Used all my luck up today...

[STRYKER]

I was on Ebay last nite trying to bid on a set of Chevy spindles and caliper stands for my upcoming hi-steer (at close to 9" up front, this is long overdue) and having no luck (some people will actually pay three times what things are worth.....no common sense I suppose)... and ended up backing out around the time that the spindles got to $100 for the pair... :eek: The caliper stands were going at $80.. :eek:

Went to the local BIG DAWGS hangout in Purcellville and scored a set from a fellow over there for a mere $100 bucks for all four pieces! Got to talking to the owner and he has a Comanche that's been sitting at his old location for a year... I looked at it over 8 months ago and he wanted $1500 dollars for it.

It has a GM 350 underhood, a 5" lift, a rollbar, buckets and full instrumentation. He's under alot of pressure to move his vehicles from that location. He told me that if I would take it this week, he'd take $100 bucks. I grabbed it!

I still need some luck, and I've hidden all the guns in the house, cause my wife will surely shoot me when I bring home the 4th "project" in as many months. :)

[Vug]

Originally posted by STRYKER
...I looked at it over 8 months ago and he wanted $1500 dollars for it.

It has a GM 350 underhood, a 5" lift, a rollbar, buckets and full instrumentation. He's under alot of pressure to move his vehicles from that location. He told me that if I would take it this week, he'd take $100 bucks. I grabbed it!

I still need some luck, and I've hidden all the guns in the house, cause my wife will surely shoot me when I bring home the 4th "project" in as many months. :)

A c-note ?! :eek:

If you didn't grab it, I would have driven to VA and shot you myself! For crying out sideways man, I hope your wife realizes the deal that was.

[Ralph]

She'll jack up the cost of that Jeep by a factor of three. Mine always does. If I get to spend $100, she get's to spend $300. Oh crap, that's a factor of four.

RR3

[Kejtar]

I'll save you and pay you $200 for it :)

Kejtar

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by Ralph
She'll jack up the cost of that Jeep by a factor of three. Mine always does. If I get to spend $100, she get's to spend $300. Oh crap, that's a factor of four.

RR3

Actually, Judy is usually pretty good about these things.
It's also equal to her habit of horses following her home on a weekly basis.... (inside joke, folks)

I just built her a six stall addition to the barn, and she's filled it already. We're about even on our obsessions. :)

And Vug... I COULDN'T walk away from this one.... hard as I tried.
It'll probably do duty as a parts/farm hauler for the farm till I figure that I want to turn it into a crew cab :eek:

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by Kejtar
I'll save you and pay you $200 for it :)

Kejtar

I think you're on the wrong coast (even if you call it the left coast.)
I now have three Dana 30, three Dana 35's (I'm hoping maybe there's a 44 under the 5.7L conversion) and two pickup beds that have to go... One shorty and one longbed...

Man, I gotta stop wheeling and dealing.... :(

[Safari Ary]

Deano, I'm on the right coast and even in the same state. :cool: Tell ya what, I'll give ya a cool $250 for it, and I'll even come pick it up :D

Ary

[5-90]

Too bad I'm way the Hell over here - dammit, I NEED an MJ! Just hauling around too much large stuff - the roof of the XJ (and back seat!) just gets in the way sometimes... I tell ya, working in scrap metal gets difficult sometimes...

5-90

[PA Highlander]

Originally posted by Ary'01XJ
Deano, I'm on the right coast and even in the same state. :cool: Tell ya what, I'll give ya a cool $250 for it, and I'll even come pick it up :D

Ary

Hey Deano,

I'll match Ary's $250 and raise it $50 (sounds like an auction now :D ). I'll even come pick it up too. I've been looking for a pickup ...

[Kejtar]

Hey.... I got first dibs on it... even though I'm on another coast :) I'll make it $300.01 :) and I can have a buddy of mine pick it up for me :)

Kejtar

[Eagle]

Welcome to the Comanche Preservation Society, North Atlantic Chapter.

Now if we could just get you to restore them when you bring 'em home instead of hacking them up, we be getting somewhere :D

[Vug]

Commanche huggers ! Sheesh..

[Fore Wheeler]

Originally posted by Vug
Commanche huggers ! Sheesh..


I'd rather hug a Commanche than a Ford!! :flipoff2:

[TRL WGN 1]

hey, Fords aren't all bad. They work good for donating axles to better our cause. So, they are all bad, except for that one thing! :b

[Fore Wheeler]

hey, quiet. Don't let anyone know I have Ford parts on my XJ. I'll give you a beer in Indy if you keep it between us.

[Lawn Cher']

I think the key here is the price of that MJ... noone would probably jump at the chance of buying my cherry '87 MJ longbed 4.0 4x4 5-speed D44 3" lift, newer 31" Bridgestone tires on chrome rims, fiberglass cap, trailer hitch, etc. for $3500.

