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Geez... You PA guys are coming out of the woodwork lately!

I'm sure custom brackets were used to make everything line up. Few years ago Jim showed the difference between S10 and MJ parts HERE. Edit... Post #2000!!! It's the small victories in life...

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/4291602762.html 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneer - $7000 (Cedar Falls) 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneerodometer: 100000 manual transmission 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneer 4X4. 4.0 inline 6 cylinder engine, 5 speed manual transmissioin, with air conditioning. Grey cloth interior, bench seat I bought this truck last summer from a man who had bought it new, so for all practical purposes it's a one-owner truck. The odometer just turned 100,000 miles. The previous owner had just replaced the air conditioning compressor right before I bought the truck. The only reason I'm selling this truck is I have an opportunity to purchase a muscle car locally. This Jeep did have a topper on it it's entire life, as well as a bed liner and the truck was always garaged. I removed the topper (old plastic windows gave very poor visibility) as well as the hard plastic bedliner, but kept the bedliner rail caps, as you can see in the photo. Since I've owned it I have replaced a front hub, put new tires on it, new premium shock absorbers, and had the head professionally redone, i.e., valves redone with new stem seals and ports were gasket-matched. While reassembly I also installed new spark plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, as well as a new thermostat. The truck runs and drives like a new. Since the vehicle is so nice it is in storage for the winter season. This is going to make someone a sweet little Jeep! Please email me with any additional questions. Or call me at 3 one 9 two 4 three. Eighty nine hundred. Thanks Someone needs to tell him the grill is upside down though. :shake:

To me, this just reads, "I didn't have the knowledge or skill to fix this properly, so this was my solution". :shake:

S10 or Blazer bumper:

^ This! :thumbsup:

I used them as inspiration for the cabinets in my camper. Anxious to see what you've got planned for keeping cabinet space plus sleeping quarters. :popcorn:

13* cold start? -30* in the morning here and it didn't get any higher than -19* yesterday... -50* with windchill. Mine was awfully grumpy, but THAT was a cold start! :D

Found some old pictures of this little guy! Yay for nostalgia! Really regret not taking any when I first got it. Ah well... Sure come a long way!

NEATO!!! :banana: Perhaps a proper build thread is in order? :crossfingers:

Slight update on this truck. It's been pretty much smooth sailing with the couple days per week of driving that it does. Lately though, it's been starting a little hard. I just blamed it on the cold snap we've been dealing with in the north country. Threw the battery charger on it because it was sitting for the better part of two weeks... hit the key to back it out of the garage... click... nothing. Well, crap. Beat around on the starter and it popped right off. This is starter number two for the season as I just put one in my family truckster of a ZJ. Anyway, it seemed like a good time to upgrade the crumbling battery cables while I was in there. Something else that's been bugging me since the big change-over has been the heat in the cab too. I know the heater core was clean, the block was also flushed out, and the radiator is just a couple years old. The last piece of the puzzle was the heater control valve. Not sure why I left it in there when the hoses were swapped over from the old chassis... but it was time for it to go. The hoses were in great shape so I just cut out a couple loops and spliced everything back together. I know... I know... I didn't do a great job of cleaning up after myself. :oops: It's been a busy morning.

Anyone know if this is the same SD22 used in forklifts? Could you give us a quick run down on the pros/cons on thing engine? Not sure why I'm intrigued by this right now... found some information on it, but always nice to hear from someone who knows some stuff about things and such. :idea:

