Do I dare ask how much you have spent?
 

Is this question out of line? We all do throw around $$$ spent very easily on specific jobs we are completing on our Blazers.

So here is the question:

How much money have you invested into your blazer?

For me, after the purchase, shipping, rebuilt tranny and tcase+$1000 of new rubber and junk that has yet to be installed I'm easily at $14k for a pretty decent ride. But I have yet to even touch my upholstery, springs or top. I know I'll never be done, but I see this thing hitting $20k+ very fast. Will it be sick? Of course.

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Sounds about right. By the time I'm done with my 69 Suburban, I will be close if not over that (and that's with selling about 3K worth of parts that I pulled off of my sub).

Rob

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As I'm replacing old with new I will have lots of stuff to sell.

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For me I am affraid to add things up. I have had my blazer sence 1993 and I have never stoped building it. I have kept EVERY recipt and the pile is not small..probly take a good hour to add them up :crazy:
Now if my wife was to find that box of recipts...I would be cut off from the checking account for sure hahahaha

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Well les C.......over $4k by the time the new crate motor was up and running. $600 for new tranny rebuild. $300 for rubber and door components. $1k for new rubber. Well over another $1k on misc. gages, stereo, upgrades, etc..... Oh ya and i paid too much for the rig in the 1st place. I traded a 97 tahoe worth around $6500 for it.

So les add this up.
6500
4000
1000
600
300
1000
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$13,400

BTW thats just what i remember off the top of my head....ive spent more.



For sale - 1 1972 blazer worth $6000 for $13,400:whine:

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Rig $9100
New Dash Pad $79
Stereo ~$350
Soft Top $670
New Seals $250

I'm sure there is more, but I can't remember. Most everything else has been up keep - tune up, brakes, waterpump, etc. Not sure if your factoring things like that into the costs.

I've had a couple guys offer $20K, but they were just talkers with no money. I figure I could sell it for what I have into it if needed, but there are no plans to sell.

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Lemme see.....

5500.00 Purchase Price
125.00 New Starter/Brace (Needed before I got home)
200.00 Rear Brake rebuild
200.00 Stereo Equipt
75.00 Used Console
125.00 Bikini Top, Soft top restitch.
1000.00 700R4 Build/Install
450.00 2 New doors (sitting in dining room)


Still limping an Autozone reman 350 around, and hoping the brake booster has one more stop in it.

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I clicked on your name to see a photo of your rig and its blank. I wanna see your $20k rig.

I wish peeps would put a big picture in there profile of there rig so i can see. I'm extremely nosey:o

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Original owner - $28K (He gave me all the receipts when I bought it
and all of the progress pic's, he spared no expense on this thing :cool: )

Since then - $10K Purchase, $1600 Shipping, $400 Cowl hood, $300
Extreme Bend Tow Hooks, $200 Seat belts (Ouch) $100 Sandblasting
and Powder coating of 45 small misc parts, $300 Both Front Fenders,
$250 Rear Seat Cover, $55 SS master cyl. brake line kit, $50 on coil,
$500 SS Mufflers and exhaust, $300 misc stuff (Mostly small parts)
I'm sure there is more that I am forgetting, can't remember all of it.

Currently at $15K and not painted it yet, add around $5K for paint :whine:

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$4k to buy it and probably another $2k into it to date.

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Oooooops I forgot the 2wd,Still not used to having 2 of them :hm:

$1200 Purchase price
$60 In gas to get it home
$30 On a new H2O pump
$10 On stuff w/ H2O job

Motor is now officially dead, too be continued at a later date :whine:

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To solve that problem,you can give the 2x4 blazer to me:rolleyes:

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Too damn much for what it is..

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No friggin' idea! And I don't want to know! I bought for $2500 in 1991 and it's been spending my money ever since. Whatever it is, there's more to come and it's far too much for a truck that spends 95% of it's time sitting under a cover in my driveway.

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Didn't say it was a $20K rig, just that a couple guys have offered (without much merit to their offer.)

Anyway, here it is...

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you need some mickey thompson wheels and tires for that.

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Nope. I like it just the way it is. I've had two with 35's now and I much more prefer the look & ride of this truck. If anything, I'll run a slightly wider tire, but no big meats.

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Bad question! But since you asked,
70 2wd Blazer $2000 but work has not started yet. $20-$40k when done.

71 2wd swb $17k so far, $5-10 to go.

70 Bronco $35k

73 Bronco $20k from me and $30K from PO

2005 rock crawler buggy $22k

71 Bronco $5k 59K miles second owner. Once it is converted to 2wd and I drop in the Cobra 4.6L SC motor and trany and complete $25k - $35K

Experance.... Priceless:)

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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$1500.00 Purchase price
$200.00 front seats recoverd
$200.00 new radiator
$200.00 used tires
$25.00 fuel pump
$70.00 Por-15
$300.00 new bumpers
$500.00 Misc (sand paper, Primer, spot putty, Points ,Plugs, Ect.)
:me:

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bouncy :lol: hahah , he told you to put mickey thompson wheels and tires on that blazer! ;) But seriously, do you drive that blazer more then your other? If so, how often does the other get used?

ian i like seing that pic of your truck, those are some nice bumpers! ;) Id like to see some other shots with your blazer, esp being in HAWAII and all!!! ($3k sounds pretty f!cking good for hawaii but i guess i obviously dont know the market over there that well!).


I have no idea how much i've spent, ok that's a lie, i dont have all the paper work at my my apt. where i'm living currently.

Can't remember how much my blazer was when i got it my junior year in highschool... so that's about 4 years ago. I think it was like $3,800 to maybe $4,500? (i'll find out and get back to this thread on that asap, now i'm interested).

So,
blazer -..............$3-45???.XXX?
engine work -......$1000?
Susp. -..............$1200
tires - .............. $700
soft top -.................$700
mufflers-............$200
sold hard top for $500, so 500- credit
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Lets say $8,000 to $9,000 at the most, and hopefully maybe not even as much. I was rounding up.



Man, this thread sucks, i don't want to play anymore :( I guess i would be stupid to put much more into this and not buy something already nice :( :( Well, enough thinking about that for now and i'll just enjoy what i have! (with, or without new paint :lol: )

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I remember when the blazer Bouncy bought was up for sale, I SO wanted to buy it! (glad he did)
Very - Very original and being kept that way, wheels and all. :metal:

Now you wanna talk about stupid money spent?!
Here's one with better than 20K into it! :crazy:

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I initially paid $2500 for my '71. Since then, I've spent seven years and a couple thousand hours on it. How much can I charge for labor and storage fees? Parts is cheap...

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Aw and to think you could have still had that bling bling gold top!

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$5000 down.....$8000 in parts....$1000000 in elbow hours
1000 hours in the junk yards

Good times

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Hey if you got offered 20K, then its a 20K rig IMO. Whether they have the money or not. If it isn't for sale then you have a 20K rig. If it is for sale then its worth what the market will bare.

Nice rig I can see why someone offered to buy it. Man i love pictures. We need a better photo area for peeps profiles.

Restorod... Nice recovery on your rig...looks great.