The Ballad of El Macho and Troopie: Toyota's FJ World History

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In the years after World War II, as Japan's heavy industries were looking for products to build and sell overseas, one company got an idea from the funny little convertibles in which the foreign occupiers would scoot from constutional convention to barroom and back again — the Jeep. With a new FJ on the horizon, the New York Times takes a look the vehicle that helped build the Toyota automotive brand, and the collectors who sweat them.

Like the Jeep, Toyota's FJ Is Much Loved [internal]

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