Fabri-Cobbler

Always need more places to put stuff!

Not sure honestly. I guess I could make some sort of filler piece covered with the same carpet. Interior stuff/vinyl and upholstery isn't my thing lol.

Not sure what to do with the center section... can't really add much there due to the door mechanism. Guess I'll just add some small filler pieces and leave it like that.

Trying to add structure to the rear doors. Definitely a WIP.

Between the cold and my side hustle, I haven't taken much time to work on the old girl. Took advantage of the wonderful weather today and pulled the bed off. For shiggles, I cut the rear coils down a bit. Then I took off the control arms one by one and powdercoated them, the color is close to what I imagine the final Jeep color will be.

Thank You! And body work will commence once it decides to warm up. My shop isn't heated so have to wait for spring, unless I find somewhere to do it at. And as long as you're not too tall it seems fairly roomy in the back. Plenty of room for my son's carseat.

I don't plan too. And we all started somewhere. I know when I first got this Comanche about 7 years ago I never would've attempted something like this! The guys here are a wealth of knowledge, and YouTube and Google can help you learn basics about anything.

So much room for activities!

It's just a little big. My shop is 20x30. But the back 10' is taken up by a loft as well as my plasma and powder coating oven. The Manche takes the other 20'.

Thanks! And I'll let you know. It might be awhile though. And it all starts with the first step. Get a grinder and go crazy.

Thanks! I'm trying. And someone needs to build an Ext. Cab. When I posted this thing in some of the Comanche FB groups there were several people unimpressed at 4 doors. They just wanted 2 with some extra room.

Oh it'll be fun going to the store in this thing. Taking up 2 parking spots and halfway in the road. And I hope to keep from getting a minivan. I hope I left enough room from my 2 year old to grow up in the back.

I haven't gotten a chance to measure it yet. I'd like to know myself. The OAL is about 18 1/2 foot though.

Thanks! I have caught some hate over it from some circles of the internet. (Not here though.)

Thanks!! I'm trying my best here. It won't be a show truck by any means, but it will be functional. Something I hope to have for years down the road. And thanks again. I've seen some make the cab meet the door, but I opted to go this route. They still need a little work. I need to add an inner structure to them to fill the gap so the doors actually seal.

And here's where we are now. Needs to be higher in the front but I'm maxed out on short arms. Will have to move to Long Arms in the near future. Still lots of little stuff to do. Needs body work, but that's not my cup of tea. I have buddies for that. My main hangup is needing a driveshaft. Need to call around about having one made. Just measuring from the Tcase shaft to the yoke is about 82". I think ill be looking at a Two-piece with a carrier.

Set the bed back on. Found a few bed mounts from and old brush truck we had at the Fire Dept. Those worked out well.

Fish plates I made for the frame joints. I have a small CNC plasma. Very handy for stuff like this.

Decided to go with the Bench Seat in the back. To make it work I had to add brackets to the frame and some extensions to the seat brackets. The original seat brackets hit dead on top of the new frame rails.

Used the roof of the scrap Cherokee I had to make floors pans. Not my greatest work, but they're functional, and they'll never be seen again.

Wanted it to be able to move on it's own again. Came up with a small crossmember to install the Cherokee tank. Made cut-outs for the filler neck and the pump hoses.

Got tired of it sitting downhill in the shop. Changed out the front axle and suspension. The D30 that was under the Comanche I had rebuilt and regeared to 4:56's a few years ago. The '86 was a 2.8 and wouldn't get out of it's own way. At the time I thought gears might help, I was fairly young... But it should move great with the 4.0 now.

I then moved on to making the doors work. Moved the striker to make it shut, not sure if that's the final iteration, but it worked at the time. I've seen this done a couple ways, but I opted to add to the Cherokee door to meet the cab.

Thank You! It's getting close to the final stages. Still working on dumping the photos!