Now I've done it... New project begins

[TonyJohnson]

Well, I got a little lucky. I was hanging out at a friends shop, drinking beers while he was building an engine and one of his vendors showed up with some parts. "Who owns that Blazer outside?" After introductions he tells me he's got a Blazer sitting in the yard at his shop that he needs $600 bucks for. Went by today and this is what he was talking about.



It's a Jimmy that someone started restoring and never finished, but almost every bit of rust you see in the photos is just surface rust. The tub looks pretty good and the fenders, rockers and doors are good. The top is a doublewall and besides needing a couple of side windows is in good shape. Tailgate is sitting in the back and is in good shape. The pics of underneath show what appears to be new body mount bushings and a clean looking frame. It was starting to rain and he was in a hurry, so I didn't get under it to look better, but not bad... The front glass is good and the window frame, firewall and tac dash look great. The floor in back and wheel tubs are nice with just some surface rust and typical scratches. Probably a better tub than mine. No grill, moldings, etc., but there is some stuff hiding in the back like a radiator, some patch panels, the mirror...

It doesn't have the front diff under it, but he's got another matched set of front and back diffs he's throwing in. I was hoping for a rear bumper and seats, but no dice... 8(

He ended up selling it to me for $450 delivered and I'm getting it next Wednesday. Now I just have to find a place for it and some way to tell my wife...