I am working on a '48 CJ2A (flatfender)...and I am looking for a 2" body lift kit....that would bring the body up off the frame.  Anybody hear of such a kit...all the catalogs I have read have kits that go back to about the late 50's early 60's, but nothing for a 2A from the 40's.  Any help would be appreciated. 

I've got a 46 CJ2A, & I used square steel tubing(2 inch in your case),cut to length & welded to the bodymounts & frame. Then all you have to do is set the body on, make some measurements, mark & drill the holes, & bolt it in place. This is way stronger than using a lift kit. Because all you are doing is raising the bodymounts up. The lift kit basicly puts the body on stiltz, which lets it move around, & work loose & destroy the body.

I used grade 8 fine thread nuts & bolts to secure the body to the frame mounts. I also grabbed a peace of half inch thick convayer belt that was cut into 4"X4" peaces & was used between the body & the frame mounts.

Make shure to use steel thats as thick or thicker than the stock mounts.

A suspention lift would be a easyer & faster job(as well as being better offroad & a fisrt choice for larger tires), but if you need a body lift to clear a engine swap you have no choice.

HTH  

you can also use steel pipe as well either works well but if you do this you can weld washers too it to and it will help keep the bolts from twisting as much if they loosen.  We did this too a buddy of mines truck (minus the washers) and they did loosen due to the fact that they had room to move around when they loosened up a little.  

You could just get a bodylift kit for the oldest jeep you can and adapt it to fit, the body mounts should be about the same size and number. I had a 48 Willys CJ2A and a 63 CJ5 and they seemed to be pretty similar.

The 2" square tubing idea is pretty good, if you weld it to the original mounts it will be rock solid, super strong, and can't move around like a plastic body puck. Also, mount the tubing on it's side and all of the new body mounts will be the exactly same height (all 2" tall, regardless of the length) drill some center holes and you'll be ready to go.  an even stronger mount, box the open ends of the 2" square tubing. 

The pipe won't work as well, you would have to cut each piece the exact same length, square on both ends, and it would require more welding.