Help With Soft Top Identification

Trying to find some info on a top. It was on my '57 when I bought it. Sorry no pics. It used the top bows that mounted into sockets at the center and welded at the rear quarters. Used either footman loops or a bar that snapped into spring clips at the edge of the body. There were mounts on the windshield and front bow that held a bent strip of oak. Who may have made this? I have the canvas but it is pretty well gone. I got two tops with the jeep but the one I'm inquiring about was on the jeep. Material was oiled canvas, but not OD, black. Pics of windshield and bows below.

 

Any help down page here???>>>Dating a CJ-3A On the link look for "Canvas Body Top" and a picture.

Or here>>>Installing An Original Canvas Top

Or >>>Canvas Jeep Tops on CJ3B.info

 

I have all the remains of the original top and a second top and all the hardware. I'll dig it out and post pictures.

 

X3, my '56 had the same setup with the w/s bracket, oak stiffener from w's frame to the rear, footman loops, originally black.

 

Did you ever happen to dig out the old pics?

 

Any pics of this oak stiffner?

 

Never found the original so I made one. Used a cargo strap to tension a well soaked piece of 2" x 1/2" white oak 40" long. Let it dry for a week. I found the length necessary to keep the front bow vertical to be 35 1/2" to the windshield bracket. Finished it in clear polyurethane, kind of matches the top.

 

Looks good as new. Nice job.

 

So all the links above talk about the 2a, etc. was the cj5's the same?

 

This was original to my '57 CJ5