[STRYKER]

I am LMAO at some of the responses in this thread...This place is NEVER dull and wanting for humor. :)

Ford axles under a Comanche/Cherokee? ...I think I invented that one somewhere in 1977.

IIRC, this one had a winch out front as well. He'll probably remove that , however....

Eagle.... I saved a pristine Comanche bed by totally removing it from the vehicle and cutting it, and this is the thanks I get??? :eek: My current machine could be returned to stock rather easily with a couple of fenders, a header panel, and stock running gear (which incidentally I currently have three sets of) :rolleyes:


This Comanche will probably have the axles parted out and have another set of Ford axles inserted under it. I'll look at the rust issues (although I think it's in pretty good shape in that area.)
I only cut it if it's totally eaten.

[5-90]

Anyone who has a Renix XJ has a Ford part - the distributor!

I just want an MJ so I can have a useful pickup truck to do the few things my XJ isn't readily capable of....I had to empty our damn storage space to-day, and I could really have used both a pickup truck AND a small box trailer!

5-90

[Vug]

Originally posted by Fore Wheeler
I'd rather hug a Commanche than a Ford!! :flipoff2:

Originally posted by TRL WGN 1
hey, Fords aren't all bad. They work good for donating axles to better our cause. So, they are all bad, except for that one thing! :b

That's it!!
Both you guys are off my buddy list.

I see no better way of making my XJ perfect than slinging some Bronco parts under it. My two favorite vehicles rolled into one.

Flame away purists!

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by Vug
That's it!!
Both you guys are off my buddy list.

I see no better way of making my XJ perfect than slinging some Bronco parts under it. My two favorite vehicles rolled into one.

Flame away purists!

You tell 'em Vug.
If it weren't for Bantan and Willy's getting in the damned way....it'd have been Ford Jeeps.

Ford had to produce a fair amount of the damned things after the contracts were granted to even keep up in production ..... :rolleyes:

And the "stamped" grill? THAT was Ford's improvement to the vehicle production ease in 1940's. So technically, DAIMLER/Chryco and GM didn't have the right to fight at all. It was Fords grill to defend all along.

So, Ford is the perfect components to round out a Comanche or any other Jeep.... cause things almost went that way.

[Phil]

Ford is perfect to round out a Comanche? But you put a Willy's style bed on your Comanche? :confused: Did I miss something here? :D

[Vug]

You trying to stir up trouble Phil? ;)

Ford = good parts Thats all you need to know.

I'm going to go lay under my wife's Bronco now and see what I can steal. :shhh:

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by Phil Weeks
Ford is perfect to round out a Comanche? But you put a Willy's style bed on your Comanche? :confused: Did I miss something here? :D

Between the ignition and fuel injection on the early models....they were almost Ford specific... :)
The Ford front axle was easier to install than the stock Jeep axle is...


The Willy's bed? Cause....a Ford bed would have looked funny. :eek:

The Comanche styling is ALL Jeep , as I discovered in putting that stepside on it. It looks exactly like it's older, bigger brother.
(The J-10 stepsides)

[Jeep Biscuit]

Originally posted by STRYKER
I am LMAO at some of the responses in this thread...This place is NEVER dull and wanting for humor. :)

Ford axles under a Comanche/Cherokee? ...I think I invented that one somewhere in 1977.




You're truely an amazing man DĩllHole. :rolleyes:

[Flowers]

Originally posted by STRYKER

Ford axles under a Comanche/Cherokee? ...I think I invented that one somewhere in 1977.



You invented that? I didn't even know MJ/XJ's were produced in 1977

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by Flowers
You invented that? I didn't even know MJ/XJ's were produced in 1977

Sorry for not clarifying, or catching my typing errors....... "that" referring more to a Jeep/Ford hybrid... I mated a set of Ford Dana/ nine inch diffs under a 1980 CJ in or about 1987 or 1988.

I hung my first set of Ford variants under the XJ format in late 1999.

[the bob]

Originally posted by STRYKER
Ford axles under a Comanche/Cherokee? ...I think I invented that one somewhere in 1977.

Freudian slip? :rolleyes:


Originally posted by STRYKER
Sorry for not clarifying, or catching my typing errors....... "that" referring more to a Jeep/Ford hybrid... I mated a set of Ford Dana/ nine inch diffs under a 1980 CJ in or about 1987 or 1988.

I hung my first set of Ford variants under the XJ format in late 1999.
So... You're saying you invented the Jeep/Ford hybrid?
If so, you would have to have done it much earlier than '87-'88.
Or am I missing something?

[Flonder]

Originally posted by STRYKER
I am LMAO at some of the responses in this thread...This place is NEVER dull and wanting for humor. :)

Ford axles under a Comanche/Cherokee? ...I think I invented that one somewhere in 1977.



