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Thanks Jeff!
I posted my reply - and questions- on the Top Bows and Doors thread.
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I’m very excited about my new toy:



This is a right angle binding attachment from Tennessee Attachment Company. This binder can do very tight radii both inside and out. My old binder worked ok but I had to help it a bit in tight turns, especially inside turns. I’m expecting this one to be a lot faster with better looking binding. The binder comes with different parts for the foot to allow the binder to get right up to the needle.







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Very nice addition.
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It's pretty cool, even just as a piece of machinery.  
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Can someone help me with some CJ3B dimensions? I thought they were the same as 3A but I think the front hoop might be farther back yet:



Also, I assume a 3B windshield is the same height as a 3A and its shorter at the bottom just to compensate for hood height?
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Why do you always ask these questions when I'm 6000 miles from home...
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  Jeff, here's what I got; Keep in mind that my windshield has about a 18* lean, as opposed to the 16 you show. My bows are from Lowenuf.

A= 34-1/4" from the back of the w/shield frame to the front of the bow
B= 27-3/4" from back-side-of-bow to back-side-of-bow
C= 60-3/4" to 61", depending on the movement of the bow in the pockets
D= 36" to the top corner of the fender box - the front side is not vertical.
E= 4-11/16" from the back side of the w/shield frame to the front of the bow, just above the rod bracket
F= 32" top of tailgate to top of bow
G= 68" from back of w/shield frame to backside of tailgate roll.
  
I didn't measure the height of the windshield frame from the floor but can if you want me to. I can also double-check anything you may want me to. I'm pretty sure that everything is the same as a 3A, the only difference is the raised cowl and hood, and as you said, the shorter windshield frame to compensate for it. 

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Thanks Bruce that is a big help. It turns out after further research that the 3B windshield is actually supposed to be 19 degrees as shown by the drawing posted by Rus in the other thread

https://cj3b.info/Photos/3BDrawing684661.gif

... this would make sense. They scooted the windshield farther forward, and then tilted it back so that the top of the windshield is in the same approximate position as a 3A. And the bottom can still match up to the face of the dash.
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  Tongue And they made it more aerodynamic to boot! Big smile
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Well, it does have more horsepower.......
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I have noticed my CJ-3B will outrun my CJ-3A. Is the windshield angle or the horsepower?
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Maybe they're engineered to work together.
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Ok, everybody knows the CJ2A was the best Jeep ever made but Willys started trying to cut corners to save a buck, hence the CJ3A, CJ3B. Two words “bow pockets”. BA-BAYAM”!! (That’s gotta hurt)
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Originally posted by Bruce W Bruce W wrote:

D= 36" to the top corner of the fender box - the front side is not vertical.
E= 4-11/16" from the back side of the w/shield frame to the front of the bow, just above the rod bracket


All of the dimensions check out except these.

"D" is the measurement from the dash to the vertical rod. I calculate that it is somewhere around 30-3/8"
"E" would be the measurement from The vertical rod to the front bow assembly. I get closer to 10.5" Can you confirm please? Everything else works out. Thx.
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  I don’t have the vertical rods, nor the L&R horizontal rods that they intersect with. If I make them, I guess I’ll need those measurements too. Would the vertical rods be the same as on a 2A, and fasten the same way? If so, I could borrow a vertical from my 2A and bolt it on, or just measure to the attaching bolt holes. 
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Edited by Bruce W - 25 Mar. 2020 at 6:04pm
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Originally posted by Bruce W Bruce W wrote:

...Would the vertical rods be the same as on a 2A, and fasten the same way?...
IDK. Are there two holes in the tub lip about 1-1/8" apart? That would be a start anyway.
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This is for a Kayline F3A Luxair top on a CJ2A with CJ3A frame:
It may not help at all, sorry then.
Dash to vertical rod hole on top of body, measured to center of hole: 30" ; this vertical rod is what door latches to.
Dash to front bow location, measured center of bow mounting: 41-1/2 "
My Jeep has no front bow pockets; maybe cut out for cage installation.
So the 3A front bow has to mount on top of the body seam.
Which would then make this front bow shorter.
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