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Thelast 72k5 · 09-09-2012, 06:22 PM

Very small update. I had a couple hours to do some rust hunting and it was easy to find! I removed the seats, console and the rest of the mats that were there. The rear pan is fairly solid except above the two rear crossmembers where the body mounts are, for the most part the rust is in the wheel tubs and not the floor around them.

I do have one concern in my find that has me a bit nervous and its that i think the bed area has "relaxed" from the cowl due to the rocker boxes beeing rotted out. Are there any measurements from the cowl to the tub/bedside area to go by? Here are some pics of my findings the first shows the 1/2 gap in the door bedside. I think im just going to seperate the bed from the cowl and front floor to aid in the rust removal and i think the spotwelds in the floor pan add the rockers are the only thing holding it together as i said the boxes are gone.

09-09-2012, 06:22 PM	#16
Thelast 72k5 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Finger TN. Posts: 32	Re: 72 2wd Blazer....Out of the grave. Very small update. I had a couple hours to do some rust hunting and it was easy to find! I removed the seats, console and the rest of the mats that were there. The rear pan is fairly solid except above the two rear crossmembers where the body mounts are, for the most part the rust is in the wheel tubs and not the floor around them. I do have one concern in my find that has me a bit nervous and its that i think the bed area has "relaxed" from the cowl due to the rocker boxes beeing rotted out. Are there any measurements from the cowl to the tub/bedside area to go by? Here are some pics of my findings the first shows the 1/2 gap in the door bedside. I think im just going to seperate the bed from the cowl and front floor to aid in the rust removal and i think the spotwelds in the floor pan add the rockers are the only thing holding it together as i said the boxes are gone.