Another Jeep race car

A Comanche this time

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=131033043150&utm_campaign=BaT+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily+Email+11%2F4%2F2013

With a race history as well

Not just a race history, it was raced by Tommy Archer. He's kind of well known....

Cool! Surprised to see the 2.5 under there. Notice how the fan made it's own clearance on the shroud?

I remember this truck when I was buying issues of Four Wheeler back in the 90's!

bravenrace wrote: Not just a race history, it was raced by Tommy Archer. He's kind of well known....

No relation

Yep, I remember watching those race back in the day, It was so cool. The SCCA region in Atlanta still runs an ITT class. Improved Touring Truck. Surprised to see how much of the interior is in it, thought it would have been stripped out. Looks so stock under the hood too.

Side note, new season of Archer starts in January. Get your Scotch and tactical turtle necks ready!

DrBoost wrote: Cool! Surprised to see the 2.5 under there. Notice how the fan made it's own clearance on the shroud?

That's an inspection hole so you can see that it's running

That was such a cool series to watch. I came real close to buying one of the Saleen Rangers about 20 years ago.

Wow very cool! There was one for sale awhile back, but it seemed sketchy. It was more like a street truck built by the team but not raced. This ones seems like the real deal. I want it so badly. This is what we drooled over while we were building the XJ-R.

If no one has actually seen these race, check this video out. 48 minutes worth.

http://youtu.be/ZnSYj1hAPs0

That truck series was the first I ever heard the term "bump drafting". The Archer bros. did it to get a lead. Then they'd fight it out for the win.

all that for $5,300

I liked the 190 lb of ballast because the truck was one of the more powerful at 108 HP.

I always thought they ran larger motors. That 2.5L looks almost stock. It seems like that would have to be pretty slow.

They were stock. There were very few modifications that could be done. Watch the first few minutes of the video I posted above, they talk about what mods they were allowed.

I remember seeing a similar but unrestored Comanche race truck online a while back... maybe it was through here, maybe it was this one, I dunno. Sure looks familiar though.