Should have never sold my 1st Blazer

[RunTMCfan]

Back in 1995 I purchased my first Blazer. It was a 1970 with 35's and a 6" lift. I dumped my heart and soul into this Blazer over the next few years. I drove it from the Bay Area where I lived at the time to my new home in San Diego.

Months later when I scored some cash I began to do what I had always dreamed of.

I had the 350 rebuilt. The old owner had this thing set up with a single plane manifold. It bogged on the low end so I had it rebuilt for a daily driver/4x4 reliability. But the heads were this brand I never heard of (Brodix). Come to find out these heads are worth $2000+ brand new. When they pulled the cam out, multiple lobes were worn. That engine ran of 6cyl for probably a couple of years with no problems. While the block was being rebuilt I had the compartment painted and that good stuff. It looked great.

Bought Skyjacker springs(never installed them), had the tranny rebuilt, new upholtery, brakes and all kinds of goodies.

I still can't believe I sold this thing. I paid 4k for it, sunk 8k into it. It's probably a $15k+ Blazer today.

I sold it for $6000 back in 1998. Arrrrrrgh!

Now I'm starting over with a new blazer that I have owned for about 1 year. I'm 12k into this one and have nothing close to what I had then. I did repaint it the same color though. I guess I'm chasing what I had then.