Gary contacted me tonight to ask if I knew which year of jeep body my father used for his CJ-5 rebuild. It was a good question I didn’t know. I’d never studied the Renegade stripes. My research was not exhaustive on this, so please feel free to correct any mistakes.
Based on my review, I believe my Dad’s body came from a 1974 CJ-5. I started with the below picture.
![1974-cj5-renegade-dad](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1974-cj5-renegade-dad.jpg)
Notice the stripe falls vertically. So, I just had to find a comparable vertical stripe. I just didn’t know how many years jeep produced the stripe. It turned out to be just 1974.
I looked up 1971 and 1972 bodies. During those years the Renegade had a straight stripe that didn’t drop over the side of the cowl as you can see below:
![1972-cj5-renegade-factory-photo](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1972-cj5-renegade-factory-photo.jpg)
In 1973 the renegade had a straight back, then drop-angled stripe:
![1973-jeep-renegade-factory-photo](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1973-jeep-renegade-factory-photo1-1024x650.jpg)
Note how the stripe is angled over the cowl and splits. This is a supposed to be a factory photo.
In 1974, the stripe fell straight as seen in these photos:![1974-cj5-renegage-brochure](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1974-cj5-renegage-brochure.jpg)
![1974-cj5-renegade-factory-photo](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1974-cj5-renegade-factory-photo.jpg)
This is a factory photo.
Possible Late 1974 Style? Notice how the name drops lower. This stripe is being sold on eBay as a 1974/1975 style.
![1974-1975-renegadestripe](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1974-1975-renegadestripe.jpg)
Here’s another example, though this jeep was listed as a 1973 (can’t find the original link). It may actually have been a 1974:![1947-cj5-anglestripe](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1947-cj5-anglestripe-650x433.jpg)
Here’s another jeep listed as a 1974:
![1974-cj5-renegade2](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1974-cj5-renegade2.jpg)
In 1975, the style changed to one that dropped, then went straight back.
![1975-renegade-brochure](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/08/1975-renegade-brochure.jpg)