1979Kent Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Hi from Denmark I got my hands on a 1988 Jeep Comanche Laredo Longbed Big ton. I have known the jeep and owner for close to 20 years. It has been in a carport since 2011. I want to restore/build it because its a awesome little 4x4 and i freaking love to restore/rebuild stuff in the garage (theraphy) and my last big project has just been moved out:-) Project goal: Rustfree, reliable(wiring/electrical) daily driver with a lot off my mods. At my work i develop fixtures for robot and cnc machines, everything from inventing/drawing it up in Inventor to lasercutting/bending/milling/welding..... useful :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Thanks Rear Framerot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 And Right side aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 New drop springmounts and Uprofile for bottom of the rear frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 New bed mounts fabricated... one of old actually feld on me when i unscrew it from the bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limeyjeeper Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Welcome, some nice fabrication work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 love it! some fantastic skills going on here! be sure to add yourself to the member's map https://comancheclub.com/topic/44501-members-map-new-and-improved-and-functional/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 9 minutes ago, Limeyjeeper said: Welcome, some nice fabrication work!! Thanks you kinda have to make up most of frame/sheetmetal. Not alot avaible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Any more progress on the truck lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Yes i will have pictures and update tomorrow. some progress and a lot of hours :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 Hi Now most of the topplate on rear frame is new aswell as the lower 2 inches the entire frame. new 1 inch drop springmounts I inspected the X frame and it was bad aswell so i decided fab a new one from 80x80 no more layered plate. I still need to fab the tie ins from x to upper lip. Bed mounts welded in. Theres around 30% orignal metal in the rear frame left.... "Why didnt you fab the entire frame from box profiletubing.... Better, stronger, easier and no doubleplate?" in hindsight........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 I kept the Rights side front bed mount as reference and because it looked okay, but on further inspection top plate is delaminating from rust, so i still need to replace the last 4 inches of the top frame plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1979Kent Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 I drilled some holes in the frame under the cab and its thiiiiin Lesson learned i am going to fab the entire frame inder the cab from 3mm plate instead of patching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 better safe than sorry. never hurts to add more steel to a 4x4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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