Project---wish us luck

[Ranchhand]

Starting a father sons build with my 9 and 12 year old sons.
Started out with a 72 4wd blazer body and chassis with a 6 inch suspension, 3 inch body lift sitting on new 38.5 x 16 swampers on 15 x 15 steel rims. Have a tranny and t-case but no motor. We need pretty much the whole interior. Not planning on going back stock though. Wanting to do a full roll cage and tube doors. Custom made bumpers, steps etc..
After getting the body off and tearing into the axles I found there is a lot of play in them. All the braking system and lines needs to be replaced/refurbished.
I found a 79 running 4wd blazer with a VERY low mile crate 350 in it for $250!!
Picking it up tomorrow. Gonna pull the body and see how hard it will be to fab some new body mounts and put the 72 on the 79 frame. I'm a lot better welder than I am mechanic so this might be the easy way to go for me.....I'll find out. Here is a pick of the 72 after breaking it down.....I have some bigger springs for the rear to get rid of those huge blocks...

[my67chevytruck]

Looks like a good project.... good luck with your build.

[nuke1]

ewww, i see intercos, your kids are gonna love driving this truck when it is done, glad to see the trhree of you are doing it. The body will work on that frame with a little tweaking, good luck.