What Parts Fit A '66 Tuxedo Park?

OK so i'm new to jeeps ( i'm a land cruiser guy) and finally had time to start on my 66 CJ. i don't know much about it, i have been looking for parts and i cant find alot for the early stuff but find ALOT for 76 and up, what i'm curious to is what parts from the newer jeeps will cross over to the older stuff i'm currently searching through the forum for other info but i just don't know what will cross over. thanks in advance

 

Hi - welcome from Boston.

We have a sticky thread about parts - Where to Find Parts

Almost nothing. There are three generations of CJ-5; early (55-71), intermediate (72-75) and late (76-on). Intermediate shares some (different) parts with early and late, but about all that's shared between early and late is the shape of the body shell and front bumper.

 

CJ's changed a lot in 72, and even more in 76. Not much will interchange between 66 & 76.
A lot depends on what you plan for the Jeep...is this a restoration or a modified Jeep?

 

Welcome from Michigan. Is your Tux a 134-4 or a V-6? Is it a CJ 5 or a CJ 6? Just curious. Mine is a 64, 134- 4, CJ 5. Good luck.

 

If you are trying to find parts and you are looking specifically for a Tuxedo part you won't find vary many listed. Most listings are under CJ5 and will and will carry a note for CJ5A. Welcome from Ga.

 

Mechanically there is nothing special about a TP other then a column shift. Everything else is cosmetic. Most of the parts are found listed as a CJ5. Rockauto.com has a pretty good breakdown of parts. I just did all the mechanical on a 66 with a 134 and all of the parts came from Rockauto.

 

it was my dads jeep ( he passed away a few years ago ) he had it scene the 70's and it has been setting in the barn for 20+ years hes gone now and i don't know much about it, last registered in 1993. its a V6, but i'm not sure which engine it has, one guy told me it was a even fire 231 out of 78 regal, another says odd fire 231, it has a hei but i found that a HEI out of a skylark will work on a 225. the timing mark is cast on the front cover and it has a 2 barrel just need to figure it out so i can get some tune up stuff and get her running

 

and any ideas about what the 4th ****er is it doesnt have a pto that im aware of

 

Looks to be the shifter for an overdrive unit.

 

My guess on the engine is a mid '70s odd fire 231 found in Skylarks, etc. The HEI and the EGR valve on the rear of the intake manifold are indicative of said engine. The thermostat housing on these engines is steel vs. the cast aluminum part on the earlier 225.

Those shifters are odd. The transfer case shifters appear to be a pair of later style ones used on single stick transfer cases. Older cases were twin stick but used a totally different style shifter. Transmission shifter looks like a HD truck 4 speed shifter or maybe a T-98 4 spd. The other shifter may indeed be for an OD but looks like none I've seen.

Snap a few pics of the transfer case and transmission from underneath. Might help identify just what you have there.

 

The shifters are odd. The two shorter shifters as a pair should be the transfer case shifters, but that's an unusual if not unique design. Take a look underneath for an overdrive on the back of the transfer case. Thart would account for the fourth shifter.

We have a document with casting numbers for Jeep/Buick V6s. http://nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/BuickV6CastingNumbersandInternalSpecs.pdf - What Dave (wheelie) writes makes sense, since there was no EGR on any 60s 225 or 231 AFAIK. That plus the HEI distributor indicates a later engine, ie 70s Buick. All this stuff can be figured out - stay with us and we can work it through.

 

Interesting shifters for sure..

 

If you can supply the casting numbers on the rear of the block (drivers side, between base of head and bellhousing), I can look them up and tell you what you have.
You definitely have a unique 3 shifters, other than the transmission.
Your original light blue paint on the firewall looks like it could be Sierra Blue (not metallic), a Tuxedo Park color. It could also be Empire blue if it is metallic.
Is your VIN prefix 8322 or 8305?
-Donny

 

it lives!!!!!!!! after setting for 20 years in the barn it fired up this afternoon, changed the oil and spark plugs and a new battery, still have a electric fuel pump to figure out and some new fuel lines, now as soon as the snow melt in front of my shop doors and i can get it on the lift, new seats are on the way and change all the fluidsin the running gear

 

I thought all TP's had single stick transfer case shifters? My 64 does, and the 67 V 6 donor I used had a single stick in it. Confused again.

 

The single-stick appears to have been introduced with the '64 Tuxedo Park models. Regular CJ5's appear to have come with twin-sticks into '65, but I have seen single-stick '64's too.
The twin levers in the photo in post #8 are someones's custom adaptation, as well as the overdrive (?) lever. That whole floor/tunnel plate is custom made.
-Donny

 

Makes sense to me now, Thanks.

 

I don't know for sure . but the transmission cover looks like the 4 speed one . yep shifter in rear OD . now how he adapted the strange twin stick . with the single stick shifter . like to see pictures from under jeep