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**Classic Heartbeat** · 03-16-2003, 01:24 AM

Well after a long exhausting search we located a good set of Blazer Rocker Boxes.... We have already sent them off to the manufacturer and hopefully we will have new ones in 3 or 4 months!! So don't kill your Blazers and Jimmys if the rocker boxes are bad!! We will have replacements soon enough!! WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

**Yukon Jack** · 03-16-2003, 09:26 AM

You ought to mention this over at the first gen forum at www.coloradoK5.com - that's great news for blazer owners!

*racedvl* · 03-16-2003, 10:55 AM

WES is saving 67-72's one truck at a time!! Hats off to WES again!

Rod · 03-16-2003, 12:10 PM

Good Stuff!

FRENCHBLUE72 · 03-16-2003, 12:19 PM

Are the rocker box's behind the rockers cause if they are i think that maybe the only part that don't look loike it need's replaced??? It's kinda long and look's like a sled????

**70cst** · 03-16-2003, 01:54 PM

Hey WES...Sounds like your ROCKIN and rollin. HEHEHE

**Classic Heartbeat** · 03-16-2003, 05:15 PM

Well I guess they could look like sleds..LOL It is verry commen for these to be rusted out in the Blazers.. They provide support to the body when you have the top removed. If yours aren't rusted thats great, mine are nice under my Blazer also, but there are a lot of Blazers / Jimmys out there they are all but gone.. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

da-burb · 03-16-2003, 11:47 PM

Heck, if Wes can't own them all he might as well help save them all. Looking forward to the burb pieces and now my blazer could be saved.

grnddwn · 03-17-2003, 12:34 AM

I built new ones out of tubing they're way stronger now and won't collect water

**Classic Heartbeat** · 03-17-2003, 01:03 AM

I have long ago figured that I can't own them all.... LOL I am content to own my share though...Hehehe!! I could never figure out why these were not reproduced sooner though. There has been a pretty good demand for them for a long time. grnddwn, Where I use to work we made die stands out of 1/4" wall rectangular steel tubing. We had them welded up solid so nothing could get to the inside, yet somehow 4 or 5 years later they would rust through (from the inside).. Was it condensation? Who knows, but it still happened and only took no more than 5 years to do so. I also had a lumber rack made from tubing that somehow got water inside it also. Same thing, it was welded up solid also, but a couple of years after I bought it it froze one night and when it did the freezing water cracked the tubing. My point is, if you havn't drilled any holes in your tubing, you may want to think about it. That way the water that will always find a way into things can find it's way back out without creating it's own way. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

1972chevy4x4 · 03-17-2003, 01:08 AM

Those will be a blazer saver when they come in, I can't wait.

Lightspeed · 03-17-2003, 01:21 AM

have you thought about doing the same with stepside fenders? i know theres is a pretty good demand for those.

**Classic Heartbeat** · 03-17-2003, 01:30 AM

I have heard through the grapevine that someone may be doing those soon also. I am not possitive though.. The problem I hear with those is the tooling is quite extencive, so even if and when they do them the parts may be too expencive.... We will see.. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

Lightspeed · 03-17-2003, 01:41 AM

i have heard that goodmark will reproduce them, but nothing is for sure i guess.

grnddwn · 03-17-2003, 12:15 PM

Hey Wes I understand your concern about rust in tubing but my race car chassis is made out of the same stuff we used on my blazer and it hasn't rusted throught in 8 years although I don't haul any lumber with it. When I get some pics up of my blazer you will see it doesn't haul any lumber either. The new tubs are a good idea just remember why they didn't last in the first place.

*Gee_Emm* · 06-14-2003, 10:57 PM

3 months later any word on ETA?

It would be interesting to see what these "rocker boxes" you speak of look like :p

**Classic Heartbeat** · 06-15-2003, 01:38 AM

We are expecting them in any time now. Hopefully at least the samples by the end of the month. We will se though. Believe me I haven't let it rest. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

chucks70 · 06-17-2003, 03:28 PM

WES, while your at it what about Blazer bedsides? and floors? Just trying to push it a little. lol I know, use short fleet sheetmetal.

