Comanche SRT8 WK

[dasbulliwagen]

http://www.cherokeesrt8.com/forums/show ... hp?t=38982

 

The post says not to copy his pic witout permission, so Ill just give you the link above.

[Pete M]

hotlinking to his photo is technically not copying. :D

 

[MJ is dead]

:drool: :drool: :drool:

[Sir Sam]

needs more lift and smaller wheels.

 

oh, and it needs more OD, steel bumpers, and a diesel

[1990 Pioneer 4x4]

Seriously – a Jeep street truck…? Goes against everything the Jeep brand stands for. The designer probably should have started with a Honda platform.

[kro10000]

:agree:

[Lenard]

:ack:

[wyk]

hotlinking to his photo is technically not copying. :D

 

Maybe not, but the original photo job itself is a crime. :fs2:

[Pete M]

Seriously – a Jeep street truck…? Goes against everything the Jeep brand stands for. The designer probably should have started with a Honda platform.

 

 

yeah. totally.

 

 

I mean, who'd want to go real fast in a Jeep?

 

 

totally crazy people, that's who.

 

[Automan2164]

Pete forgot something in his last post, I believe that is:

 

"Put that in your pipe smoke it."

 

Rob L. 8)

[aemsee]

I think that is pretty sweet looking

[1990 Pioneer 4x4]

Seriously – a Jeep street truck…? Goes against everything the Jeep brand stands for. The designer probably should have started with a Honda platform.

 

 

yeah. totally.

 

 

I mean, who'd want to go real fast in a Jeep?

 

 

totally crazy people, that's who.

 

 

Yea, I guess there are a few people out of millions who would want to use a truck like that. Just like there are some who believe that Mustangs are better as 4x4’s.

 

 

 

:D

 

:chillin:

[dasbulliwagen]

The pic did come from a JeepSRT8 forum, so thats all those prissy little rich boys know. Just look at that pic and imagine the real possibilities.... maybe someone with some good photoshop experience can FIX it for us! Show them what a Jeep really is!

[Dave Stark]

needs more lift and smaller wheels.

 

oh, and it needs more OD, steel bumpers, and a diesel

 

 

:agree:

 

More lift smaller wheels, NO CHROME!

 

It's a truck & not just any truck, but a truck that is supposed to be made by Jeep. It's supposed to be rugged tough & powerful.

[fiatslug87]

...NO CHROME!

I hope hornbrod doesn't see this.

[comanchedude]

Looks to wimpy, it does not have any of the Comanche style at all that i can see. looks like the dakotex with jeep like grill

[89eliminator]

i would drive the hell out of that.

[87Warrior]

I have no problem with chrome or Jeeps driven on the street.

 

That guy did a fantastic job at that photoshop. I'll see if it can be taken to "the next level".

[WahooSteeler]

seems to me that if you did the beijing 2500 grill, 97+ interior, put in a 242, stroker, and lowered it with some fat street wheels and tires, you'd just about have what he's looking for. i could dig it. the next step would be to truly try to mod in an srt8 drivetrain if possible, although that 500+HP stroker they did in JP magazine would do just fine for me!

[HOrnbrod]

It's a truck & not just any truck, but a truck that is supposed to be made by Jeep. It's supposed to be rugged tough & powerful.

 

This was hard to choose from all the stupid badmouthing comments to reply to, I choose not to, but I guess this is the one that best exemplifies our MJs. MJ's are are a versatile well rounded rig and can be built to suit just about anything you want; off-roading, street, drag, road racing; the only limitation is your imagination and pocketbook. Your comment "It's a truck & not just any truck, but a truck that is supposed to be made by Jeep. It's supposed to be rugged tough & powerful" is correct. And it was originally made by AMC then imprved by Mopar. But for all these applications, to be successful, correct mods have to be made.

 

In it's day, the MJ was the most powerful p/u made in it's class, but it's dogmeat now. A gas eating underpowered rust prone cow as compared to modern trucks. I'd love to see a basic economical V8 Jeep marque resurrection p/u come to market that can be modified to be competitive for any of the above applications. If an SRT8 "Comanche" was ever marketed, I'd buy it in a minute, then build it to my tastes.

[Dave Stark]

It's a truck & not just any truck, but a truck that is supposed to be made by Jeep. It's supposed to be rugged tough & powerful.

