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Rokcrln · 05-09-2006, 08:51 AM

Do it the easy way, just get rid of everything but the sheet metal then just scratch build a tube frame and go play! 37's, locked front and rear, 4.88 rp, 5:1 T case and full manual auto trany and then tons of suspention and motor.

Mine went from this to this!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Jason915 · 05-09-2006, 02:24 PM

I live in Colorado and used to go four wheeling alot my Truck was very capable and I could go anywhere I wanted and all I did to it was 4" skyjacker softride 33" TXR Wild Country tires, 4.10 gears with a Detriot EZ locker in the rear longer shocks extended braded brake lines. This is when my Truck was a stepside shortbed and so I also had a 1/4" plate of diamond steel welded in for a bed floor that gave the rear extra weight and traction. I would go 4 wheeling in the winter up trails to do some shooting and not even use 4 wheel drive it was funny becasue Jeeps would drive by in low range fourwheel up the trail that I just went up in 2wd using granny gear. That posi really helped alot combined with the extra rear weight.

vtblazer · 05-09-2006, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rokcrln

Mine went from this to this!

Looks better in the first pic IMO.

Nice buggy for sure but why waist a sweet Bronco to do it?
Looks like all you used/kept were the two fenders and a grill?

I'd build a buggy if that's what I was after but I prefer the look and functionality of the old iron.
Keeping it street legal is in the parameters also.

Rokcrln · 05-10-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vtblazer

I'd build a buggy if that's what I was after but I prefer the look and functionality of the old iron.
Keeping it street legal is in the parameters also.

First off sorry for the post going side ways! But if youare looking for a good trail rig I would start with strong running gear. Once that is all done and ready then move to body protection. Have some nice solid rocker guards made up and then some kind of corner protection all to keep the body from getting to much abuse. Line-ex the interior so it is easy to just hose out and if you want to paint it go with a non matalic color so it can be touched up easy. Yes I know a trail rig does not need to look good but with the price of all this old iron why not keep it as good as you can and still have fun.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

vtblazer · 05-11-2006, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rokcrln

First off sorry for the post going side ways! But if youare looking for a good trail rig I would start with strong running gear. Once that is all done and ready then move to body protection. Have some nice solid rocker guards made up and then some kind of corner protection all to keep the body from getting to much abuse. Line-ex the interior so it is easy to just hose out and if you want to paint it go with a non matalic color so it can be touched up easy. Yes I know a trail rig does not need to look good but with the price of all this old iron why not keep it as good as you can and still have fun.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

I guess you missed my 'update' post.

I've got everything you just mentioned, save the exo cage/protection.

Played at Rausch Creek last week for the initial 'real world' shake down.

*Medicanman71* · 05-09-2006, 04:04 PM

Thanks for having the balls to ask that VT, i was going to let it be. I was kinda shocked too heh.

I would have kept the bronco and built a buggy!

Jason915 · 05-09-2006, 04:29 PM

I am going to have to agree I love 1st gen Broncos and I almost puked when I seen what you just did to that sweet Bronco. There are people out there that would kill for a 1st gen Bronco and then there are those that ruin them. Kind of reminds me of a 68 SS Camaro I seen the other day on a Frecking blazer frame..

Rokcrln · 05-09-2006, 11:11 PM

Well heres the deal, I got it for the rubicon and it ended up to nice to beat off road. All the money was in the motor (351W w/efi) and both axels. So I sold off the rest of what I did not need and gave my best man the tub for his EB that is beyond fixing. Then I built the chassie and everything else for just rock crawling and high speed desert running. I to like the EB's and I have a 71 with only 59k original miles that is going back to stock. I PO cut out the rear fenders and that is the only damage on the entire rig! No rust, no dents, the top has never been off and it was a one owner rig! Sp this way I have one for off road, one for on road, we put one that was trashed back into good shape(my old tub) and alot of real nice parts helped out about ten more guys. Although I am concidering turning the stock eb into a two wheel drive street rod

Kevin
LFD Inc

vtblazer · 05-10-2006, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rokcrln

it ended up to nice to beat off road. So I sold off the rest of what I did not need

All is right in the world again...

Nice work.

1969 GMC · 05-10-2006, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rokcrln

I PO cut out the rear fenders and that is the only damage on the entire rig!

