One of the wonderful enduring features of the little Jeeps is their ability to shed their top and drive around topless. Although the top is easy to disconnect (6 bolts, 2 cam buckles, a wire harness plug and a washer fluid hose), it is somewhat awkward to handle and large to store. The boys really wanted to see it with the top off (as was I), but I wanted to be able to remove and reinstall the top with one person, as well as having a convienent place to store it. Since our garage has a 11' high ceiling, I thought hanging the top would be a great storage spot. As for removing it we welded up a "T" shaped lifting bracket that had hooks in each door opening and one at the rear when the rear window was open. We then fabricated up some pulleys to guide the steel cable from a small hoist I have, thus lifting the roof straight up. In the pictures you can see the snaking cable from the hoist to the hook with the red weight on it. These are shots of the initial and thus far only, lift we have done.
The lift worked perfectly, and should be able to drop it back on in a couple of minutes.
The Jeep is currently topless in the ga
rage.
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