1965 LPB - Been A Long Time Coming

[Lifelong40Fan]

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Thread ''64 SWB and '65 LWB 45 Irish twins'

Nov 21, 2022

Been blessed to currently own 4 Land Cruisers, 2 of which are 45s. I grew up with lots of memories of Land Cruisers and 4 wheeling in the mountains of southern NM. We pulled out a lot of CJ5s and 7s with my dad's 40 and when driving along the cliffs of Long Ridge in the Sacramento mountains deer hunting, all the 4 wheel drives were left in camp except my dad's mustard 40. Memories of 5 men holding on to dear life on the front bumper and running boards trying to keep the 40 from flipping and going 100s of feet down a cliff are etched into my memory! Anyhow, I found a '76 mustard 40 for...

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[Unoman]

I'm going to run a 60 MC, no booster. I'll post some pics of the engine in place. I could maybe get away with a small booster from a mini-truck but for now I'm going to do without. Not too worried about it.

 

[Unoman]

3FE is in place. Test fit complete. Fan is pretty close to the radiator but should be ok for the type of driving I'll be doing. This rig won't see any heavy off road duty. FJ80 motor mounts allowed me to keep the passenger side engine bracket in place which has the provisions for the AC compressor. 60 series master cylinder is going to fit just fine and clear the air intake plenum without issue.