*Gee_Emm* · 06-17-2003, 06:52 PM

Do you have to do much work to make a short side work? I am guessing all that you would need to do is hack off the front. Is the back wheelwell to end of bed the correct measurement?

**Classic Heartbeat** · 06-17-2003, 10:08 PM

You are correct Gee Emm, the back half is the same. You have to trim the fron down to match your Blazer, but they do work great. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

*Gee_Emm* · 07-13-2003, 01:45 PM

Hey on those rocker boxes, how much of them is getting reproduced? Will it be a complete unit? Its kinda hard for me to tell what exactly they are supposed to look like.

**Classic Heartbeat** · 07-13-2003, 02:19 PM

Yes, if you get the rocker box end caps they will be the complete unit. They will be exact replicas of the origanals that GM put on the trucks to begin with. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

*Gee_Emm* · 07-13-2003, 07:23 PM

So the end caps will also be sold? Thats the part behind the door pillar? I am just curious as to whether I should start fixing those pieces up or buy them if they are available.

**Classic Heartbeat** · 07-13-2003, 07:48 PM

The rocker box end cap is the piece that is bolted to the rear of your rocker boxes. It sets at about a 45 degree angle. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

dmurphy68 · 07-13-2003, 08:56 PM

not to step on your tread but i have not heard an update on the burb/panels quarters?
Darren

03-16-2003, 01:24 AM	#1
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	Blazer Rocker Boxes will be reproduced... Well after a long exhausting search we located a good set of Blazer Rocker Boxes.... We have already sent them off to the manufacturer and hopefully we will have new ones in 3 or 4 months!! So don't kill your Blazers and Jimmys if the rocker boxes are bad!! We will have replacements soon enough!! WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

03-16-2003, 09:26 AM	#2
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	You ought to mention this over at the first gen forum at www.coloradoK5.com - that's great news for blazer owners! __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

03-16-2003, 12:10 PM	#4
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03-16-2003, 12:19 PM	#5
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	Are the rocker box's behind the rockers cause if they are i think that maybe the only part that don't look loike it need's replaced??? It's kinda long and look's like a sled???? __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

03-16-2003, 05:15 PM	#7
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	Well I guess they could look like sleds..LOL It is verry commen for these to be rusted out in the Blazers.. They provide support to the body when you have the top removed. If yours aren't rusted thats great, mine are nice under my Blazer also, but there are a lot of Blazers / Jimmys out there they are all but gone.. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

03-16-2003, 10:55 AM	#3
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	WES is saving 67-72's one truck at a time!! Hats off to WES again!

03-16-2003, 01:54 PM	#6
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,373	Hey WES...Sounds like your ROCKIN and rollin. HEHEHE

03-16-2003, 11:47 PM	#8
da-burb "Ochre Ogre" Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Springfield, MN Posts: 3,558	Heck, if Wes can't own them all he might as well help save them all. Looking forward to the burb pieces and now my blazer could be saved. __________________ Bowtie Truck Stop Inc. Mid-West GM Truck Restoration Parts Supplier Your Key Parts, Auto Metal Direct, Dynacorn, and Goodmark dealer. like us @ www.facebook.com/BowtieTruckStop 1971 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1971 K-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 K-20 Suburban (Yellow- that just aint right!) Springfield, Minnesota 56087

03-17-2003, 12:34 AM	#9
grnddwn belly dragger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: sherwood park AB. Canada Posts: 694	I built new ones out of tubing they're way stronger now and won't collect water

03-17-2003, 01:03 AM	#10
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	I have long ago figured that I can't own them all.... LOL I am content to own my share though...Hehehe!! I could never figure out why these were not reproduced sooner though. There has been a pretty good demand for them for a long time. grnddwn, Where I use to work we made die stands out of 1/4" wall rectangular steel tubing. We had them welded up solid so nothing could get to the inside, yet somehow 4 or 5 years later they would rust through (from the inside).. Was it condensation? Who knows, but it still happened and only took no more than 5 years to do so. I also had a lumber rack made from tubing that somehow got water inside it also. Same thing, it was welded up solid also, but a couple of years after I bought it it froze one night and when it did the freezing water cracked the tubing. My point is, if you havn't drilled any holes in your tubing, you may want to think about it. That way the water that will always find a way into things can find it's way back out without creating it's own way. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

03-17-2003, 01:08 AM	#11
1972chevy4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 223	Those will be a blazer saver when they come in, I can't wait. __________________ 1972 chevy k10 4x4 longbed 4-inch lift, 3.73 front/rears, frame off nearly complete 1972 chevy k10 4x4 longbed parts truck, known as the "ugly green machine" 1990 GMC 3/4 shortbed ext cab Always in need of 67-72 parts in central ks.

03-17-2003, 01:21 AM	#12
Lightspeed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 226	have you thought about doing the same with stepside fenders? i know theres is a pretty good demand for those.

03-17-2003, 01:30 AM	#13
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	I have heard through the grapevine that someone may be doing those soon also. I am not possitive though.. The problem I hear with those is the tooling is quite extencive, so even if and when they do them the parts may be too expencive.... We will see.. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

03-17-2003, 01:41 AM	#14
Lightspeed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 226	i have heard that goodmark will reproduce them, but nothing is for sure i guess.

03-17-2003, 12:15 PM	#15
grnddwn belly dragger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: sherwood park AB. Canada Posts: 694	Hey Wes I understand your concern about rust in tubing but my race car chassis is made out of the same stuff we used on my blazer and it hasn't rusted throught in 8 years although I don't haul any lumber with it. When I get some pics up of my blazer you will see it doesn't haul any lumber either. The new tubs are a good idea just remember why they didn't last in the first place.



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06-14-2003, 10:57 PM	#16
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	3 months later any word on ETA? It would be interesting to see what these "rocker boxes" you speak of look like :p

06-15-2003, 01:38 AM	#17
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	We are expecting them in any time now. Hopefully at least the samples by the end of the month. We will se though. Believe me I haven't let it rest. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

06-17-2003, 03:28 PM	#18
chucks70 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cadiz, OH Posts: 628	WES, while your at it what about Blazer bedsides? and floors? Just trying to push it a little. lol I know, use short fleet sheetmetal. __________________ 68 1 ton dually 292, 2001 Sebring, 2004 Trailblazer, 11 Camaro Convertible.

06-17-2003, 06:52 PM	#19
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	Do you have to do much work to make a short side work? I am guessing all that you would need to do is hack off the front. Is the back wheelwell to end of bed the correct measurement?

06-17-2003, 10:08 PM	#20
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	You are correct Gee Emm, the back half is the same. You have to trim the fron down to match your Blazer, but they do work great. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-13-2003, 01:45 PM	#21
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	Hey on those rocker boxes, how much of them is getting reproduced? Will it be a complete unit? Its kinda hard for me to tell what exactly they are supposed to look like.

07-13-2003, 02:19 PM	#22
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	Yes, if you get the rocker box end caps they will be the complete unit. They will be exact replicas of the origanals that GM put on the trucks to begin with. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-13-2003, 07:23 PM	#23
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	So the end caps will also be sold? Thats the part behind the door pillar? I am just curious as to whether I should start fixing those pieces up or buy them if they are available.

07-13-2003, 07:48 PM	#24
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,766	The rocker box end cap is the piece that is bolted to the rear of your rocker boxes. It sets at about a 45 degree angle. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

07-13-2003, 08:56 PM	#25
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	not to step on your tread but i have not heard an update on the burb/panels quarters? Darren __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

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