Streetwedg Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Hi, my name is chuck, I live in Portland Tn. Moved here 2 yrs ago from Toledo Oh. I am retired from Chrysler. I worked 30 yrs at the jeep factory and 2 yrs at Kuka building wrangler body's. I was on the xj assembly line from 83 till the old plant closed in 2001. Xj's and mj's were built on the same line.I have a 87 mj long bed with dump bed. A few years ago I sold it to my son-in-law, he had the trans go out so I bought it back. The truck is still in Ohio so I have to get it down here to work on it.my first mj was an 86 4cyl auto 4wd. I changed the trans case to a Chrysler 904 with tail stock And shaft from the 4wd mj so I could bolt in a small block mopar v8. I made motor mounts but never got it in before I sold it.the plan is to put it in the dump truck as soon as I get it here
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Would like to hear any stories or anything worth saying about working in the plant at the time of the Comanche / cherokee .
Streetwedg Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 I know that there were two Comanche limited's built. The limited pkg was not available on Comanches. But the plant manager and the top boss in the repair garage had them built for them. One was burgundy ,the other was dark blue. They had leather seats. Crome roll bars and bed rails.and every option available.
fiatslug87 Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Welcome, I wonder if you built any of mine. :)
Pete M Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 welcome to the club! :waving: you wouldn't happen to have any photos from back in the day would ya? we're big suckers for historical things like that. :D
Streetwedg Posted January 10, 2016 Author Posted January 10, 2016 Sorry no pics. Didn't have cell phones back then & cameras were not allowed in plant
Streetwedg Posted January 10, 2016 Author Posted January 10, 2016 Ther were tunnels under the buildings (70 buildings at the old factory) that they put obsolete parts in then bricked them up.the old plant is gone now but I wouldn't be surprised if parts are still buried there
87MJTIM Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Welcome to the madness. Oh, I guess you have been there from the beginning. Do you remember mine coming off the line? :laughin:
Streetwedg Posted January 10, 2016 Author Posted January 10, 2016 We saw thousands of jeeps every day. No way I could remember any particular one.
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Ther were tunnels under the buildings (70 buildings at the old factory) that they put obsolete parts in then bricked them up.the old plant is gone now but I wouldn't be surprised if parts are still buried there Looks like a road trip is in order , what do I need to get in the tunnel(s) ?
mikekaz1 Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Ther were tunnels under the buildings (70 buildings at the old factory) that they put obsolete parts in then bricked them up.the old plant is gone now but I wouldn't be surprised if parts are still buried thereLooks like a road trip is in order , what do I need to get in the tunnel(s) ? Field trip, everyone aboard
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 I know that there were two Comanche limited's built. The limited pkg was not available on Comanches. But the plant manager and the top boss in the repair garage had them built for them. One was burgundy ,the other was dark blue. They had leather seats. Crome roll bars and bed rails.and every option available.I stumbled on this in an old post , Pete posted this picture . Is this one of the trucks you are referring to ?
VixJeep Posted January 21, 2016 Posted January 21, 2016 Welcome aboard from a fellow Tennessean. I'm about as far from Memphis as you are from Nashville.
Pete M Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 I know that there were two Comanche limited's built. The limited pkg was not available on Comanches. But the plant manager and the top boss in the repair garage had them built for them. One was burgundy ,the other was dark blue. They had leather seats. Crome roll bars and bed rails.and every option available.I stumbled on this in an old post , Pete posted this picture . Is this one of the trucks you are referring to ? I always wondered what the story behind that truck was :D
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 I know that there were two Comanche limited's built. The limited pkg was not available on Comanches. But the plant manager and the top boss in the repair garage had them built for them. One was burgundy ,the other was dark blue. They had leather seats. Crome roll bars and bed rails.and every option available.I stumbled on this in an old post , Pete posted this picture . Is this one of the trucks you are referring to ? I always wondered what the story behind that truck was :D Was in fact a limited truck Pete ?
Pete M Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 dunno. that's someone else's photo that I found online. it wasn't on display at the museum when the comanche club showed up. :( it is clearly decked out with some of the best goodies though :D
big66440 Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 Welcome to the forum, assuming your user name is "streetwedg" are you a Mopar guy also? if you are do you have any cool pics?
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