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My first 72 blazer
I have always been a pick up man, but ran across this and thought it needed rescued. It had been in the same family since mid 90's, and hasn't been driven much for about the last 10 years, But he kept tinkering with it. Tires still had part of the stickers on them, carb had been rebuilt a few months ago and new spark plugs. It has the usually rust underneath-needs a lot of love under there, but will clean up nice and look good going down the road. Seems pretty sold mechanically. Interior needs redone, but someone did add tilt. He said it wasn't for sale, and I accepted the challenge.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Very nice. Congratulations, and welcome to the club. Blazers are a ton of fun.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Very Nice! Highlander too.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Looks like a pretty clean Blazer with a lot of nice options too!
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Nice, plans?
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Looks like a good one
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Nice find. How’s the interior?
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Congratulations on the new Blazer - lots of good stuff on that one! Glad everything worked out and you can get it back on the road again.
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Re: My first 72 blazer interior. CST?
Interior is mostly all there, but needs refurbished. What makes this a CST? I see the emblem on the outside of the glove box door, but not anywhere else?
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Looks like white paint peeking through on the step face? nice.
There should be (or once were) CST emblems on the doors as well. Here’s the list of CST features.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
I don’t see the recess for the door screws under the vent windows - maybe the original doors were replaced?
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Re: My first 72 blazer
I noticed the dash and turn signal stalk as well. It's definitely not all original, but it's still a good starting point.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Definitely, I’d love to drive that. My point is replaced doors could explain the absence of CST emblems per owners question in post #11.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Interesting about the CST package. Notice it is called Cheyenne on the SPID. I had understood that the CST was renamed Cheyenne in 71-72. From what you show and what I looked up as well. It seems the CST package name was still used on the Blazers but not on trucks. Have never seen a 71-72 truck with CST badging.
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Oh, yeah. Absolutely. But there's also the possibility they left the factory without them... there were some strange things that happened back in those days. I worked at a Chevy dealership in the mid-70s and we'd sometimes gather around a vehicle and scratch our heads about what had just rolled in.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
The step face is the front part of the step up to the rear - it's right behind the front seats.
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Re: My first 72 blazer
Interestingly, 70-72 Blazer doors have reinforcement plates about the latch not seen in pickups (seems 69 MY did not). Here’s an example of what the plates look like: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=588832
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Re: My first 72 blazer
You found a good one, looks solid. You'll be surprised how well that paint will polish up too. Good luck with it
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