Blazer gravel guards
 

Are gravel guards a 72 thing or where they on earlier years? If so can somebody share the years and are the the same?

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Fairly certain it was a 72 thing

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The 72 ones are a 72 only thing and only for the blazers and jimmys not the trucks. Good luck on your journey to find some. Not reproduced as of yet.

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I think 71 also had them but the ones for the trucks will work for 71 I could be wrong I'm sure someone will chime in if so. I have a rough set of 72's and maybe another a set of not so rough will look and let you know.

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My '70 has them.....the '71 I have has them.... I have 2 extras from the '71 but I think the back of the '72 frame was different?
LMC has them too
item 16 & 17 on this page...
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/CB/full.aspx?page=42

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My 70 has them also.

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My blazer is a 71 so let's see what we can find

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I believe they were available on all years with a sport bumper, but 72 had a little different design because of the rear frame rails being angled.

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Just a little FYI for anyone who doesn't know, this but the Gravel Guards are being reproduced! They are made by Counterpart and are sold thru The Truck Shop. They are $11.00 each. I bought some a couple of years ago and the quality is very good.

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I took a look in their catalog and I don't see the 72 gravel shields being sold. They only list the flat 69-71 ones that also fit the trucks.

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Sorry, my mistake. I didn't now the 72 shields were different.

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72 only blazer gravel guard looks like this,...

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Now do we have pics of the Gards for 1971 any body ?

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Now do we have pics of the Gards for 1971 any body ?

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They are the same as the pickup and burb guards.

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Another quick question. Was the gravel guard color black or the color of the body?

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They were black from factory

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were these on 2wd blazers or just 4wd? One of the POs put on a heavy metal gauge aftermarket bumper on my 72 2wd...

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Both the 1972 2wd and 4wd had the special gravel guards due to the different frame at the rear.

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Picks of them installed??? Not sure I understand what/where they are.

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http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...psxtdxieyt.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...pssmbwn2oh.jpg

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Thanks. So what do they do exactly? Protect debris from flying up between the bumper and body?