There are a lot of old Land Cruisers on the west coast. Almost all of them are the looks-like-an-old-Jeep 40 series. In 1967 Toyota astutely observed that there was a market for a Land Cruiser that was more of a family vehicle. Thus the FJ55, which was the same 4X4 with a new skin. Toyota was was ahead of the curve on the future of the SUV market.
The pride of the Czech Republic since 1925, more than one million Skoda vehicles are sold worldwide every year. They've never been sold in the US, and this is the first one I've ever seen here. The Vermont license plate makes me suspect it was originally sold in Canada, although a lot of interesting European cars were brought back by G.I.s during the Cold War. The engine in this car is just over 1-liter in displacement and it has about 50 horsepower. Not much, but more than a Volkswagen from the same era.
