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Got the carpet, lights, console, visors, bottom half of the seat had a fitted seat cover in great shape got that and seat brackets. Didn’t pull the steering wheel. With the other exterior stuff the price was getting up there. FYI there’s a D60 under a 87 cherokee at a Yard called Jones in Little Rock Ca. This is the D60 I found under the MJ a few months ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Found a Comanche Custom 2.5L 2wd got most everything worth getting. Didn’t have time to get the fuel pump. Carpet was worn in a few spots but still good. Never saw a Custom before. Anyone know what made a Custom? Had no idea they were out there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bent, burn, rusted it will like all the other XJs on the road. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Years ago a few of my neighbors had work done in Tijuana. It looked great. There was some good craftsmanship coming out of there. But with the shakedowns happening and police corruption I understand that things have dropped off. It’s a shame. My buddy got shaken down by the cops in Mexico. But that type of work has gotten really expensive. I’ve actually thought of getting a used machine and replacing a few panels myself. My dad had one and made many items for the house and van. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think that’s a good choice. A carbon fiber wheel would be the cherry on top of the cake. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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If you don’t mind me asking, how much did the seat set you back. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The upholstery looks great but just an opinion but I agree that the dash could be tone down a bit. Some times less is more. You have some really nice sweeping lines in the upholstery and the dash draws the eyes away from it. That being said you have done a great job on it. If you could get a black sport steering wheel that would be the kicker. Hope I can get mine to the same point yours is. Good job. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Flatscreen TV boxes for flat panels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Like the round lights on the XJ. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Who quick could I sell my kid? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Check Craigslist in LA there is always Comanches on it. CA cars with minimal rust if any. If they can’t be sold with a current CA smog certificate that really effects the price. Agreed if your going to spend that much money it may worth jumping on a plane to check it out. You’ll get a better base to start with. Just a thought on it. You could get a good 2wd and convert to 4wd for that much money. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You just got me interested in this type of racing. Great camera work on it really draws you into the race. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The seat cushion hasn’t been found yet. Caught in a pickle is an understatement. Good save. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I saw a show on the tube were they used the CDL tiles they defiantly worked. They appeared To be more effective then products that covered the entire surface. I don’t have my headliner in and it sounds like I’m driving around with a pot on my head. I think I may do some research on exterior methods too ie exterior Fire wall and under the cab as an additive to the cab if it’s not quiet enough. Not sure what’s out there but it would hurt to find out. A quiet car makes the ride so much more enjoyable. I’m using ear buds half to listen to music and half to block out the outside noise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I think I’m going to give it a try. I’m going attempt to suppress any asphalt odor. Thought bought Flex Seal but I’ve never used it. Fix the floorboards, seal it and the body seals, through down sound deadening, reseal it with the same as the first coat or flex seal. All depends on compatibility of materials. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are you talking about the piece of plastic that surrounds the bottom of the column? I assume you are. That’s the filler? Usually the same color as the bezel? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Love to hear that. Have thought about supercharge many times but that would spell ticket trouble had enough of that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You may have to look harder. Buddy don’t get to twisted up. You sound like your getting irritated. Did you actually read the post of how those axcels could have gotten under it? It does sound like you have a lot of pics thou if you document everything. Do you understand how a car can be ordered or what could could be put on it at the dealership before an owner takes position. That could have led this guy to believe they were factory installed. That’s all he said so how ever they got under there they were there when he picked up the car. And yes you can do it if you knew how. My only example of this I have seen personally was my father. He knew exactly what he wanted even if it wasn’t in the brochure. If the salesman said it wasn’t available he had the guy dig deeper because he knew it could be ordered because he built them. Hell he had one salesman call the factory. And yes most of the Buick’s with the truck positracts on the line went overseas to Saudi Arabia. He would dicker with the salesman get a price set then reveal that he worked for GM and could get the GM discount. They hated him. Now just because you haven’t found what you’ve looked for really has no bearing on anything. Hell it took me 10 years to find a Lund fairly cheep and that was an accident. I found it 3 hrs before my flight to LA left, but I jumped through hoops and got it. Dealing with people that feel they have to be rite and correct about everything is difficult. But that’s nothing That