Bezerk1

Yeah compared to my first Comanche purchase this one ( although they’re little dings and dents ) looks showroom new. Pleasantly surprised and pleased

I’m currently working on a 86 4x4 but when I saw this one for sale just had to get it really nice shape and for kicker it’s the Olympic edition

I’m searching for a LWB sports bar for newly acquired 88 MJ.

I know it’s been a while since your wanted sports bar ad but I guess you still haven’t found one, but I just got a 88 and I’m still interested in your long bed bar if your willing to sell

Here’s my big buddy Yukon 1/2 German Shepherd 1/2 Alaskan Malamute loves going in Jeeps as much as I do. The Husky was Crystal but left her paw print on your hearts just like all the rest of the huskies we had

I shed a tear for the golden eagle CJ

Even though I put whole floor pan inside the bottom was bothering me with the old holes sticking out like sore thumb. Took me awhile to do. Bad weather and lack of interest was biggest hold up, it seemed every time I’d weld one patch get two holes put another patch on to let holes cool down get two more then fill first ones seemed like endless cycle but got finished this week. Then today I got rug and seats in. Then center console now on to bigger (& costly) things

I don’t have a short bed bar but if you buy one I’d be interested in your long bed one

Been a little bit since last report on work I’ve done first got the heater box in next ran the wiring harness cleaned up engine bay and firewall and painted it switched VIN tag and cluster ( liked AMC logo but not idiot lights and no tach ) then got dash in and playing endless game of follow that wire to this date got 75% figured out

Not the greatest pictures I live 30 minutes west from Indian Town Gap in Pa. They almost always fly around the Hershey area but once in a while they come me over head here

Welcome to the group and nice find. I’m fairly new to this club also. Learning so much more about them so if your like me you’ll restore in the day and check out all the great threads at night. Also put your VIN on the year page and it will tell ya all your truck came with. Read Pete’s info first and it will walk you through it.

In the last picture of the last set I sent you can probably see how bad the floor boards were, I do little things every weekend and some days before work time allowing, so don’t show everything ever day, forth of July week I had off and just got new welder ( could use old jobs welder and shop before) so mostly got done with floor took whole floor board out of 91 XJ cut into quarters to fit and align crucial holes and welded it upthen undercoated it

Dirty old man joke Wife goes how did they get that yellow Camaro stuck husband oh there was a car in the picture don’t have to worry about that with a Jeep. If she’s a jeeper she’s a keeper

I was reading all your posts and I am so jealous, been looking for a MJ since 17, I lived in Berks Co . all my life and didn’t see this at the local Jeep dealers, pretty sure not at outten. But just curious was it Savage or L&B. Nice find though, yeah you always regret getting rid of your first ride. Too bad your on other side of the state but maybe see you at Bantum one year

this is my buddy Yukon in the back of my daughter’s JK, like the rest of the family likes he’s rides in a Jeep, can’t wait to see him in a Comanche

Thanks Saveevryjp, here are some more pics when I started to take it apart

Yes it is, a done up Honcho and CJ would make it the perfect trifecta

Here are some pics when I got it home

I picked up my Comanche last June (21). I was working out of town taking quarry equipment down to move and our company's trucking co. was there to haul it away, I worked a lot of jobs with them for the past 20 years, they heard I was leaving early that week and hassled me why couldn't I stay and get the work done, told them I was going to a Jeep event in Butler, it's a family run trucking co. with two brothers and their dad who passed away, so the one brother after hearing where I was going said would you like to buy our Dad's jeep pick-up, thinking it was a newer gladiator so I said nope, he said well we are probably going to scrap it then it's been in our yard since about 2014, then it hit me they didn't make the gladiators yet, then I started asking all kinds of questions, I said is this a Comanche, is it 4 wheel drive, they said don't really know they'll take pics when they get home, but they both said pretty sure it was only 2 wheel drive, I told them I was looking for one of these since 2017 when I saw my first one at a jeep event, I was also thrilled when they sent me the pic it had a 4X4 emblem on the bed, they said give us the scrap metal price, I said $500 cool, then the one brother must of seen how excited and said I was thinking $800 but still bought it right when I got home from Butler, at Butler I looked for Comanche's, saw one with a V8 in it, saw a great looking black one, had lots of questions for him so asked if I could get his # but he said he just got robbed so he don't share to much info, thought fair enough, then I had to figure out what power plant to put in, the brother's said either the engine died or the trans weren't sure which one, it had a 2.5 in it, I didn't want a 4 cylinder anyway, I had a 318 in the garage forever but heard and thought might be a pain to put in, so thought 4.0 since they came in the trucks years later, so I went to craig's list for a parts XJ, must have been meant to be the first thing to come up was a 2 door XJ, 2nd on my wish list, so got that and had to say good bye to a 30 year old friend ,my 91 XJ, so now the plan was take everything from that and put in the MJ started stripping the MJ and saw Fred Flintstone floor boards, I just put new ones in the 91 XJ couple years ago so even took floor boards, it had a 4.0 /auto, then I met Pete at Pa. all breed jeep show and he introduced me to the Comanche Club, I spent some many hours on it already, learning a lot and seeing great people with the same passion, I know it's not going to be a show truck or climber, just to put it back to road ready will be good enough for me, so my plan is to get it back on the road, hope plan and bank account hold up this is the first pic of the Comanche I got texted to me

I met Pete at all breeds Jeep show in Carlisle. He gave me the Comanche Club card and would like to join. I got this 86 and have plans on getting back on the road year- 1986 make- Comanche model- standard? engine- 2.5 trans- torqueflite 904 transfercase- ??? front axle- Dana 30 rear axle- Dana 35 wheel base- 7 foot bed birthdate- ??? (Sticker completely erased) ext. color- deep night blue int.- blue bench seat cloth column shift