Comanche County

Nice work! You've got the best stripe/color scheme Jeep ever made!

Man, I wish I was in your shoes! I pray they're healthy and that you'll have scores of happy years with your kids! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Don't believe the commercials, if you live in a "no net" area, Hughes Net is a pure waste, they're terrible. And since it was brought up........I equate rural PI to to the rural Thai areas I visited....absolutely beautiful, simple, peaceful and genuine. Although I love the US more than anyplace, I could live in a place like that with no TV for the remainder of my earthly years with very, very few regrets, that life transcends almost anything. Its called "going native" in military circles, and sometimes its not so bad.

I opened it up to air it out, then it started to rain so I set up the rainfly....here's a couple of pics with the rainfly on.

If there is not a separate (edit: (and successful)) production line it will never happen.

Thanks Ben, I wish I had your fab skills.

Nice work!

Nice MJ!

Its a perfect Comanche! Congrats!

Oh yeah, she's real but will most likely escape back to the wild, errr,,,dump me. :D Here's link to the tent with pics on the PO's M416 trailer. He was big into expedition trips. I'm going to try to get my old MJ trailer back and make a set up like this. http://www.pbase.com/kai38/roof_top_tent_rtt_for_sale On the PO's trailer with the rainfly on. Pretty awesome set up. I'd like to find an M416, but not only are they tough to find, its even harder to find one with an owner who's willing to sale.

Continuity on the wire?

Thanks Brother!

Tomorrow if my time is not consumed by this strange cryptoid creature I have recently discovered in the wilds of rural Texas, which I have since found out is actually referred to as a "female human", then I will produce a picture of it packed up on the MJ. So far I am kinda scared and hiding from this strange creature like a scared puppy. If I can escape her gravitational pull, I will accurately answer your question sir.

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Nice clean work, these latest tires look a lot better and should perform much better. Also on that rear bumper, it kinda looks too big, but since the receiver is mounted lower its much more usable than mine. I've got a receiver hitch but even with a 6" drop hitch its still too high to haul anything..........gentlemen, this MJ is another fine example of "lower is better". But those black flares should be red.....please paint them sir. :D

I got a roof top tent! Its a Bedouin model from a S. African Company. I mounted it hastily with some 2x4s on the bed rails and a 5/8" sheet of plywood flush with the bed. I'll probably change it soon but I'm happy with the way it looks. Still need to refine it a bit. Gonna take my 7 year old camping on his birthday with it. I'm kinda stoked about it. Here it is at a local swap meet where I was trying to sell off some of my jeep junk.

Oh lord, first Hornbrod makes his dog smoke, then you completely take it one step further. BTW, I hate cats. They are creatures of Satan born in the depths of hell sent to earth to do his dirty work.

You sir have officially entered "Good Dude" status among us MJ owners. Welcome, you are appreciated! :cheers:

I didn't mean to imply they were hurt by the MJ as a product that flopped and thus hurt the company, it wasn't a flop and clearly more capable than the Dakota. But didn't the dealers unite and ask them to stop production? Anytime dealers ask a company to stop making a vehicle, that's gotta evoke some hesitation to get back in the market, especially without a separate facility to build them. They made what, 14-15 give or take a few MJs a day on the XJ line, all the while XJs sold like hot cakes and MJs sat around longer on the lots. I agree though in theory that Jeep's place should be in the smaller truck market. But they keep designing concepts on a Wrangler chassis, and its never going to happen on a JK production line if they have to slow production to slide a truck through. The Chrysler execs are aware of this. The only concept that's made production is the Rubicon. after much prodding from the offroad community. The Rubicon first came out as a concept, then a production variant, now its the best 4x4 on the market. Seeing that success, they've been testing the waters in the offroad world, slowly introducing concepts of various designs and and cautiously gauging consumer interest. But its been what 10 years since the Rubicon was introduced? Since then we've seen a new generation of high power/high mpg engine designs and the market relationship between full and mid sized trucks has totally changed. Ford has killed the Ranger because the F150 Ecoboost gets better mileage, Toyota and Nissan are now very profitable in the full size market even though the Titan and Tundra are practically bested in every aspect by Domestic trucks (which is why I think there's room for a Jeep FSJ) and they still control the small truck market. Perhaps I'm being too hard on Chrysler, the market situation is umm, tenuous. There are new CAFE standards in the not so far off distance. The age of a vehicle design lasting 25-30 years is long gone. Perhaps they do want a Jeep truck, and are trying to find the right design with the right look that will sell like crazy and still not kill the production rate of another vehicle line while still being profitable, and the JK is the best they have to work with, thus that's what we're seeing. Honestly, I must say their concepts are getting better over the last few years. The "Jeepster", "Hurricane", and "Renegade" concepts however, all look like Hot Wheels cars and are just ridiculous and stupid. This latest batch the last two years is a good improvement. But, really since Chrysler took over, the only thing they've released that's new are things like the Artic Editions, the Call of Duty Jeeps, the "Willys" Wrangler which are just trim and sticker jobs. Its like slapping an emblem in cursive script that says "Special" on a 58' four door Biscayne. When you take a step back, its really not special at all, for that matter, neither is a Rubicon, hmm a TC and some Elockers, now was that so hard? Except for the current WKs and JKs (I cringe to say), Chrysler has not produced a truly quality Jeep, (WJs might be an exception) everything else are designs inherited from AMC. I am fearful for the future of Jeep.

They hit the mark with the Mighty FC concept but it'll never happen. It was a wool blanket pulled over our eyes to make us think they're actually going to design something new. Same with this but worse, this one leaves me with kind of an empty feeling. Its a watered down Nukizer. Its as if every year their concept designers sit down at a table and ask each other, "What are we going to make out of a Wrangler this year?" No push, no gumption, no guts at the top for a new platform. If they want to make a truck, make a truck already and stop fiddling with Wranglers. They're too afraid to let go of the Wranglers profitable coat tails which they're hanging on to for dear life while tricking us into believing that perhaps one day we'll have another Jeep truck. When they make a real truck worthy of putting the name "Jeep" on it, then they'll see the magic happen. Their concepts are nice, but in truth they're half-hearted. Forget towing and payload, and God forbid we mention the words "Metric Ton", "Full Size", "One-Ton", or such nonsense. They just ooze compromise, that's what the "C" in Chrysler stands for. The bottom line is that Chrysler will not make a full size Jeep truck that could take a piece of the Ram's market share. Never mind about going toe to toe with all the foreign auto makers dominating the small and mid-size truck market, they haven't forgotten the Comanche and they're too scared to get back in that market. As long as Jeep is under Chrysler, a Jeep truck will never happen. :smart:

Sounds like you're off to a good start. Think about upgrading to an AX15/NV3550 and bump stops also,,,,and it'd be a good idea to upgrade the Brake Booster and Master Cylinder to a 95'-96' XJ, ZJ, or WJ dual diaphragm set up. One last thing, more gas money in your wallet.

96'-98' V8 Sway bars are shaped slightly different to avoid the lower radiator hose and are an improvement over the 93'-95' design. If you don't find one on an XJ as mentioned above, look for a 2nd gen V8 ZJ. http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/techarticl ... grade.html

I remember this truck from years ago, can't remember where I saw it. JP magazine IIRC,,,,I believe its over in Hawaii. Nice work BTW Drac! I love what you're building!

Beautiful rig right there!

Good Score!