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Discussion in 'Early Jeep Restoration and Research' started by rossbos, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. Sep 22, 2008
    rossbos

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    What color are hood higes on a stock 70 cj5, black or the color of the jeep.
     
  2. Sep 22, 2008
    jayhawkclint

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    Mine were color of the JEEP.

    I think I read once that there were some discussion about differences in the windshield hinges, though; some folks got black top and bottom, some got black top and body colored bottom. Can't find where I read it now.
     
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  3. Sep 24, 2008
    rossbos

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    I was hoping to get a little more input, I know there are plenty of people out there own jeeps.
     
  4. Sep 24, 2008
    Fnord5

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    If it don't go, Chrome it! :D (mine are, no clue if stock, or even a factory option)
     
  5. Sep 24, 2008
    Fnord5

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    Those hinges are white on my Jeep, (white body)

    Not original color Jeep though, they may have been painted over. :?:
     
  6. Sep 24, 2008
    timgr

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    I've never seen body color on a Jeep earlier than 1974.
     
  7. Sep 24, 2008
    WYOMIKE

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    Mine 71 hood hinges were the body color.
    Pic was taken when jeep was only about 3 months old. :)

    View attachment 23896
     
  8. Sep 24, 2008
    Chilly

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    WYOMIKE, I'm not following you. Your text says body color, but your photo shows black hinges.

    Not much input on this thread probably because it was debated in great detail a short while back. Since I took the time to post this much I'll say mine are black top and bottom and I don't think they were repainted. It's a 1973, and the rust pops show black paint through and through.
     
  9. Sep 24, 2008
    Fnord5

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    Hood hinges, not windshield.
     
  10. Sep 24, 2008
    sparky

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    What Alex said. Read the subject first folks. :)
     
  11. Sep 25, 2008
    Chilly

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    My reading skills are fine. Heck, I'm probably reading at a 9th grade level by now. It's the processing between the ears that sometimes fails me.

    My 1973 SuperJeep has body-colored hood hinges. Accuracy is supported by pics of another SuperJeep on showroom floor having body colored hinges.

    Chilly
     
  12. Sep 25, 2008
    jayhawkclint

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    Were you talking about the hood hinges or windshield? I've only seen body color hood hinges on those model years. I've only personally seen black/black on the windshield hinges for the ECJ5.
     
  13. Sep 25, 2008
    sparky

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    R) :coffee:

    Don't feel bad, I've done the same.
     
  14. Sep 25, 2008
    lost1wing

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    My 1967 has body color hood hinges, Red/Red.
     
  15. Sep 25, 2008
    aallison

    aallison 74 cj6, 76 cj5. Has anyone seen my screwdriver?

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    I looked at a pile of ECJ hood hinges a few months ago. Not one was black. I also looked at hoods. Most of the hoods still had hinge parts attached. They were all body color.
     
  16. Sep 25, 2008
    Howard Eisenhauer

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    '55 owners manual shows body coloured hood hinges.

    [​IMG]

    Of course, it also shows a body coloured windshield frame (this is where I'd insert a "Can'O'Worms" emticon if we had one :twisted:)

    H.:rofl:
     
  17. Sep 25, 2008
    Chris Insull

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    X2... Not a '70, I know, but mine (Dec '70 MFG) still has the original paint... FWIW, I've never seen a factory CJ-5 with anything other than body colored hinges. The chrome/ stainless hinges available were/ are aftermarket...
     
  18. Sep 25, 2008
    WYOMIKE

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    Curiosity got the best of me, so I did some quick research. I checked in 2 books I have, The Story of Jeep by P R Foster, Jeep Illustrated Buyers Guide by Jim Allen, some old pictures of different Jeeps that I have, some old sales literature that I have, the pictures in the Vintage Literature section, and the pictures in the Vintage picture gallery. Every picture that I found that I knew was of a new CJ-5 Jeep, nowhere did I find a picture that did not have the hinges the same color as the body. The only ones that I found that were not body color were the chrome ones on the Mark IVs. I did find one factory picture of a CJ-6 with what looked like black hinges. Of course we all know what goofy things CJ-6s are R)
    Just my 2 cents worth.
     
  19. Sep 26, 2008
    bkd

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    Well my 66 cj6 the hinges were body color (beer here)
    Jim S.
     
  20. Dec 15, 2008
    johnny and sandy

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    On my 1964 they are chrome
    From Johnny and Sandy
     
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