Original DOWNEY V8 conversion kit - Interest? (1 Viewer)

[murf]

Coworker has been sitting on this for years and wants to sell it - make an offer ....

 

[Cruiserhiggs]

Dang I want it

 

[JackA]

Is it for a 3 or 4 spd ? The instructions don't make that clear.

 

[murf]

It reads like it'll work with either the three or four speed

 

[JackA]

It does, but they are very different animals.

 

[Living in the Past]

Four speed get a new bellhousing and three speed just uses a spacer. Four speed is obviously worth more. Really cool but have no interest in adding a V8 to an FJ40. I drive my V8 powered Sequoia and 4Rrunner too fast. Don't need to do that with a suspension based on a vehicle from back in the fifties in the last century.

 

[blatant]

make a copy or two of that front page., it's cool. Looks Steadman like.

 

[Living in the Past]

make a copy or two of that front page., it's cool. Looks Steadman like.

Googled Steadman and no clear answer what that means. Brought up a lot of stuff. As for the cover page that was Downey's logo back into the early seventies. Picked a catalog from Downey when it was a small shop in the back of the Downey Toyota dealer. This was in 1974. Cover on the catalog cover is in color.

 

[RHINO]

David Deal was the artist, he did alot of car art, anybody remember CARtoons magazine? he was also an avid driver and is credited with creating the first baja bug

 

[murf]