1972 blazer tear down phase
 

Bought my 1972 blazer a few weeks ago and have been spending as much time as possible gathering parts and tearing her apart! Figured I would post some pics and show ya'll how its been going. Appreciate Any tips or comments!

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First two pics!

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Top on for the first time.

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Tearing it down!

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Almost ready to pull out the motor!

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The pictures of the top above are of a single wall i found near where I live. I really lucked out finding it because the top I have on the blazer now is a double wall... but, my blazer has the holes for a single wall.
Plus this single wall I found is in terrific shape, minus it's hatch! There weren't cracks or weak spots in the fiberglass which my double wall is full of.

But on another note, has anyone drilled holes in their bed for putting on a different type top? Just wondering if it is as easy as just drilling the holes??(because I was thinking about maybe keeping both tops)

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let me know if you need anything. I tore mine down a few times now and have it down to a science haha... many people probably do. Just do yourself a favor and dont cut the wires. If you plan on rewiring it with original or with aftermarket it is still helpful to have it intact for reference.

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Well I am about to begin on my floorboard replacement. Ordered the complete floor pan (I'm going to need it lol) but I had a question on replacing the rocker panels. Do I need to order a inner rocker panel along with the outer? Or is the inner part of the rocker panels a part of this complete floor pan? I'm a little confused..
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You've got a lot of options for patching in replacement panels, but you are correct that the floorboard curves down to form the inner rocker panel.

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Thanks 71restorod. By the way, I live your blazer. It's just what a beauty looks like! Hope one day mine will be as nice. What size lift/tires you have?
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Havent posted in awhile, heres whats been going on!

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Some more..

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I went to greenville, tx to pick up the back seat. Thought I was never going to find one! I also went to fort smith, ark to get these doors and this grille.

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I mean these doors!

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What was wrong with your blue doors?

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The bottoms were nearly gone completely. rust!
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ah unfortianate! Hope you got a good deal. I may have an extra set of wing windows laying around somewhere.

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I have them off my others. I paid I hundred, I thought it wad a decent deal..
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Had some progress the last week. Refer to the earlier pics for a then-now of the floor and front end!

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The last pic is after i painted rear end and undercoated bed!

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where did you find floor pan

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I ordered it from topbanana.com. it is a truck floor board tho, it takes some major tweaking. like welding on nuts for bucket seats and shortening the floor. But it was really the only choice for me and it worked out really nicely!
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Thanks i got a cab floor assembly from LMC for 67-72 truck with all braces just seem so much bigger .Hope mine turns out half as good as yours looks Good looking job, thanks again for input

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No problem. I ended up cutting the back off about 10 inches or so (where the gas tank on a truck would set) and then i cut it split down the middle so it could slide in much easier and that made it much easier to get it where it needs to be! Just don't forget to get some nuts welded on, for your bucket seats, before it goes in. (you can't get to like four of the nuts once its in because they set over the torsion boxes)

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is that a 2WD rearend?

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I don't really know. Looks like it must of been put under there at one time by the po because it had a spot for a stabilizer bar, which I assume would've been on a 2wheel drive with coil springs. Is there an actual difference between a 2wd and 4wd axle?
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Not real sure, As i'm not real sharp on the 2Wd blazers, I just noticed the panhard bar mount and the over axle U bolts, I do have to say i comepletely admire your drive and enthusiasim to jump right in and start your rebuild journey, It has already came a long way, Congrats and keep up the good work..

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Thanks a lot man! It has come a little further, I just got it painted and I've picked up some cool extra parts I found on Craigslist like an original halftop and a set of buddy buckets. I'll get pics up soon!
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You found a Half top, nice! Keep it up. Looking good.

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Here's a couple of updates.. Pic of the halftop I picked up and one of after I wetsanded the primer.

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Couple more of getting the motor in and after inside and firewall are painted.

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Finished product of paint and bedliner me and my brother did..

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Most recent ones.. New door handles and mirrors. Kept old emblems

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Now on to restoring the top. Truck runs amazing, has lots of power! Think i'm gonna go down to 31'sx10.5 and eventually get a new steering box. She road walks pretty bad. Also, as you can see in the last pic it spits a little oil/grease out around the front hubs onto my wheels. What's up with that?

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Looks real good, what was the order of your floor replacement? By the pics it looks like you put in new rocker boxes before cutting out the old floor, and use them to support front to the rear of the cab?

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I lucked out on my rocker boxes. They were rust free pretty much. So I sanded them up and put a whole bunch of rustoleum and undercoat on them!

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So I started really tearing into my floor for the the truck pan replacement, there is a frame structure in the blazer floor that is not on the truck floor that runs under the bucket seat bolts. Did you swap that structure over?

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No I did not. Didn't see why it would need it. The main structures are the a pillars that are towards the front and the longer pillar that runs over the torsion(rocker) box on each side as well. The only reason I cold see wanting to add the other is if you wanted the extra reinforcement for you bucket seats.

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Just a couple of more recent pics. I got different wheels and also built a bottom bulkhead for the half top

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Looking very nice. As an old sceptic, whenever I see young people tearing apart a truck or car, I think "there goes another one' it will never be finished." Sure is nice to be proven wrong on that one.