1985 commanche

[foxwar71]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-Jeep-Comanche-MJ-4WD-SWB-RARE_W0QQitemZ4643786638QQcategoryZ6286QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

i could care less for the engine/trans, but id love the axles and body to play with

[red91]

I doubt this is factual. if it was indeed an 85, or even a true 86...the 10th digit in the vin is an "H" which indicates 1987.


OOPS!

[Geepfreak]

the 10th digit in the vin is an "H" which indicates 1987.


OOPS!


Dumbass, bet he says it's one of a kind eh?

[dfreeman616]

Note: This is a 1985 Jeep Comanche...They did not start producing Jeep Comanche's until 1986 model year. This vehicle originally came equipped with a Jeep 4.0L straight six cylinder. It was built with the V-6 firewall used on XJ Cherokees at that time to test its integrity (which proved to be inferior, as it cracked under factory testing). The firewall & floor were repaired, and a Jeep 2.8L V-6 has replaced the original straight six. Note: The serial number has an asterisk where the engine letter code should be (I had to put a "zero" in the information area, as the Ebay computer would not accept an asterisk). This was because the 4.0L was not Federally certified in this model at that time, so they used an asterisk to designate "any engine available".

or so he says, anyways.

[Lawn Cher']

Shortbeds weren't available until '87, so why would they have delayed production an entire year if this supposed "'85" is a shortbed?

[casm]

I doubt this is factual. if it was indeed an 85, or even a true 86...the 10th digit in the vin is an "H" which indicates 1987.

Point taken... But this may be accurate depending on the year it was first outside of the factory gates. My first car was a 1982 Ford Capri, but it was registered to the Ford Motor Company for the first two years of its life. The VIN indicated it was an '83 model on '84 plates, despite having been built in early '82. It also had all sorts of weird options you shouldn't have been able to get on an '82: 5-speed transmission, high-spec interior trim but with cloth seats, one capacity bump up from the small engine, automatic choke on the poverty-spec carburettor, etc. Turns out it was one of a thousand vehicles built to test early production techniques for the then-upcoming 5-speed cars, and was run by a Ford exec for a couple of years before being sold to John Q. Public.

But yeah, that's not exactly giving me the warm fuzzies. Someone should ask him about it.