I. TITLE:

Another Derek Build


II. PURPOSE:

To wheel again


III. HYPOTHESIS:

Take beat 1988 Jeep Comanchee and make the most Edit MJ that NE has ever seen, till i fold it in half. Have it built and tested by Fall Crawl (September 9th and 10th) the absolute latest.


IV. MATERIALS :

beat 1988 comanchee with 4.0


AW4 (23 spline version), still need to pick up

D300, also still need to pick up

D60, 4.56's, highsteer, still open at the moment, hopefully locked tho

14B, 4.56's, welded

38.5x15.5x16.5 TSL's on stock ferd rims, hopefully grooved, maybe beadlocked

misc. tube and metal


V. PROCEDURE:

Going to leaf spring the front to hold the 60, Fat Kid Fab hangers, YJ springs (or something simular). Spring over the rear, and pack the leafs if i need more height. Swap in new 23spline AW4 amd Dana 300. Square tube drive shafts. No bed, eventually a tube bed. Tank mounted behind cab. Move exhaust to drivers side so front shaft can be on pass side. Hoping to get a locker for the front, maybe ill weld up and extra set of spider/sides. I will appreciate any and all help i can get.

stay tuned for updates

:update:

Last night me and my friend Joey went to town on the bed
Pulled everything attached to it, including gas tank, pulled bed then dragged it outside for scrap
i wanted to make this still mobile so i threw a couple 2x4's and mount the tank ontop of them, dont worry i am not that much of a hack, it is really just to move it in and out of the garage

QUESTION: hooked the tank back up, all lines are in the right place, truck will start but die after about 10 seconds of idle or as soon as you tap the gas pedal. Why?

 

got some more work done tonight







also got my "junkyard" cleaned up and on the trailer ready to go to the scrap yard

all in all very productive afternoon/night

 

more work today

got the front end ripped out
this is going to be one big mother



stock jeep tire for reference
Edited due to profanity

i have other pics but they will get edited out if i post them here, pm me if you wish to see them

 

post'em up

 

i wont
i already got simular ones edited out of another post when i first came to this site

 

Again your pictures containing profanity have been edited. If you wish to post these pictures, take the time to block out the bad parts so they don't have to be removed.

I would hate to see you banned from the site just because you won't take the time to clean up the photos before submitting them here.

 

i thought i did i must have posted the wrong picture

 

If you do that, you can post photo's all day long without any problems

 

Cool looking truck, I had one of those comanches right before I started driving, and it held up to the abuse I gave it

 

well with the long weekend and baseball i havent really got to work on it much

got a little time after dinner yesterday, so i started ripping out the interior, as it is going to be bear bones
also gutted the doors to be cut to half doors

this weekend i am planning on dropping the case and tranny, and getting the front ready so when i get the springs i can get right to work fabing brackets, ripping out the old brake lines and crap and running new lines

should be picking up springs and trans next week, still looking for a d300

also anyone have the info on what MC to run, i havent looked into it yet at all, but i know im going to need something more beefy then the stock jeep stuff, just didnt know if someone already knew which one i should use