m38a1 body work

RichJohnson · Post by **RichJohnson** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:23 pm

I recieved my replacement body today, it needs the front 2 forward facing hat channels under the cowel replaced, as well as the plates on the cowel seen to be bent downward tward each other. Im really wondering how the $&% im gonna fix that, Where can I get repo hat channels.

Bob_C · Post by **Bob_C** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:57 pm

Army Jeep Parts (armyjeepparts.com) sells them. Just ask Nick or George there for them. They're really nice - and I wanted to say cost about 220$ (however dont quote me. I'm just going off of memory) for both the passanger and driver side - and they're complete. My hat channels were virtually gone when I got the jeep - so this was a huge time saver.

RichJohnson · Post by **RichJohnson** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:40 pm

Wow thats pretty expensive, I only want the two front hat channels, they are like 8 inches each, they project forward, not all the hat channels. Im not gonna spend 220 bucks for them. Ille just cut them off and forget them. The orignal body, still on my jeep they are totally gone and it seems pretty stable.

OKCM38CDN · Post by **OKCM38CDN** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:21 pm

Call Jeep Panels Plus... He can make shorter ones, you got nothing to lose...

Jeff_H · Post by **Jeff_H** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:21 pm

You can also try cutting the old ones off and taking them to a local sheet metal place and see what they would charge to make some new ones out of 18 gauge steel. shouldn't be to much.

JH

Cacti_Ken · Post by **Cacti_Ken** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:55 am

I found that a local sheet metal shop wanted to charge me a heck of a lot more than Jeep Panels Plus.