This reminds me of the Toyota Land Cruiser back in the day. The engine castings were an exact knock off of the Chevy 235 inline 6. We probably sold them the casting molds. The only difference was the holes were tapped for metric bolts.
They didn’t design or develop that engine. We did... And we already had tons of them before they “introduced” these engines.
And that was a mighty fine engine. Some motors develop a reputation for reliability—and that was one. The chr slant 6 and ford 300/6 come to mind.
“This reminds me of the Toyota Land Cruiser back in the day. The engine castings were an exact knock off of the Chevy 235 inline 6.”
The 235 was pushrod. Toyota was OHC.
Built under Chevy license.
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The F engine block, crankshaft and lower end assembly is loosely based on the 1939-63 G.M.C. L6 OHV 236 engine but with a taller deck (rather than the similar but smaller Chevrolet 1937-63 Gen-2 L6 OHV engine), and built under license. The cylinder head and combustion chamber is derived from the Chevrolet L6 OHV “Stovebolt” engine, slightly scaled up. The general idea was consumers would feel comfortable with the engine since it was a familiar design and had a proven track record. None of the bottom end of the engine is interchangeable with these engines.
“Toyota Land Cruiser back in the day”
I remember them well, after helping a non-gearhead friend rebuild the motor on one.
1970s?
Word was that GM sold the tooling to Toyota for some of the motors.
IIRC GM parts worked for most but not all of the rebuild.
Rings, rods, mains ...