About the Old Girl

She was born in the summer of '69 in Ontario, Canada; titled in '70 in Maine, USA. She shares some traits of both a '69 and a '70.

My uncle is the first owner; after 35 years of pining for it I talked him out of it.

She is mostly stock; what little add-ons are mainly because I haven't found a true stock replacement. These are all interim solutions until she gets a true frame off restoration. Of course I'll document that all here. She's had a face-lift about 2004-05; lots of rust was removed and a big portion of the body replaced. Maine winters can be pretty harsh on steel.

Key bits of info:
- Engine - Buick V-6 225 cubic inch
- Transmission - Dana T-14, 3 speed
- Transfer Case - Spicer T-18
- Front Differential - Dana 27, 3.73 ratio
- Rear Differential - Dana 44, 3.73 ratio
- Wheels - 15 inch
- Winch - front mounted Ramsey MX-2000 PTO (dealer installed)
- Top - Meyer Steel top (dealer installed)
- Color - Omaha Orange

This blog is a record of what we do together and of course what I do to her to keep her in good shape...

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Something to hang on to...


There are two holes in the dash...okay there a lot of holes in the dash but two just stand right out because there is NOTHING in those two holes.

The CJ line has a grab  bar right in the middle of the dash, just offset to the passenger side.  Obviously for someone to hang on to when the road gets rough and considering that handles anywhere else were not very practicable (no roll bars remember) so having one on the dash sort of makes sense.

Problem is, there is NOT a grab bar on the Old Girl!  Two nice holes, in just the right place.  But what happened to that bar?

The answer is lost to time, but it turns out these are easy to get and I actually had a choice of 3 finishes:
1) Chrome;
2) Black (matte);
3) Primed and ready for the paint color of my choosing.

I chose Chrome:

Isn't that nice?

Thanks for looking...


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