I can still use the tool box, due to it not being hinged - I just lift the lid out.

I didn’t have the cage tied into the frame - this is a matter of debate among Jeepers..

My position is that the frames on these old Jeeps are designed to flex - note how the frame isn’t welded or bolted together but held with large rivets that allow movement.

What happens when you tie a rollcage in is it creates one section that doesn’t flex, while the rest of the frame still does, which leads to frame cracks.  Same thing as when guys box part of the frame - where the boxing ends the frame will crack.

Granted you could probably design a body-to-frame tie in that allowed some give, but I felt with the seat and seatbelts integrated into the ‘cage I didn’t need to tie into the frame.  Worst case is cage and body seperation, and in that event we’ll be contained within the rollcage.

I also don’t tend to be a hardcore Jeeper - any trail-based roll will likely be a slow-speed roll.  I rolled my CJ5 in that fashion with just the normal 6-point cage not tied to the frame and it came out fine.  Nothing in the cage to body mount area even looked stressed.