Last thing we need is Rogan to start talking on his podcast about land cruisers and making it trendy and more expensive to get one.

People may think it's strange to restore such a car. But the 90's was the pinnacle of Auto manufacturing with a perfect balance of reliability, ease of maintenance and simplicity complimented with technology.

This is 100% Rogan's apocalypse vehicle. He has Bill Burr on his show pretty often and Burr's apoc vehicle is a helicopter. I'd pay good money to see that movie, Joe and Bill trying to rendezvous during an apocalypse, each in their chosen rides. Please make it happen Hollywood.

In 1996 I drove a 1995 Wrangler from Florida to Van Nuys to attend my Uncle's wedding. While driving through town I saw your shop and swung in to see what was cooking. You gave a me a complete shop tour and some swag and sent me on my way. I've been a fan of your work since and just wanted to say thanks again for the tour and keep up the good work. Your Rogan interview a fews years ago was awesome btw.

His ability to take one if the toughest long lasting vehicle's and make it even better many times over in all aspects is truly amazing and shows how much of a true artist he really is

Been following your builds for a while, just wow. Joe Rogan picked the right man for the job !

Stage 3 restoration basically seems like paying someone to assemble a car for you.

Somehow I feel really good about Joe spending a crazy amount of money on this Toyota. Way cooler than just plopping $$$ Down and driving away with a Urus

Jonathan, one word. Perfect. A Masterclass in reserved OEM, but enhanced style.

The teardown and rebuild is insane. I wasn't even aware that people did this for vehicles of this type.

He forgot to mention the built in DMT dispenser.

As a 95 fully locked LC owner, I'm super jealous. Good on'ya Joe, and killer job Jonathan and the entire ICON team. Next level perfection.

I keep rewinding to see more, and will rewatch at least 10 times. I have been following ICON from the start, and I am a HUGE fan of Joe. Awesome video Jon, thanks for not bla, bla, blahing through it!

Absolutely love this! The details on this is out of this world! Mine is vin 1769. I really am glad you are doing this work, and love Joe for doing it too! I'm also a JR fan. Made my day😃

I think that's the most detailed restomod i have ever seen done to an 80, great job.

Jonathan once again you have outdone yourself, my son and I are restoring a 93 fzj80 , your video is really inspiring us. Thank you!

Just stunning, a true off road touring rig not a stupidly lifted, wannabe monter truck. That would be very much at home here in Australia, great to see some Aussie parts on it too 👍 amazing build guys, thank you for sharing Jonathan. Joe is going to be stoked.

Q: Is this a great truck? A: It's entirely possible.

Joe ain't fooling anyone we all know this is an Apocalypse truck (;

Im building an fj80 lsx408... amazed at how simple he explains it, its almost like he didnt do the work but if you follow his darelict builds you know he is legit! Well done sir! Roe Jogan should be impressed

Definitely go on his podcast again, couple hours of you two talking cars, perfect

Damn you Joe Rogan.. You built my dream vehicle. I need to win the lotto and I will join you overlanding. Cheers to you and yours and great job Johnathan!

Jonathan, I really appreciate how geeky you are about this shit. You can break it down, point-by-point, WITHOUT a teleprompter, and without missing a beat.

Awesome build!! Was drawn in the whole time, and this build is great inspo for any build out there

Awesome is an understatement. What a great build as always Mr. Ward!

Awesome 80 the best restoration I’ve seen on one. Great job 👌🏾

Beautiful job. Joe Rogan, good choice on the FZJ80. I have 97' myself and love it. Joe is one lucky man. You did some nice work guys!

I’ve now watched a handful of these over the last three days and I need to achieve more I totally need one of your creations. Totally an Heirloom!

Ive got an 80 series sahara, turbo diesel, factory twin locked, sunroof, factory ice maker and fridge. Nothinf beats it

Im only 1 major lottery win away from doing this too, I can wish. Cheers Steve

Quite possibly the most well thought out, useful, all world vehicle I have ever seen built. Wish I had one.

Wow you guys really knocked it out of the park. Love the detail work!

Jonathan: what can we do for you? Joe: I’d like a brand new 80 series land cruiser. Jonathan: Mate they haven’t made them in over 20 years. Joe: did I stutter.

Simply fantastic! No words. Well done.

Yeah now that is my kinda Cruiser restoration. I loved my 80 VX Series. Sadly sold it without thinking carefully. But I will get another and this video has given me some great ideas. Thanks!!!

Very nice attention to detail. You have done an excellent restoration. I like Joe even more now!

Holy smokes, this is the best 80 series restoration i have ever seen hands down.... well done mate!

I love LS but it always hurts a little to not see a Toyota heart in a Landcruiser

Top 2 favorite builds of all time. I think I have watched this video about 10 times, love everything about that truck. My other favorite build is the the white FJ62 you guys built maybe about 7 years ago. The video starts off “This is a neat truck”

Beautiful truck, love to see Joe put it through it’s paces.

Congrats Mr. Rogan. Great truck.

Get yours too for $500k

Outstanding attention to detail. This guys product never fails to impress!

This just blows me away. The detail is incomprehensible - wish i had the tools and skills to do up my troopy like that.

Looks like a typical Aussie 80 series rig. This is how we build em too, just not often to this level of detail or with an ls3... Great work, we approve 👍🍻

Amazing work as always, love the craftsmanship that goes into these restorations. Joe has great taste. It is incredibly unfortunate though to see all these what should be affordable used 4x4s being bought up and turned into toys for the rich making the prices astronomical... sad to see but glad its going to someone who seems to appreciate them at least.

Had some friends meet Joe and hangout with him. Guess he’s a pretty cool dude. Wish he coulda trained with us but still nice to hear about a celebrity you like who is down to earth and stayed humble

With what you guys put into a build it seems that $100K-plus is not at all excessive. I can earn more than $35.00 per hour but I can never do what your operation does in an hour given your skill, knowledge base, men, machines, tools... and history. Truly there's no end.

