Drahcir495

I like what you have done to your jeep so far. It looks great - keep it up. :cheers:

Good to see you made it over to the CC :cheers: .

You did a nice job on that camo paint :cheers:

Very sorry to hear about your Mom.

Very nice and I like those rims too :thumbsup:

:jump: Congratulations on your 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What are your plans for the 2.8? I also have an 86, so I will be watching to see what you do next. :cheers:

Great buy! Now I need to go to "page 10 on the never ending story (mary jane)'s build thread" to fill myself in on the story :cheers: Just got through 12 pages of mary jane - she got pretty beat up. I did see that the 86 header bolts were in different spots than the 87+ years - good to know. :cheers:

Dayem - that tube bed is looking awesome. I like how you reinforced the hitch - nice :wrench:

Welcome to the club :cheers: I can't remember seeing a MJ that color before - cool.

Woo woo - another Florida Comanche. Welcome to the club. Looks good!

:agree: but I can also say that about :bowdown: ->

It is nice - I think it should have a little taller tires though.

I received a picture of the 2nd dually MJ in the mail today. This one has the 16" Alcoa's on it ->

The sliders look great. Jeep still looks nice too :D

Very nice - :cheers:

I started stripping the interior out of the 86 -> I save a few of the 4 door XJ interior pieces hoping that they could be used in the MJ. The pillar pieces were almost identical to the MJ pillar pieces except they were a bit longer -> I was able to cut off the excess and they should fit perfectly into the MJ – > I will be using the factory electric windows in this build, so I will be reusing the XJ door panels -> I like the map pockets on my 89, so I grabbed a set of the pockets from LKQ -> Fortunately all the holes for the screws were already marked on the back, so this took all the guess work out of installing them. I just needed to knock out the tabs and punch the holes through the carpet -> A few minutes later and I had Map Pockets -> I have been working on dismantling the engine a little everyday after work, so it won’t be long before I have the 2.8 out for the swap. TBC - Rich

I think they were too much $ - like the stupid cowl hood on my 89, but I had to have them. I believe these will be available to other MJ'ers. Like always - I will post all the guys contact info after I have had an opportunity to check the stuff out and negotiate some better pricing on the other stuff I need ;) . TBC

I called the fender guy today and the fenders are ready to ship :jump: !!!! He said that they have been ready for a month :popcorn: and he was wondering when I was going to call. Well it is a good thing I did. I should have something in by end of next week! I asked him to include the other picture of the dually MJ. Even closer to having the Dually Comanche . TBC - :D

I am switching over to the tan interior, so most of the interior will be going. I will PM my information to you. Give me a call and I will let you know what my plans are and how we can get this stuff to you. :cheers: Rich

Um - you mean the Porno Red Interior :rotfl2: . . . What do you need?

So close – yet so far. Ever since seeing my first Dually Comanche picture, I have been obsessed with getting one. This might not have been the first dually MJ I had seen, but it was definitely the one that had me hooked on the idea -> Several others photos turned up after that -> Then someone posted this one and the fenders were exactly what I wanted-> After a freaking lot of calling around, and hundreds of emails, I was able to find the guy who “made” the fenders for the truck above and he sent me this picture of his fenders on a Comanche-> I have had this hanging up at work ever since (He has another one in red too) I was obviously very excited. Oh man how great was it going to be to have a dually Comanche! I told him that I was getting my funds lined up and I would be calling him back for an order. I gave him a call at the beginning of the year telling him I had the money and was ready to order. He took down my information and said he would get back to me shortly – and then nothing? I waited a month & called again. He said he was waiting to here back from the guy with the mold and he had not forgotten me. I waited two more months and gave him another call. He said he did not know why the guy had not gotten back with him? He would find out why and get back with me – that was a month or so ago. This is killing me. I just want to know if I should drop the dream or not. I sent him an email telling him that I picked up my new Comanche and I needed the fenders. I tried to get him to realize that the money would not last long in my pocket. So here I sit a week and a half later without word on the fenders. I am going to have to give him one last call then switch the direction of the MJ if need be. SUCKS – TBC ~ Rich

:rotf: Porno Red - I like it. There is a 1987 XJ Chief in the LKQ with nice black interior - we just pulled the center console out of it. Red or black - have him get with me :cheers:

There were a lot of MJ’s at LKQ this weekend for the 50% off Memorial Day Sale -> Comanche Dave and I went back to get the front radiator/core support off of the 93 XJ ($10.00). We cut the nose free with the Saws-All-> Got it back home to remove the excess material -> Have to cut two welds on top for each sides -> Drill out 3 spot welds in the front of both sides -> Two spot welds on the bottom of each side -> There are also 3 spot welds (per side) where the two flat pieces of sheet metal jut out past the front. The bumpers mount to this. In total there are 16 spot welds to remove and 4 weld beads to grind out -> Ready to mount up to the 86 MJ -> I picked up a 1996 XJ that hit a tree, then bounced off of it and into a house. Most of the sheet metal was damaged and bent. The unibody was bent and a few of the doors were jammed shut, so the jeep was totaled. It had a nice running 4.0 and auto transmission, so I made the guy an offer on it. I then towed the XJ home and had a few buddies over for a two day Cherokee break down party -> The running 4.0 engine -> I will be using the tan interior to replace the fabulous red interior that is in the 86 now (don’t want to risk damaging the most collectable interior color ever placed in a MJ :yes: ) -> Pulled the motor and Transmission -> I sold what was good off the XJ and cut up the rest to fit in the back of the truck for the trip to the recycling center -> TBC - Rich

That thing sounds so nice - wow.