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Old 11-19-08, 06:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
Godwin
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I've only had experience with one, an '83 DL wagon that I purchased new. This was a solid, basic, no-frills car, 2WD, 5 speed, and very reliable. It delivered a consistent 34 mpg unless I had a roof rack on, then the mileage dropped to 32. Easy to work on. The owner's manual had instructions on how to adjust the valves which needed to be done every 15k miles. When I sold it (in retrospect a mistake) it had > 200k miles on it but used no oil and the mileage was still in the low-to-mid 30s range.

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1977 FJ40 with some stuff
1985 FJ60 with 3FE
1986 FJ60 now with stuff
1997 FZJ80 stockish

Tallassee, AL
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