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Hood Stand Location

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by justnty, Dec 27, 2010.

  1. justnty

    justnty Member

    Down to the small details I mounted the stand to hold up the hood today but when I went to try it out I couldn't locate a hole to put it in? I'm talking about the one down and around the gril and drivers side fender. I'm afraid I may have welded it up when I did my body work and there wasn't one when I started. So if anyone is bored and or feeling generous would you mind taking a quick picture of where it is supposed to be? Not sure what years are the same or different but mine is a 70 CJ5.

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    What's this on? I don't know of any hood stands on CJ's. There are 2 grill to firewall braces, one on each side. :?
     
  3. Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    I think they had a prop rod by '70 or '71 Glenn.
    I'd have to go look, but I think there was remnants of one on my '71.
     
  4. Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    :oops: I guess if I had read the last part I would have seen it's a '70 CJ5. At least I would have know what it was on. :rofl:
     
  5. CJ5-GCR

    CJ5-GCR New Member

    My '67 hood prop looks a lot like my windshield
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  6. justnty

    justnty Member

    Hood prop is probably a better word but the question still remains where does that thing land when you swing it around off the front of the hood down to the grill or front fender?
     
  7. nickmil

    nickmil In mothballs.

    There is a bracket that goes on the passenger side grill support. The adjusting nuts hold it in place. It's the L-shaped bracket standing up with the hole in it. The "hook" of the prop rod goes into the hole.

    [​IMG]
     
  8. mwinks-jeep

    mwinks-jeep I still love snow, Godspeed, Barney! 2024 Sponsor

    I know what you mean, got one on my 58 will try get a pic up today.
     
  9. mwinks-jeep

    mwinks-jeep I still love snow, Godspeed, Barney! 2024 Sponsor

  10. mwinks-jeep

    mwinks-jeep I still love snow, Godspeed, Barney! 2024 Sponsor

    Doh that shot before mine is for the later stand maybe? Oops.
     
  11. Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    Pretty sure he wanted a pic of a factory setup like Nick posted.;)
     
  12. mwinks-jeep

    mwinks-jeep I still love snow, Godspeed, Barney! 2024 Sponsor

    yeah I corrected myself, mine's an earlier setup.:stout:
     
  13. Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    Yours isn't factory. They didn't have them until 70..
     
  14. Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    This thread is jogging my memory a bit. It would make sense that they put a prop for the hood when they changed the windshield to curved at the top. I know the '69 models had the curved windshield available.
     
  15. Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    Mid '68 started the curved glass. :shrug: The hood rests on the W/S frame either way..:)
     
  16. Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    It does indeed, but I'm thinking about the latch on the ones with the straight glass, and the u shaped bracket that it latches to. The curved ones don't have the latch. I was trying to remember what they did to take care of that problem. Was there a different bumper system on the hood?
     
  17. Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    Nope. That's why they started using the prop rod I think. When I went to the curved W/S I installed a Hood Booger like Lynn did...:)
    [​IMG]
     
  18. Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    That's why I was thinking they would have started a prop with the curved windshield. I had a new '69, but it had the straight glass.
     
  19. justnty

    justnty Member

    Thanks Nick that's not what I expected the response to be but works none the less. I will find a piece of flat steel tomorrow and build something that somewhat resembles yours. I did kind of find it funny that the one item I asked about was far and away the cleanest nicest part on your picture?

    Thanks again.
     
  20. unclebill

    unclebill Banned

    a guy is only half a man without a cherry hood prop thingamajigger...