MereAnatomy

Ever since my truck got finished, my dad has wanted one. So I went for a ride on Saturday out by Fort Knox and picked up a 230K mile 90 LWB 2wd with a pretty straight bed, and damn nice interior. Salesman helped me load the bike and drove it back to Louisville. Had about a half gallon of water in the front tire, after getting rid of that miraculously the handling problems disappeared. But at that point noticed cracks in both front rotors, and the absence of brake pads. So it got rotors, bearings, and pads. Got my neighbor to help load a Dana 44, Dana 30, NP242 combo I've been holding onto for my Dad's dreams of a dually. Leaving for Texas at midnight on Friday. So if you happen to see a white Comanche on the side of the road, feel free to drop by.

Cut it at the top to avoid future regret. Taxes and Tires, the size always increases.

So, the VIN debate continues. I found another, but the listing is a year old and it states it is a 1988 model... It's also in Venezuela, might be worth a call to the dealer for the VIN # to figure this out. http://losteques.olx.com.ve/jeep-comanche-1988-4x4-sincronica-iid-542320899 Good luck!

Clean looking little truck, the black on the lower body makes her stand out. Keep the water out of it!

Thanks for saving the beast! Did the previous owner indicate if there had been any more, or how many? Looks well finished for a prototype. Congrats on the find.

that's one clean looking truck. what did you use to clean up your taillights?

it's available from a few places on Amazon and eBay, the link is to the cheapest one i found quickly. Will set you back a cool 10 bucks. Has held up so far http://www.amazon.com/iJDMTOY%C2%AE-Universal-Frame-Mounting-Plate/dp/B00LWGFWRC/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1412269621&sr=8-21&keywords=license+plate+light

Turned out the U-joints were shot, so the front axle got an overhaul, new brakes. only piece of hose i could come up with was a feeding tube, works very well. and rock sliders to avoid the fender damage, should the ole beast mount another volvo

The next post-call day I had, I rented a truck and went searching for new Dana 30 with 4.11s, but the junkyard lied, was just a chopped up Dana 30 with 3.55s... Ended up sleeping in the truck for a few hrs before returning it. Then scoured craigslist, rented the truck again and headed north figuring I'd return with one of two I'd found online. As is typical of my family, I may have overdone it. I needed a Dana 30 right? So I found a Comanche Dana 44, then two Dana 30's, and a NP242 from different people. You know, for the next one. A month later, she was rolling again. Thanks to the gents at Moab here in Louisville, required a little welding, new wheel, control arms, discos, etc... Now the brakes didn't work, and had a terrible wobble at low speeds while turning.

then after a rough few days at work I may have taken a short nap behind the wheel, and the truck decided it wanted to drive over the front end of a volvo the force of popping over the front fender broke the axle mounts, control arms, etc, then the police wrecker ruined the fender

then came winter and the truck brought me many things, including great beers from back home in Texas found out my mazda is well balanced

Then just playing around out by the rail yard. RC can as a jack.

Well shes been in a wreck since then, and rebuilt again. I'll get some photos up. From where I left off, she got a new spare tire carrier (Ford Expedition or Dodge 1500) can't remember now. This is after losing my spare wheel mounted to a 33 x 12.5 somewhere between Texas and Kentucky... Prefer not to leave them lying around.

I live over in the Highlands, sounds like you're well positioned for hitting the junkyards out there.

hahah, i would agree, i too came from Texas and had to piece my conversion together... It's a non-HO 4.0L 5spd with a NP231 D30/D35. I would assume its a Peugeot tranny, but it was locked (they are using it for the yard truck since it runs and drives) and I did not climb under to identify the transmisison. Supposedly runs well. He only wants 79 bucks a piece for the axles hub to hub, and 12 bucks a piece for driveshafts.