Damn, this this is insane. Just pure awesome 👌 A tuned V8TD for the Landcruiser 200 series in Australia in this rig would be pretty bad ass too.

re-making an entire 80-series wiring harness from scratch with all deutsch connectors is one helluva task. And yet now it's also one of the things on my bucket list to keep my 80 series 100% reliable.

Amazing work as always,Jonathan! Definitely money well spent for Mr Rogan.

All of the work on this channel is a huge inspiration, wow.

Again, Joe has the best damn toys. I can’t help wondering what he paid for this. Also would love to get an idea what he paid for his ICON Bronco. He obviously already had a good idea about what he wanted and then (wisely) left ICON free to do what they do best. One thing’s for sure, ICON is totally committed to ensuring no detail has been overlooked. Wow.

If the motor and transmission are not Land Cruiser, I guess this truck ain't a Land cruiser. That being said, this truck is an absolute beast!

great story teller; the flow - non-stop discussion ... like you said, "... your story."

ya am doing a resto right now but am keeping it as stock as possible, you guys did an amazing job well done

13:21 note to self, don’t run up on Joe when he’s in his Land Cruiser

This is a guy I would trust building my shit lol. He knows the build down to a t.

Wow, so this is basically a brand new vehicle. So dope. I love it!

What an insane restoration, icon’s stuff is always top notch

Holy... This is so good it’s almost disheartening knowing my 80 will never be this good haha

I wish you put a modern Toyota V8 in it. The 5.7 or 4.6. The LS triggers me hahaha So does the GM 4 speed. The whole mantra of the Landcruiser is bullet proof reliability, and nothing bout this powertrain is reliable. Great job anyhoo

best organic advertising you could ask for and we love the build uploads, great channel.

Well this just epic, love all the effort to bring it up to date and then even more to hide it away and make it look stock.

It's a pity you guys never got the diesels.

Wow this is my dream build

I have an LX 450 and hope to upgrade some day. love your work.

My life goal is owning a vehicle that you built. You sir are an artist!

not as enthusiastic as XZIBIT but itll do

"Joe is starting to get into mountain biking and expedition adventuring..." TIL Joe Rogan is me. lol

That truck is niiice . We love 80 series here in outback Australia . Joes going to enjoy driving it . Mines done 400000km and still going strong .

I keep watching this video every now and then. It has to be the cleanest 80 series I've ever seen. I'd get this and be satisfied for life.

Let me know when you offer stage one on 4Runners :D

but does the "D" light work?

Jesus...... I love the details & the work. Like this is just on another level

I recently bought a third gen 4Runner and I stumbled on your Content....super cool

The Toyota engines is what made these unstoppable. Why did u replace it with a GM

Holy shit this is by far the most amazing car I ever seen. I peed a little every time this guy explained all the shit they actually did on this truck... superb work...

Amen to that. Love my 80 and have been loving it for 14 years. Can't wait to supercharge the LS

A man who knows how to Restomod a car Hats of to you sir

Awesome vehicle 11:41 made me lol

waiting for the first ventilated seat option in in an Icon

Replaced my 80 series a few years ago for a 76 series, probably could have spent the money on a resto!! Great job

Come on Jonathan. Old Man Emu is not pronounced that way. Americans drop the pronunciation to “Emoo”. Us Aussies (and most of the English speaking world) pronounce our famous brand as “Eem- YOU”. As always another FANTASTIC car build. Glad you have clients that enable you to work your talents!!!

Still prefer Shaun Whales " SOOTY" 80 Series featured on 4wd action.

I wonder what he paid for this thing. 3000 hours to build at $100/hr is $300k, just for labor.

Incredible. This man knows his 4x-ology more than anyone I’ve ever seen. Of course it’s for JOE!

Baaaad...asssssss!!!! Tell Joe to bring that piece of art up to Idaho and I’ll give him a tour of the high desert. AMAZING JOB!! 🙌🏻

Would you ever consider going on his Podcast? That would be awesome.

If it is for an apocalypse he should have gotten a 1 wire run diesel engine for it. Something that will run on anything from veggie oil to used motor oil or kerosene or diesel or gas. Something like an old 12HT or a 13bt or a 12 valve cummings. In an apocalyptic situation u want 3rd world reliability, fuel economy and a vehicle that will still run after an EMP. That LS will be a boat anchor without infrastructure.

What a beauty! A proper 4x4 off roading machine!

What a beautiful job. Extraordinarily detailed, and complicated. Jonathon occasionally talks about how much work it was, but wow, 3,000 hours. Remember, that’s time. It does not include the cost of materials. One of my favorite mental exercises with these videos is to imagine a digital dollar odometer inset on the upper left corner. It starts at zero and begins spinning as soon as Jonathon starts talking about details. Normally the 100’s digit becomes a blur. This time the 1,000’s digital was zipping by like pennies on a gas pump. Is it worth the money? Absolutely. Because the boundary of worth and value is entirely subjective. That boundary is driven by pocket depth, and for a significant portion of Jonathons clients, the key word in play is “bottomless”.

The only thing I would add to this build is an extended gas tank.

Well I'll just go drive my 3rd gen 4runner off a cliff now. Thanks Joe

Wow this is amazing! If I ever make it, I'm gonna get you guys to do this to my 04 Frontier

Fantastic work on a fantastic vehicle!

A 3 liter diesel would be my only change.

Yeah, that's a nice four runner, but have you ever done DMT?

$$$ really can make a difference. Bad ass truck. Amazing work

He was talking about how land cruisers can go a 1000 miles, and then he proceeded to put a corvette engine in it. Very smart.