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Glad she is ok. Vehicles can be replaced.
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He messaged me… thank you!
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89’ Pioneer MJ Barn Find
Lthompson741 replied to oleskool's topic in Member Projects: Your Comanches
Looks good. Cleaned up really well. The rugged ridge floor mats are “decent”. I’ve got a set in my mj. Mine were curled from being in the box for who knows how long. I wish mine was a 5 speed but there aren’t to many left in the rust belt around me. -
Looking for a passenger side cab corner…. Now that I’m officially looking there nothing.
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Yeah I love the look of it. I found the bill of sale actually. Greenway is still in business about 10 miles from me.
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Please post if something comes together. I’m about 3 hours from Badlands..... I would be cool to see a bunch of MJS. I’d be bone stock but I know would still have fun.
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I heat my shop with a forced air wood burner. Mine is home-made one copied from the ones the major home improvement ones sell. It takes about an hour to get it going (I don’t leave it running 24-7). But once it’s going it will push you out of my 3 car shop. I have to open the garage door and let some of the heat out after a while. I guess thats the draw back of a home made one. I also have a electric fan on a timer that will turn on and off every 15 minutes to circulate the air around it which makes a huge difference in the garage. I burn pretty much anything, mostly seasoned oak, but have burned pine, maple etc (all seasonsed). My chimney is a 8 inch gas main that is about 1 inch thick metal, so I’m not to worried about burning thru. I also sweep the stack about twice a season. Opening the ash pan is the key to reloading for mine as well, once it’s gets roaring, no smoke in the shop.
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Yeah, I haven’t begun the strip my interior yet. I know it’s gonna be a project looking up at my floor boards. I had to use the Jeep as a daily over Christmas for a couple weeks so I didn’t want to pull it apart and have to rent a car because I got over my head project wise. I’m hoping it’s under the seat, or behind the rear panel. I’ve replaced the Drivers door and I didn’t find it.
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Project: Scrapyard Save
Lthompson741 replied to Lthompson741's topic in Member Projects: Your Comanches
Wow it’s been a while since I’ve been on here I need to get better and updating my own posts. I’ve been driving the Comanche as a back up vehicle currently. I’ve put about 2000 Miles on it since the frame was fixed and have had no real problems with anything. The only thing major that happened was my drivers window mech died. I searched for a another but ended up finding a whole set of manual doors for it. Since my drivers door was Swiss cheese I made the switch. Def. not the correct shade of red, but it keeps the rain out. I’ll have to get to work on updating this. I need to figure out photos again and where to post them to use in my write ups. -
Project: Scrapyard Save
Lthompson741 replied to Lthompson741's topic in Member Projects: Your Comanches
Well I can't believe it’s been that long since I updated. I ended up fixing the frame. I have a friend who is a very good welder, we completely rebuilt the frame and she it back on the road. For whatever reason the pictures aren’t saved here, So I’m going to have to hunt them down. Other then that I’ve been driving it all summer. It really needs body work, and rust repair but it runs and drives great, and seems to be pretty reliable. Things done this summer: New exhaust from “a” pipe all the way back New SERP. Belt New valve cover gasket I’ve put about 500 miles on it, and it is a lot of fun to drive, but is a little crampt for me being 6 foot 3. So I’m not sure about taking any cross country drives with it. -
This one was part of the collection where I bought mine. (Jeep hoarder forced selling by County). Its a little more ragged then it was, as the seller stripped the tail lights and looks like some trim. It was a plow jeep, and the sub frame was reinforced with angle iron. From the bed forward actually was in decent shape. It ran and moved under it's own power as well. I think it was only $150.00 or so when I looked at it. It was more interested in mine and trying to save it from the scrap yard that I didn't think twice about it. Now looking back I should of paid $150 taken the tail lights, dome lights and tail gate, and let it go to scrap. I know a jeep flipper bought a couple things from this collection, and obviously hes trying to cash in now that it's stripped.
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Nice Truck!! glad the old owner told you to stop by.
