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Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
You gotta love shippers with fast service. I bought this from Mike in December, I didnt want to drive it in the salt so he kept her for me till Wednesday. he delivered the truck to a Flying J in Winslow AZ and it was on the road 6pm local time 9 pm EST. i got a call yesterday at 4:20 pm (43 hrs later) and it was the truck driver with my new project (toy) Talk about fast I didnt expect it till next week. Had to do some basic tune up stuff to the carb to get her to run decent .... the truck lived at 6000 ft and I live at 300 ft above sea level... so I leaned the carb out and reset the mixture, retarded the timing to 4 BTDC and adjusted the idle to 700... she fires right up! purrs with no back fires and no toxic fumes!!!! and its a 454!!!!
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67/68 K/20 "The BEAST" 68 K15 V6 LWB. 73 K20 GMC Burb "The Bomber" 74 K/5 74 K20 Custom Deluxe 86 K10 Shorty 92 K2500 Burb 95 K2500 GMC Life is what you make it Live each day like it was your last Old GM Trucks never go out of style |
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
the first pic was wed in Arizona the next were Friday afternoon in NY and this afternoon
Just in case you fellas wanna see a rust free truck follow my rehab of her...here is the spid and some chassis pics.... still has some AZ mud on her.... its now in the driveway Thanks MIKE! great truck and for the fellas who didnt get her...shame shame shame its a beast..... a BIG blocked Beast
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67/68 K/20 "The BEAST" 68 K15 V6 LWB. 73 K20 GMC Burb "The Bomber" 74 K/5 74 K20 Custom Deluxe 86 K10 Shorty 92 K2500 Burb 95 K2500 GMC Life is what you make it Live each day like it was your last Old GM Trucks never go out of style |
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
oops posted a pic twice...oh well
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67/68 K/20 "The BEAST" 68 K15 V6 LWB. 73 K20 GMC Burb "The Bomber" 74 K/5 74 K20 Custom Deluxe 86 K10 Shorty 92 K2500 Burb 95 K2500 GMC Life is what you make it Live each day like it was your last Old GM Trucks never go out of style |
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
is that mud on the rocker than? It, made it look rusty if it is. I love the 68 front end. It looks like a really solid rig. congrats!
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1972 K5 Blazer with Cummins 4BT, NV4500 swap in the parts gathering stage. |
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
the rocker on the PS is trash and will need minor work on the outerfloor... this think has very few door or window seals that would stop any rain..... but the pocket behind the doors are perfectly clean.... other than some sand/ mud.... the P/O before Mike tried to put some panels in her judging by the size of the bead it appears he used a crackerbox.... grinding and fineesse should solve that....and the Truck was a desert rat with saddle tanks (long gone) which meant the rocker boxes were removed... so ill have to get some and re install.... but ay least i can see how clean the floor is undeneath... I can see threads on EVERY bolt on this thing
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67/68 K/20 "The BEAST" 68 K15 V6 LWB. 73 K20 GMC Burb "The Bomber" 74 K/5 74 K20 Custom Deluxe 86 K10 Shorty 92 K2500 Burb 95 K2500 GMC Life is what you make it Live each day like it was your last Old GM Trucks never go out of style |
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urban fourwheelin
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
If that's all it needs I'd say you are doing good.
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
i want to try and put her back as she appeared when she was new.... besides white is a good color ... hides alot of stuff and scratches and easy to touch up
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67/68 K/20 "The BEAST" 68 K15 V6 LWB. 73 K20 GMC Burb "The Bomber" 74 K/5 74 K20 Custom Deluxe 86 K10 Shorty 92 K2500 Burb 95 K2500 GMC Life is what you make it Live each day like it was your last Old GM Trucks never go out of style |
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Congrats! OK now go back outside and get us some more pix -
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Sweet truck. I saw it for sale but had no money. Looks like it wen't to a good home and can't wait to see her fixed up.
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Location: Central Vermont
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
![]() Southern trucks are the only way to go up here, nice score, enjoy! |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Way to go. Nice purchase.
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Yall wanted to see more pix so here u go Man this thing amazes me everytime i look closely at it note how clean and solid the pockets behind the doors are
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
... and more pics you all can see the ROT in this ... the rt rocker and outer edge of floor...very minor in my opinon
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
the rest for now, inc. the 454 and interior
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Nice score!
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
nice score wish my blazer was that rust free . does anyone know if you can get the plates that are right behind the door jamb repoped ? i have all the support plates i got from gmcpauls but that is only one i havent found yet.
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
I believe wes at classic heartbeat has the jamb pieces you need and i did need. he sells good stuff
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Nice Blazer. What are your plans.
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
HEY...I just found a set of take off torsion boxes for ya, interested?
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Dan, glad it made it and you are happy with it. I had this up for sale for quite a while and had some folks interested, but just never sold it. I began to worry that with so many prospects and then not being buyers scared some folks away, but in the end I knew the Blazer was solid and well worth the price.
I really miss it now that I see picts of it in NY! Enjoy, my 72 2wd will be headed to OH in a few months, and for the rest of you guys, Western trucks, Blazers, and Burbs all more or less look like this, get out here and buy one!! The extra $$$ for the selling price and shipping, and or fuel to drive home is WAY cheaper than the pound of flesh some of you guys "spend" fixing rot/rust, IMO? Glad you like it Dan and sorry for the mud, I wheeled it a few times before I let it go!! Last edited by 70rs/ss; 04-16-2009 at 12:25 PM. |
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
Yeah, I'm slightly jealous. Looks like you got a good deal
I'm in rochester regularly, so I may have to stop by and take a look at yours and get some reference pictures for when I do mine. |
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
take off torsion boxes??? hell yes im interested... Ill PM ya
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
got the clip for the blazer yesterday finally not bad for crusty rusty western NY and the bonus was a decent 4 row radiator.... and a strange thing that looks liek a PS reservoir
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Re: Look what arrived in my driveway an AZ 72 K5
it had a GMC rt fender and a chevy Lt fender... surface rusty but not bad the GMC fender might be a spare for the 68 but overall not bad for solid surface rusty no rot parts a liitle time with the wire wheel and some POR-15 they will look like new
the only rot is minor in the gmc cup on the inside... anyone need some gmc 2500 sierra grande emblems? and another beat up 71 72 grille frame
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