Sohosh Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hi Guys, My Name Is Victor, I live in Sunny Puerto Rico. Recently i got a gift from the police department! My ford Ranger was impounded as part of an investigation into a shooting! My truck got shoot several times :( I miss you :( So the investigation took 6 months and low and behold my truck went missing from the police impound! They gave me some insurance money, but what cha think they insurance company pays out for a stolen 10 year old pickup truck that is riddled by bullet holes? Not much let me tell you! So the guys at that same station noticed that there was a Red Jeep Pickup Truck that had been sitting for 4 years in their lot and miraculously with just a new car battery the thing started up! There was a bit of old dried blood in the back were I guess the owner got killed, but the department got all the papers in line and they gifted it to me!!! :) Such Nice terrible 3rd world country style of policing but heck at least they were thoughtful! Now this things rear end was under cover but the front end was exposed to the element 4 year with no windows. I wanna Fix the thing up but I do not wanna spend cash! This is my journey to kill or revive a posses evil Jeep Comanche! My "Christine" :) I just hope she loves me back! So as for me and my mechanics skill, they have all been on toyota corollas SR5's 1974 to 1979 and the Jeep mechanics seem odd to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64 Cheyenne Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Run! don't walk, get as far away from it as soon as you can! Unless you want to own a truck that many will admire, some will try to steal and your wife/girlfriend will be continuously be complaining about. Really seriously, If you want a rare vehicle that you can put your heart and soul into, then keep the Comanche and welcome to the insanity club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohosh Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Pictures are bad yes i KNow Here is How i got it! That was the first thing I touched to get a feel for her, as to say our first kiss! Now the fun part the totally gone floor Panel, I wonder if i could use some shovels i have laying round for scrap metal to fill up the hole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohosh Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Run! don't walk, get as far away from it as soon as you can! Unless you want to own a truck that many will admire, some will try to steal and your wife/girlfriend will be continuously be complaining about. Really seriously, If you want a rare vehicle that you can put your heart and soul into, then keep the Comanche and welcome to the insanity club. Thanx you give me Energy to tackle this! Maybe no shovels then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JENSSEN Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 On the roof repair is that filler or did you weld a patch panel in? Just remember that a Comanche is a uni-body so all body metal is part of the structure! OH and I think you traded up!!! The Comanche is way cooler :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohosh Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 On the roof patch I put a piece of metal on the inside were the visor is screwed in and 3m mesh on the outside! Jenssen thank you for the advise! So I will bake it open again! and weld some metal there, What Gauge do you think I should go with on the metal 20? And all I got to weld with is a Arc welder, So i will have to buy a new welder right? Which do you recommend? I guess I am gonna have to rethink my strategy on how to tackle this truck! On A side note, I am very good with fiberglass and I studied Sculpture so we can say I am a frustrated Artist but that said, I wanted to custom make the front of the truck and was wondering what you guys may think of my sketch of what I wanted to do to the truck, Please be brutal and critic me and my aesthetics as hard as possible ! Hard critic makes me overcome ! So this is the idea! To make it look like a WW2 military vehicle. Whatcha guys think, too Fugly or to retro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDirtyJeep401 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I think it looks pretty good, definantly a one-of-a-kind comanche if you do that. And nice truck :thumbsup: Pretty interesting story about how you got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHayduke Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Wow, certainly different! I'd focus on getting it functional first though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMJ Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Well, this post reassured me to never travel outside of the US. I have a buddy who wants me to go to PR with him when he visits his family. I like my blood right where it is currently so I will pass. As for the retro-build, you would need to keep it within the proportions of the Jeep already or it would like Sarah Jessica Parker's face rolling around with a Jeep tailgate chasing it. Could work if don't properly. Good luck RockMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohosh Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thank You RockMJ !!! "Wet horse" will be her name ! Just like Sarah Jessica ;) If you come to puerto rico and are blond or very "Gringo" nothing will happen to you! You will have a ball. Now if you look Latino and your friend wants you to visit his humble family in the country side................. You would have to stick to him like glue! The tourist areas are super safe. ..... Wet Horse you installed the newer grill, is it a simple swap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmoore2 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 My wife and I were in Puerto Rico a couple years ago. We left on a cruise ship outta San Juan. We stayed there in total 3 days. Tourist area where we were was really nice. Ride to the airport, well I didnt want to go off the interstate. San Juan Airport is like a blast from the past too. They still have donky kong arcade machines there. And lots of great cheap rum. :thumbsup: But back on topic.... Wet Horse should be very interesting. can't wait to see what you do with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohosh Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 On the last picture all the little cuts on the right interweave with the chassis over and under! The door was from Child protection agency ! lol I took it out of a trash bin. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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