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rear floor pan on old, old cj5 - ridge count

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by kamel, Mar 17, 2005.

  1. Mar 17, 2005
    kamel

    kamel Senior Curmudgeon

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    I just picked up a '56 cj5.

    I noticed that in the rear floor that the small lengthwise ridges were about 9 inches apart, leaving room for only three. I went over to another jeep and the ridges were about 4 inches apart and there were a lot more (didn't count them).

    Every jeep I have ever had or seen had the 4 inch ridge spacing.

    - I wonder if this isn't a way to tell a really old cj5 tub from a newer (~1958) tub. Does anyone else have a 55 or 56 cj with this wierd floorboard in the rear?

    I wonder how many ridges were in a M38A1 tub?
     
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  2. Mar 17, 2005
    timgr

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    It may not be a Jeep bed panel specifically. Raybucks sells corrugated bed metal in 96x28" or 48x16" sizes; used for universal bed floor replacement.
     
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  3. Mar 17, 2005
    fourtrail

    fourtrail Built not Bought

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    Have both a m38a1 and 56 cj-5. will get a count this weekend.
     
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    mb82

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    im with tim i wonder if it is just not bed replacement panels that are not exactly right, who would have thought that would happen huh?
     
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  5. Mar 18, 2005
    Howard Eisenhauer

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    I have both of the rear floor pans from Tonka (55) & a doner tub (67?) stacked next to each other, they're exatly the same ridge-wise. The only difference is the newer one has two hat channels under it rather than the one Tonk has. Maggie's (59 CJ6) is likewise simular.

    I'd say you have had a replacement put in somewheres along the lone-

    H.
     
    Howard Eisenhauer, Mar 18, 2005
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