 

This was hard to choose from all the stupid badmouthing comments to reply to, I choose not to, but I guess this is the one that best exemplifies our MJs. MJ's are are a versatile well rounded rig and can be built to suit just about anything you want; off-roading, street, drag, road racing; the only limitation is your imagination and pocketbook. Your comment "It's a truck & not just any truck, but a truck that is supposed to be made by Jeep. It's supposed to be rugged tough & powerful" is correct. And it was originally made by AMC then imprved by Mopar. But for all these applications, to be successful, correct mods have to be made.

 

In it's day, the MJ was the most powerful p/u made in it's class, but it's dogmeat now. A gas eating underpowered rust prone cow as compared to modern trucks. I'd love to see a basic economical V8 Jeep marque resurrection p/u come to market that can be modified to be competitive for any of the above applications. If an SRT8 "Comanche" was ever marketed, I'd buy it in a minute, then build it to my tastes.

 

Agreed. :D

 

Although this truck looks as if it would be pretty pricey....

[wyk]

In it's day, the MJ was the most powerful p/u made in it's class, but it's dogmeat now. A gas eating underpowered rust prone cow as compared to modern trucks. I'd love to see a basic economical V8 Jeep marque resurrection p/u come to market that can be modified to be competitive for any of the above applications. If an SRT8 "Comanche" was ever marketed, I'd buy it in a minute, then build it to my tastes.

 

Modify yer rides all ya like - doesn't mean others won't have an opinion of it, good or bad.

 

I am not so sure I care one way or the other since I don't intend to buy a new Jeep product unless they build that Nukiser or the Gladiator since I am a 'truck guy' when it comes to Jeeps. When it comes to cars, I look elsewhere, like Mercedes or Audi. I think my main 'problem' with it is it sort of cheapens the Jeep marque - in much the same way the new Cherokee SRT8 devalues it. Don't get me wrong, the SRT8 is a great SUV - but it is soulless as a jeep goes. It might as well be any other SUV with a big engine in it and street suspension - it doesn't matter what badge is on it, since the badge means little in this case.

 

As was mentioned previously, a Jeep WAS a rugged machine, many of which will work great off road without extensive modifications, if any. Anyone can build a street truck or SUV, and Chevy and Ford are the main ones folks think of when they think street trucks, and those make great street trucks. But once you make Jeeps like any other truck on the road, you no longer are making Jeeps. You just happen to have the Jeep name on it. But, then again, that's basically what happened when Chrysler took them over. I recall a conversation with a guy that went along the lines of me asking him how he liked his new Jeep Cherokee. He said "You mean this is a Jeep?" He wasn't kidding me, either. I had to agree, I wasn't sure if it was a Jeep either, after looking at it. In the name of sales and volume, all brands are merging into one final committee-driven product. Jeep used to differentiate itself in the market. Unless you buy a something like a wrangler, yer not really buying much of a Jeep anymore.

 

The issue with slammed street trucks is the vanity. You now have removed the soul from your Jeep, and have made it into a car. Only it's worse, you have all of the drawbacks of a truck, and with all the drawbacks of a car, and with minimal benefits of either. You have no off road capability like even a 2wd truck has, and you have none of the hwy visibility and less of the impact safety a higher riding truck has(a trucks tends to hit it's bumper/frame above the bumper of a car - causing less damage to the truck and more to the car it hits, ask me how I know), you have the worse fuel mileage a truck has, and the ride and noise a truck has. You can not carry much in the bed any more, and you do not have a trunk. It's all vanity. To some this doesn't matter, obviously. But, to others it just seems silly. But, then again, the El Camino and the Holden Ute have a market, afterall... To each his own.

 

[500 MJ]

I could say so much about this, but I'm going to zip it.

 

"To each his own" definitely sums it all up. I couldn't choose which way I wanted to go with my first MJ so instead I just got two and went both ways. 8)

 

Being versatile is the best thing about our trucks.

[HOrnbrod]

Modify yer rides all ya like - doesn't mean others won't have an opinion of it, good or bad.

 

There's only one opinion that matters to me - mine. :cheers:

[WahooSteeler]

I could say so much about this, but I'm going to zip it.

 

I couldn't choose which way I wanted to go..... so instead I just... went both ways. 8)

 

Being versatile is the best thing

 

Err, something you need to come clean about there 500? :eek: