http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=292500
If you didn't see my original post click the link above. I did the unthinkable maybe even sacrilegious act of swapping my 72 2wd Blazer from 5-lug (most of the original 5-lug stuff was gone already!) to an 8-lug 2wd set-up I already had. The Blazer had no rear in it so I put an 8-lug Dana 60 that I had in there to put tires on it and liked the look. It sat for quite a while while finishing up some other stuff and anyways, my surgery date was coming up so I needed to get some stuff done to it before I couldn't do anything for 2-3 months. I hatched a plan and did it!! I rebuilt the front-end and used some lowered springs I had. This swap is cool because you can reverse engineer my swap to complete a 3/4 ton to 1/2 ton swap which is pretty popular. The 3/4 ton control arms interchange with the 1/2 tons, so same/same there. 3/4 ton ball joints upper and lower are different, so if 3/4 ton to 1/2 ton swap, remove the 3/4's and install 1/2's and you're ready. The upper control arm bushing is different but the lowers are the same. Other than that here are some pictsa of the work. Ignore the lop sided look as the passenger's tire is a bit bigger than the DS. I bought a set of Hummer 17 inch alloys off the bay so it'll have a low slammed look on 17's with a 250L6 and either an NV3500 or a 700r4 as I have both, just need to heal up so I can get back to work!!
The rest of the picts are some picts of the stuff I scored last weekend. I never find Blazer's for parts, so when I did I bought everything I could think of, what do you think!?
06-09-2008, 01:23 PM
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