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They're still around... sorta. Contact Archer Racing in Duluth, MN but don't expect to get too far.

No winters for this truck, Don! :no:

I got my axle back!!! :banana: New bearings, seals, and limited slip clutch packs. I know... it's all sorts of crusty, but it is a MN axle after all. Not sure how crazy I'm going to get with cleaning it up before tossing it under the truck. I'd like to get the suspension mocked up and go from there. Besides that, I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing for brakes just yet.

Anything ever happen with this, or are there any updates? No updates that I know of. I've actually been trying to get in contact with John for a a while now as he owes me a box side piece of side skirts. Their building is for currently for sale... not really sure what the Archer's next move is. I'll ask him if he ever had another round made up when I talk to him next.

ANOTHER BOARD... :rotf: That's for more info! :cheers:

I was thinking the same about you.

Is the truck out of the way enough that it would be a burden to see said info in the glove box? That and if you could find out the tire size, it would be much appreciated. The sidewall to wheel ratio looks perfect for that truck! If there wasn't a convenient turn around, I'd probably jump the ditch and center median, swerve through any on coming traffic, frantically flash my lights to try and get his attention, all before opening the passenger door and push out whoever might be sitting there in a effort to save weight and go faster. . :MJ 1: . JWP241... a member since 2011 and only a few posts?... only one of which is a picture of this beautiful piece of local and racing history?! Not sure if this is the one, but when I was at Archer Racing, John mentioned their old shop truck that was red, full side skirts, lowered, and a 2.5 that he still sees roaming around from time to time. Not trying to over whelm you, but It's comforting to know that amazing trucks like this still exist! I'm pretty sure I'm just about ready to have a heart attack everytime I come here and see an update on this thread! Not sure what would happen if I came here and their were some added pictures... :drool:

:redX: What was used to lower the truck? Does it have their fiberglass rear leafs? Tire size?... I still like your truck. :D

Pretty sure you should have a build thread for said trail rig. Just sayin'...

Is that WAKX from the Duluth area? Any current pictures? Still have the ARE wheels under it? What other Archer parts are on it?... and do you need to sell any of them? :brows: ... I like your truck. :thumbsup:

Bump for flint!: http://comancheclub.com/topic/29656-standard-autozone-radiator-fl-50/

I remember this. What he did was think outside the box and came up with something between these: ... and the factory debris cover: ... by using one of these: http://www.menards.com/main/p-1716008.htm Kind of a neat idea, but I would think that over time they would start to rattle around and let things pass. Better than nothing though!

Maybe... $6k to the right person.

Diggin' it.

http://comancheclub.com/topic/8275-mrsimons-first-mj-project-tube-bed-page-7/ MrSimon... lot's of dead pictures which sucks becuase it was an awesome truck.

Bump. :peek:

Pretty much... maybe a little less green though. :idea:

:rotf:

Let's be serious Jim. Where would you find one of those?

Where one build ends, another gets new life... So, there was this: http://comancheclub.com/topic/29983-the-five-year-project/ Then almost one year to the date, this happened: http://comancheclub.com/topic/32916-1989-pioneer-lwb-ho-swap-project-northern-mn/ And then there's today: After a trade for some custom bumpers, the deal was done. The truck started life as a '89, 2.5, 2wd long box. Austin (xjrev10) started swapping everything over from a '93 XJ to bring it up to a 4.0 with 4wd. Everything is there... pretty much. The wiring was swapped over... I think... but the project has been left for over a year now. So... what's cool about it? At some point, the truck was treated to a cool rust inhibiting process that I've only heard about. The first thing I notice when I opened the door were these crazy little plugs: I'm really anxious to see what the inside of the panels look like when I remove the interior. Speaking of which: ... it's bad. I'm not keeping any of it as everything will get swapped over from the '91. Not sure what I'll do with it yet as the colors won't match, but the headliner is all kinds of groovy! It's like a shag carpet up there! As far as the rest of the truck, everything is pretty solid. There is a need to repair the floors, but I haven't taken a close look at it just yet. The rockers and cab corners however look clean. Not totally straight, but clean. Same goes for most of the box. A small spot of the nasty orange stuff above the left wheel well and alone the bottom edges, but nothing too terrible. I've got some work to do under the left taillight though. I would imagine that it was backed up into something?... I don't know. There's a dent, a hole, and some rust. Anyway, the engine looks like it's all there, but there's wires and hoses that go everywhere! After some snow removal, some additional parts where found in the box. Like a treasure hunt! Looks like there's some 2.5 stuff, some YJ stuff, and an assortment of other randomness. Beer cans too... lots of beer cans. :shake: So here's the plan. While I love the '91, I hate that it's only a matter of time before nothing can be saved from rust. I wanted to do a 4wd swap on it, but with the amount of rust in it, it just doesn't make any sense. With everything that has been done on the '89, and everything that hasn't, I'm obviously going to use it as a body donor. Austin has the most of the mechanical components changed over from the '93, so I'll just leave them alone for now and just finish the conversion. Remove the wiring, throw some paint at it, move over the entire harness from the '91, fuel tank, interior, odds and ends, and call it good enough. All in all, what I want is a good driver that I don't feel bad about driving year round. Yes, it will rust eventually but I'm not going for the same amount of body work that I put into my '88 Eliminator. What I want is something nice... but not that nice. I won't be getting to this until later this spring. I've got a lot of prep work to do on the new truck before then, but I think it'll be nice to have the peace of mine that my truck won't fold in half when I open both doors at the same time. :D I'm pretty sure the '91 is looking forward to its new clothes too!

Lots of build threads there that go way back here too. Good stuff!

Thanks dude. :cheers:

There really should be, shouldn't there? It's been a frustrating experience waiting for my axle to get done. It's been in pieces for a couple months now at the school I work at because I was asked if I would help aid in someone's education and let a student take it appart and put it back together. Not sure if I donated it to a flunky, but I will say that I'll never do this again. I met up with the kid who is supposedly working on it last week and asked if I could have it back before the end of the week. This week is spring break so I figured I could get something done on it. No... not so much. The axle wasn't even touched all week so I very nicely asked where everything was at so I could put it all back together myself. I noticed that I needed pinion bearings yet, so I got those on order. Yet another set back as any parts store counter jocky in my town doesn't seem to understand urgency or even how to do their job properly. Currently, I'm waiting on the last of the parts to come in. Now I'm getting all worked up again... :soap box:

Any updates? Comanche Club demands updates.