Joe's Hardtop Restoration

This will be another of my slooow threads because it's a seasonal side project. Basically the old hardtop needs love, rust repair, tree repair, bike rack repair from the tree pulling the rack off.
Along the way I want to document the parts so that someone ambitious enough could make one from scratch.

Let's begin by removing the rusted through bolts with a grinder:
20221103_124332 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr

20221103_124612 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr

I found a tire guage and a ball point pen.
20221103_124744 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr

 

To my understanding this is a "built for Willys by Koenig" top and it is not original to my jeep. I believe my jeep started life with a half cab and plow based on the paint layers. At some point it was fitted with this top before I got the jeep in 2005.

Originally the top was painted silver inside. That was painted black after the first passing car illuminated the inside (and my glasses).

 

Another day and I've met a goal of getting the top out of the weather.
It was relatively easy to break the top down into a kit.
20221104_124853 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr
20221104_125607 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr
20221104_124313 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr
20221104_124058 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr

From what i can guess this would ship as:
Left door
Right door
Rear hatch
Visor filler
2 Windshield gussets
Left and right Rear gussets
Roof
Roof supports
Driver side window and frame
Passenger window and frame
Rear door frame.

The Roof and visor were attached with about twenty pounds of 1/4-20 bolts.
The doors each have 5 3/8" bolts to the tub.
The 3 Rear hatch rollers use 2 1/4-20 bolts for each bracket.
To be continued...