PTO & TC leather shift boot

Update: March 7

Some "pre-production" parts.  The leather is a little thinner than stock (.040-.045" vs .050"), but near perfect colorwise. The thinner leather is proving problematic to get the cut & finish just right: the TC boot is working out good, but I'm not completely satisfied with the PTO boot (fitting a round peg to a square hole - what was Willys thinking?).

One sample set is in the field now (I'll be sending out a couple of more sets this week) to get feedback.  Once I've settled on a final product, I'll be contacting everyone on the list.

In any event, nobody will be obligated.  If you don't like the final product, you'll get your money back.

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I can make these, but I need to gauge interest before going any further.  These are PROTOTYPES only: disregard coarse leather finish & color, final product will be made of finer nap split leather (suede finish, like the current crop of repro TC boots).  The prototypes came out a bit too large for the retainers, but now I know how to adjust the pattern for a near exact fit.

Price? : right now, I can only take a wild guess at price: about $20-30.  Early wild guess was way over the top!  Now that I've had time to price out the leather, and time involved, preliminary costs (still subject to a minor +/- adjustment):

Color? : Olive Drab for sure (I believe that was the original color).  Go see "What is OLIVE DRAB" for color comparisons.  Other colors if there is enough interest to make it cost effective: "TAN" (close to the prototype color) is on the list now.

So, if you'd buy one, let me know (w/your color preference): reply here, or PM, or email.

Photos will enlarge:

PTO Boot Prototype

 Transfer Case boot prototype:

Sean

Prefer it to be left natural leather color if possible.

I can dye it to the color of my choice.

Are you selling the retainers also?

 

Shawn

please  help  out here the boots that come in my  48cj2a is round . the ones that you show here is sq. which is the right ones?

dennis

Photo pilfered from Howard (thanks Howard! )

Sean

Will have to see what others come up with.

Sean

 

Missed this thread. Hope its not too late. I'm interested in one. I'd even vote for you to make a set of all three: PTO, Shifter, and transfer case...... The tan one shown would be a perfect match for Lefty's Reedkini so thats's my preference.

 

Thanks, Allen