Trailer hitch

'64, that's good info. How about a pic up underneath? Did you have to modify anything to make it fit? What does it attach to? What year Jeep was it? That sounds better than reinventing the wheel!
Thanks,
C
It's raining outside riight now so I will get pics tomarrow. I did not weld. If you measure your rear "frame" rails (Across where your gas tank is) it should equal approx. 36". I just took a walk in the junk yard (with a tape measure) and a little idea of what I was looking for, and found a class III hitch that had a 36" width, approx 2" drop. The only things I found with that general hitch size was the Jeep Cheokee. Class III too heavy, class II better but I am sure not to overload. I took a pipe for a breaker bar, a can of Krol (or wd40/liquid wrench & ATF mix) and wrenches/sockets, tape measure to the junk yard, found & removed. Took about 2 hours including fishing out MOST of the old hardware from mouting on the Jeep. To install, I knew it would only be hauling a bike rack or utility trailer, so I had to move out further on frame rails, did not use the last mount hole. 4 total on each side about 2" apart on mounting plate, I used the back 3 on each side. The hardest part of instalation was fishing the hardware out of the old and into the new. This was without drilling except 1 hole on each side.(I'm lazy!)
Make sure you have a plan, I have a tendancy to design on the fly in my head, not a good system, always leeds to extra work. Don't be afraid to drill, just do a small pilot hole first. You can buy new hardware at lowes if you want. You could make a cardboard jig of mounting area to take to junk yard, but I just wrote some general measurements on my hand + or - .5". (The guys at the yard would call me names with the cardboard!LOL) Works Great!
Pics soon to follow.................