Why do people put Chevy motors in Toyota Land Cruisers?

man_hands542

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I've been searching for a high quality fully restored late '60's to mid '70's Toyota Land Cruiser and for the most part anything with a thorough restoration has removed the Toyota motor and replaced it with some variety of Chevy motor. I'm curious as to why they don't replace the old Toyota motor with a new Toyota motor instead of using a stereotypically unreliable motor in an iconically reliable vehicle.
 
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