I am still wondering why Ford did that. Until a few years ago, I was under the impression that *ALL* of the 66-77 broncos had normal rear fenders...until I saw a rusty old '66 on the coast of Maine that some old guy owned. Thought it was a one year deal- but then found out differently.

BTW, I like the crawler but leave that one stock- it's even ochre

Rokcrln · 05-10-2006, 07:15 PM

I don't know this would be alot of fun next to my 70 2wd blazer and my 71 swb!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

hotrodhomi · 05-10-2006, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rokcrln

I don't know this would be alot of fun next to my 70 2wd blazer and my 71 swb!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

DO IT!

Jason915 · 05-10-2006, 09:11 AM

Although I am concidering turning the stock eb into a two wheel drive street rod

NO don't do it.........LOL Nice Bronco

*Medicanman71* · 05-11-2006, 05:38 AM

Nice

Rokcrln · 05-11-2006, 07:53 AM

Looks good! My wife thought it was me in the pic! We have the same barber and pasty white head

I will try and find some pics of a blazer I saw that was the same idea as my buggy. It was over on the pirates board.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Rokcrln · 05-11-2006, 08:10 AM

Here is one! Not what I was looking for but a start. It is a converted blazer and notice the drivers side post after the roll

And no cage, the driver is the guy with the turbin in the third pic.

Kevin
LFD Inc

**tnblazerk5** · 05-11-2006, 09:29 AM

ok i am going to cry now after seein that blazer crashed like that

hotrodhomi · 05-11-2006, 12:28 PM

there goes another half cab

*Medicanman71* · 05-11-2006, 02:26 PM

Yea, exactly what i was thinking hotrodhomi... too bad he didnt take that off and sell it to me before he did such a stupid thing! bahhh!

LUV2XCLR8 · 05-11-2006, 04:31 PM

Poor Blazer

Pop's72 · 05-11-2006, 05:14 PM

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN

*Medicanman71* · 05-11-2006, 05:01 PM

Damn and that woman got it on tape too!

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 05-11-2006, 07:18 PM

Hey kevin here it is........ Ya its bad.... I may turn my yota into a smaller version of this...

*Medicanman71* · 05-11-2006, 07:22 PM

thanks for posting it. I've seen it before too. I think it's pretty classy actually! Sh!t you could make one of those out of a 67-72 truck with out chopping up a nice blazer. the custom grill etc etc. Very cool... if only he has some tow hooks like my new ones

Rokcrln · 05-11-2006, 11:33 PM

That is sweet looking! And the wrecked blazer I posted was a weld on truck cab not a half cab so their is still one out their for ya! Notice how the drivers A post tour in half, that must have been where they welded it in place.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

05-09-2006, 08:51 AM	#1
Rokcrln Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Winters Ca. 95694 Posts: 4,843	Re: Trail Use - Blazer Do it the easy way, just get rid of everything but the sheet metal then just scratch build a tube frame and go play! 37's, locked front and rear, 4.88 rp, 5:1 T case and full manual auto trany and then tons of suspention and motor. Mine went from this to this! Kevin LFD Inc. Attached Images Last edited by Rokcrln; 05-09-2006 at 08:54 AM.

05-09-2006, 02:24 PM	#2
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: Trail Use - Blazer I live in Colorado and used to go four wheeling alot my Truck was very capable and I could go anywhere I wanted and all I did to it was 4" skyjacker softride 33" TXR Wild Country tires, 4.10 gears with a Detriot EZ locker in the rear longer shocks extended braded brake lines. This is when my Truck was a stepside shortbed and so I also had a 1/4" plate of diamond steel welded in for a bed floor that gave the rear extra weight and traction. I would go 4 wheeling in the winter up trails to do some shooting and not even use 4 wheel drive it was funny becasue Jeeps would drive by in low range fourwheel up the trail that I just went up in 2wd using granny gear. That posi really helped alot combined with the extra rear weight. __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

05-09-2006, 04:04 PM	#6
Medicanman71 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 696	Re: Trail Use - Blazer Thanks for having the balls to ask that VT, i was going to let it be. I was kinda shocked too heh. I would have kept the bronco and built a buggy!

