CactusComanche

Sorry I neglect to check here frequently, summer was killed, pm me and we can figure out a good time to meet up and show you the truck. I have started a build thread on it. I was actually working on it before I acquired the street comanche and I had put it off to work on the street comanche cause I couldn’t resist. It’s a base model 88 Swb that is a complete 97+ swap. It’s been a project of mine for the last couple years.

truck is doing good, just keeping it safe haha. Since the last post I made I have added a tonneau cover, i think it completes the minitruckin vibe and finished the back look of the truck nicely. I also upgraded the electrical fan to a newer 95-96 xj style which was plug n play, and added the ksuspension fan relay harness. And I had to pick up a REMII just because, well I had to. Anyways, just looking forward to cool weather here to drive it around a little more since it has the AC delete. It has been a record setting summer here in AZ. I’ve also been pretty tied up with my next comanche project so I have been pretty distracted with that lately. Here are some more recent photos. Enjoy!

Thank you! They are actually factory comanche buckets and headrests, I just lucked out and found someone that didn’t want them as much as I did. The headrests are factor, I have seen them more in Cherokees than Comanches, definitely a more rare option. Thank you for the kind words! I am glad you enjoy it. I wish there were more around for a cruise one day.

I do not! Where does one find one of those? I’ve only seen the stickers, I didn’t even know there were magnets. Awhile ago I needed a part and a kind fellow in the Midwest ended up sending it to me no charge and requested that I donated to CC, so i did, I think I actually contacted you to donate.

Yeah, I just kept it original to what was there, I’m assuming that is the style switch they chose to use when they put the package on the truck. I can’t imagine a previous owner swapped that that out so I figured to just leave it like that. I don’t mind it, it’s kind of cool, and the efan is getting upgraded to a 95/96 version this weekend with the switch kit

Thank you Buck, that’s the best compliment I can get.I hope it inspires others. Cheers! Thank you so much, I’m glad you all enjoy it, and I am honored to have it featured on here. I appreciate it, thank you. I am really glad too. I love it when a plan comes together. Thank you, very kind of you. It’s such a cool truck I just wanted to try and keep it clean and original like. I am really happy to share it and hoped to give a good example to reference since there are so few out there. Thank you! It is quite an honor, very grateful and much appreciated. Thank you for all the kind words. By far the best magnet of them all. For that

I think it would be fun to get a few trucks together once this weather breaks, as much as I want to right now, it’s just brutal standing outside in the sun. Thank you so much, with how rare the truck is I felt the need to just try and preserve it and not get too crazy with it. Thank you I appreciate that. I am happy to share it, it’s such a rare truck I am sure a lot of enthusiasts would like to see it. Love the coin! I thank you very much for being so kind. I Hope we can get the trucks together sometime soon when it cools down a bit. That was fast

Quite an honor! Thank you very much for the feature

Thank you for the kind words, I felt the need to preserve it and I appreciate everyone’s positive feedback, I am glad everyone enjoys seeing the truck back to life.

I was just outside thinking the same thing, it sure is nice tonight

Sounds good, cool weather is approaching to pull up a chair.

I appreciate that very much, very glad you like it.

Thank you, you are far to kind. It makes happy to know you guys like the truck and the things I did to it.

Thank you!!!

I think that would be a pretty fun hobby to get in to, I must say though it has a lot of imperfections up close, but it is still a very attractive “driver” from all angles. Cool weather is around the corner so the timing is perfect

Thank you! At the end of it all I was even a little surprised at just how cleanly it really all came together. Definitely enjoying it and I am really glad everyone is as well.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. Happy to share it with you guys.

Here are some finished pictures in the daylight! I hope everyone likes the truck and enjoys the photos. Thank you for reading. There are still some details that I would like fixed, the leather steering wheel has some minor damage, I would hope to find a replacement one day. There are also some upgrades and such I would like to continue to do, so I will be adding to this periodically as things come up. But for now, it is a good solid driver again.

the internet came through again! over the course of this “restoration” I have had to source parts from my personal collection, several local junkyards and a few junk yards a couple hours away, locals parting out jeeps, and people online. I could not have done all of this with out the help of a lot of others to get those hard to find parts. If you are reading this, you know who you are, and I thank you. One of the best finds was these seats from Mr. Jerry in Texas. The final planets aligned when a relative that lived nearby in Texas was coming to visit, so they picked up the seats and delivered them! The driver side upper and lower seat covers have a small tear so I will need to address those to prevent tearing any further, other than that the fabric is soft, the color is vibrant and the headrests are super cool so these will really complete the interior. Freshened up the seat brackets and hardware aside from some small details it’s ready to go for a ride, I have only driven the truck on the trailer when I purchased it at this point. I rolled it off the trailer when I got it home because the battery had died (it had needed to be jumped when I got it loaded up) and immediately began taking it all apart. It runs wonderfully in the driveway so fingers are crossed. making sure it’s ready for it’s first drive in who knows how long i decided to wait til late night for the test drive to avoid any traffic and man what a cool truck, swb 4.0 5spd is fun! It runs and drives very smooth, everything functions correctly aside from the speedometer, it is not working at all, not sure why but I had no idea since I never drove til now. I guess I will have to take some things back apart to investigate that but man am I happy! So Street Comanche #20 is back in 2020, it is a 1987 so it is 33 years old now, which also happens to be the same number on the door that started it all: numbers stick out to me and I thought it was pretty cool how those numbers lined up.

lots of tan! I really like this interior color paired with the black exterior paint.

More elbow grease Making progress, it’s starting to look like new again. i could not get the driver side A pillar trim to fit in place correctly because the upper mounting tab was cracked. i am sure there are other ways to do this but I cut a small piece from an old license plate and got it sitting nice and used some good sealant, drilled a hole and it works great and didn’t take long at all. i was also able to get both interior lights working, I used some contact cleaners and got everything shiny again, new bulbs and they were good. First truck I have had that these lights work, and they’re fairly bright, I was surprised.

Thank you for the kind words, I am glad you’re enjoying the truck and progress. I will send you a message as I would love to try and track down the original seat material if possible. Thank you!

Thanks Pete, I feel the same way after doing the fuse block, I think it’s good to go another 30 now.

Thank you! Just trying to make it all nice again. I appreciate it.

the fuel pump in the truck was super loud, it was one of the first things I noticed. Well I don’t hear it anymore and truck won’t start now. I had mentioned how the truck was pretty dirty and covered I spiders when I got it, and I was so quick to start working that I didn’t really take any pictures. Anyways here’s just a few spider egg sacks just hanging out. replaced the pump, the screen, and the fuel filter and it’s running again, actually much smoother than before. time to get the interior put together Going to have to get rid of these old things replaced with these, nothing special but they’ll fit in the factory speaker brackets well. cleaning and detailing everything before it gets installed. With truck having the AC deleted and living in Arizona I thought it would be a good idea to insulate the cab before building the interior. new carpet ready to go in install went very well, the heat insulation really helped fill out under the carpet. Just need to trim around/under the doors. center console installed also got the headliner and the sun visors installed.