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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Sacramento, ca
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cst or not...its the one
Im curious to see if a cst truck or a non cst truck is important to members and if it affects your desire to buy it....keep in mind were the few who care about certain things and what came on the spid, but does it effect buying value or is it just like owning a SS chevelle where saying i have a SS is important to you? Let me know because im curious. I own a non cst and it doesn't bother me because ill never sell my truck and im proud to own a blazer. all the options i add are my ideas and it seems to me that we all customize to are like and cst is lost in the process anyhow and its just a thing to say are truck was.....im excluding those who rebuild to specifics of cst and true historians that make it original again.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
I think it's a plus. I didn't necessarily look for it but it was a good buying point for me. I have a 70 Chevelle Malibu and don't care it's not an ss. I can upgrade without hurting the value like you would an ss car.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Clarkston, Michigan
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Re: cst or not...its the one
Didn't really matter to me. I did want A/C and an auto trans but my truck is pretty much a resto mod and I'll never sell either.
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Location: Bandera, Texas
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Re: cst or not...its the one
Mine is a CST, but I never thought much about it either way. (It did come equipped with A/C, but since I have a soft top, and it's down most of the time anyway, I don't see the point in fixing the A/C.) Never thought about it in terms of resale value, since I don't plan on re-selling. Like most of us (I suspect) I look at 1st Gen Blazers and Jimmy's on Craigslist looking for a deal too good to pass up, but I never calculate whether it is a CST into what I think a Blazer should be worth. Condition is all that really counts.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Tracy California
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Re: cst or not...its the one
When I bought mine, it really wasn't a factor, more important to me was finding one with a manual trans in my price range.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
have 3 cst 1 has no a/c and did not come with power steering other two have ac etc. The coolest blazer I owned 72 Non CST single wall top AC, swing away tire carrier. tach dash black seats I cannot remember the back seat but the front seats the inner part of the seats were weave/mesh looking pattern, I know they are original because a family friend had another 72 that had those seats.
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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Re: cst or not...its the one
I wasn't too worried about getting a CST, however I also have a different way of looking at things... My father has owned his 1955 Belair Sedan since long before I was born, as I grew up I saw alot of 210 and 150 chevies trimmed out to mimic the iconic belair. When I was 15 I almost bought a 57' 150 just because you never see the base models... that sale fell through and I ended up buying my '55 shortbed a week later (the one in my build thread in my signature line)
As these blazers get older, more and more CST trucks will be restored and a bunch of the standard blazers might end up with some fancy trim and CST badges to emulate the top of the line model. I think the base models will ultimately become less common and therefore more unique... although I might just be way over-thinking this... I did have a 10 minute conversation with someone telling me my blazer wasn't a 72' because it didnt have the correct side marker lights. it took me all of the 10 minutes to convince him that my truck was the base model, and we didnt get the fancy marker lights! I also bought a shorbed 72 ford f100 because it is the base model and had less trim, sometimes simpler is cleaner as well... |
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Re: cst or not...its the one
i own 2 cst blazers,i bought both of them based on being kinda rare.The 71 has a four wheel pop up camper and is middle green those were the main reasons of me buying it.I would has still bought it if it wasn't a cst.The 72 cst i thought was also kinda rare,a/c ,4 speed manuel,still numbers matching,lots of documentaion.
I have also spent alot of timee looking up blazers of sale i have 3 four inch binders full of c.l.for sale adds and ebay and other site add and what i have seen is people want blazers with good bodys and run and sometimes have original documentation but the main thing is price range,the cst option doesn't seen to matter. |
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Join Date: May 2009
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Re: cst or not...its the one
great replies to all, seems that some care about CST while others just see a blazer for what it is, A great truck and a great piece of history
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Idaho
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Re: cst or not...its the one
For me it was more about the options the truck came with rather than the label. Tach, AC, Tilt were all important to me. The CST badge meant nothing.
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Florence Kentucky
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Re: cst or not...its the one
You DO realize, I hope, that "options the truck came with" is EXACTLY what a CST is about right? It INCLUDES options not found in other packages......CST is NOT just a label.....or badging.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
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Still don't give a damn. CST packages don't make them a more CAPABLE trucks... right? |
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Re: cst or not...its the one
Right, not more capable.......just more desirable and valuable.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
It is a lot easier to add options, than it is to fix rust. I would rather buy a solid base level truck, and add my desired options, than a loaded but rusted to death truck, and have to fix tons of rust!
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Re: cst or not...its the one
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The mid year vettes I own or have owned originality was very important because that brings the big money when selling. Blazers, not near as much the case I find it is more based on overall condition and quality of the truck.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
The CST is a simply extra Ginger Bread on a truck but ... one can have a CST optioned truck with very few options. If one isn't going to keep it 100% stock I don't think its a big deal.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
Ya CST is cool but in the end I'm with the guys above on rust. Not as much of an issue in this state but can be a deal breaker. I really wanted an air cab so that was a bigger deal for me personally. Also wanted the single wall top. Those two items were more important when I was looking. All the other option are bonuses. The fact it was a CST made me want it more but would not have been a deal breaker. I'm actually looking for a c10 now and the only thing I'm worried about is a clean body and not a hack job.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
When I was looking for mine two of the major options that was a deal breaker was CST and the radio hole could not be cut.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
Mine doesn't have the radio hole cut either. They do make a patch panel for it now though so probably not as big of a deal.
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Location: Florence Kentucky
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Re: cst or not...its the one
I didn't really care either way. The 71 I found is a CST, no A/C. But none of the badging is on it. I plan to put it on though. Three questions: 1. I can not find anything that specifies EXACTLY what is included in CST for 1971 - anyone know? 2. The only repro door badges I have found have the yellow insert. Is that the only color they were? (plan to paint mine in with red to match the truck). 3. Can anyone with an originally badged CST please send me the exact measurements for door placement? Thanks to all.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
awww, didn't mean to make you butt hurt. Was just enlightening you some since it looked like you needed it.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
I got my 72 non-CST based on price and condition. It's a PS/PB/AC/Auto truck optioned out really well. The PS and PB with Auto were requirements. AC was just icing. The deal breaker would have been rust. Since it was pretty clean in that regard and just needed mechanical attention, it was a pretty easy decision. With the prices going up like crazy in the last year or so on these things, it's worth about double what I have in it, not that I'd sell it anyway.
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Re: cst or not...its the one
CST or not the only way a CST is going to be more valuable than a base model is when comparing original trucks in their stock form/restored original. Lots of them aren't stock anymore therefore price doesn't change as much to most when sellinh/buying. I buy whatever isn't rusted out, doesn't have to be highly optioned for me and I rarely see the price difference out here that others see elsewhere.
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