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As many of the Mid-Atlantic Scrambler crowd know I built my 81 Scrambler for the beaches and will not take it in the woods/rocks to trail ride (there are no trees on the beach!). Late last fall I bought a substitute to build as my trail rig; a 1969 Jeep Commando.
Since then I have joined a Commando site and have begun posting progress reports and pictures (and many questions) on that site.
However, several of you have asked about the project and how it is going so I am going to post the link to the "Blue Goose" build here.
http://bbs.off-road.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1550839/an/0/page/0#Post1550839
I will update this post from time to time to let you know how it is going.
One thing I have found very surprising is the similarities between the Commando and the Scrambler.
My Commando is the Kaiser version or C101 (101" wheelbase). The AMC version has a 104" wheelbase like the Scrambler but was given a Bronco or "bullnose" in an attempt to compete with the Ford Bronco. Like the Scrambler body design, the Bullnose Commandos were not popular and they disappeared within a couple of years (fewer of them than Scramblers).
A lot of the Commando guys trim the lower bodies on the bullnose Commandos and put a CJ front clip on them. The result looks a heck of a lot like a Scrambler.
Richard
Since then I have joined a Commando site and have begun posting progress reports and pictures (and many questions) on that site.
However, several of you have asked about the project and how it is going so I am going to post the link to the "Blue Goose" build here.
http://bbs.off-road.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1550839/an/0/page/0#Post1550839
I will update this post from time to time to let you know how it is going.
One thing I have found very surprising is the similarities between the Commando and the Scrambler.
My Commando is the Kaiser version or C101 (101" wheelbase). The AMC version has a 104" wheelbase like the Scrambler but was given a Bronco or "bullnose" in an attempt to compete with the Ford Bronco. Like the Scrambler body design, the Bullnose Commandos were not popular and they disappeared within a couple of years (fewer of them than Scramblers).
A lot of the Commando guys trim the lower bodies on the bullnose Commandos and put a CJ front clip on them. The result looks a heck of a lot like a Scrambler.
Richard