This was our first take on an SSDutch project, a 1958 CJ6.

What I’m liking is how solid the outer body is.  The floor isn’t pretty, but the floor in the current Dutch tub is solid, and that area is the same between a CJ5 and CJ6.

The seller is including some uncut fenders, a metal hood, and (hopefully, he’s gotta check) a ‘70/’71 windshield frame.  The seller is going to pull and keep the F134, radiator, trans, transfer case and driveshafts. I bought the rest, delivered from 300 miles away, for what I consider a very fair price.  The floor looks bad I know, but the floors in Dutch are solid there as Dad redid them with galvanized years ago—I’m hoping I can cut that section out of Dutch and graft it into SSDutch.

4-21-04 The CJ6 Arrives
Old Jeeps are pretty light without drivetrains or interiors or rollcages or tops…

Sure don’t find them holding together this well in Michigan.  The seller picked this one up 75 miles outside of Atlanta, GA.

He kept the original drivetrain, which saved me from having to pull it and sell it.

Upon inspection, it looks like I’ll be completely replacing the floor.  It’s been repaired once, and it’ll probably be easier to just cut it out and start over.

I have big plans for the extra space in front of the wheelwells…

Gotta love the home-made shackle lift:

Looks like I gained a set of drive flanges - no lockouts ever installed!  Gained a set of original wheels too, I might paint these up and mount a smaller set of tires for winter use.

Underneath now, there’s an additional piece of strap metal on the lower edge of the frame - I’m wondering if that’s original to strenghen the longer CJ6 frame?

“Needs a floor.” Nuff said? 

The body will need some work - looks like a bit of bondo on the drivers side cowl.  Nothing major though.

Typical frame crack up front:

Dash is relatively uncut.

Must be the 4 cyl battery tray?  Not familiar with it.  And yes, that’s the body tied down to the frame…

Part of the deal was a post-1969-ish windshield frame with bottom mount wipers and external motor.  The seller brought two, one has a working motor and the other has better sheet metal.  I like the idea of the visors, and might pursue finding a nice set of those to install.

I measured this glass against the windshield glass that Dutch had, and theres just about 2” more height on these.  That’s going to make a ton of difference in visiblity for me, since I usually look out the top 1” of windshield in Dutch.

The rest of the body parts.  The seller included 2 sets of fenders - one set (the gray ones)is nicer on the outside but rusted where they attach to the grille.  The other set is nicer on the inside, but the passenger side fender has the later-model marker light indent that I’d like to avoid.

Am I right in thinking this is a shovel bracket?

Front brakelines are different from my ‘66.  Rather than hardline on the frame with 2 flex hoses to the brakes, the ‘58 has the hardline on the axle, with 3 softlines - one in the middle and one for each wheel:

Old and new!

7.31.2004 1958 CJ6 Is Sold
After deciding to purchase a 1964 CJ6 off eBay with the 4.3 Chevy and T18 already swapped in, the 1958 CJ6 is sold.

She heads first to Silver Lake to get a view of her future, then back to IL for a buildup.  She leaves us wearing Samari shoes... Jeep loading pictures by Harrison.

A sad sight - sorta.  There’s never NOT been a Jeep living in this spot in the garage since we’ve lived here:

Although it is nice to have 2 garage spaces for 2 cars, it still doesn’t seem right seeing a non-Jeep over there.