Military Blazer Build

[79vette]

Over the next couple months I'll hopefully be finishing up building my M1009 Blazer. I'm going to post up all the pics I have from the build up to this point, and document the remainder of the project as I go.

The truck was a factory 6.2 diesel backed by a TH400 and NP208, with 10 bolt axles and 3.08 gears. When I bought it from the national guard it was on 33" Goodyear MTRs.

Today it has a 2 speed aux trans (Advanced Adapters "Ranger"), SM465 and NP205. Axles are 10/12bolt with 3.73 gears and ARB lockers in both ends. Still on 33" MTRs and still has the 6.2 diesel.


The first project was the floor replacement. I bought it with bad floor pan rust, like to the point the seats were about to drop out onto the road and I would not allow a passenger to ride in the truck.

Here's some photos of the carnage. 3 of the 4 bolt locations on the passenger side were cracked through, and there was >2" of vertical motion of the seat every time the truck hit a bump.