Not A Real Project Yet, Assembling Ideas Right Now

[Butchershop]

Recently purchased 88 MJ. 2.5L I4 TBI

 

Lived it's life in south Georgia = no external rust, looks great underneath.

 

Corporate world's kept me out of the garage awhile, but my son's turned 13 and time for some teaching....

Thought this would be a good starter kit for both of us.

Will be leaning on the 'learnings' here. Thanks in advance!

 

Paint is so-so, but good for now. Looks better in the pics. Some "wax on, wax off" for my son this weekend as his introduction to buffing compound.

 

Recently replaced are brakes, shocks, cluster, headlights,

 

Next - headliner, turn signal arm, slider, bumpers, pass side mirror...and, Yes, the carpet comes out soon. And gotta rig up a cup holder...no doubt.

 

Bench seat, ugh... found buckets, but they were in horrible shape and used to be red. :redX:

 

 

[sinkrun]

Welcome and the truck looks great!

[SW86]

nice! :bowdown:

[knever3]

I love the color combo, great looking truck.

[Dadinator]

20 plus year old trucks ain't usually gonna look too spiffy... Unless one of these guys has restored it.

 

It looks good to me.

[Comanche County]

Nice truck.

[Zenobian_84]

So that's what good looking "SporTruck" decals look like. Mine were so faded and flaky that I couldn't ever really see the design most of the time. Truck looks great! :thumbsup: It'll be a very good learning platform, mainly because of the non-existent rust. :MJ 1:

[Butchershop]

Ok. Got a few days to start up this project.

Pulled the carpet and found this.

 

Driver's side (obviously)

 

 

 

Passenger

 

Overall, not too bad as far as rust. Fuse box looks look. But, there is water on the passenger side. Guess we'll be tracking that down before repairing the rust.

[Butchershop]

In the meantime, decided to find new seats. The bench springs on the driver side are really poor and not supportive at all. Makes you slide toward the door.

Looks like the PO tried to fix it with extra foam. Eh, didn't work.

 

 

 

[Butchershop]

And decided to look for a new bumper - this one's not too bad, but you can tell it's been bent back out and repainted.

A little damage to the bed, too. But, that should be repairable.

 

[Butchershop]

Local JY said they had a Comanche "somewhere out there"...so, had to take a look.

Sure enough, we found an '88 that had been T-boned pretty good.

Blue interior, so grabbed a few trim pieces.

 

And then I saw this! Factory with mounting brackets!

 

 

This one also had a factory 3-pane slider. One pane is broken, so I didn't have them pull it. I found another one elsewhere, but wonder whether I should get this one too. What do you think? Let me know if I should get it.

 

 

Also, had them hold the gas tank with sender. Posted on tech forum to find out how to check the sender function before I buy it.

 

[Butchershop]

Grabbed some XJ buckets - little dirty, but really good shape.

 

 

 

Found some 2 door buckets, also. May grab them, too. Future use or sell to a needy soul. They're from a '97 XJ, so I guess they'll work.

 

[Butchershop]

REALLY liked this '89 XJ Door Panel.

Other panel had been removed (to get the regulator) and bent -- but I like the fabric, vinyl combination.

 

 

Picking up the bumper, brackets, gas tank w/ sender and headliner next week when I'm back in town. My board is okay, but I'll keep the best one and sell the other one.

 

[Butchershop]

Folllowed up a CL ad for "88 Comanche parts"

 

Said he had a slider for $50. He sent pic and looked okay, so headed out on Saturday.

 

Here's the truck -- really in the middle of nowhere.

 

And the slider....

 

Took the guy about 2 hrs to get the slider out, so we walked over the yard. Found an XJ with a blue console! Perfect. Little dirty, but should clean up okay. Grabbed it out of this.

 

Also, took the overhead console for later modification.

Grabbed some clock panels.

And Comanche emblems. Also, got the smaller PIONEER emblems. Anyone need them?

 

Comanche bumper and tailgate were bent, but the factory bumper brackets are there. He'll send them to you if you need them. PM me if you want his info.

 

This is the same place where I found the full-figured beauty... http://comancheclub....t-first-glance/

[Dadinator]

My wet passenger floor is from the windshield.

 

Looks like you're on the right track.

[Mountain Dude]

I need some Comanche emblems, how much?

[Butchershop]

 

 

This one also had a factory 3-pane slider. One pane is broken, so I didn't have them pull it. I found another one elsewhere, but wonder whether I should get this one too. What do you think? Let me know if I should get it.

 

 

 

Do I need to grab this slider with one pane broken? I have another one for my truck, but don't really know the value of these yet. Advice please....Thanks.....

[Dadinator]

I wouldn't bother...

[Butchershop]

Modified XJ buckets. Cleaned, coated the floor panels.

Installed new carpet, covered the headliner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insulation and carpet details in this thread.

http://comancheclub.com/topic/36733-carpet/

 

Ran a few wires to the back of the cab before installing the carpet.

[Butchershop]

[relyt120]

Whats the paint code for that color?? Also truck is coming along beautifully!

[buffalob]

the wheels will look sweet on the truck, looking forward to seeing them mounted.

[RockinMJ]

Love those wheels. Its going to look great.

[neohic]

the wheels will look sweet on the truck, looking forward to seeing them mounted.

 

:agree: x INFINITY!!!

[Comanche County]

Sometimes my MJ gets sad when he catches me looking at prettier trucks.