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    Posted: 22 Dec. 2018 at 12:50pm
When I purchased my 2A(Ratdog) many moons ago, It came with an aftermarket roll bar. I would like to mount it since I already own it and it will make my family safer. My concern is when I get to affording a canvas or hard top will these tops fit on/in my bed section of the jeep?

Do I need to leave gaps? I assume the tops would not protrude inside due to rain runoff(?)

If I go with a half top, and that is my intention, what is the stop point for the back drop/wall of the half top?


    


Also, did "Billy the Butcher" put blinkers on my flat fenders prior to my ownership? I see no signs of old wiring or column controls for the same. I do not see blinkers of the maintenance or parts manuals as "stock" items.





Thank you for your input and guidance. Always great to get the "how to's" before I get the tools out.

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The canvas half top will hang from the middle bow and slightly slope downward to the tiedown loops in the floor.
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"Billy the Butcher" a.k.a. Bubba...  Plenty of his handiwork on most flatfenders.  There were never turn signals on any flattie from the factory.
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That looks like a stock Jeep roll bar from the early 70's. It's what I have on mine. I made a frame for my summer top so I can't say for 100%, but the stock soft top frame should fit outside of the roll bar. That roll bar will not work with the 1/2 top without some modification of the soft top. Also, the soft top frames will sit a little higher than the roll bar.
I take my roll bar in and out fairly easily - put a good ratchet strap down low around the uprights and it tighten up until the bar flexes a little and then lift it right out. Also, I would suggest putting some plates under the inner fender (and NOT the exact same size as the roll bar base plate) for better tear-through protection should the unthinkable happen. I welded some nuts to the bottom of my inner plate to make it a lot easier to line everything up at once.
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Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

"Billy the Butcher" a.k.a. Bubba...  Plenty of his handiwork on most flatfenders.  There were never turn signals on any flattie from the factory.

That's not entirely true. Later 3Bs and DJ3As had them. The later 50s (think 1958) cars and trucks were required to have turn signals. 
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Originally posted by Joe DeYoung Joe DeYoung wrote:

That's not entirely true. Later 3Bs and DJ3As had them. The later 50s (think 1958) cars and trucks were required to have turn signals. 


But they weren't mounted atop the fenders.  I shoulda stated it that way.  Embarrassed
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Not originally,  But tons of them seam to have been retrofitted (probably in the 50's) I'm guessing at the dealership with added turn singles on the fenders. I've seen the same mounts and lights on lots of them and they've been on there a long time.
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Depending on which park light you have they can be converted to turn signals. Speedway motors has a bulb the size of a number 53 that has the dual elements. You just need to go to NAPA or some auto parts store and get a pair of dual contact sockets and use them to modify your original park lights.
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