January 2026 - The Last Diesel MJ

[89 MJ]

January 2026 - The Mississippi Turbo Diesel (Last Diesel MJ)

Owned by @ThreeComanches

 

 

Build Thread- 

 

 

 

Year/Model - 

 

1987 Jeep Comanche Base

 

 

Drivetrain- 

 

2.1L Turbo Diesel (Renault J8S) / AX5 5 Spd Manual / Dana 35 (Stock)

 

 

Cooling- 

 

Stock with the exception of an added pressure cap. 

 

 

Electrical/Ignition- 

 

Stock

 

Suspension/Steering- 

 

Stock

 

 

Interior-  

 

Baby Blue w/ Bench seat (Stock)

 

 

 

Brakes- 

 

Stock

 

Lighting- 

 

Stock

 

Exterior- 

 

Medium Blue Metallic w/ Black trim

 

Wheel & Tires- 

 

Stock Jeep Steel wheels w/ Cooper tires 

 

Misc- 

 

OEM Jeep dealership bed liner, Camper shell, had rear air shocks when I first got it.

 

 

Best MJ story- 

 

I got too many so I'll tell the story on how I got this one. 

 

It was February 2024 and when I opened Facebook, this one popped up in my feed. I immediately messaged the seller and he agreed to hold it for me until that upcoming weekend. When the weekend came, my dad and I hooked up the trailer and headed over to MS. It was relatively uneventful, we paid the seller and drug the Comanche onto the trailer. After a year of having it, that's when I finally got to work on it and got it back on the road, 

 

CC is Awesome! Why? 

 

Very helpful folks in this community with vast amounts of info.

 

[Salvagedcircuit]

Aww yeah, what an excellent save!

Awesome that you resurrected such a rare truck 

[Pete M]

dugga-dugga-dugga-dugga-dugga for the win!    such a cool truck!  congrats! 

[NHMJXJ]

That there's a fine specimen!  Keep it rolling!  

[pizzaman09]

Take a rare vehicle like an MJ then add the rarest engine, this one is special.