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Old 10-05-2004, 09:56 PM   #1
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help with year ID

I just bought a 49 pick up that is on a blazer frame, I'm trying to identify year of frame and drive line. it has drum brakes all the way around and locking hubs
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Old 10-06-2004, 11:41 AM   #2
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are you sure its a blazer frame? posting pics might help... if it has all drums and is a blazer frame i would guess 1 gen blazer... or perhaps early 2nd gen....
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Old 10-06-2004, 11:59 AM   #3
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According to this site, disc brakes were standard as of 1973...

http://www.73-87.com/7387info/7387differences.htm

If that is the case, it is a first generation Blazer frame, or something else entirely.

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Old 10-06-2004, 12:00 PM   #4
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I would say it is a pre-73 frame then. All 73+ had front disc brakes.
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Old 10-06-2004, 12:31 PM   #5
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Drum brakes on a blazer would only be a 69 or 70. In '71 all the trucks/blazers/burbs got disk brakes.
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Old 10-06-2004, 06:43 PM   #6
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this 49 must have a really short bed, i have seen people put 73-87 truck cabs on blazer frames and theres not much left for a bed... i would be willing to bet its a short bed pickup chasis... still going to be pre 73... my fathers 65 has drums all around...
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Old 10-06-2004, 07:01 PM   #7
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FWIW, the axles from the earlier 67-72 trucks will bolt up to later springs, and vice versa. Drums would definitely be 70 or older though. What do the knuckles look like?
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