Fj40/m38 comparison (sorry if link doesn't work)

jeeptj1 · Post by **jeeptj1** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:43 pm

http://click.news.hagerty.com/?qs=d2655 ... 603856c489

Post by **wesk** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:27 pm

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.

jeeptj1 · Post by **jeeptj1** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:27 pm

Wes, I always had a soft spot in my heart for the fj40. They were pretty nice vehicles but I found the m -38 first! John jr

jimm · Post by **jimm** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:18 pm

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 . . ."

Post by **wesk** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:26 pm

Jimm,

I knew better. I only read the article. I ignore the opinions column. Only cost me 60 seconds out of my life!

jimm · Post by **jimm** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:56 pm

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.

Post by **wesk** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:59 pm

I didn't look at the video either. Was it any good without the narrator's comments?

jimm · Post by **jimm** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:11 pm

wesk wrote:I didn't look at the video either. Was it any good without the narrator's comments?

Nope. Wasn't any good with them, either!