needs to be catered too. But I’ll send pics as soon as I’m at the property again. Have you ever worked in an auto factory? Or do you just know what you’ve read in a brochure or online. And yes early Cherokees could get Dana 44s the ones I saw were an 86 and an 87 Wagoneer pioneers with a tow package. Did you know in some country’s u could get a bench seat in a cherokee? And cars don’t have to be a one off they can be just rare and hard to find. Please don’t try to tell me what can or can’t be done at an automotive plant because I’ve seen it. Go try and find a 4 cylinder 76 Vega with a Positrac under it. That would be hard too. Finding the rarer cars are harder in the rusty states. CA has got some high mileage cars in the junkyards, without any rust on the bodies. If they can pass smog their on the road. If not there in the junkyard because no one wants them. I know were 3 MJs are in yards and 1 white 4x4 Olympic package MJ 2 blocks from me just sitting in a field. that I can’t get my hands on, yet. I spend at least 1-3 days in a jk a week. I’m at it everyday one way or the other. It’s my passion and hobby hunting up these rare parts and cars, l retired that’s what I do for fun. Tomorrow I’m going to the Grayhound to pickup 4boxes of Jeep parts from KC. Hard to find parts like sets of original MJ buckets and the console with the bezel. Sport steering wheels gauge full Renex gauge clusters lots of stuff especially tweed seat covers and door panel. I find allot of things things that are hard to find. It’s what I do. There is a 74 international Scott at Muncie JK in Kansas City KS with the axcels still on it. FYI The only thing I haven’t been able to find is the cargo light, but I will. Now I know where theres a D 60 under an MJ if you pay me for my time and shipping I’ll get it to you and your search will be over. Case in point if you have the money, time and knowledge you can get what you want went it comes to cars. I’m not wealthy either far from it. But I have fun. And frankly I don’t have to prove anything to anyone at my age, nothing. I proved it to myself and thats what counts. Not trying to pick any fights here but you seem to have an axel to grind. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Holy cow I’ve never seen one. That’s great, what a cool idea. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well I’m officially calling you out on your ignorance of the automobile industry and the way dealerships work. I don’t now if axels and body where married at the factory or dealership. You could order a car and pay for the axels too. Car comes to dealership and axels are put on. And as far as a production line application goes. Parts come to the line usually on a hoist and they are married to the car. Do those parts just magically appear? The are loaded on those hoists by people in a different part of the plant who are looking at the same build sheet that the guy on the line is looking at. They know witch part go in witch sequence according to buildsheet. The hoist are filled with axels or what ever parts sequence to the build number witch correlates to the car on the line. They are sent to be married to that particular body on a special order number. This truck was built in Canada. Do you honestly think that if an oil company came in and said we’re ordering 4 Cherokees for the field but we need heavy duty axels. You think that dealership is going to let them go to Ford? No they are going to make it happen. Now the auto maker has those axels new in a wear house or at the vendor and they could be sent to a dealership or an assembly line with a few strokes of a keyboard? And your rite they don’t stop an assembly line for a special build , the parts come to them. Now if your salesman at the dealership is new and doesn’t know this can happen or doesn’t want to take the time to make it happen, or the time needed to attach an addendum to a special order to have an axel shipped to the dealer or factory or maybe he doesn’t get his commission until you officially sign and take position of the car and guess what his house payment is due in 2 weeks. well guess what? Your going to be told these are the only axels you can get. End of story. Now honestly before you call a person out publicly on BS you should really get educated yourself on production and sales. Because at the end of the day if you really wanted those factory axels the only thing you would have had to do is get out of the chair in the salesman’s office and go to the parts department ordered them and had the dealership put them on. Then you would have had factory 44s under your XJ before you bought it. Now I believe the 70+ year old man I bought it from when he said it had factory upgraded axels, he had the money and smarts. This was my first 4x4 and That was Greek to me at the time. Later I realized what that was about. And this car was bought in Orange County CA and from a dealership he had done business with them for years. Maybe you where at the wrong dealership. I’ve been in car plants many times over 27 years my father worked there. As a foreman he would take me in and explain how the line would worked and because we had many special order cars, he explained that too. Lots of those special orders wouldn’t even go into production until all the parts were in from vendors including Dana. Hell he was able to special order for a Positrac on a 1976 four-cylinder Vega and 76 454 Buick Estate station wagon. That positract in the wagon was a truck axel. If the Auto maker already had a relationship established with the vendor (in this case Dana) it could be done. Do you honestly think that they would lose sales especially commercial sales over seas because they weren’t tooled up to put a Dana 44 in place of an 8.5 if needed. Really. It’s about paying the extra money lots more money and a few key strokes that’s it and knowing what your doing and how to get it done. So don’t call BS not unless you really know the ins and outs mate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk