The Official "What The Heck Is This?" Thread

My parents deal antiques... those may very well be some sort of old window hinges or something. That's why I'm not even sure if they're Jeep or not.

I searched pages and pages of images of the keywords "Willys hinge" and "Jeep hinge" and saw nothing like them. The closest were hardtop door hinges, but they were all stamped, not cast. Who knows.

I'm inclined to say they are to be vertically oriented, with gravity holding the pin and the other half of the hinge in place.

 

The hinge casting appears to be same as the cowl side of the hood hinges on my 55 cj5 with the exception that my hinges are slotted for hood removal. I thought they did away with the slots at some point. I am not as familiar with the trucks and wagons but it would not be suprising to me to see the same hinge used for something else.

 

...except for that oil hole in each one. Are the bolt holes different diameters in that picture?

 

Not an early Willys Jeep pickup. The tailgate was hinged on extensions of the bottom tube.

 

I think the one has washers bonded fast with paint.

 

They're 3000 miles from here.

 

You are correct. I knew it was a spring and should be located as in the link posted by Focker. Where Baldjosh's is mounted it looks original but could have been moved. Which has resulted in it not functioning as designed and being in the way.

 

hood hinge

 

From what year?

 

This from an eBay ad says removed from a '74 CJ5. (**Needs to be confirmed**)

 

71

 

Just like my 75. Hood hinge.

 

I guess this thread is open to everything. Here goes. I know they're seat belts, but are they Jeep and, if so, what year?

 

My 73 belts are different.

 

I'd guess they are aftermarket.