Vintage Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 I haven't been on much lately as I've just moved from my apartment to a place with much more room for my Jeep to play. I'm getting pretty settled in here, but my Jeep really doesn't have any other Jeeps to hang out with. In the 10 years I've lived in this town, I only know of one other Comanche nearby. There's also one a town over. Point is, I rarely see them around locally. I just received word a few days ago of a Comanche in a local scrap yard, which was surprising enough. I was not prepared for how pleased I would be upon seeing it. Went to check it out today: VIN: 1J7FJ66LXLL177960 Honestly, I felt like a kid on Christmas. The interior is beautiful. No rips or tears, and hardly dirty at all considering one of the windows was open. No smells either. The kicker is that, according to the owner of the lot, whom I haven't spoken with yet, there is a title problem and he will not sell me the truck and let me take it home, though he will let me "buy" it for a set price and pick it clean on his property. BUT, I don't want to title the truck, and it will be doing the same thing at my place that it's doing now, so hopefully I can get him to budge. It's a risk for me to trust that he wouldn't crush it or let someone else pick at it. I'm not rolling in money, but one way or another this baby's coming home with me. Whole or in pieces.
SW86 Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 for the first time a comanche made its way through a JY down here. smashed in the rear so the tail lights, leaf springs and rear end are all worthless. i grabbed side vents and badges. ill go back and get the vin. sweet find :thumbsup:
terrawombat Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 Looks like it has a lot of desirable parts on it. The VIN you provided, however, is not correct.
Vintage Posted July 19, 2011 Author Posted July 19, 2011 Looks like it has a lot of desirable parts on it. The VIN you provided, however, is not correct. The VIN's got me stumped also. I will double check, but I matched the title to the number on the dash. :dunno:
fiatslug87 Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 There should be 17 characters in the VIN the one posted only has 16.
kyleag89 Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 Too bad it ended up at the junk yard it looks like a great truck to restore.
Vintage Posted July 19, 2011 Author Posted July 19, 2011 There should be 17 characters in the VIN the one posted only has 16. You're right on that. I left out a 7. The VIN I have is 1J7FJ66LXLL177960. Sorry about that.
Vintage Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 Yep, better get the 44. That's the plan. :thumbsup:
AMCJeepMJ Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Great junkyard find! If you can't buy it outright, then strip every little thing off that may be of the slightest value to an MJ owner such as yourself. Should probably take a sawzall and a handful of blades and cut out the cab corners if they're not rusty in case of any future incident. I expect to see pics of an empty hulk sitting in the dirt by the time you're done. ;) Side note: I wonder why the headlights are broken out but not the windows.
btm24 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 If the guy does let you buy it hole you could always pop in a dash from another junky MJ with a good clear title and call it a day. Either way amazing find. :clapping: Brandon
dfreeman616 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 If the guy does let you buy it hole you could always pop in a dash from another junky MJ with a good clear title and call it a day. Either way amazing find. :clapping: Brandon only for fun of course, and to change the color of the dash ;)
Vintage Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 Bit of an update on this. I've been off the site for a while, it's been an interesting winter, but now the nice weather is coming and I've got the 'Manche running better, and the Jeep bug is making me itch. At least I hope that's what that is. o.0 Aaanyway, this Comanche is still sitting at the scrap yard, interior still intact and complete, both axles still there. The motors been picked a little, but still there for the most part. Anywho, I went to get some prices today, and this guy is playing hardball (out of ignorance, I think). $600 for front and rear-end, $150 for the seats, $100 for the dash/center console/interior trim. $75 a piece for the interior door panel? I just can't come anywhere near those prices, sadly. The interior is in great, great shape, and I'd hate to see that D44 wasted. If anyone on here's interested and heading this way (Belington, WV) anytime soon, the number is 304-457-1806. Guy you wanna talk to is Tim.
SW86 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 :thumbsup: that one looks like a complete buy to me. somebody needs to go down there with cash in hand and save that thing!
kyleag89 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 I can only imagine what he would ask for the whole truck if he wants $75 for a cardboard door panel!! :rotfl2:
shawn Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 yup. mostly ignorance. not a happy story for such a rare and nice vehicle. :( :shake:
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