A Long Time Follower Finally ,learns to Post.

[Big Time]

Hello , everyone .I would like to start out by saying , I have been following this forum for years , I have never had to ask a question , due to the great wealth of info on this site, that is attributed to the great and talented members found here. I wanted to post a pic of my finished 1972 K5 , after 3 years , 3000 manhours and over 30k$ . Everything has been done by myself , I am a self taught, by trial and error Truck nut . Thanks for all the info found here . Now that I have introduced myself and mustered up the courage to tackle the task of setting up a profile, I will try and chime in from now then .Here is just a few pics out of about 700. I hope they loaded .

[Bishops Trucks]

Welcome to the board Big Time. You did a very fine job on your Blazer. Now you just need to post those 700 pics.

[72BlckButy]

to the board Big Time!

Beautiful Blazer!

[mustardjimmy71]

wow beautiful before and after! too many SO CALLED MEN are too scared of the wife to bring home a project. pat yourself on the back for a job well done

[Effeckt]

Beautiful Blazer! Thanks for signing up and sharing it with us.

[DEISS]

Hello and Great job, would like to see more of those pictures you took.

[D.PASSMORE]

Wow! Nice job! I'm up to year and a half on mine...

Qusetions:
1. Six inch lift?
2. Where did you purchase the nerf bars?
3. Did you piant the topper? What kinda preparation and type of paint?

Lets see some more pic's...

[Bentblazer]

[Critter]

Looks great! How much work did you do to your hard top? Did it need a lot of fiberglass repair or did you just paint it?

[NuBomb]

Blazer looks great. Way to represent GA.

[RALONG]

Looks great did the color change in last two pics? welcome from Texas.

[packers05]

Your blazer is my new favorite ,I am jealous and wish I would have went with tuff tires like you got! Totally badass and the top makes me think of leather maybe it is the color.

[Big J]

Looks awesome! Way to go on postin it up! We need more details and pics.

[Big Time]

D. Passmore. Thanks yes its a skyjacker 6"softride w 2" body lift.(reason for body lift ) was trying to keep them Boggers from scrubbing the paint off the fenders , and it worked. The top was in horrible shape, there was large busted areas ,it was seperating at every seam , and the hatch had all but fell apart. I repaired all busted areas , used seam sealer at seperated areas; and seperated the hatch , added supports and re fiberglass the sections .powdercoated all hardware ,I scrubber the top w/ butchers blast , primed and painted it the same color as the interior, a saddle brown . havent seen another like it yet . heres a few more pics

[Big Time]

The nerf bars are DEE-ZEE universal bars, the only ones that were even close to fitting , I tried 3 pairs before finding these on line. they were 250$. I made 2 support brackets on each side and they work nicely

[sdailey]

Welcome aboard from north GA. Sweet looking Blazer.

What size tires and wheels are you running?

[Big Time]

The tires are 14.5 x 35 x15 Boggers on custom made 14" wide chevy rallies w/ bands and new centercaps , I took 8 chevy rally wheels had them cut and welded back together to make them 14' wide then powder caoted w/ satin black .

[Tom Vogel]

Well Done in every aspect.

[blazintowers]

LUV IT! keep the pics and build info coming! You definately got SKILLS! and one bad BLAZER!

[Shaun1162]

Wow! That's amazing! What axles are you running?

[Big Time]

all right, I got a few mins. heres some pics of interior , I installed 2 layers of fat-mat , built me some side panels w/ amp/sub/interior lights etc. nothing like getting the kids involved, thats why it took 3 years

[Big Time]

and a few of the engine/ underhood . its a built 383 w/doublehumps ,world products hi rise intake/750 edelbrock topped w/ the outboard speedway motors package , a/c, alternator , all billet and chrome ,looks as nice as it runs .as you can see my boy is a Truck Nut in training, dont pay no attention to pic#2 it has a holley on it (its just cover the intake ,to keeps out the critters) never had any luck w/them, thats why i prefer the edelbrock,

[fun in dirt]

Glad you joined in here...that is an EXTREMELY nice ride!
I particularly like those side panels.

[D.PASSMORE]

Kool, thanks for the info. What kind of paint for the topper - 2k poly? Do you have brand and paint code? The repairs were done with what brand of fiber glass. Your build in really inspiring me to hit mine a little harder when I have the time. Thanks

[red71cheyenne]

Awesome Blazer! Thanks for sharing the pics with us. Glad you had some help, mine quit on me until it was done, now she just likes to ride in it.