Some days you step into a dog turd and other days you come out smelling like a rose

[jimoshel]

Got me a new Comanchee. Actually I got 3 but this one is something. A couple days ago a fella came buy and heard I was interested in Comanchees. He had a couple he was tryin to sell. Told him I wasn't interested and was tryin to get rid of the ones I had. Long story short, he had 3 of them and I got all three. Two of them were junkers but the thierd  was a jewel. Was last registered in 2000 and has been sitting ever since. Speedo reads 70,000.  I spent a half a day cleaning it up. It was used for sorage and junk collecting. Got a battery and tried to start it. Oh Boy. After 10 minutes it caught. Sounded terrible. Knocks, rattles, thunks. I started to shut it off butt figured what the heck. Just see what happens. After io or so minutes it caugrrt and fired.  Holy smokes, thing sounded terrible. Long story short. I been running it every chance I get. Still got the old gas in it. At first it ran terrible, had to keep the gas peddle depressed or if would die. Been starting every chane I got for the last couple days. Every time it would run a little better. Finally got the old gas out or it and filled it with 5 gal of fresh gas. Changed the oil. That thing is running like a new one. Cleaned it up a little bit and the upholsrery is like new. Got me another Jeep MJ. Going to try to get some pics later.

[Pete M]

. :MJ 1: .

[HOrnbrod]

Need some pics of this new jewel Jim-san.  :cheers:

[jimoshel]

Should be some pics out there someplace. I sent 8 of them and don't know where they,re at..

[jimoshel]

 
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[HOrnbrod]

Very straight and clean Jim.   :cheers:

[jimoshel]

Hey guy. Thanks. Notice the dent in the tailgate?

  Brother in law did that when we were unloading it. Other wise there was'nt a thing wrong with it.

[ComancheKid45]

Interesting mounting of the license plate and light. haha.....nice find!  :thumbsup:

[HOrnbrod]

Hey guy. Thanks. Notice the dent in the tailgate?

  Brother in law did that when we were unloading it. Other wise there was'nt a thing wrong with it.

 

Bro-in-laws are good at doing things like that.  :yes:   Is it an 87 4.0 Jim?

[yellaheep]

That's one helluva nice truck Jim!  I totally understand the complete inability to turn one of these away when you're trying to thin the herd.... been there, done that!

 

Wanna sell that winch mount / brush guard on it?  :D

 

I just got rid of one because I couldn't find any mounting brackets for it.  Who removes one of those and doesn't take ALL of the brackets???? 

[jimoshel]

It's an "86. 2.8 engine. five speed tranny. 4WD. I got a Warn 8,000 lb winch I'm trying to sell or do something with it. Just trying to see how it wud look in that hole. Electric.

[Zebvance]

Did you negotiate that roll of TP in with the deal lol! JK very nice truck. Is that a camper topper?

[Tykerp]

Yellaheep I have one of those brush guard/ winch mounts that came off a Cherokee if you really need one. It does have the brackets.

[johnj92131]

Did you negotiate that roll of TP in with the deal lol! JK very nice truck. Is that a camper topper?

 

The shell is a GEMTop.  They are just low end priced aluminum/sheet metal covers for the pick up bed when they were new. 

 

As you may have guessed - I don't think much of the Gem product.  Not in the same class at all as SnugTop ifber glass shells or the the thermoPlasitc shells like Brama.

But that one looks like it has had the same excellent car as the rest of Jim's new truck.

 

I'll bet Jim didn't pay $500 for all 3 of the trucks!

[64 Cheyenne]

Hey guy. Thanks. Notice the dent in the tailgate?

  Brother in law did that when we were unloading it. Other wise there was'nt a thing wrong with it.

 

That's where I would have turned that truck over to finish it off because I would have been so mad...

[jimoshel]

Don't tempt me.

[TheDude]

That's a very nice truck. Any of the other junkers have a LWB rollbar? :D

 

 

1989 Jeep Comanche 4.0L 5 Speed 4x4 Long Bed

1991 Jeep Comanche 2.5L 5 speed Red Short Bed

[jimoshel]

No.