Freddie Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Hi everybody, So, I have just bought a Comanche and found this nice forum. My truck is a 1987 Laredo 4x4 Automatic Longbed Metric ton option Red exterior with beige (Honey or tan(?)) interior. Sold new in Sweden in 1987. 14 owners ago according to official records. The label with mfg date has faded but the carpet was market 07/87 so it is probably made sometime in the summer of 1987. It is in very good condition. No rust (pulled the carpets) and paintwork is excellent. Probably resprayed but with good workmanship. Car is now located just north of Stockholm (capital of Sweden). I have owned a lot of nice cars, one of them was a 00`Cherokee that I kind missed so I am very happy to be back in the Jeep camp again. Regards to you all from Sweden Fredrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Beautiful truck! Welcome to the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 4 hours ago, 89 MJ said: Beautiful truck! Welcome to the club! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Welcome, nice MJ. You have a metric ton package like the other two in our registry in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 4 hours ago, fiatslug87 said: Welcome, nice MJ. You have a metric ton package like the other two in our registry in Sweden. Thanks! Interesting with the Metric ton package. Most of the MJ’s I have seen here has had the MTP so it was probably a popular option. But MJ’s are a rare sight here, only 275 vehicles remain in all of Sweden according to official data. All I6 automatic except one single five speed manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 *W7 -YY ADA LIGHT PACKAGE ADL SKID PLATE GROUP AGL APA MONOTONE PAINT PACKAGE AWH POWER EQUIPMENT GROUP AWJ Visibility Group BCQ Battery - Maintenance Free CAC BUCKET SEAT - LO BK CGW CKA CARPETS - CLASS I SHORT PILE 8 - 12 OZ DGQ TRANSMISSION-4SPD AUTOMATIC DMR 3.55 Axle Ratio DSA LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL ERB ENGINE - 4.0L I6 MPI GAS GAC ALL WINDOWS - TINTED GLASS GTZ MIRRORS - MANUAL REMOTE HCC HEATER W/UPR LEVEL VENTIL - TYPE II JAY Instrument Cluster w/Tach JDA SPEEDOMETER - 140 KILO PRIMARY JGB Clock - Digital JHA WINDSHIELD WIPERS - DELUXE JJA CIGAR LIGHTER - FRT COMP K60 BODY SIDE MLDGS - VINYL LBB COURTESY LAMPS (BELOW PANEL) LDA UNDERHOOD COMPT LAMP LMA HALOGEN HEADLAMPS LPE EXTERIOR CARGO LIGHT MBF REAR BUMPER - STEP TYPE (BRIGHT) MD8 Delete Front License Plate Bracket MFD BRIGHT GRILLE - TYPE I MUX MWB SPORT BAR NAA ESA W/CATALYST (EXC CALIF SYSTEM) NHB HVY DTY/AUX TRANS OIL COOLER NMB ENGINE COOLING - STANDARD DUTY PE4 Colorado Red QE4 Colorado Red RAC RADIO - AM/MTR SBA POWER STEERING SCE STRG WHL - EURO/SPORT TYPE SUA TILT STEERING COLUMN TBB CONVENTIONAL SPARE TIRE TBL TIRE CARRIER - INSIDE WJD WHEELS - 15 X 7.0 STYLED STEEL XPF PROTECTIVE COATING AND REMOVER Z1B GVW/PAYLOAD RATING Build date 3/1/87 Body code JP62 Sold by HARRY KARLSSON BILIMPORT AB, PARTILLE, SWEDEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 I wonder if all Swedish trucks were MTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 5 hours ago, eaglescout526 said: .... Build date 3/1/87 Body code JP62 Sold by HARRY KARLSSON BILIMPORT AB, PARTILLE, SWEDEN Fantastic. Many thanks for all this valuable information, Eaglescout526! I have of course started to check the truck to see what items on it that has been changed over the years. Most of the items on the list seem to correspond with how the truck is equipped today. This far I have only found one item, "JAY-Instrument cluster with tach", that differs. I have the "giant fuel gauge" version of the instrument cluster. Harry Karlsson was the Swedish AMC/Chrysler importer between 1971 and 1999 and sold more or less all of the Jeeps in Sweden in that period (but there was a also a lot of private imports). Karlsson also sold a lot of vehicles to the armed forces and the Police, among others 450 J20s to the Swedish Air Force. A Swedish Air Force J20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 3 hours ago, 89 MJ said: I wonder if all Swedish trucks were MTs. Maybe not all, but probably most of them. American cars were expensive here back then (high fees and taxes) so most people wanting a truck bought European Ford Transit, VW Transporter or a Mercedes light truck. If you decided to spend the extra money needed for an American truck, you probably motivated that by the extra load capacity that the Jeep MTP offered over most of its European competitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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