1st Time Jeep Owner

[bmorgil]

Coming along nicely! The dash is in nice shape. You still have the lock on the glove box. That's a rare thing. You have a good bit of steel left there. The rust looks like it was just the typical "floor board puddle" that took out the steel there. The upper deck looks pretty good under the back seat.

[LarrBeard]

WOW! Topless .. look at that rack, er roll bar!

[TJones]

Yepper it’s in Real nice shape!!!
Your doing a great job there!

[gmwillys]

Looking good

[Catlewis]

Buddy sent me a photo of his completed willys jeepster. Lookin Good!willys Jeepster.jpg

[bmorgil]

That just takes you back in time!

[Catlewis]

Need some help locating a vendor for this part. It a passenger side brace for 1965 CJ-5 (circled in blue). jeep brace.jpg

[bmorgil]

If you cant find it, give Mike a call at KW. He does have some sources for steel. I think gmwillys might be able to help. You may have to fab that up out of sheet steel. It looks like a standard hat channel.

[gmwillys]

I've been lucky so far for the quarter brace. The one you have on your CJ5 could be easily fixed, but the closest replacement piece for size would be the inner rear fender brace;

https://walcks4wd.com/Spare-Tire-Bra...71_p_1718.html

It will need to be modified because it is not exactly a match to what you have.

I would follow Bmorgil's advice and talk with Mike at Kaisers to see what he recommends. I looked through some of my photos to see if maybe I captured a picture of the M38A1 I did a few years back, but nothing that showed the brace in detail. I'm certain that that model had a brace made from a hat channel like the floor braces.

[Catlewis]

Thanks guys!