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battery box

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by wilson, Jan 7, 2007.

  1. wilson

    wilson Member

    I have a 62 CJ-5. It has a battery box blank on the right side of the cowl. The battery in mounted under the hood. I also have what I was told is a 63 CJ-6. The cowl on it is smooth all the way across, no blank. Does anyone know what year they quit putting in the battery box blank? because I am not certiam my CJ-6 is a 63. Or was this a random thing that some had and some didnt?
     
    wilson, Jan 7, 2007
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  2. 1963cj5

    1963cj5 Member

    Not for sure but I have a 65 CJ5 here for parts and it has the same tub (fake battery box cover) as the 63 I am doing a resto on..Also have a 63 here for parts also...I have a 66 and 67 no battery fake box..''


    SO to answer your question --- I assume in 1965 was the last year for the fake lids.........
     
    1963cj5, Jan 7, 2007
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  3. tomcam

    tomcam Member

    my 65 cj5 dosent have the battery cover
     
    tomcam, Jan 7, 2007
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  4. termin8ed

    termin8ed I didn't do it Staff Member

    68 or 69 was the year. Can't remember off hand because I think 68 was the year they had a hodge podge of parts. Early 68's had stuff like the overhead wipers, snorkle cuttout, batter box cover... last part of the year was the lower wipers, no batter box cover, no snorkle.


    "think" it was 68 since thats what mine is and it seems to be one of the "red headed stepchilds" of that year.
     
    termin8ed, Jan 8, 2007
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  5. sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

    Battery box didn't last that long, neither did the snorkel cutout, going by MOP's which is mostly original.
     
    sparky, Jan 8, 2007
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  6. Excoach

    Excoach New Member

    I have a 59 CJ-5 with no battery cover on the cowl, blank or otherwise.

    Dan
     
    Excoach, Jan 8, 2007
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  7. sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

    That's an unoriginal tub then.
     
    sparky, Jan 8, 2007
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  8. Zia Tux

    Zia Tux Member

    My '64 doesn't seem to have the cowl battery box either.

    It would be real cool if someone could post a pic of the cowl batt box.
     
    Zia Tux, Jan 8, 2007
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  9. Executioner

    Executioner Member

    I got a 65 cj5 and have the battery blank and snorkel blank, and intend to make some use of both, Tool box...air comp. outlet ...........
     
    Executioner, Jan 8, 2007
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  10. 1963cj5

    1963cj5 Member

    Her you are ZIA TUX ::::::

    It is nite time here this is the best I got if not I can get a better one tommorrow..this is on a 63 cj5..
     
    Last edited: Mar 4, 2007
    1963cj5, Jan 8, 2007
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  11. termin8ed

    termin8ed I didn't do it Staff Member

    hmmm. now that you mention it the old tub I had may not have had that battery cover. It did have the snorkle hood though.??
     
    termin8ed, Jan 9, 2007
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  12. sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

    That may have lasted longer, MOP's is conspicuously absent on the hood though and we know it's a very original Jeep.

    [general comment for the thread]
    I'd suggest checking the VIN document in the "Where's My VIN?" sticky thread in this forum. The guys doing that are attempting to get stuff like this narrowed down.
     
    sparky, Jan 9, 2007
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  13. Zia Tux

    Zia Tux Member

    Thanks 1963CJ5. My 64 CJ6a has the snorkel cutout but not the batt box.
     
    Zia Tux, Jan 9, 2007
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  14. 1963cj5

    1963cj5 Member

    Look on e-bay theres a 1961 cj5 that has a battery bos and better pics also..

    I asked a good JEEP friend and he told me, he was under the impression they were installed from 61 to mid 65...

    Wheres someone that worked at willys ????

    If anything this is a good thread..-- tag it ----
     
    1963cj5, Jan 9, 2007
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  15. firegod33

    firegod33 Member

    The '55 tub that I picked up from tommyb, on this board has the battery box. It's going to end up on my '67. Jeep parts get changed like clothing. Makes it very hard to nail down what parts were available when.
     
    firegod33, Jan 9, 2007
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  16. sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

    What was installed from '61 to '65? To the best of my knowledge anything discussed in this thread began in '55 and at least ended in '65 or so. Either the cutout or the battery box cover on the cowl.
     
    sparky, Jan 9, 2007
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  17. sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

    Which would make it a '67 not a '68 by model year. Could've been titled as a '68, yes screw ups and VIN swaps happen, but the model year was a '67.
     
    sparky, Jan 9, 2007
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  18. spize909

    spize909 '65 Tux........SOLD

    My '65 was built in '64.
    I have the snorkel cut-out but have no idea what the cowl battery box would be if I had it on my Jeep.
    What would I be looking at?

    My battery is mounted on the pass. side firewall.
    Looks like it was done as a modification, (maybe as part of the engine swap)........with the stock 4 cyl where would the battery placement be in a 65 tux?
     
    spize909, Jan 9, 2007
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  19. sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

    Then you don't have one. R)

    It's one of those "if you have to ask" sorta things. If you have to ask, then you have a tub with the faux battery box cover. If you don't know what it is, I'd be willing to bet, your Jeep doesn't have one.

    That would be the right timeframe for what I was thinking when they phased them out.
     
    sparky, Jan 9, 2007
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  20. JZ

    JZ Member

    JZ, Jan 9, 2007
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