62 center console options

[Exiled]

Might trade the rear under-seat heater from my '84 60 for a good 62 style.

My FJ62 is tropical-spec and didn't come with a rear heater, but a good friend gave me an FJ60 version as a gag wedding present (picture my beautiful wife, sorrounded by tons of pretty, useless presents, opening a big box to find a dusty Cruiser part!) and I installed it a few years ago under the passenger seat. I already had an 8" Tuffy console and wouldn't give it up for anything! In fact, I've spent a lot of time and more money than I expected figuring out a solution for the newly installed Marlin Toybox, which with the shifter in the stock location, would have eliminated the Tuffy.

 

[High Desert]

What about the ccot console?

CCOT claims "bolt in easy" any body tried it out?

Pricey it is but good it looks in the photos.

HD

 

[DBS311]

Spook, I should have mentioned that I heated and shaped the temp control arm so that I could push my console back a little further. I'll check to see if I have a close up.

 

[Spook50]

Spook, I should have mentioned that I heated and shaped the temp control arm so that I could push my console back a little further. I'll check to see if I have a close up.

OOOOOOOOoooooooohhhhhhhh good idea. I didn't think of heating up my heater arm to move it. I tried moving it as-is and of course, no luck. Then again with my luck I'd jack up the plastic

I'd like to see how you did it though. I'd like to move mine back a bit, and will likely have no choice anyway when I'm able to install the manual tranny.

 

[import silvia]

Am I the only one who thinks the Tuffy center console looks like complete ass? I have a 25mm ammo can that would look just as good, which is to say I woulnd't install it. I mean I guess it is form following function and all of that, but still couldn't they have built a skirt to cover around the heater or something?

 

[Spook50]

Am I the only one who thinks the Tuffy center console looks like complete ass? I have a 25mm ammo can that would look just as good, which is to say I woulnd't install it. I mean I guess it is form following function and all of that, but still couldn't they have built a skirt to cover around the heater or something?

Well it's a universal application, for the most part. You read my mind on the skirt thing though. Once I get it permanantally placed and am sure that I'll have room even for the manual shifter, I'm going to take it to a sheet metal shop and have a skirt made for it so it'll look stock. Plus I'll have a small piece welded on that'll hold the heater blower control switch.

 

[sl33py]

Am I the only one who thinks the Tuffy center console looks like complete ass?

yep.

j/k - the truck is about function, not really looks. If looks are all important - get a new beetle or something else obnoxiously rounded.

the stock center console is usually nearly broken, barely holds anything - basically a waste of space. the nice thing about the tuffy is that it is secure. Some 16yr old dumbass breaking in isn't going to get into the tuffy. Good spot for a nice stereo (and out of sight), and whatever else you value.

rob

 

[DBS311]

I have a great arm rest, nice and comfortable. Lots of room inside the box and the ability to lock it. Why would I care what it looks like?? Not to mention that I don't sit in my car and stare at the center console.

 

[mmw68]

Here is mine... More info

 

[toyman317]

What year jeep did that console come from?

 

[peepers]

Even if mine was 12" I would still be able to keep the shift handle in the stock location. I just set my console a little back to make sure that the handle wouldn't interfere. For a drink holder on the front, it will just be a little offset.

pics??????????????????

 

[bigndn]

CCOT claims "bolt in easy" any body tried it out?

Pricey it is but good it looks in the photos.

HD

Well, SHE definately looks great in the pics!!! I have a CCOT in my '40 and a Tuffy in my '60. The CCOT is nice, but the lid has no hinge stop, so it flips over completely backward, although this could be remedied by installing a strap to limit it's range of motion. The locking mechanism on the CCOT, among other things, while it's functional, is a far cry from the quality of the Tuffy. The CCOT did bolt in easily enough and it was easy to mod the bracket to run the heater hoses through it.

I feel like I wasted my money on the CCOT, but at the time I chose to save a few bucks. I wouldn't do it again. Tuffy all the way.