Street comanche #25

[kook911]

Found on Facebook local to me. This is what he said about it. 
 

87 Street Comanche #25, 4.0, 5 speed, short bed. Rare Comanche truck that will only go up in value. Fun truck to drive and jerks heads everywhere I go. Great project truck for someone to take it to the next level. Share with friends, but please don't post to other sites. $6000 firm. Pottsboro, TX.

[Strokermjcomanche]

To my knowledge, the dash plates were all gold in color . Also the grille is wrong and/or a lot of parts have been changed . I have some S/C parts to show for reference if needed. 

[Dzimm]

According to the info on the streetcomanche site, it sounds like it really is #25.  Originally from Illinois and got sold a few times a while back and this current or maybe the most recent owner restored/modified it and had to sell.  Page below with picture from 2004 and more info on it.

 

http://streetcomanches.zohosites.com/mobile/25-of-100.html

[Pete M]

15 hours ago, Strokermjcomanche said:

To my knowledge, the dash plates were all gold in color . Also the grille is wrong and/or a lot of parts have been changed . I have some S/C parts to show for reference if needed. 

 

I think that plaque is gold but just reflecting the dark interior in that pic.

 

someone please buy it and replace that carpet!

[kook911]

2 hours ago, Pete M said:

 

I think that plaque is gold but just reflecting the dark interior in that pic.

 

someone please buy it and replace that carpet!

But at 6k for a 2wd truck, seems a little high Bc it is just a street Comanche. 

[Gjeep]

Clean truck. I don’t know that I like the black ground effects or the hood louver panels but it looks like a quality build and all the Street Comanche pieces are there. 

[500 MJ]

This. What is it?

 

 

For a $6K truck (yeah Street Comanche, I get the rarity...) there should be no large scale flaws in the paint that I can see from a photo put on the internet. It almost looks to me like a skim coat layer of fiberglass filler cracked and fell off here. I hope that is not it, but if that is the case and there is that much filler in the hood, BUYER BEWARE! Take a low strength magnet with you when checking it out and look at the backside of the panels! 

[Drahcir495]

Those hood vents can’t be factory right?

 

Still, it is a nice looking Comanche.

[Pete M]

certainly not factory MJ. 

[Gjeep]

He must have swapped or painted the interior -- Street Comanche's were either the early saddle (tan) color or black.

 

[Dzimm]

8 hours ago, Gjeep said:

He must have swapped or painted the interior -- Street Comanche's were either the early saddle (tan) color or black.

 

The picture of this truck from 2004 shows a gray dash. 

 

[NHMJXJ]

He reposted.  Still $6K

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1402616813111625/?multi_permalinks=3678008502239100&notif_id=1582294344471773&notif_t=group_highlights

[Pete M]

that's a lot of money for rotted floors.  

 

also, I finally see a pic of the dash tag and it is... different. 

 

 

[Dzimm]

10 hours ago, Pete M said:

that's a lot of money for rotted floors.  

 

also, I finally see a pic of the dash tag and it is... different. 

 

 

According to what I gather, it's part of the restomod of the truck, giving it a black theme.  Definitely not how they left the dealership.

[Pete M]

Just now, Dzimm said:

According to what I gather, it's part of the restomod of the truck, giving it a black theme.  Definitely not how they left the dealership.

 

rumor has it that there's already a #25 in someone's registry of street mjs 

[Dzimm]

2 minutes ago, Pete M said:

 

rumor has it that there's already a #25 in someone's registry of street mjs 

Yeah it's this one.  The street MJ website has info on it dating back to 2004.  The guy who runs that was contacted a couple years ago from the guy who bought #25 and started the black theme on it.  I posted the link to it above.

[TheJeepNut]

Looks like I'm slow to the game... but I've got good excuses. 

Just my 2cents.... the louvres are JC Whitney or equivalent aftermarket pieces.  Not knocking Whitney, but they're not stock nor issued on any Jeep much less a Street Comanche.  

 

And yep the grill is different but guys, they aren't really special.  Any goober with a welder and access to material can knock one like mine out in an hour.  I'd guess these were made in the Archer shop.  1" x 1/4 bar stock for the back bracing and some tubing, a little prep & paint and viola!  Indeed that's the original grille on #24.

 

That being said, I have only been able to make minimal contact with the Archer's over the years so I would never tell someone that NO Street Comanche left Duluth with a plastic grille. I didn't work at Archer Racing in 1987 so I can't say.  These WERE dealer specials so maybe no one can say too much definitively about these trucks.  Other than Pete.  The pull-the-carpets mantra is so real... more on that in another thread... but that is definitive. 

Indeed in ANY case, #25 has been sportin' that plastic grille since I've known her, but I didn't know her from birth... 

 

The only guys with the truth are the Archer Racing guys.  I'd love to talk to the guys who were in the shop back then actually putting on parts and making mods.  Anyone know any of THOSE guys?  Seems odd that not ONE of the shop people from back then are on this list....lol.

 

I suspect a bad bondo job on the bonnet  there but for $6k he'd have to be joking or intending to have it repaired correctly first.  I don't understand how it's all the way toward the front.  Installing the louvers like those might entail some bodywork but not that far down the bonnet.  And it doesn't appear that any integration was done on this bonnet.  Cutouts MAYBE (we can't tell with no under the bonnet shots) but the panels were either screwed or rivited, I can't really tell.  But I can tell they weren't smoothed into the bonnet.  Just a tack-on.

 

I want to have the bonnet for #24 louvered.  But properly.  The look of these louvers is the antithesis of what I wanted.  BUT I find out that this is a HORRIBLY expensive thing to have this done and the stamping would be limited due to bracing.  And of course I'd need to obtain a new bonnet for storage in case I ever wanted to transfer that $$$$ bonnet to something else.  I'd love louvers... but not that much love.

 

Alternately I'd love the cowl induction hood stamped in metal but with the mold broken and little interest we'll never see those again either.

 

I may have my body man do some sort of induction hood... I'm a long way from that at the moment.

 

Seats.... wonder what those seats are.  I like the red stitching but that's not something you'll buy stock either.

Wonder if those are pull outs or if upholstery work was done?  My "sewing ladies" have informed me that they won't do auto upholstery work... sigh...  so if someone could contact the poster about the seats I'd appreciate a push.  I don't do any socialist media.  This is as close as I get.

 

What REALLY bugs me in the photo is....   are those some cheezy freak "side lamp" indicators that they've put HOLES in the ground effects to install?

Good god.  As if this were some FIAT Jeep.... !