| 40 Series Long Range Fuel Tank |
| Here is another extremely rare item... a factory long range fuel tank. This is most definitely not your average military disposal shop jerry can. This is the genuine article! I came across this example in New Zealand, but someone had beaten me to the punch!!! It was already sold by the time I got there. I scanned the diagram from my Toyota parts manual to demonstrate how the tank was attached. It uses a modified spare tyre carrier. If you had been in the market for a new Land Cruiser in, say 1982, you could have ordered this as an option. On the Troop Carriers it would have been fitted on the left side. If it happened to be a short or mid wheel based Cruiser you were ordering, then the spare tyre would have been mounted on the right side. I wish I had been a little quicker!! In all the years I have been collecting Cruisers, I have only seen one other example and that was in the Philippines. So keep an eye out for these little gems next time you are out wandering plant Earth. |
