Picked-up Comanche from A to Z Fabrication
Well, on friday I got to take the trip up to Cressona and pick up my 1989 Jeep Comanche project code-named “Maggie” from Zach at A to Z Fabrication.
The MJ had been up at his shop for about 12 weeks getting custom bumpers front and rear as well as a pair of rocker guards.
So without further adieu I present:
The front bumper was already bolted on. Appears very stout. He ran the supports right in line with the d-ring mounts and the whole way back past the power steering bolts and underneath the front bar for the sway bar mounts on either side. I was hoping to have the front receiver hitch be flush. But no doubt it is strong. Its a tweak that will happen later on down the road… along with a 45 degree modification for the bottom of the square tube. To give it a little more of “roll” to the front bumper and a slightly better approach angle.
As far as the rocker guards… I couldn’t be more pleased. He welded square tube to the pseudo-frame rail and the bolted a section of angle iron to the pinch seam, and finishing it off with square tube and then a round tube “step” at an up-angle.
The rear bumper is a similar design as the front… but re-used the existing mounts for the rear. It was in the bed when I picked up the MJ. I got about half way down the road until I realized that the license plate was still mounted to the old bumper… which fortunately was in the bed as well.
I can’t figure out where to put the plate though… I was hoping to have a “frenched” spot for the plate to go. But Zach wasn’t able to come up with anything… so I’ll have to sit on it and see what I can come up with.