MJCarena's 1988 MJ

[89 MJ]

7 minutes ago, MJCARENA said:

Thanks for your thoughts and help me justify keeping it. I didn't want to be a jerk for keeping it.

Did the guy say why he backed out of the deal?

[fiatslug87]

Personally I'm glad it's not going from dry Arizona to rusty Michigan. Maybe it's a higher power telling you to keep it!!! 

[MJCARENA]

41 minutes ago, 89 MJ said:

Did the guy say why he backed out of the deal?

His wife was with him looking at it and she didn't look to thrilled that he was going to buy it, enough said.

[89 MJ]

3 hours ago, MJCARENA said:

His wife was with him looking at it and she didn't look to thrilled that he was going to buy it, enough said.

Gotcha. 

[MJCARENA]

Well now it really is gone. I told him to sign up here and post pics so I can see it again. Last pics of it before it drove away.  

 

[fiatslug87]

Where is its new home?

[MJCARENA]

5 hours ago, fiatslug87 said:

Where is its new home?

Here in Arizona.  Around 20 miles away

[Jesse J]

43 minutes ago, MJCARENA said:

Here in Arizona.  Around 20 miles away

does the new owner know about cc?

[Pete M]

6 hours ago, MJCARENA said:

Here in Arizona.  Around 20 miles away

 

 

don't know if that's better or worse.  If I'm parting ways with my beloved, I kinda want her to be far, far away.  on the other hand, it's not Michigan.  

[JMO413]

That is good and bad you might see it driving around which would be good and bad.

[MJCARENA]

Yes, I told him about this awesome site.  He said he was going to keep it stock and then later talked about lifting it. 

31 minutes ago, JMO413 said:

That is good and bad you might see it driving around which would be good and bad.

 

[MiNi Beast]

another one bites the dust. 

[Fryedaddy]

Regardless, it will make it another ten years. That was a very nice truck! 

[Silverhawk1991]

Resurrecting this topic as my new maintenance thread :) Sorry @MJCARENA for your loss of this beauty, but I promise to keep her clean. 

 

I bought it from a young guy here in the Tri-Cities, Washington. He said he wanted a rust-free Comanche, so he drove down to AZ and bought this one and drove it back up. He only had it about a year. I'm so damn thankful he didn't touch it. He wanted to lift it and rock crawl it, but (luckily for me) he needed the money and let it go to me for $9,000 with 185k miles on the odo (but looks like it was rebuilt around 35k miles ago)

I thought at the time I had overpaid a little, but after seeing all the love that went into this truck, I think I got a deal. 

 

 

And for anyone worried, this is the dry side of Washington state. She'll be garage parked and washed weekly, and I'll watch for rust. 

 

I'd be happy to hear any tips for maintenance for a new owner! Only thing I can't get to work are the Marchal driving lights with the switch inside, so that'll be my first project. 

 

[MiNi Beast]

Well glad to see you here. Welcome and good to have you. You indeed got a great deal and a great MJ and look forward to them poser shots.  

I wanna say you have a owners manual in the glove box that would have the maintenance routine.  If not, then you sould peek around on the sticky threads at the top of MJ tech, and their will be good info to help you with that and much more. 

My tip is keep the salt off it. 

 

[Pete M]

yeah, of course he wanted to rock crawl it.  more money than brains I guess. 

 

but it's good to see she's found a better home.  

[olddude]

On 1/27/2022 at 8:09 PM, Silverhawk1991 said:

Resurrecting this topic as my new maintenance thread :) Sorry @MJCARENA for your loss of this beauty, but I promise to keep her clean. 

 

I bought it from a young guy here in the Tri-Cities, Washington. He said he wanted a rust-free Comanche, so he drove down to AZ and bought this one and drove it back up. He only had it about a year. I'm so damn thankful he didn't touch it. He wanted to lift it and rock crawl it, but (luckily for me) he needed the money and let it go to me for $9,000 with 185k miles on the odo (but looks like it was rebuilt around 35k miles ago)

I thought at the time I had overpaid a little, but after seeing all the love that went into this truck, I think I got a deal. 

 

 

And for anyone worried, this is the dry side of Washington state. She'll be garage parked and washed weekly, and I'll watch for rust. 

 

I'd be happy to hear any tips for maintenance for a new owner! Only thing I can't get to work are the Marchal driving lights with the switch inside, so that'll be my first project. 

 

Great looking truck, glad you got before it was destroyed. I very familiar with the dry side of Washington, my step-son and family live in Walla Walla. Enjoy the truck and welcome to the addiction.

[Silverhawk1991]

Took first place in the 1981-1999 Trucks category at my local car show. I haven’t done too much to the truck since I acquired except for some paint touch up on the trim, new A/C compressor, and new radiator. New tires are coming in the next few weeks. Hopefully adding a leveling kit to the front coils to even it out. 
 

I’m REALLY tempted to lift it and throw 33”s on, but damn it looks good at stock height. 

[eaglescout526]

Man I miss this MJ. I’m glad I got to enjoy being near it when it was here. 
 

Nice to see it is still stealing the show. 

[fiatslug87]

Congrats, as I’ve said before one of my favorite MJs.

[Silverhawk1991]

Anyone know where I can find a shortbed Sport Bar? I'm in the PNW, but willing to pay for shipping. I really like an original Comanche sport bar, but I'm also looking at this: https://realtruck.com/p/go-rhino-bed-bars/v/jeep/comanche/1988/

[Pete M]

Jeep owner literally wins award, immediately wants to mess with it.  lol.  

 

factory bars are rare as heck and pricey when you find one.  the aftermarket will still look period correct so it all depends on your patience.