1972 blazer im looking to buy and need est value

[Chevyman63]

Originally Posted by Huck

I bought a shiney black blazer last summer---tilt, A/C, ralleys, buckets, rear seat, smooth top, etc. Paid $700. and from 20 feet away it looked decent. When you see bondo cracking with rust underneath, you better believe it is the tip of a very rusty body. Check the windshield frame above the visors, using a magnet--check for bondo there. Look under the rear carpet by the tailgate and along the inner quarters--both sides. Get under the sucker and check the rocker boxes, the B pillars, and the front floor to kick panel. These are the most difficult and costly places with the most cost to repair. Options are nice but if hung on a bondo body ready to crash, better to just pay the price that the options and parts are worth which would not add up to $3K.

You bring up many good points, but to find a deal like you got is almost unheard of.
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