05-09-2006, 04:29 PM	#7
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: Trail Use - Blazer I am going to have to agree I love 1st gen Broncos and I almost puked when I seen what you just did to that sweet Bronco. There are people out there that would kill for a 1st gen Bronco and then there are those that ruin them. Kind of reminds me of a 68 SS Camaro I seen the other day on a Frecking blazer frame.. __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

05-09-2006, 11:11 PM	#8
Rokcrln Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Winters Ca. 95694 Posts: 4,843	Re: Trail Use - Blazer Well heres the deal, I got it for the rubicon and it ended up to nice to beat off road. All the money was in the motor (351W w/efi) and both axels. So I sold off the rest of what I did not need and gave my best man the tub for his EB that is beyond fixing. Then I built the chassie and everything else for just rock crawling and high speed desert running. I to like the EB's and I have a 71 with only 59k original miles that is going back to stock. I PO cut out the rear fenders and that is the only damage on the entire rig! No rust, no dents, the top has never been off and it was a one owner rig! Sp this way I have one for off road, one for on road, we put one that was trashed back into good shape(my old tub) and alot of real nice parts helped out about ten more guys. Although I am concidering turning the stock eb into a two wheel drive street rod Kevin LFD Inc Attached Images

05-10-2006, 07:15 PM	#11
Rokcrln Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Winters Ca. 95694 Posts: 4,843	Re: Trail Use - Blazer I don't know this would be alot of fun next to my 70 2wd blazer and my 71 swb! Kevin LFD Inc. Attached Images

05-10-2006, 09:11 AM	#13
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: Trail Use - Blazer Although I am concidering turning the stock eb into a two wheel drive street rod NO don't do it.........LOL Nice Bronco __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

05-11-2006, 05:38 AM	#14
Medicanman71 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 696	Re: Trail Use - Blazer Nice

05-11-2006, 07:53 AM	#15
Rokcrln Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Winters Ca. 95694 Posts: 4,843	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread Looks good! My wife thought it was me in the pic! We have the same barber and pasty white head I will try and find some pics of a blazer I saw that was the same idea as my buggy. It was over on the pirates board. Kevin LFD Inc.

05-11-2006, 08:10 AM	#16
Rokcrln Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Winters Ca. 95694 Posts: 4,843	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread Here is one! Not what I was looking for but a start. It is a converted blazer and notice the drivers side post after the roll And no cage, the driver is the guy with the turbin in the third pic. Kevin LFD Inc Attached Images Last edited by Rokcrln; 05-11-2006 at 08:10 AM.

05-11-2006, 09:29 AM	#17
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread ok i am going to cry now after seein that blazer crashed like that

05-11-2006, 12:28 PM	#18
hotrodhomi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,737	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread there goes another half cab __________________ '72 2wd blazer, bagged w/ watts link & EDC '72 C10 "Lowered Farm Truck" STOLEN 5-18-11 '66 impala ht

05-11-2006, 02:26 PM	#19
Medicanman71 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 696	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread Yea, exactly what i was thinking hotrodhomi... too bad he didnt take that off and sell it to me before he did such a stupid thing! bahhh!

05-11-2006, 04:31 PM	#20
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,475	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread Poor Blazer __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Big Piggy: "Goliath" 07 Kodiak C4500 Lil Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

05-11-2006, 05:14 PM	#21
Pop's72 It's ok to stare... Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 669	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN __________________ -Matt 1971 Blazer/Jimmy : Factory 2WD, Factory AC, Crate 350



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05-11-2006, 05:01 PM	#22
Medicanman71 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 696	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread Damn and that woman got it on tape too!

05-11-2006, 07:18 PM	#23
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05-11-2006, 07:22 PM	#24
Medicanman71 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 696	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread thanks for posting it. I've seen it before too. I think it's pretty classy actually! Sh!t you could make one of those out of a 67-72 truck with out chopping up a nice blazer. the custom grill etc etc. Very cool... if only he has some tow hooks like my new ones

05-11-2006, 11:33 PM	#25
Rokcrln Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Winters Ca. 95694 Posts: 4,843	Re: Rokcrln hijack come new thread That is sweet looking! And the wrecked blazer I posted was a weld on truck cab not a half cab so their is still one out their for ya! Notice how the drivers A post tour in half, that must have been where they welded it in place. Kevin LFD Inc.

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