farmers in SA. Actually, we also have a lot of farmer wannabes judging by the amount of these monstrous Toyotas seen in urban areas.
For the truly iconic we have to jump back to 1976 for the FJ45 Land Cruiser. An imposing lump of reliability and metal all wrapped up in a Stone Beige and Old English White paint combo. What we have here is also wrapped in that paint, down to the original paint code, but it’s not your average FJ45, it’s a creation from the team at Allers Rods & Customs and it’s been somewhat of an internet sensation. There have even been comments about it being a Photoshop creation and not a real car. So what you see here is either a cool shoot done in a typically South African setting, or it’s the result of 3000 hours of Photoshop.
It is in fact the result of 1200 hours of elbow grease from Andre and Arthur Allers. It was also a sideline build apart from the usual customer cars so it was done in the early mornings, the evenings and on weekends – the figure is exact too because Andre’s wife kept count of all the times he was missing in action (you guys know what I’m talking about).
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