Family Owned Toyota Land Cruiser Restoration Shop Serving All of California
Land Cruiser Restorations is a family-owned shop in Belle Plaine, Kansas, specializing exclusively in Toyota Land Cruisers. For more than 20 years, we’ve worked with owners across California—from San Diego and Los Angeles to the Bay Area and Sacramento—building, restoring and upgrading Land Cruisers for the way each client wants to use them.
Distance doesn’t have to stand between you and the right restoration shop. For full restorations, we provide complimentary pickup and return delivery throughout California, allowing the entire project to be handled without you having to coordinate transportation to Kansas
Why California Land Cruiser Owners Choose Us
California is home to some of the best roads and terrain in the country for a Toyota Land Cruiser—from the coast and mountains to the desert and everything in between. Whether the goal is a comfortable highway cruiser, a capable overland build, or a fully restored classic, we build each Land Cruiser around how its owner plans to use it.
Land Cruisers aren’t one part of our business—they’re our entire business. For more than 20 years, our shop has specialized in FJ40, FJ55, FJ60, FJ62, FJ70, FJ80, 100 Series, and 200 Series Land Cruisers. That experience allows us to approach each restoration with an understanding of the platform that only comes from working on these trucks every day.
Hassle-Free Land Cruiser Transport Throughout California
For full restoration projects, we provide complimentary pickup and return delivery throughout California. Whether your Land Cruiser is in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, the Bay Area, or somewhere in between, we’ll coordinate transportation to our shop in Kansas and its return to you when the restoration is complete.
We work with licensed and insured carriers and can arrange open or enclosed transportation depending on the vehicle and your preference. Running or non-running Land Cruisers can be transported, so your Cruiser doesn’t need to be road-ready before the project begins.
Why California Land Cruisers Can Make Excellent Restoration Candidates
California has long been one of our favorite places to find Toyota Land Cruisers worth restoring. Compared with trucks that have spent decades in areas where road salt is heavily used, many California Land Cruisers have remarkably solid frames, floors, and body structures. Starting with a solid foundation means more of the restoration budget can go toward the finished build rather than extensive structural rust repair.
That doesn’t mean every California Land Cruiser is rust-free. Coastal exposure, storage conditions, previous repairs, and the individual history of the vehicle all matter. We’ve also seen corrosion around roof seams and rain gutters on otherwise very solid California trucks. That’s why we evaluate each Land Cruiser individually before determining whether it’s a good candidate for restoration.
If you’re looking for a Land Cruiser to restore and don’t already own one, we can also help locate and evaluate potential candidates before the build begins.
How a California Land Cruiser Restoration Works
Working with a restoration shop in Kansas may sound complicated when you’re in California, but we’ve built our process to make long-distance projects straightforward from start to finish.
Tell Us About Your Land Cruiser
Send us photos of your Cruiser and tell us what you want from the finished build. We’ll talk through the vehicle, your goals, and the scope of restoration you’re considering.
Build Your Restoration Plan
Every project is built to suit. Together, we’ll determine the mechanical work, drivetrain, paint, interior, suspension, accessories, and other details that make sense for your Land Cruiser and how you plan to use it.
We Bring Your Cruiser to Kansas
For full restorations, we coordinate complimentary pickup from your location in California and transportation to our shop in Belle Plaine, Kansas.
Your Land Cruiser Is Built In-House
Our team completes the restoration at our shop, with the work centered around one thing: Toyota Land Cruisers. You’ll receive updates throughout the project as your Cruiser comes together.
We Deliver It Back to California
Once the restoration is complete and the vehicle has been road-tested, we coordinate complimentary return delivery to you in California.
What We Build
We specialize in complete Toyota Land Cruiser restorations, restomods, and custom builds. Depending on the project, that can mean preserving the original character of the truck, rebuilding and refreshing factory systems, or creating a completely updated Land Cruiser with modern power, drivability, comfort, and capability.
Our work can include LS V8 conversions, drivetrain upgrades, suspension, brakes, steering, electrical systems, air conditioning, custom interiors, paint and bodywork, and the countless smaller details that bring an older Land Cruiser together as one finished build.
Every project is approached as a complete vehicle rather than a collection of unrelated upgrades. The goal is a Land Cruiser that looks right, drives right, and works the way its owner intended.
Why Work With a Land Cruiser Specialist?
A vintage Toyota Land Cruiser is different from a modern vehicle, and restoring one correctly requires more than general automotive experience. These trucks have their own quirks, common problem areas, parts challenges, and details that can make a major difference in how the finished vehicle looks and drives.
For more than 20 years, Land Cruiser Restorations has focused exclusively on Toyota Land Cruisers. Our team works on them every day, from early FJ40s and classic FJ60 and FJ62 models to later-generation Land Cruisers.
Our builds are completed in-house at our shop in Belle Plaine, Kansas, allowing the different parts of a restoration—from mechanical and electrical work to body, paint, and interior—to come together as one coordinated project.
Built to Suit, Not Built From a Package
Every Land Cruiser that comes through our shop is built around its owner. There isn’t a preset restoration package that dictates what your Cruiser has to become. Paint, interior, drivetrain, suspension, comfort, capability, and the smaller details are selected around your vision for the finished truck.
We’re a family-owned and operated business, and our clients work directly with the people responsible for their project. You’ll receive straightforward communication and progress updates throughout the build, from the first conversations about your restoration through final delivery.
That’s what Built To Suit means to us: your Land Cruiser, built for you.
Toyota Land Cruiser Restoration Throughout California
We work with Land Cruiser owners throughout California, from Southern California to the Bay Area and Northern California. Your location doesn't change the restoration process—for full restorations, we coordinate complimentary pickup and return delivery from anywhere in the state.
Explore our California service areas:
Los Angeles | San Diego | San Francisco | San Jose | Sacramento
California Land Cruiser Restoration FAQ
Do I need to bring my Land Cruiser to Kansas?
No. For full restoration projects, we coordinate complimentary pickup from your California location and return delivery once the build is complete.
Do you work on FJ40, FJ60, FJ62, and FJ80 Land Cruisers?
Yes. We work across the Toyota Land Cruiser lineup, including FJ40, FJ55, FJ60, FJ62, FJ70, FJ80, 100 Series, and 200 Series models.
Can you help me find a Land Cruiser to restore?
Yes. If you don't already own a Land Cruiser, we can help locate and evaluate potential restoration candidates before the project begins.
Do you build LS-powered Land Cruisers?
Yes. Depending on the project, we can build Land Cruisers with modern V8 power and upgraded drivetrains, along with the supporting cooling, fuel, electrical, suspension, and braking systems needed to make the finished vehicle work as a complete package.
Can you restore a Land Cruiser that doesn't currently run?
Yes. Running or non-running Land Cruisers can be transported to our shop and evaluated as part of the restoration process.
Ready to Talk About Your California Land Cruiser?
Whether you already own the Land Cruiser you want to restore or need help finding the right starting point, we’d be happy to talk through what you have in mind. Tell us about your Cruiser, how you want to use it, and what you’d like the finished build to become.
Land Cruiser Restorations is located in Belle Plaine, Kansas, and works with clients throughout California and nationwide. Full restoration projects include complimentary pickup and return delivery from California.
Call or text: 316-633-9902
Email: info@landcruiserrestorations.com