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Yeah - FJ40 brakes. Serviceable offroad or at low speed, but kind of dangerous on the highway. Gotta love the double leading shoe fronts and dual double leading shoes in the back. What an enormous PIA to keep even close to adjusted. My room mate's '78 had the discs on the front. What a huge improvement.
I got my brake and clutch master cylinders mixed up there, Steve. I guess it's been too long. I did really like the hydraulic clutch setup - that seems like it was ahead of its time, especially on such an otherwise unsophisticated truck.
I took a cursory look at local ads on Craigslist and whatnot. My God, do these things get some money these days. I find that hilarious in the same way I find early 911 money hilarious. The dream is much better than the reality in both cases. While I might like another one to play with, I would never pay today's money for one in either case. Forced to choose, I would take my 80 Series over any FJ40 any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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