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what are these holes for?

Discussion in 'Intermediate CJ-5/6/7/8' started by Mugzilla, Jan 21, 2006.

  1. Mugzilla

    Mugzilla Member

    Just a bit of curiousity on my part. Whatever is SUPPOSED to go there might be in boxes in my attic...

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    Mugzilla, Jan 21, 2006
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  2. Boyink

    Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member

    Upper door hinge for a softop. Not used with the Supertop.
     
    Boyink, Jan 21, 2006
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  3. russo

    russo Hope is not a method

    The same holes on my '69 windshield frame also hold bolts for original hard top hinge assembly.
     
    russo, Jan 21, 2006
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  4. iowa

    iowa Member

    there is also a hole
    around to the front
    and at the top
    used for the old soft tops.
    i'm still upset
    that one cannot buy
    an original soft top for these cj's
    iowa
     
    iowa, Jan 21, 2006
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  5. Mugzilla

    Mugzilla Member

    Are you writing Haiku?
     
    Mugzilla, Jan 21, 2006
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  6. 84cj7er

    84cj7er Thats not a pillow....!!!

    How about a full shot of that Jeep...wow that is nice lookin!!
     
    84cj7er, Jan 21, 2006
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  7. Rondog

    Rondog just hangin' out

    He DID post a full shot of it, a front-right view a few days ago. He was thinking of selling the f/glas tub and going with a Replitub, but we told him it's too pretty for that. http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24279
     
    Rondog, Jan 21, 2006
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  8. 68 CJ

    68 CJ Banned

    very nice, nice in deed. leave it alone, it ain't broke.
     
    68 CJ, Jan 22, 2006
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  9. cj5man

    cj5man New Member

    Allow me to give you a little advice. I also have a 75 cj5 and asked myself the same question about what the heck those holes were for. Not a week after i bought the thing (PO didn't leave it in the best of shape) I'm humming down the road on a windy day and all of a sudden theres a gust of wind and I heard a snap, and the windshield frame was about 1/2 of an inch from my nose and the glass had smashed on the steering wheel. The lesson was learned. 1 - don't let your windshield frame get rusty. 2 - up to 1976, cj5 hinges like yours and mine that bolt to the bottom of the w/s frame came with a bar that slides up the side and is held in by bolts through those two holes. I also heard that after time the windshield frame will bend backward making your top saggy.
     
    cj5man, Jan 23, 2006
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  10. Boyink

    Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member

    Hmm..I think you've got the wrong holes in mind.

    The w/s hinge bolts are lower and from the face of the w/s frame - they're the two bolt heads seen in the lower left of this pic (just by the Ramber tire):

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    You can see the door hinge sticking out to the inside of the frame higher up - that's where the holes in question are.
     
    Boyink, Jan 23, 2006
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  11. cj5man

    cj5man New Member

    Must have been a mod someone did to the 72 i took apart because on that w/s frame they went all the way up to the two he's talkning about. I'm still looking for some hinges for mine because the PO cut those support bars off.
     
    cj5man, Jan 23, 2006
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  12. Mongo

    Mongo Shadetree Moronic

    I had to post in this htread, just because of the title.

    Having said that, the softtop is what they were originally for, but it doesn't take a lot of work to modify them to use a lightbar from a newer model CJ
     
    Mongo, Jan 23, 2006
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  13. Boyink

    Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member

    Huh...have had 2 early w/s and 2 intermediate ones and all of them had hinges that only went up in the frame 6" or so...but who knows what variations are out there.
     
    Boyink, Jan 23, 2006
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  14. lynn

    lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member

    ConFerr used to make some nifty auxillary light brackets that utilized these two holes, and had a tab in front to mount the lights. I ran my lights on those brackets for years; many of the pics of my rig on this site show those brackets. I recently moved my lights and sold the brackets to Kyle (2pwrlftrs4u), I don't think ConFerr makes them anymore... but they'd be pretty easy to fab.
    My soft top upper door hinge also bolts to those holes, on the inside of the frame.
     
    lynn, Jan 23, 2006
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