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Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by juffer, Oct 8, 2008.

  1. Oct 8, 2008
    juffer

    juffer Juffer

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    I have seen so many rollbars on early cjs. So i dont know what is the original one form the factory. I hope someone will send me some pictures of an original rollbar of a 1969 cj5 225 cid odd fire.

    Thanks in advance

    Ewoud
     
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    sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

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    There is no factory roll (sport) bar before 1974.
     
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    w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

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    Sparky is correct, but many of the '74-up factory bars have been retrofitted into earlier Jeeps.

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    ghost122488

    ghost122488 AKA Jason

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    I am confused, I thought the 462, Renegade 1 ,and Renegade 2 had roll bars. My R1 has the factory roll bar and the padding that goes around it. That would mean that roolbars were first seen in 1969 with the 462.
     
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    juffer

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    OK , that might explain why trea are so many models. Thanks
     
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    sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

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    Sorry, I made a blanket statement and didn't mention the <1% of models out there that came with.

    CJ-5s did not come with roll bars from the factory until 1974 unless they were a special package, see 462 and Renegade I and II Page I wrote for more. :D
     
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    timgr

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    Prior to '74, the two rollbars that were most often fitted (AFAIK) were from Kayline and from Smittybilt. I believe the Kayline bars were 'official Jeep equipment' too. I don't know if Jeep started making their own rollbars, or if they outsourced them from Kayline, but the factory bars (like the one on Steve's Jeep above) look like the Kayline bars. The Smittybilt bar has a different shape to the support bars. Rather than a straight bar mounted at an angle, the support bar is in the vertical plane with two 45 degree bends to turn and meet the hoop bar.

    This is a Smittybilt bar in a CJ-6:

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    At that time (1975) Smittybilt was the only supplier of CJ-6 bars. The CJ-5 bar is similar, except for the obvious difference in the hoop (the CJ-6 hoop goes to the floor).
     
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