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[NickyV]

Year: 1987

 

Make/Model/Bed: Comanche/Base/Short Bed

 

Engine: 2.5L

 

Transmission: AX4 (It's definitely a four-speed manual!)

 

Transfer Case: It is 2WD, so no transfer case, right?

 

Front Axle/Rear Axle/Wheelbase: I don't know about the axles, but I think they are from factory. Wheelbase is 113 inches, I believe.

 

Build Date: Sticker on the door is not clear.

 

Current Location: Bay Area, California

 

Status: Roadworthy. Not a daily driver, but I drive it regularly around town and take it on camping trips.

 

[jdog]

BODY: TL61

BUILD: 11/12/86

SELLING DEALER: TIFFIN MOTORHOME INC

WINFIELD, AL

*X1	DESCRIPTION NOT AVAILABLE	-Y1	DESCRIPTION NOT AVAILABLE	APA	MONOTONE PAINT
CBA	STRAIGHT BACK BENCH SEAT	CGX	RR HEAD RESTRAINTS OUTBOARD SEATING	DCB
EPD	2.5L I4 MPI ENGINE	GAC	TINTED GLASS WINDOWS	GEC	FRONT LEFT SIDE SLIDING WINDOW
HCC		JAY	DO NOT USE - SEE JP, KA CLASSES	JFH	TACHOMETER
JGB		LAP	SHIFT INDICATOR WARNING LAMP	LMA	HALOGEN HEADLAMPS
MBJ	BLACK FRONT BUMPER	MDA	FRONT LICENSE PLATE BRACKET	NAE	CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS
PE4	Colorado Red	QE4	Colorado Red	TBG	COMPACT SPARE TIRE
WMC	OPEN

[89 MJ]

Its come a long way from home.

[NickyV]

Wow! Very cool! I'll have to read up a bit more on how to read this table. Some of this stuff is Greek to me. But I will say that I still have a bench seat, and my MJ did come with a compact spare tire, that I still have (although there is a full size one tucked up under the bed now).

 

One more thing I will say: My MJ may have come all the way from Alabama, but it has been in California for quite a while. When I bought the truck, it came with a blue license plate with yellow numbers/letters. A quick Google search indicates that the state stopped issuing those with any regularity around 1986 or '87. 

[fiatslug87]

Strange that if it was sold in Alabama it would have California emissions (NAE) listed instead of Federal emissions (NAA).

[NickyV]

I just went to the listed manufacturer's website. I'm thinking about giving them a call. It seems like they have only ever really made RVs. Is it possible that they could have taken a contract to build Jeeps to be sold elsewhere? Or maybe I 

 

A two questions and an observation:

 

1) Does someone have a key for what all the abbreviations mean? I've been Googling around to no avail.

 

2) Does GEC refer to the rear window? My current rear window is a solid pane.

 

3) If this thing had tinted windows at some point, it definitely doesn't anymore. Although, sometimes when I look closely, it does seem like maybe they were a bit smokier in the past.

 

 

[89 MJ]

3 minutes ago, NickyV said:

I just went to the listed manufacturer's website. I'm thinking about giving them a call. It seems like they have only ever really made RVs. Is it possible that they could have taken a contract to build Jeeps to be sold elsewhere? Or maybe I 

 

A two questions and an observation:

 

1) Does someone have a key for what all the abbreviations mean? I've been Googling around to no avail.

 

2) Does GEC refer to the rear window? My current rear window is a solid pane.

 

3) If this thing had tinted windows at some point, it definitely doesn't anymore. Although, sometimes when I look closely, it does seem like maybe they were a bit smokier in the past.

 

 

I wouldn't look into it that much. Chrysler reused a lot of the codes over the last few decades.

[Pete M]

tinted windows doesn't refer to what we normally think of with the plastic sheet stuck to it, it's just that the glass has a slight tint built into it.  as soon as you see a plain glass window you'll instantly understand.   

 

GEC is likely a reused code and those words apply to a later model Chrysler product.  and those 3 letter codes aren't abbreviations, they are just random letters. 

 

there should be WAY more codes for your truck, but a ton of data for the AMC years was lost before they got into the chrysler computer system. if you go look at a 92's build sheet you'll see what I mean.  

[NickyV]

Ah... It's cool that I have an AMC, but also this. Too bad.

 

I had been wondering why some of the trucks in the registry had so much more info.

 

Thanks for explaining!