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echo: oldcars
to: ALAN MORRISON
from: LANDON ROBINSON
date: 1998-01-31 09:01:00
subject: Re: Cross-reference.

 -=> Quoting Alan Morrison to Landon Robinson <=-
 AM> @MSGID: 1:362/627.0 34d092c6
 -=> 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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