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It is time to start documenting the history and progress of this project. The search for an original diesel Comanche started 6 or 7 years ago. After a couple of conversations with the California DMV and BAR about attempting to do a diesel conversion on my 1991 Comanche I quickly figured out that the best thing for me was to find a real 1986 or 87 original MJ diesel. It simply avoided a whole lot of issues in California. Some of you may have seen my thread from last summer with pictures of me towing the 1986 Diesel Comanche I purchased in Victoria, B.C to the shop in northern Michigan that will be installing a Volkswagen 1.9 TDI engine in place of the broken down Renault 2.1 original Turbo Diesel engine. Here is a link to that part of the Comanche's journey with a couple of pictures along the way: http://comancheclub.com/topic/51141-86-diesel-mj-on-its-way-to-new-home/?hl=victoria&do=findComment&comment=521006 I drove 1200 plus miles from San Diego to Victoria on Vancouver Island to pick up this truck and then towed it 2000 more miles to northern Michigan. Since 2013 the truck has had 3 different owners before I purchased it last summer and has been offered for sale at least twice here on the Comanche Club by different owners. Here is the first time the truck showed up on the club. Notice that the truck ran in 2013 and that IslandXJ did put some work into the truck before he lost interest and sold the truck: http://comancheclub.com/topic/40422-86-diesel-mj/ By August 2015 the truck was offered for sale by the second owner. http://comancheclub.com/topic/48148-diesel-5-spd-low-milage-vancouver-island/?hl=diesel This time I spoke at some length with the seller but I passed on the truck because of the price and a third owner purchased the truck in September 2015. By June 2016 the third owner listed the truck For Sale on the Victoria, B.C. Craigslist. By now the truck was advertised for parts and not running. After several phone calls, fresh pictures and verifying both the registration and the VIN number as a real factory diesel MJ I purchased the truck via PayPal and otherwise unseen. The purchase price was $350 Canadian or about $286 U.S. More info and pictures of progress will follow in the next week or so as I gather some pictures.