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-=> Quoting Landon Robinson to Roy J. Tellason <=-
LR> Someone told me about an exhaust gasket they were looking for for
LR> their Toyota -what ever it was- for the exhaust butterfly. It ended
LR> up being the exact same gasket that Chevy small-blocks use.
AM> That's the early Toyota Land Cruisers. They copied the GM six for
AM> use in the Korean War, so US soldiers were familiar with maintenance
AM> procedures. They shared many parts, and lent themselves well to small
AM> V8 swaps. After that it became the Land Cruiser engine with only
AM> minor changes until they went OHC in the early nineties.
Cool. I wish my Chevy and Ford shared more parts.
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