WahooSteeler Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Way cool.......great story. https://www.13abc.com/2023/07/26/findlay-family-owns-so-called-unicorn-jeep/?fbclid=IwAR2pB5DJmlxNDJ8anz3hjQ03W7m5gHQJJLb16pDdSGNEoyjzJt76JYv-irc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Dang. That's one cool truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 It is cool, but it has a Wagoneer roof on it, not a truck roof. Although that would probably be the most economical way of making an extended cab. They wouldn’t have to make any new stampings, just shorten existing ones. AMC always was looking at ways to save a buck to stay in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eagle Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 7/27/2023 at 7:13 PM, FrankTheDog said: It is cool, but it has a Wagoneer roof on it, not a truck roof. Although that would probably be the most economical way of making an extended cab. They wouldn’t have to make any new stampings, just shorten existing ones. AMC always was looking at ways to save a buck to stay in business. The later J-10s and J-20s all had that style roof rather than the military style, squared-off roof. One of the guys in the Javelin/AMX Sports Car Club of Connecticut, who worked at Stahl's AMC in Derby, had a really nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 I'm sure I have mentioned more than twice that my original XJ was a 1988 XJ that I purchased new. I bought an XJ only because the MJ wasn't available in an extended cab version and I needed a bit more enclosed storage space than the MJ offered. Hypothetically, if an enterprising young lad (which I am not) had an MJ, an XJ or three, and access to some steel tube and plate, how would you lads go about creating an extended cab Comanche? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 The J roofs of the 80’s didn’t have the visor but they were still a couple inches higher than the Wagoneer/Cherokee SJ’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepSchmidt O'Guinness Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 19 hours ago, Eagle said: ...how would you lads go about creating an extended cab Comanche? Got the idea from a thread on here.... Starting with a solid 2dr xj with the rear side vent windows, cut after those. Then using a swb mj cutting after the ext' cab panels. Not really a how, rather a what I'd like to have... I'd call it the cheromancheneer... cuz after all that sillyness one would have to have the wagoneer front clip double headlight setup, purely for flex ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHMJXJ Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 There are versions of an extended cab MJ out there. I've seen a silver XJ 2 door conversion (one of those So Cal/TJ as in Mexico builds) floating around the interwebs, like the following; The silver one I refer to was a little more radical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 29 minutes ago, NHMJXJ said: There are versions of an extended cab MJ out there. I've seen a silver XJ 2 door conversion (one of those So Cal/TJ as in Mexico) floating around the interwebs, like the following; The silver one I refer to was a little more radical. Oh the wonders fb marketplace digs up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drahcir495 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 That’s pretty cool. You’re right, a great story to go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 On 7/29/2023 at 5:03 PM, NHMJXJ said: There are versions of an extended cab MJ out there. I've seen a silver XJ 2 door conversion (one of those So Cal/TJ as in Mexico builds) floating around the interwebs, like the following; The silver one I refer to was a little more radical. That's nnice, but it's not a Comanche. It's a modified XJ -- what we generally refer to as a "Cheromanche." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCO6 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 On 7/29/2023 at 4:43 PM, JeepSchmidt O'Guinness said: Got the idea from a thread on here.... Starting with a solid 2dr xj with the rear side vent windows, cut after those. Then using a swb mj cutting after the ext' cab panels. Not really a how, rather a what I'd like to have... I'd call it the cheromancheneer... cuz after all that sillyness one would have to have the wagoneer front clip double headlight setup, purely for flex ;P I have no details on this one but I think it might have started out as a 2 dr. XJ. The rear of the cab could be from an MJ. If it is I think it would have been better to include the vents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepSchmidt O'Guinness Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 6:55 AM, PCO6 said: Pre '97 front clip, but I can't remember if '96 changed to the full window. Hard to tell if its the short/long box... But that wheel base is already looking on the extreme side. Might have to rethink the cheromancheneer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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