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Had a little bit of time I needed to fill today so I thought what better way than to put some attention to this. I got the headliner done along with most of the interior trim pieces. The seat out of the '91 was in super bad shape. I had a good seat around from another truck that had a rotten frame. So? Move the cover from the back rest from the good seat over to the '91 frame for the head rests, and move the bottom cushion over to the '91 frame. Done!... for today anyway.

I guess another questions would be, what would you use as the time capsule vessel itself that would last?

It's that time again. The time of year where I have some time off from work. In the past, I used to fill this time with fun things like throwing large amounts of time at cool projects and pounding them out quickly. For the last couple years, it has been filled with house work... this year keeps the theme going. While it's nowhere near as much work as last year's renovation that included a larger garage, this year's project is just about as important! This year I'm being required to hook up to city sewer. So today was all kinds of fun. Next week is the start of the digging outside so that means I need to make room in the basement for the new plumbing. Just like any other project, there's a few things that I'm doing in the basement... while I'm in there. Going to stub in for a bathroom, and I'm doing drain tile along the back wall. It all starts with this: Which leads me to my question for everyone. I'm one that likes to find things hidden away like treasures that were intentionally placed there. It's kind of lame, but anytime I start into a project like this, I like the idea of stumbling on something that was put under a floor or stuffed in a wall. Today was no different. With ever scoop of the shovel and every smack of the hammer, I was just waiting to find something... anything!... under the floor. Hmm... no dice. Being that the floor is open, I think it's the perfect time to make up a time capsule! So? What should I put in there? Or, if you had the opportunity, what would you put in one?

^Love it!!! :rock on:

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You know you're doing something right when there's an evil laugh involved!

Thanks, dude! Swing through whenever... we're always open. I got off from work a little early so I came home to get the transfer case shifter done. Probably just put a boot over everything to jazz it up some. ... and I desperately need to clean up the carpet. :doh:

Robyn: "What would you like to do this year for our anniversary?" :dunno: Ben: "How about a road trip to Duluth?" . :MJ 1: . Robyn: "Yeah! Sounds like fun! We could cruise up to the lighthouse and hit up the museums and find the local restaurants..." :) Ben: "Yup... we could do all that stuff... maybe stop in at Archer's..." :idea: Robyn: "What was that?" :bs: Ben: "I said that sounds great!... and I could work in a stop at Archer's..." :roll: Robyn: :shake: Ben: :crossfingers: Robyn: :rant: Ben: :peek: Robyn: "Fine... but only if we don't end up leaving with some old truck part!" :thwak: She's very supportive!... and understanding. :thumbsup:

It was a long night thinking about putting that rusty truck out to pasture. Well... it's time to move on and keep going. Had a big day getting the floor taken care of. Pretty textbook repair in the left foot well. Then came a nice, heavy couple coats of bedliner. I was having so much fun I decided to polish off the can of bedliner on the rear frame. I started on the shift linkage for the transfer case also. All I have is the shifter itself so I'm simplifying everything and just making up my own linkage. More on that later.

Did they let you keep it?!

It was a sad day. :( I've never had to scrap a Comanche before, but after digging into this poor truck I quickly found that this was really the best thing for it. I have a tow bar for my VWs that I made up an adapter to dispose of the truck. My wife is ecstatic that I have a convenient way of pulling home more trucks. :shake: Scrap day... Like I said, this thing was bad. Time to go. :cry: The end. Can't be said enough how sad it is to thin the herd. This being done, it leaves my attention on getting the donor on the road. ... and then there were three... and a half.

I like that... kind of like some sort of knighthood. I'd wear my suit of rust with pride!

Can anybody else watch this and oddly see themselves? I've been on a big TED kick lately to where that's what I do for hours at a time. It's like YouTube where one thing leads to another... and another... and another... and so on. :nuts:

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/3922221707.html 87 jeep comamche - $1000 (cannon falls) I have a 87 jeep comanche for sale. The truck is ruff on the inside and fair on the outside. It has tje bigger 4.0 and I have removed the box. Was gonna make into a trail truck bit don't have the time. It does need a fuel tank and pump. It does run and will need tires. It also comes with a 98 ford explore rear end . If u have any questions feel free to contact me. Thank you 507-589-8055. Really surprised with this truck. It obviously needs rockers but the box sides really don't look all that bad... if you can see past the dents anyway. That bright yellow might be hiding a bit though. Still, I'd call at least out of curiosity if I was on the market.

Totally diggin' the topper! :rock on:

I love that gasket. I've done a couple of them recently and every time I go in to get a gasket I have to argue with the parts store jockey that I do indeed want to spend $40 on a gasket instead of $10 for the cork. :shake: Never had any issues with leaking and they're reusable. :thumbsup:

Sorry to hear that, Pete. Any kind of strict diet is no fun at all. :( Good luck with everything. :thumbsup:

... and now it moves!!! I should probably make it stop too. :idea: Working on removing the rest of the parts from the '91 now. No sense in having two dumpy looking trucks kickin' around the yard and dropping the resale value of the neighborhood!

Couldn't have been a rust issue! I just swapped the column from my '91 over and I probably had that same six hours in swapping over the column and the entire dash and wiring. :shake:

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/3905715962.html 1990 Jeep Comanche pickup set up for trail riding. Not street legal. Four link rear withcoils, limiters straps and a Lincoln locker . 31-1050 swampers .with tubes front lock rite locker and 6 1/2 lift springs. New gas tank in box, lots of character marks from dresser. Lots of fun . Cash only. :( ... poor little fella.

... or at least part of it, anyway. Thanks Pete!

Actually, Alexandria is sort of a smaller show as far as space. Their website shows that there were almost 300 cars in a space that usually has half that. We showed up way after the gates opened and getting my little car in was a squeeze in some spots! Saving the MJ another show at the end of August. Bringing the camper too.

It's about that time of year around my part of MN where it seems like there's a car show every other weekend or so. Today, it was Alexandria. It's usually a smaller show, but they had a record amount of cars in attendance this year! Planning on showing a vehicle at the next few shows. Didn't get a whole lot of pictures, but I did manage to get some good ones on the way home.

Gave this truck another couple days of attention this weekend. Wiring from the firewall forward is all done now along with the wiring all the way back to the taillight harness. No real surprises. Had to drill a few holes, but otherwise everything just dropped in where it was supposed to. Everything pretty much just looks like an opposite of what it did a week ago. ... and a video. :banana: