Vineyard86manch Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 No matter where you live, Comanches are rare. You probably know the other two or three folks in your town or county that own them. But it’s always good to keep your eyes peeled. Last week a friend told me that my next door neighbor had a Jeep that they were looking to get rid of because the older gentleman who owned it no longer was allowed to drive. Sure enough, on the other side of the tall fence separating our properties was a red ‘86 mj. The island I live on has ten main roads, so you get to know all the vehicles, and aside from mine and one other mj I thought that was it. The old man hadn’t driven it in a couple years, but after a battery charge she started right up. His wife was happy to see it go, but it didn’t go far, just to the other side of the fence:)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 What’s you plans for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 nice! how clean is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vineyard86manch Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 5 hours ago, 89 MJ said: What’s you plans for it? 1 hour ago, Pete M said: nice! how clean is it? Definitely rusted rockers but the frame is solid. The black leather bench and dash are all super clean. Haven’t pulled up the carpets yet so we will see what comes of that. For the time being my friend and I are going to get it at least inspection ready. Our plan is to keep it stock for now, maybe down the road upgrade the engine from the crummy 2.8. It hasn’t been driven much in the past few years so I’m sure little things will come to light as we drive it more. If we do a big resto to it I’ll be sure to start a build thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 36 minutes ago, Vineyard86manch said: Definitely rusted rockers but the frame is solid. The black leather bench and dash are all super clean. Haven’t pulled up the carpets yet so we will see what comes of that. For the time being my friend and I are going to get it at least inspection ready. Our plan is to keep it stock for now, maybe down the road upgrade the engine from the crummy 2.8. It hasn’t been driven much in the past few years so I’m sure little things will come to light as we drive it more. If we do a big resto to it I’ll be sure to start a build thread! I think you should start a build thread even if you will just be doing little things here and there. It will make sure you remember exactly what has been done in case you sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I agree. I love build threads even if they are more upkeep then upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat'79 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 what island are you on? Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vineyard86manch Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Then a build thread it is! @Gat'79 I’m on Martha’s Vineyard, a small island off the coast of Massachusetts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasbulliwagen Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Isnt that where the guy who makes the big giant swords lives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsuco Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 17 hours ago, dasbulliwagen said: Isnt that where the guy who makes the big giant swords lives? This looks like an outtake from "Search For The Holy Grail". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kansashogan Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Spotted one on the big island. Pretty good shape. Seen another one and it was ragged out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vineyard86manch Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Haha yes this guy is on the vineyard! We will be quite prepared here in the event of a zombie apocalypse:)) On 5/15/2019 at 10:25 AM, dasbulliwagen said: Isnt that where the guy who makes the big giant swords lives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictlyxjs Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I met another old guy on the vinyard that has a nice blue mj have you seen it. He takes the ferry to where i live in new bedford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vineyard86manch Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 7 hours ago, strictlyxjs said: I met another old guy on the vinyard that has a nice blue mj have you seen it. He takes the ferry to where i live in new bedford. Right on man New Bedford! Yep I know him for sure. Before I bought mine, every time I saw him at the gas station fueling up his mj id ask him when he was gonna sell it to me, and his reply was always the same, “Never!”:)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictlyxjs Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Yea hes a nice guy. I was supposed to send him a renix coolant bottle (his is/was cracked) but he never called me. Hope he got it fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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