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UPDATE: Price dropped to $1900.
This looks to have four combat rims. Good price if that’s the case.
“Awesome Jeep CJ2a
Runs great, F head motor
Clean title in hand
Everything works great, just could use the brakes bled.
Combat wheels
Might trade or part trade for?”
http://medford.craigslist.org/cto/5320780988.html
What’s the box on the hood? Sincerely- Noob
Seth,
Those are jokingly referred to as hood bumps or head bump. Sometimes by less flattering descriptions. 🙂
The original flathead engine, L-134) has a low profile. The later F-134 has a slightly higher profile. One reason the CJ-3B was designed with a high cowl and hood (hence the nickname high hood) was to accommodate the taller F-134 engine.
CJ-2A & CJ-3A owners quickly learned that when their L-134s went belly up, they could easily swap in the F-134. However, because of the taller profile, the carb would block the hood from closing. To accommodate the swap, some jeeps owners cut holes in their hoods. Others cut holes and installed covers — sometimes boxes, sometimes rounded, and sometimes in-between — onto the hoods.
Most didn’t know that if you did the engine swap, you could also remove the standard F-134 carb and replace it with a side draft carb (specific carb escapes me at the moment and I don’t have time to look it up) then the hood would close without the need for a hole or hood bump.
Importantly, other engine installations can lead to the hood bump as well. My Buick V6 had a high intake Edelbrock that forced me to add a bump, though I like to think it was done more elegantly. Also, Bobcat made special fiberglass hoods with a very recognizable, large bump that allowed much more space.
Hope that helps.
– Dave
I actually sold this jeep to a young kid 3 weeks ago for 1,300…. It has 3 combat rims, the motor ran well needed new wheel cylinders, looks like the kid threw on a rattle can paint job and painted the wheels yellow.
I guess he’s being an entrepreneur …
Very true, to each their own. It’s a solid jeep will bring someone fun.
10-4, I was thinking that was the case because my parent’s neighbor has a 1948(?) with an F-head motor and “fabricated” a high hood by raisinit and putting 2×4’s along the bottom of it to cover the gaps. Thanks!
“I guess he’s being an entrepreneur …”
I remember years ago when my time was free, and there was plenty of it… at some point in his life he’ll realize that after the supplies, the prep, the painting, the cleanup and the time his original investment is tied up if he gets his 1k profit he will have at best broken even 😉
Still, I’d rather he fixed it up and just drove it…
lol, I did.