Frankie - 1947 CJ2A

The brakes are job number one so that I can actually go for a drive. The biggest issue I've found so far, is that the front wheel cylinders are completely frozen. They're easy enough to pull off and replace, but I haven't figured out where they came from yet. Both the front and rear brakes have been upgraded to 11" drums at some point. I'm pretty sure that at least the rear are off of a '76 to '78 CJ7 since that's what's conveniently painted on the drums. I'm not sure about the front though, and the cylinder bores are different sizes front to back. I'm going to try to pull them off and soak them in ATF to see if they can be honed and salvaged, but may end up having to replace them. This is the driver's side front. A little seepage around the piston, and all gunked up.

Welcome to the the forum. I’m new to this myself so can’t be of much help.  If you can find an old gray haired parts guy  I’d take the wheel cylinders to the counter and see if they can Match them up. I don’t know but I can’t imagine there is that many variations. I have stock 9 in brakes on a stock Cj. They are adequate just barely. Good luck PS. I think maybe our wives are related.

Welcome to the forum, looks like you're off to a good start. I have the same hubs on my 47 2A, except they are called Dualmatics. I think they are exactly the same, Sears also sold the same hub with their name on them. I haven't had any trouble with mine so far.   

Congrats on the acquisition   (lol, those tail lights!)

For some reason I'm kinda digging the Oldsmobile steering wheel.

I added my current to-do list to my first post. Hopefully it will help motivate me to keep making progress.

I did some more googling and it sounds like these hubs were made by a company in Longmont, CO that is now part of Mile Marker. They're still available.

These things gotta go! I shudder every time I see them, and they don't even sit flush to the tub. (Sorry, I haven't figure out how rotate images after they're uploaded)



The steering wheel definitely makes it easier to climb in. The fabricobble job on the other end of it leaves a little to be desired though. I want to add a support to the shaft along the frame, and something stronger than a worm clamp holding the steering column in would be nice.



I haven't gotten to the brakes yet. I pulled up the carpet under the pedals to check out the master cylinder and found that I had literal floor boards and got a little distracted. Both floor boards were covered by a 5/8" sheet of plywood that was screwed to the floor and had the gaps sealed with bondo.

I was confused why anyone would do this because all I could think of was they were trying to cover holes in the floor, but I'd already checked the underside and the floors were solid. I pulled the wood out of the passenger foot well and saw this. The floors must have been rusty at one point and were cut out and replaced. I guess they thought covering that up with wood and carpet would be a good idea?




This is the pile of lumber I've removed so far. I don't have a siphon (and I'll never just use a piece of hose after the headache from the last time...) so the fuel tank hasn't been pulled yet. The piece of plywood that started this mad dash to pull out all the carpet runs under the tank too so it's still there.



I'm not sure at this point if I'll end up repatching the areas in the tub or leave them as is. I think they add a little character and fit the name well. I may just fix the few holes I found and address the surface rust and leave the rest alone for now. Still don't like that there isn't a tailgate though.

I had a mess of a time removing carpet in my MB so I feel your pain, looks like you are making good progress. 

I bought Brenan's disc brake set up, tracker up front and Fusion in the rear.  Going with a dual M/C as well.  Should be a great safe set up.  are you still using the Mustang tail lights?   I like them.  They were very popular way back.  I had them and also used Corvair tail lights.   Rig looks good!!!