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Hinson seat belts and Cutlass locking hub decal

Discussion in 'Early Jeep Restoration and Research' started by jbjeeps, Nov 19, 2012.

  1. Nov 19, 2012
    jbjeeps

    jbjeeps Member 2022 Sponsor

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    These seat belts are in our '63 CJ5 Tux Pk Mk III. The belt is 2" wide.

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    This decal is on the inside of the glove box door on the same Jeep. I found some ECJ5 threads that identified them as "early" Cutlass hubs and that later model Cutlass hubs had a knurled knob instead of the two screws.

    These hubs are no longer on the Jeep. It now has Warn hubs.

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  2. Nov 19, 2012
    68BuickV6

    68BuickV6 Well-Known Member

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    It's too bad that decal is in such bad shape.
    A scan of that would be really cool for anyone running Cutlass hubs.
    (Does anyone even use those?)
     
  3. Nov 20, 2012
    jbjeeps

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    A scan would have been nice and easy. Maybe there are some talented folks out there with the right program to reproduce it.

    I've seen some of those early screw hubs on old Jeeps I've looked at. Our '56 has the later type with the knurled knob. I haven't driven it yet though so not sure if/how they work. It's in it's second year as "next year's project" so I'm not sure when I'll get to it. ;)
     
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  4. Nov 20, 2012
    tarry99

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    :)The Knurled knob spring loaded version came about in the mid-sixty's............That really is a great hub, parts are no longer available but neither are Warn. The nice feature of that hub is that you could engage the knob to 4-wheel drive when you left your house. The hub would not lock up or engage until the transfer case was put into 4-wheel drive and power was sent through the drive train. Once you return to the pavement of course you would have to manually turn them back to two wheel.

    I still have them.:D
     
  5. Nov 20, 2012
    jbjeeps

    jbjeeps Member 2022 Sponsor

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    That's good to know, thanks for posting it! :beer:
     
  6. Nov 22, 2012
    jwmckenzie

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    I have a set of these Cutlass locking hubs, I think they look like the decal.

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    Been trying to make a decision about using these or a set of "Free-Lock" hubs, made by Selectro. I think the Free-Locks are what tarry99 calls the "Knurled knob". The Free-Lock hubs seem like they would be a lot easier to use.

    What are the dimensions of the decal?
     
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