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    Posted: 13 Aug. 2019 at 5:49am
I am fixing up a 1947 CJ2A that has an unusual hole in the dash to the left of the steering wheel.
 
Based on how well the edges of the opening were finished, I think it must have been installed at the factory. It also has a shape that would have been difficult to make so precisely by hand.
 
A previous owner had riveted a round piece of sheet metal over the opening about 1 paint job ago.
 
Any ideas what this hole was for?
 
Thx!
 
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Someone mounted an in dash speaker or set of speakers. I did it to my '47 (before I knew any better) back in the early 80's. I had a small pair of Pioneer speakers that I cut in the dash..

Yours wouldn't happen to have a 2000cc Pinto motor in it?
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Nope, no Pinto engine.
The hole in the dash is strange to me because it is so well finished. The holes I have seen cut for speakers are usually pretty rough. This one almost seems like it was stamped out.
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Though it is not the typical hack job we all often find, it is not a factory cut hole.  There is no factory accessory for a cut out like this.  

Aside from that, the hole is not perfectly round.  You can see a variance at about 12 o'clock...and again at 4 o'clock.
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I can assure you if I cut a hole like that in my dash for some reason it would look like a factory hole no reason someone else couldn't. My dad was a sheet metal worker he could have cut any hole shape you wanted in a panel and it would have looked factory. Not every bubba is unskilled.
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Originally posted by Mark W. Mark W. wrote:

I can assure you if I cut a hole like that in my dash for some reason it would look like a factory hole no reason someone else couldn't. My dad was a sheet metal worker he could have cut any hole shape you wanted in a panel and it would have looked factory. Not every bubba is unskilled.


I also can tell you that this is true. All of the sheet metal folks I know could do this hole so that it looks "factory", & I know quite a few sheet metal folks from working in the aviation industry.

BTW, I also vote for it being a speaker hole.
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Probably a speaker hole. I have hole saws, and other circle cutting tools which would work fine to cut a perfectly round hole of just about any size. 

Might also have been for routing a duct from the heater to some sort of a defroster vent for the driver side windshield, but I doubt that, it is not the way I would do that were I to want to. 
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  Big smile  I know what it is, and it's not a speaker. My CJ3B had one similar, and it too looked very clean and "factory", but as Mark said, and some of you young folks might not believe it, there used to be a thing among workers of the past that was called, "craftsmanship". Many people wanted to be proud of their work, and have it noticed. Now you call it a "sickness", or a "disorder". And yes, there were ways in other places besides the factory to cut a really round, clean, hole. 
  Anyway, I'm not going to tell you what goes in that hole. Tomorrow I'll take a picture of mine and show you. In the meantime, keep guessing!    BW
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Bruce - I am at the edge of my seat.  I have been scouring the web trying to figure out what that opening was for. Thx.
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defroster?  ya it is a long shotLOL
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Well now, it may be for an altimeter, or an attitude indicator, says this aircraft mechanic.
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Thought I was looking at the firewall....edit

Edited by 48cj2a - 19 Aug. 2019 at 11:44am
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 Here it is: I was afraid someone would identify it before I got back, but I guess even Cpt. Logger hasn't seen one in a jeep before.
   I had a devil of a time myself trying to figure out what would go in that hole, until I went to look at a 3B a guy had for sale, and he had a CJ5 that he tried to throw in. The 5 had an altimeter in it, and I was tempted to make the deal, but he wanted too much for the pair. I bought an altimeter off of ebay, and that was difficult because a good certified altimeter is worth quite a bit, but I found one that the seller said, "Appears to work, reads right at my altitude, but is not certified and is sold as a core or parts". It works great.   BW
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Well, there you go. Looks like a fit to me. 
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Bruce - Thanks a bunch for posting that photo! Who would have thought to put an altimeter in a Jeep!
An altimeter will look allot cooler than a sheet metal patch anyway. Good conversation piece too!
 
Thanks again,
 
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Bruce, You are correct, I have never seen one in a jeep before.

Yet, I was able to recognize the hole's shape after you put the challenge out.
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Dad carried an Altimeter from a H-19 Helocopter on all are adventures as kids. I have it and will be getting it readjusted possibly this winter. I will most likely mount it along with a compass aand 8 day aircraft clock I have in a overhead console I plan with my hard top.

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