This is good and timely information as I too am looking for a jeep
tub (M38a1). After paying the high cost of body work on my 53 truck,
I've decided to replace the sheet metal on this one if it was
available.
This morning I talked with Marcus at Willys acres about the quality
of the MDJUAN product. He said that drilling was still necessary.
He also says that although the parts are primed he recommends that
they be beedblasted and reprimed with an epoxy primer.
After hearing comments on this subject I've decided to order from
them and keep my old tub for reference purposes until the project is
complete.
John
--- In WillysTech@..., "Chris Lange" <bullseye@...> wrote:
Good morning,
If you are looking for a new body for your CJ2A, please shop around
first. Most of the bodies come from the Phillipines, and sold by all
the venders. I bought a tub about two years ago now from
Willysacres.com. This was one of the MDJUAN.com bodies. It did have
all the holes drilled for the gauges, floor pedals, etc. The bodies
have come a long way from the early years when you would essentially
get a tub, that sort of looked like a conglomeration of every Willys
jeep from WW2 to 1953. I think with the growing popularity of these
old jeeps, MDJUAN has had to improve thier product to keep the buying
public happy. I was very happy with the tub I received.
Now I must say that I went with the MB tub for my CJ2A so I did
have to change the body mounts on my CJ2A frame, but the holes in the
tub were all there.
Finally, when I was shopping for a tub, I did many a search on the
computer, and found that Willysacres had the lowest price. That may
or may not be the case now, but I do suggest that you do some looking
first, as the price may vary greatly from one vender to another.
Good Luck!
Chris
Cortland, NY
----- Original Message -----
From: willysx1
To: WillysTech@...
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:49 PM
Subject: [WT] CJ2A Replacement Body
Does anyone have any knowledge on the replacement bodies
currently
avalible for a 47-48 CJ2A. Willys-Overland Motors claims to have
a
perfect fit where others talk about might needing to do a little
cut,
fit, weld. Anyone have the straight stuff on this? Contact me off
list if you don't want your comments public.
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