A reader submission from Brazil for you today. Owner Carlos Ramalhete writes:

I have a Brazilian 1967 CJ6, which I love, and it is wonderful to see so many pictures of his brothers. :) If you want to publish a pic of Capito Ad-Hoc (its name; I use it as an ad-hoc police car - I am a crime scene investigator, and when the crimes in question happen in places our regular police cars cannot reach, I take my jeep - and it is a fierce friend who “drinks” a lot, just like Tintin’s best friend Captain Haddock. Haddock and Ad-hoc sound the same in Portuguese).

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I was happy to see that SSDutch and this blog were recently featured on the Hemmings Motor News blog.  So - just like you clean house when company is coming - I thought a fresh post would be nice.

The reason there haven’t been as many updates here is that SSDutch is together and drivable - and I’m just having fun driving it.  Oh - I still have things I want to do to it yet.  Like finish the paint job, and get the fuel injection installed.  But when the weather is 75 degrees and sunny I just can’t bring myself to begin a project that will take the Jeep offline for any length of time. 

Here are a few pics from the past few weeks.  This first one I took because I liked the “City mouse, country mouse” feel to it with the Jeep parked next to the City Flats Hotel downtown Holland.

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Another reader submission - this time from Dave Robinson from NY.  Dave writes:

I am really excited about this vehicle. It came from Arizona and has very little rust. All equipment is original…Dauntless V6.

Those also look to be original Kelsey-Hayes 8” steel wheels.  More pics after the jump.

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Every once in a while the topic of rear “Troop Seats” comes up in CJ6 discussions.  I just spotted what are the best photos I have seen of a troop seat etup on a CJ6 currently on eBay.  I can’t speak for the originality of the seats, and the seat backs do appear a bit different than the ones I’ve spotted in the marketing literature of the era.  But - they do appear to have the early Jeep personality.  Update: a member of the EarlyCJ5.com forum emailed the owner these are custom troop seats.

The Jeep in question is a 1971 V6 model CJ6 - and has been nicely restored.  A few more pics after the jump…

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I wanted something a little cleaner for fire extinguisher mounts than the zip-tie/hose-clamp/bungee cord approach I’ve used in the past.  These are just a metal fire extinguisher mount welded to 2” exhaust clamps.  One will mount horizontally and one vertically - on the vertical mount I added a piece of strap steel with a right angle at the bottom to give the fire extinguisher a foot to rest on. Cost was $10/each.  Just need to sandblast, paint and install.

The hardest part was finding the metal brackets - for me a stop at a semi truck supplier was the key.

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