marker light recess ???

I have a 1970 cj-5 and the driver side has its rear marker light recessed
and not the passenger side.Did they do this because of the side tire carrier ?

I just ground all the bondo and fiberglass out of the side and thought some one did some work but it looks originaly done this way.

Shawn

 

Thats right. Originally, the passenger side marker light was a round light in the spare tire holder. See my post in this thread.http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31261

 

I was wondering the same thing. I just removed some diamond plate off mine and assumed that I had some bondo on the right side. Mine is a 71 though. Here are pics of left and right side.

 

'70s and '71s are basically identical. Your's would have originally came w/ the same spare mount.:v6:

 

I think the rear marker(s) were added sometime during the mid year production of 1970's. I've seen a couple of early 70's (including mine) that have no recessed rear marker.

 

Mine was a March '70 build. I think that is when they changed things around.:v6: