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CJ 2A Top on a CJ5??

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by joe28, Jan 16, 2010.

  1. Jan 16, 2010
    joe28

    joe28 Member

    North Eastern Pa.
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    Still on my quest to find a 1/2 top for my '61 CJ5.
    On Ebay there is a really nice looking 1/2 top like 20 miles from me.
    What's the difference (windshield width wise, door opening wise) between the 2 and the 5???
    It looks like there is a spacer plate that mounts against the windshield/tub for the doors, so if the windshield angle is different, (if I remember the 2 windshield is straighter than the 5, I can make one of those.
    Joe
    If it's close, I can make anything fit!:D
     
    joe28, Jan 16, 2010
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  2. Jan 17, 2010
    w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

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    The '2A top will not fit a CJ-5 of any year, the front of the CJ-5 body and the windshield are much wider. The flatfenders all had a taper to the body that started at the front seats and narrowed to the width of the early hoodline. That's why the flatty fenders seem to stick out so far compared to the CJ-5's. ;)
     
    w3srl, Jan 17, 2010
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  3. Jan 17, 2010
    joe28

    joe28 Member

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    Tanks!
    I kinda thought the body dim. were different.
    I have 2 books that give all that god info, but both are at work.
    Maybe I was kinda, hoping, willing it to work.
    I gusee the search continue.
    Joe
    This time I gonna get what I want, not what i need!
     
    joe28, Jan 17, 2010
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  4. Jan 17, 2010
    duffer

    duffer Rodent Power

    Bozeman, MT
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    You can make a CJ5 top sort of fit on a flatty but it would be a very big modification job to go the other direction. I ran a Whitco CJ5 top on the 3B for several years. Even adding some extra snaps on the windshield frame, it was a bit baggy in several spots.
     
    duffer, Jan 17, 2010
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