The early Land Cruiser engines were almost clones of the 235. I've never done a side by side comparison, but it was not uncommon for Japanese manufacturers to copy other makes. A Datsun FairLady 1500 OHV 4 cylinder back in the late 1960's was such a close copy of the MGA 1500 that the heads would interchange.
Jerry


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