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Sloped hood CJ-3B
Topic Started: Sep 23 2013, 07:01 PM (2,305 Views)
Bob_webber
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i think it would be interesting to see this information in a poll, it might kind of simulate the outcome of the 3b prototype had it been implemented.

i am surprised at how many do seem to like it.
53 3b, early cj5 frame (hurricane),2.43 ratio t case 26 tooth with 1 1/4" case (my own creation), late 60's c5 ross steering box, all range od, parts from a welder generator, and parts from about 9 different jeeps and counting. my every last penny and ounce of patients creates what we call the FrAnken B, the jeep that never was

bob, north east Ohio
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oldtime
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Phil, that's a nice looking hood that Kerry made.
Thanks for that link.

Great idea Bob.
I'll go ahead and conjure us up a slope hood poll.

IMHO the sloped hood makes a 3B look a bit more like the Wrangler.
Currently building my final F-134 powered 3B .
Rock Crawler using factory parts from the Willys Motors era (1953-1963)

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Larry (TX)
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Kerry's Mahindra with the WWII jeep grill and sloped hood is quite a looker, no two way's 'bout it! I'm bett'n he gets quite a lot of raves from jeep fans there!
Larry Steed
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'52 Willys M38
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In my speech at the Spring Willys Reunion I said that the 1953 sloped-hood CJ-3B reminded me of this guy:

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Everything I have found out about the prototype is included near the bottom of the page at http://www.film.queensu.ca/CJ3B/CJ4Prototypes.html -- It appears to have been a modification of a production CJ-3B, rather than part of the CJ-4 project. Had it been approved, perhaps it would have become the 1954 CJ-3B. I think the idea of modifying a 3B to represent this historic experiment would be a great project.

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Derek Redmond
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steve
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it reminds me of a suzuski samuri (if I spelled it right ...) you know that japanese import from the 1980's I think
54 CJ3B ~ up and running ~ Tiger Top installed
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Just my opinion, but it just would'nt be a "3b" with a tapered hood!! Heaven forbid, what would the purist say about it all!! :( :(
somedays your the windsheild--somedays your the bug

Chuck - Cherryville B.C. Canada


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binthere,Sep 28 2013
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Just my opinion, but it just would'nt be a "3b" with a tapered hood!! Heaven forbid, what would the purist say about it all!! :( :(

Yes, but if that was the way it was produced from the start, none of us would know any different.
Eddie
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Got me there!! But then again, there might not be as many out there!! :D
somedays your the windsheild--somedays your the bug

Chuck - Cherryville B.C. Canada


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49 willys jeepster " a few dollars more"
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oldtime,Sep 26 2013
06:36 PM
Take a bad 3B hood and repair it as a slope hood.
Then buy a good original 3A grille and install that inplace of the 3B grille.
That's it and the modification is easily reversable.

Is that all there is to it? I like it enough that I am considering this mod. No radiator or shroud modifications? Sorry all you purists, I love my high-hood but always admired the 2 & 3A grills better with their headlights lower and more on the sides of the grill slats.
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oldtime
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Great question Goose.
That's exactly what I was wondering myself.
Not quite sure if the slope modification will require the 3A or the 3B fan shroud.
The side mount 3A uses the same radiator but I know that the shroud is somehow different.
I do plan to check into that given an opportunity to closely inspect a standard 3A.
Currently building my final F-134 powered 3B .
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