So you own a Sawzall and a Jeep Renegade? You bought a house and realize you should have bought a pickup truck instead of the little Italian-built sport cute? Well, here’s the solution to your troubles.
Fire up that reciprocating saw and go to town, liberating the back end from the front end, just behind the front doors. While you’re at it, cut the roof off as well. Fabricate a rear bulkhead and a convertible top. Now you have a truck cab.
Bolt up a pickup bed on the back half and you’re set. You now have the idea behind the Jeep Comanche Concept, built for the 2016 50th Easter Jeep Safari in Moab.
Since you now have a one-of-a-kind machine, it needs to impress. Mopar can provide the pretty stuff on the inside of your project, like the seat covers, pedal covers, sill guards and all-weather mats.
You realize you were smart for opting for the 2.0 liter diesel 4-cylinder, low range gears and locking diff, but you’re worried about scratching your new custom, military-inspired Beige Against the Machine paint job. Enter Jeep Performance Products, who can make sure your new pickup can get up that gravel driveway with all of your maintenance supplies by providing a 2-inch lift kit and rock rails. A winch will help you pull your wife’s minivan out of the mud when she and the kids get stuck on the way up the hill.
What Jeep has built is a bit of an ugly duckling, but it’s an interesting idea. There are other, better options for building a Jeep truck – witness the previously covered Crew Chief Concept – but if there was a market for an Explorer Sport Trac for over ten years, then there very well may be a market for this Franken-ute.