:)

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by the bob
Freudian slip? :rolleyes:



So... You're saying you invented the Jeep/Ford hybrid?
If so, you would have to have done it much earlier than '87-'88.
Or am I missing something?

I'm sure that somewhere out there, someone has mated Ford axles under a Jeep much earlier than I....

The comment was a generalization.....not an absolute. I think we're just on different wave lengths.

All that the comment was intended to mean....is that before the current "rash" of Dana 44 and 9" Ford axles being installed under a new XJ nearly everyday.... I did it back in 1999 without anyone to consort with. It was an uncommon task back then.

I do not want to exclude that farmer back in 1985 that did it because he had all the pieces.....

[Eagle]

Originally posted by Ralph
She'll jack up the cost of that Jeep by a factor of three. Mine always does. If I get to spend $100, she get's to spend $300. Oh crap, that's a factor of four.

RR3

100 x 3 = 300

It's a factor of three :)

[Eagle]

Originally posted by STRYKER
Eagle.... I saved a pristine Comanche bed by totally removing it from the vehicle and cutting it, and this is the thanks I get??? :eek: My current machine could be returned to stock rather easily with a couple of fenders, a header panel, and stock running gear (which incidentally I currently have three sets of) :rolleyes:

I know, I know.

One of the reasons my "fleet" has become a fleet is that I get too attached to them. I put one up for sale, a bunch of yahoos parade through looking at it and offering about half what it's worth (or less), and I look at them and just know that with a month of their buying it, they will either destroy it with redneck mods or just outright crash it. So I take it off the market.

Why do I care? Damned if I know. I guess I've just been a collector/restorer (or "refurbisher" might be more accurate, because I rarely do 100% restorations) for too long. I feel about MJs the way I feel about original 2-seat AMXs -- there were so few made that they should not be cut up in any way that can't be returned to original condition, and they should not be used as hard-core trail machines and bashed into oblivion just for the "fun" of it. Which is why, Amigo, I salute you for preserving the box from yours.

[MonsterXJ]

tell her it was free

[GSequoia]

Restomod man :D That's a word from the Mustang crowd. :)

Sequoia
(Who also has a '66 Mustang coupe)

[CheapXJ]

My MJ can't be put back to stock

I won't let that happen.

but it's better than stock (except for the bed :( )

;)

[Fred]

not a mention of Ford anywhere.
Might be better with Ford than Lucas, though.
Fred
The real problem is all the GM crap in the XJ's. Damn steering column just died today. :)

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by Fred
not a mention of Ford anywhere.
Might be better with Ford than Lucas, though.
Fred
The real problem is all the GM crap in the XJ's. Damn steering column just died today. :)

Ahhh....
Lucas Electronics....

Had a brand new Jaguar XJS some years ago. Stayed in the shop more than it was ever driven. Some date car!!

[the bob]

:wstupid:
Is that when you were in the NSA?
http://www.bastardarmy.com/d!llhole/index.html
:D

[STRYKER]

Originally posted by Fred
The real problem is all the GM crap in the XJ's. Damn steering column just died today. :)

The real problem is with cheap GM crap that when installed on a Jeep, suddenly fetches "Jeep" pricing. :eek:

[Dillinger]

Freudian slip? :rolleyes:



So... You're saying you invented the Jeep/Ford hybrid?
If so, you would have to have done it much earlier than '87-'88.
Or am I missing something?

Basically, since the XJ platform wasn't invented till 1984, I'd have to say "Jeep" hybrid. I placed a set of Ford axles under a 1982 Scrambler back in the day.
The first XJ which I placed these axles under was in 1999. Even then, I hadn't hooked up with anyone who had done it at that time, but I'm not going to say that someone hadn't done it at that time. I was not able to consort with them on all the particulars, however.

[the bob]

Freudian slip? :rolleyes:



So... You're saying you invented the Jeep/Ford hybrid?
If so, you would have to have done it much earlier than '87-'88.
Or am I missing something?

So, what was it? An '80 CJ or an '82 Scrambler?
Oh Dean, why lie?
:wierd:

[Fergie]

So, what was it? An '80 CJ or an '82 Scrambler?
Oh Dean, why lie?
:wierd:
Dude, go away. If you feel the need to bring up a month old post just to get in some snide quip, then spend your time elsewhere.

Fergie

[Dillinger]

So, what was it? An '80 CJ or an '82 Scrambler?
Oh Dean, why lie?
:wierd:


Are you too young to comprehend sarcasm?


It sounds like you are. Why don't you keep it on JU pal?
Too hot over there now?

This is a respectable forum, and I'm sure they don't need your ripples in the pond.

[the bob]

Are you too young to comprehend sarcasm?


It sounds like you are. Why don't you keep it on JU pal?
Too hot over there now?

This is a respectable forum, and I'm sure they don't need your ripples in the pond.
So why change names then? So you can talk yourself into oblivion?