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3A, 3B, DJ Technical Knowledge Base => "Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations => Topic started by: Tucker on September 13, 2013, 11:04:56 PM

Title: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: Tucker on September 13, 2013, 11:04:56 PM: I've got a late 2A or 3A grill that has what looks to be a factory mod below the passenger headlight bucket and in the first two inboard grill slats.ï¿½ It looks too good to be a bubba mod, but my research on the net has resulted in nothing that looks like this.

Any ideas?

(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv54/4x4Dad/Willys/97c59f08-d6d4-4970-a799-e292edf71551.jpg)

(http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv54/4x4Dad/Willys/6759b080-2370-4890-9584-d03496964579.jpg)
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod
Post by: garage gnome on September 14, 2013, 12:10:13 PM: Pictures aren't showing up. Kinda hard to see. ;)
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod
Post by: Tucker on September 14, 2013, 12:14:36 PM: Oops. Fixed.
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: 1955CJ-5 on September 14, 2013, 12:33:58 PM: Looks like the mod extends to the first two vertical members on that side...? Especially from the back....
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: SteveW on September 14, 2013, 01:21:27 PM: Looks factory to me. Maybe for some kind of clearance for a handle/lever for a winch or capstan.
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: 1955CJ-5 on September 14, 2013, 01:43:17 PM: It looks like both the headlight rim and the parking light rim would overlap the indent....

Was this grill mounted on a jeep when you got it, or just loose..?
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: SteveW on September 14, 2013, 04:06:12 PM: Been pondering this a bit and I think I have seen pic's of the fire jeeps with an assembly on front with a handle. Pretty foggy memory but Willys would make just about anything for anybody if order was enough for a change. Those grills are thick and I can't fathom what it would take to press that metal. It is pressed isn't it or is it a weld job?
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: Tucker on September 14, 2013, 05:56:21 PM: The largest indent is tacked welded in several spots.

It was a loose grill in the pile of extra parts that came with the project jeep I just bought.

The mod does extend through the first two slats, but the second slat's mod is only visible from the back, almost like it would be a pocket for round rod to terminate in (if that makes sense).
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: F Bill on September 14, 2013, 09:47:11 PM: Possibly a clearance slot for some front mounted equipment, such as a pump of some sort....The fire jeeps did have front pumps and I know of one that had been opened up under the headlight so a hose could go thru there, but this is too small for that...Maybe a winch engagement lever for some odd winch?
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: Matto on September 15, 2013, 09:19:06 AM: Here's some pics from the "Fire Jeeps" section of our home page.http://www.cj3apage.com/index/Fire_Jeeps.htm
There is a pipe in that area but it's hard to tell if the grill was modified. The grill could be from an earlier version, CJ2A?
(http://i44.tinypic.com/29o3djr.jpg)
Boyer fire Jeep with pump
(http://i39.tinypic.com/30htrhj.jpg)
Boyer fire Jeep without pump
Title: Re: Help identifying possible factory grill mod - PICS
Post by: Ryan_M on September 15, 2013, 10:14:26 AM: Quote
The grill could be from an earlier version, CJ2A?

'47 2A Boyer with all the riggings. No grill indents.