johnny quest Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/3295172301.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcomanche Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 That looks pretty good. I've always thought the cab vents looked out of place on these things, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 That is dern nice. Wish I hadn't seen it tho. Getting tdeas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 This rig has come up before but why on earth would you go through all of that work and leave that junk D35 under the back? Gives me pause as to what else was half-a$$ed. That being said if I had an extra $4k laying around I would be sorely tempted. I would need to see how cobbled together it was in person. For instance: no interior shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny quest Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 yea id have to go over it real well before even driving it. I'm interested to see how the 'frames' were attached. it looks good from 30 feet, but how bout from 6 inches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 yea id have to go over it real well before even driving it. I'm interested to see how the 'frames' were attached. it looks good from 30 feet, but how bout from 6 inches... Â This. Â He refers to using the MJ "unibody" in the back instead of correctly calling it a sub-frame. Little things like this may mean nothing our may indicate a total hack job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyt120 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Cool but I've always thought that the 4dr looked strange, I wonder if anyone ever did an 2 door xj version with some kind of flip down seat on the back wall for a more extended cab kind of set up, that I would be interested in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I would like to know how he joined the sheet metal together. In my life I've only met one man who could weld sheet metal and it came out straight, No warps. And he was older than I was. This begs a step by step write up, with pics. Also I agree with Comanche afficionado. 4DR looks weird but they are functional. I have a good running '94XJ 2DR with title. Mix it with one of my MJ without title. Have something different and useful. Naw. Already got 123 started-unfinished projects. Don't need another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codymanche Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 wish i could afford it that's what i call a family ride. but i wouldn't have cut the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnj92131 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I do not like the shortened short box. Like the idea of starting with a 2 door xj for an extended cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Has anyone figured out the rear doors? The 4dr XJ has a cut out at the lower rear for wheel well clearance. It looks like to me that he used the top half of a XJ rear door and the bottom half of a front door and welded them together. Although he could have cut off the lower back corner and welded a piece in. I sent him a email asking about any build data, pics, etc, but never got a reply. It would be nice if he belonged to another Jeep site and posted build pics. Wonder how much Bondo's on that thing. Think it would have been nice if the bed was a foot longer with a longer wheel base.I'm guessing that bed is about 4 ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I want a 6 door MJ with suicide rear doors! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I would like to know how he joined the sheet metal together. In my life I've only met one man who could weld sheet metal and it came out straight, No warps. And he was older than I was. This begs a step by step write up, with pics. Also I agree with Comanche afficionado. 4DR looks weird but they are functional. I have a good running '94XJ 2DR with title. Mix it with one of my MJ without title. Have something different and useful. Naw. Already got 123 started-unfinished projects. Don't need another one. Â I have seen some really nice work down with the newer "glue" they have to mate body panels. It takes a special tool to recess the original panel & then you slather the adhesive on the new panel and then put the new panel in the recess. Fits like a glove and takes much less filler to smooth over than most people have to use after welding panels together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rymanrph Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I emailed him just out of curiosity and here's an excerpt from his reply: Â "The unibody frame rails are actually the same width under the cab so that worked out great. The bed was shorted then the unibodies were grafted to the needed length. The floor was left out for welding. I made the rear door frame and cab cap by cutting the Comanche behind the front A pillar all the way across. The heighth and width were close enough to work with. I used the Comanche door fames and the lower corner of the Comanche doors to build the rear doors. Inside had the original floor section from the Comanche so that seat bolted right in for the back seat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 So howcome you got a reply and I didn't? Pouting,,,Metal glue? Never heard of it, Sounds like something I better check into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepnDale Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Anyone save a pic? I missed it. :???: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny quest Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Anyone save a pic? I missed it. :???: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepnDale Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Thank you! Neato! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brubakes Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Wow, would love to see that in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expeditionnw Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 look at that bed gap... I can only imagine the atrosities that truck contains. Mig Welders should have a built-in Blow N' Go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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