Just bought a Chalet-pics

[motornut]

very cool to see one so nice
the first thing i thought of when i got my jimmy home ...i need a camper for it
but then i read the door sill.

there must be some upgrades that would make this safe tho

[pryorstemmed]

Yeah there were some upgrades on them. Frame extensions and heavy duty parts. 77blazerchalet and 1976K5CHALET would know more about the modifications made to these rigs and I have seen pics of chalet camper shells put onto 73-91 blazers, so you could definitely do it to your jimmy.

[pryorstemmed]

Just got it home. Put some BFGs on it and will clean it out this week. Here are some more pics that I took today.

[1976K5CHALET]

Sweet lookin rig Mr.!

[pryorstemmed]

Thanks DW!!! I am pretty happy about it. A few issues with it, mostly small...but those small things get expensive quick!!

[N2TRUX]

OMG! Man thats a sweet Chalet. It looks like its been in storage for years. You just have to be pumped to finally get it home...

[1976K5CHALET]

I'm sure what ever they are we can square it away.
I have my eye on a 90 jimmy in leadville...hope i can
buy it...

[pryorstemmed]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

OMG! Man thats a sweet Chalet. It looks like its been in storage for years. You just have to be pumped to finally get it home...

Thanks, I am stoked to finally have it here.

Originally Posted by 1976K5CHALET

I'm sure what ever they are we can square it away.
I have my eye on a 90 jimmy in leadville...hope i can
buy it...

I'm sure with your help we can. Do you have a pic of the jimmy? What drivetrain does it have?

[1976K5CHALET]

Accidental craigshelper find.

Its got the power mirrors so its a late production 89 model.
Looks bone stock. Red with gray interior. I have the $4500
but i don't want to break the piggy bank so i am waiting on
contact info since they sent me some pix today....
So...350 TBI....700R4....NP241 TCase...10 bolt axles (1/2 ton)
junk. If i get the plan will stay the same....all the goodies
from the 79 will go onto the Jimmy...supercharger and all.
From there it will all be down to camper choice....

DW

[pryorstemmed]

Sweeeetttt, that thing would be a killer hills rig man

.........and send some pics if you get it.........

[77blazerchalet]

Originally Posted by motornut

..there must be some upgrades that would make this safe tho

Our man DW "1976K5CHALET" could probably tell you exactly what was upgraded, I forget the details myself. Over at the blazerchalet.com site at this page, it partially reads, "Other folks point out that the truck is awful heavy for a half-ton vehicle, and the DOT may have noticed that either the rear axle weight rating, or perhaps the overall gross weight rating, was exceeded in practice by these trucks.... One story goes that the DOT offered GM the option of recalling all the trucks, or ceasing production with a "no fault, no foul" rider; if the story is to be believed, GM took this latter route and quietly dropped the model." (I now administer that site, but it was put together by DW and another guy about 10 years ago).

My own former Chalet had the factory axles & suspension, yet one of the prior owners added Rancho overload springs. DW's Chalet had aftermarket airbags added in the back, so most guys would agree that they were still underdone from the factory. Other guys in our Yahoo forum have put orphaned Chalet shells on their non-original Blazers, but I assume most have done something to handle the extra load. One went so far as to add two extra body-to-frame mounting points, but I never had the chance to ask him why he did that.