Russ, thanks for responding but wrong part.
On an original canvas top there are 6 bow pieces.
Left front, right front, center front plus left rear, right rear and center rear.
There are 4 rails which included the left front, right front and the 2 identical rear rails.
There are 3 rods. This consists of a horizontal positioned front center spacer.
And finally 2 vertical front side curtain left and right.
Here is a pic of the “dogleg†bend .
Does this bend go in or out ?
First off let me say that the CJ3A and B original top parts are all identical excepting the two front top rails which are located above the doors.
They obviously require different door skins too.
Why do the front horizontal rails differ from A to B ?
Well I think it’s because the windshields are mounted at slightly different angles,
In other words they have a very slightly different bend up near the windshield.
I am currently fitting some top bows onto my 3B and making all of the various rods and rails by hand.
Here is my question for now…
If you look at the base of the front vertical door rod you will notice it has a small dogleg shape bend near the base. Is this bend supposed to be positioned inward as is barely noticeable in Lawrence Wade’s pics ? or outward ?
https://cj3b.info/Owners/WadeBows.html
For those who do not know all rods and rails are fabricated from common 3/8’ rod material.
The term “rod†designated a vertical position and the term “rail†indicates horizontal in line with Willys nomenclature.
While the term “bow†basically indicates any one of the tubes. They are further identified as front center bow, rear center bow, front left bow, rear left bow etc.