Happy new year! The holidays are over and it's time to start thinking about starting fresh. There's resolutions to make... projects to start thinking about again... other such "reset-button" type metaphors... This month's feature is no different. This month has been one of those long time running projects that you just can't help but take notice to. The kind of truck with that "rags to riches" kind of feel. That "from the bottom to the top" jive. Pretty much if you're reading this, you know what I mean when it comes to taking a vehicle that's had better days and resurrect it... *cough!* Just about EVERY Comanche owner. *cough!*... This month we celebrate... Alexia's '87 SporTruck!!! MODEL AND YEAR: 1987 Comanche SporTruck - Restored and upgraded to 1997 with exterior, interior, electrical, and drive train from 1997+ style Cherokee models. Less than 2,000 miles on the restoration. Other than non-wear parts, such as body, every part has been replaced or refurbished as needed. ENGINE & PERFORMANCE: 4.0L bored and stroked to 4.7L(260-275HP estimated), 10:1 SCR 63mm throttle body on 1999+ intake manifold. Preparing to install a supercharger to produce around 6PSI of boost. GenRight Fuel Cell DRIVETRAIN: AW4 automatic, 220,000 miles on it. Just changed the fluid during the rebuild and it keeps taking punishment. NP232 with a rattling chain D30 Front, D44 Rear - 4.56 Gearing New motor and transmission mounts COOLING: Spectrum Premium Aluminum Radiator Dirtbound Offroad Triple Electric Fan Kit ELECTRICAL & IGNITION: Kelley's Works in Progress(5-90) 4 gauge battery and grounding wiring kit. Custom made wiring harnesses for rear lighting, power options, and other items. STEERING: ZJ Tie Rod Swap SUSPENSION: 5.5" Lift, Rubicon Express coils in the front, Spring Over Axle swap in the rear with 2WD springs. Rubicon Express Drop Brackets Bilstein 5100 Series Shocks Iron Rock Off Road Track Bar JKS Quicker Disconnects All control arms replaced with new units. INTERIOR: 1997 Dash, Leather Steering Wheel, and Center Console ACC Carpet, Black Comanche bucket seats with burgundy vinyl breaking apart. Missing most of the plastic pieces and headliner.(More work to do.) Sound deadening material applied on all the troublesome panels. Roof, rear cab panel, inside the B-pillars, and inside the doors. Absolutely no more rattling ka-boom shutting the doors now. Tinted Windows Power Windows, Locks, and Mirrors BRAKES: Centric Premium Rotors and PosiQuiet Pads on the Front 10"x2.5" rear brakes on the D44, entirely rebuilt with brand new components. LIGHTING: Hella Vision Plus ECE H4 Conversion Housings. WHEELS/TIRES: 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Moab rims and 32" BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain D/T tires. Spidertrax Wheel Adapters MISCELLANEOUS: JCR Offroad front and rear bumpers. Custom satin olive drab green paint done entirely in a home garage with automotive quality paint. Best MJ story: 1.) I lit this project on fire a minimum of five times. A few times while welding, another drilling a hole, and some others I forget. 2.) I was pulled over this Black Friday in my Wrangler. During a conversation about Jeeps with the officer I mentioned I owned a Comanche. <Officer> The one that drives into down town without a muffler? <Alexia> Yeah, uh, that one... http://comancheclub....-1997-comanche/ What owner loves best about CC: The wide variety of ages represented among the members and the maturity that everyone shows. That everyone loves to stock pile spare parts and sell them at reasonable prices to each other so that we can keep our obsessions on the road. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Alexia, it really goes without saying that your MJ is truly an unbelievable turnaround! While most would be happy with a '97+ XJ swap, you took it so much farther... and the journey isn't done yet either. While it's still not quite done yet, this one shows the definition of what is means to hit that reset button. Great job! Great truck! Great member! Congratulations Alexia for being our January, 2014 MJOTM! -Ben This post has been promoted to an article

:D I could've said... Any plans on what you're doing for the cage yet? Really curious if you're going to match the SCCA trucks or something else. For that matter, are you keeping things in the cab or do you have plans for going through the rear window?

Agreed. I'm sitting on genuine Archer springs with tons of room:

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Made up a few more this afternoon... Still need to make up a whole bunch more.

Cheap. :D New or old, it really doesn't matter. I like the dainty stuff for bodies and tails, but everything is used regardless. I think it'd be neat to see pictures of the lathe too!

:D The zip tie is kind of a neat stow-away. First 4.0 pan I dropped had a small handful of pennies in it! :eek: Thanks, dude!

You think you might have a spare sitting around? :idea:

Thanks, dudes! I've got a bunch of other ideas floating around that I'd like to do yet. Let me know if you need to get rid of any silverware! That goes for everyone! :thumbsup:

I like it when my hobbies pay for themselves. So far... I'm not even close. I've gone down the road of trying to sell stuff in the past without much luck. Sure, a few bumpers and parts have been sold and sent around the country, but big and heavy items can be such a hassle. Am I done with automotive specific fabrication? Absolutely not!!! However, I think what I need to do is start thinking smaller and easier to move. My mother in law lives in a small, folksy town that has a few small, folksy shops. One of such small, folksy shops is a collection of local artists displaying items to sell. It's really neat to walk through there and see everything! What bugs me about the place is that the few pieces of metalwork are... uh... less than stunning. Here's where I'd like to jump in. The problem comes in that I put way too much time into things and if I were to put a price on things that anyone would consider reasonable it wouldn't even be worth my time. All the shaping and cutting... so time consuming. So? What if I were to start with already cut and mostly shaped pieces? Here's what I've been up to this morning... Yup... silverware! Nothing can go on display until May so I've got some time to tinker and build up some inventory. Should be fun! Anxious to see how things sell.

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Thanks guys. Anyone else makin' up some holiday cheer? Perhaps Pete can orchestrate a CC Secret Santa for next year.