Interesting article. If I wanted a jeep for 4 wheeling the Toyota FJ-40 would win hands down when compared to a M38 or M38A1 or CJ5 1955 - 71. My preference would switch to the 258 six or larger AMC CJ5 1971-1980 after that. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Joined: Nov 01, 2011 Posts: 201 Location: Escondido, CA
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:18 pm Post subject:
I like 'em both!
Interesting that they chose a '76 FJ-40 for a show called "Generation Gap" - yes, it's post-'74 and 24 years newer than the M38 so I guess that makes it a generation, but it's closer to an M38 than most SUVs built since. Pretty pointless comparison - just a bunch of subjective opinions and didn't even take 'em off the pavement. Ten minutes of my life I won't get back
Creature comforts in a '76 FJ-40? Wonder what he was imagining when he said that. Pretty spartan vehicle even by standards of its day.
Ya'll catch some of the technical errors they made? Locking differential on an M38? Twist these things (lock-out hubs on the FJ) and the differential is locked? "In WWII, this Jeep could have been produced by Kaiser Jeep . . ." _________________ Jim McKim
1952 M38 son-father project
Slowly turning rusty parts into OD parts
I knew better. I only read the article. I ignore the opinions column. Only cost me 60 seconds out of my life! _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Joined: Nov 01, 2011 Posts: 201 Location: Escondido, CA
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:56 pm Post subject:
wesk wrote:
Jimm,
I knew better. I only read the article. I ignore the opinions column. Only cost me 60 seconds out of my life!
Smart man.
The opinions I was referring to were those of the hosts in the video. An attempt to be entertaining and knowledgeable, but failed at both. I didn't even dare look at the comments column. _________________ Jim McKim
1952 M38 son-father project
Slowly turning rusty parts into OD parts
I didn't look at the video either. Was it any good without the narrator's comments? _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
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