JpComancheKid Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 saw this concept comanche for 1987 and thought it looked cool. I was wondering if any of you ever heard of it before, it is a Comanche thunderchief concept.
Pete M Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Many of us have heard of it, but little is really known about it. :(
Guest vzehler Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 it looks like a 4 wheel drive street comanche to me :brows: ... pretty cool looking... Not sure about how functional that bed cover is tho...
SuperWade2 Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 I wonder what happens to all of these Prototypes and stuff... stuck in some Exec's garage somewhere... I think we should make it our collective ComancheClub mission to find out and if the truck still exists to bring it out of "retirement"... Sw2
HOrnbrod Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Many of us have heard of it, but little is really known about it. :( I wonder if those three mini hood inlets are functional? I like the hood but that's about all. :eek:
89eliminator Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 i think it would look better lower to the ground. the ground effects in combination with a lift doesnt do it for me. plus that spare and bed cover is ugly!
MiNi Beast Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 I think she is beautiful........................for a matchbox car :roll:
mvusse Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 I like it. Sure it's a poser since it doesn't look like it'll do real well off road, but I like the look and am sure it can get me up the hill to work after a snowfall in the winter. I have had to walk the last mile and a half multiple times before I got a 4wd. Even a front wheel drive with snow tires can't always do it (even in reverse).
georgiaboy27 Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 I have that same photo,it is a comanche with a zj cherokee grill and some add ons...not a bad look as far as the front, I sorta stole some of my ideas from that truck.....lol
jared Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 I have that same photo,it is a comanche with a zj cherokee grill and some add ons...not a bad look as far as the front, I sorta stole some of my ideas from that truck.....lol wow i didn't even notice that until you brought it up. cool :cheers:
smithe1811 Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 so has anyone here ever tried to put a ZJ front end on an MJ?
GirsMJ86 Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 It was called the Comanche Thunder Chief I believe and was meant to be a "Luxury" Comanche made with Grand Cherokee interior and looks. I use to have a pic somewhere of the inside and it had an OHC and all the stuff you would expect to find in a Grand Cherokee of the time, but since my laptop fried all those pics are lost to limbo. As for where it is today... it sits in the Walter P. Chrysler Museum. They also have one of the old race Comanches and one more that someone donated that has a rollbar and looks really sharp. Alex
smithe1811 Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 zj front ends don't fit the MJ... yeah i didnt think so, i just didnt know if someone put some time into makin it work somehow. plus that truck was an 87 concept and the ZJ wasnt around until 93. so does that mean the idea for a ZJ came from the comanche?
JeepcoMJ Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 zj front ends don't fit the MJ... yeah i didnt think so, i just didnt know if someone put some time into makin it work somehow. plus that truck was an 87 concept and the ZJ wasnt around until 93. so does that mean the idea for a ZJ came from the comanche? the ZJ was in it's mid to final design stages by the AMC/DCX interchange in late 87/early 88. the grand cherokee is a AMC design and cannot be attributed to chrysler inginuity (we all know they don't have any, and to say they do is nothing but a coverup for self-pity :P)
jared Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 well a further look at a actual zj, its not a zj grill. its a mj like grill but zj style lights that wrap around somewhat.
knightforce Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 That is way too cool for a 1987! Wonder how many were made?
SuperWade2 Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 That is way too cool for a 1987! Wonder how many were made? I'd say your looking at the ONE they probably made... I could be wrong...
Pete M Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 Nothing has ever surfaced to say there's more than one. I bet it's a one-off, just like most concept cars.
georgiaboy27 Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 I am curious now.....maybe my next project, make a zj grill fit the MJ..... here's something a little interesting though, I tried to look up info on this museum and found this....... http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/chry ... -donation/
georgiaboy27 Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 here ya go..... http://www.chryslerheritage.com/
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