Tuxedo Park parts peculiar

There are some lists on parts peculiar to Tuxedo Park Jeeps (I think mostly the Mark IV), but I have been wondering if some of those may not have been reused from other models. Anyone that knows something about Jeeps (Willys, Kaiser, etc.) would surely agree that the company had ways to utilize parts and min. waste. Case in point was the hoods with snorkel cut-out, which are rumored to have been left over from an overproduction of M38 (at least that is what I have heard several times). So how about the 3 on the tree shifter, standard on Tuxedo's, could they have come from maybe the Aero which was still being produced in Brazil (I believe) during the early 60's? The 60/40 seats were also used in other company models and so are not nec. "peculiar" to a "tux". I'm not sure about he tailight or license plate holder, but pretty sure that one exception (to other models) were the hubcaps. A lot of hubcaps on Tuxedo's shown in pictures are not the ones that were available. If you look at some of the old catalogs and pictures, you can see that they were one piece with little "dashes" around the perimeter. Obviously, the front had cut-outs for the hubs. "Liking" Tuxedo's seems to be an acquired taste, with most not trading anymore than regular CJ5's. Anyway, if you have any thought or comments please let me know. I collect Tuxedo's and have about 7 so far with only the 66 model missing in the set. I restore them to their original condition and also welcome leads to parts or jeeps.

 

Are you sure, because everyone that I have ever seen has a column shft?

 

yup the three I have seen were the same setup

 

I bought a 67 with a v6 that has a column shift

 

really ?
I've only seen side shift T86s in Jeepsters
and that was with a special console shifter, not column
huh, learn something new everyday I guess

 

Would there even be enough room for the column shift mechanism on the engine side of the firewall with a V6 installed?

 

just for clarification, the T90, T86 and T14 were made in side shift form.
Not all were used in CJs though.

 

The '67 I parted was a top shift T-86, V-6, bucket seats Tux.

 

you betcha !
R)
still would like to see pics of this V6 column shift.

 

My 66' Tux is a V6, T86 trans. and 3 speed on the floor.

 

I've been looking at the same thing in regards to the hub caps. My rims are a stock 16". The hub caps that cover the whole wheel are all for 15" from what I've seen so far (I've spent alot of time looking for bigger hub caps). I'm pretty sure the larger 16" + wheel used the "center cap" style hub caps. That is just my theory. Hoping someone else can 2nd that or clear that up about the hubcaps.

 

I cannot verify that my '65 Tux was originally a column shift or not. I did notice a pin at the top of the column that appears to have been a mounting point for one, but it did not look used. (Of course, it could have been painted over also). When I purchased mine, it had the floor shift, bench seats, chrome at the right places and the seat pads mounted on the rear fenderwells. Oh yeah, it had the original 134F that was blown and replaced by a P.O.