American Revolution 2nd time around 2wd Blazer

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American Revolution

Well what I heard was that this 70 2wd Blazer was build in the early 80's and I guess things were done a bit different back then.
For what ever reason they torched off the truck arm suspension and welded on leafs. Yes they took an original 2wd and converted it to leaf!

So it was brought up to me by another board member because it is ready for a second time around. It will be getting a fully rebuilt chassie including but not limited to new steering, fully bagged suspension, ART's fully loaded control system, ECE's complete rear suspension, new rear floor section, all new body mounts, removal of the rear roll pan and replaced with a new chrome bumper and one or two other things.

I started by taking it for a test drive before tearing it down to see what kind of shape it was in. I must say this Blazer is nicer than alot of finished builds we see on this board and will only get better over the next month or two. It has a stronge V-8 (size unknown to me) with a newer serpintene belt set up, 700r4, PS, PB, CC, very cold A/C, nice smooth PW's, newer interior, 20" wheels (I think).

It drove nice but the brakes were soft and the steering was abit worn out. Also the ride was under par but all that is about to change.






Missing or torched out body mounts from the leaf spring hanger install. Some are just rusted out but 5 were missing all together.



Torched off panard bar mount!

Missing shock mount area!


Kevin
LFD Inc.