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10-30-2008, 01:51 PM | #1 |
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Location: Northern AZ
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AZ 1972 K5 4X4 454/4-speed AC, 3:73 posi very little rust!
I replaced a lot of parts on this thing to get it road ready, so it is in a lot better shape, now than it was when i originally tried to sell. I rebuilt the front axle with new ball joints (4 of them) and new u-joints on both front axles, as well as the the other 5 in the front and rear driveshafts. The engine had a wobble/vibration, turns out the PO put the 454 in with a SBC non-externally balanced flywheel! Swapped in a brand new 454 flywheel and a new ZOOM clutch pack (clutch, flywheel, throwout bearing, etc). The motor runs super smooth and like a top! She drives super straight, no wandering, or anything like that since the front suspension and steering parts are all new!! She is as nice as can be and ready for a road trip, fly in AND DRIVE HOME, FUEL IS DIRT CHEAP NOW!!
She has a set of 15X8 ralleys that were blasted and powder coated with a new set of 4 33X12.50X15 tires, so she is ready to be someones Daily Driver, or super ready to be a resto since the body is so nice and rust free! Well, I am at a crossroads in my life, little background. I am 36 and just had a spinal fusion in my lower three vertebra. I am better, but signs are showing me I may only have few builds left in me if I plan to walk under my own power for the next 30 years or so!! Enough of that, I have been kicking around the idea of converting this thing to a 2wd (but I bought a factory 2wd, so??) This started life out as an Arizona Game and Fish vehicle and has a State of AZ property tag in it somewhere (saw it once, can't remember where!?) The tank is a sheetmetal tank, that I think is a dealer add on?? I have seen them on other Blazers and Burbs, bigger capacity and bullet proof! I have swapped on a 68 clip and it has some multi colored panels, but they are in original paint or a single coat of grey primer. There is no bondo that I can tell of? I bought this thing in primer, and I know it is white (factory color originally), then maybe a coat of dark metalic blue, then primer, so there may be some bondo, but nothing major as you can reach up into the panels in the rears and there is no rust, dents or replaced metal, this thing is super rust free in the quarters. It has has had the DS inner and outer rocker changed out and a portion of the floor with new metal welded in, but needs the PS I & O rockers to be completely rust free (I have those panels) It is a double walled top that is nice with no major flaws, hatch works as it should, no cracks, and the handle and lock assembly funtion as they should. It has buckets, covered in perforated vinyle, and the rear seat was recovered in a light brown velour, all seats are nice with no tears. This is solid and the nicest Blazer I've owned as far as the tub/body goes. These all liked to rust in the rear quarters, and this one didn't not at all, so I bought it! It is currently a 454/4-speed from a 73 truck, the motor runs super strong, burns nothing and it dependable as well as economical in that is a bone stock 454. That being said, i have a 250 L6 as well as a 350 I can put in it if the appetite for fuel of the 454 concerns you?? It is an AC truck, but the compressor and lines are missing from when it was a SBC, but the firewall and underdash portion are all there. I am listing it in the parts section simply because it is a driver, but more project. It is tight and I drive it quite a bit, but to most it is a solid candidate for a full resto or at least some paint and body work. Check out the picts and LMK??? $4500 Last edited by 70rs/ss; 12-01-2008 at 02:52 PM. |
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