They are still producing the Cherokee (Sort of). The Chinese Jeep 2500

There is also a 2700 series

Slick. Too bad there isnt a 4.0.

Carl

Sure looks like one to me, except for the weak engine and the sunroof. How come we never got sunroofs in our XJ's?

Jeff DeWitt

Carl wrote:

Looks like someone was having fun with Photoshop.

Jeff DeWitt

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:

Never thought about this before but that's kind of weird. The Cherokee is unit body, but the Comanche must have had at least a rear sub frame. How did they attach it to the cab?

Jeff DeWitt

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:

But unless I'm wrong the cab on a Comanche was unit body like a Cherokee, but the box had to sit on a frame.

A regular pickup (Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Studebaker) and a full size frame with the cab and box attached to it, and the carucks like the El Caminio and the Brat were really cars with the rear modified to function more or less like a pickup box but the platform underneath remained unchanged.

Jeff DeWitt

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:

If you poke around you can find the page in English. The Chinese made a number of improvements to the XJ.

Picture the frame starting at the front bumper. From there they have a treated high strength extension back to just forward of the motor mount, At that point, it becomes a normal boxed frame back to the fire wall. At the firewall, the cab floor becomes the top of the box and the pillars, firewall and rear of the cab all jion in to give it flex strength. Behind th cab, the lowere U-channel contimues with a cap plate welded to make a boxed member. The bed just rides on top of that. In reality, it's only a real unibody for the length of the cab

- the rest is pretty much normal railed frame.

Chevy Nova

Well, I'll be a ?????'s uncle!

tw

Looks like a Wagoneer to me!

Babelfish translated that as "The metropolis heart sends the day". But I'm sure you were quoting a meaningful proverb and I have just exposed my woeful ignorance :-)

Dave Milne, Scotland

I knew _someone_ would translate that! And, um...yes...er, it was a meaningful ancient chinese proverb....ahem...

tw

Dave Milne wrote:

I wonder if those taillights can be bought in the States....

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