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Jason915 · 05-09-2006, 12:51 PM

I started taking apart my 70 K5 took the top off and the home maid rear side panels getting it ready to start sanding and getting ready to paint. I am changing the body color from burgundy to a metallic bronze so I will be totally stripping the inside interior out to paint match.

My questions are does anyone make replacement seat cover kits for Blazers? I have looked at my LMC and Manes Truck Parts catalog and have only found replacement seat covers for different bucket seats. My front buckets are the wide low back ones with the steel back plates. The upgraded front buckets looks like they taper towards the top compared to mine that are more squared at the top. Are these seat covers the same? My next question is what did the basic K5’s have for side panels or where they just bare metal? The PO had particle board covered with carpet and fiberglass insulation behind them and it was wet and starting to rust the floor good thing I am doing this now.

71swb4x4 · 05-09-2006, 12:54 PM

As you suspected the seat covers are different for the Utility buckets that you have. As far as I have been able to find they are not reproduced. You may be able to get a local shop to recover them for you though.
If the Blazer didn't have the side panels they were just the bare metal. A tell-tale sign is the three brackets on each side that would hold the stock panels, of course someone could have added or removed the brackets over the years.

**71blksuper4x4** · 05-09-2006, 01:38 PM

Like 71swb4x4 said, no company reproduces the utility bucket seat covers. You will have to get them made to fit. It sounds with your bucket seats you have, that it was just a basic model blazer. That means that it probably didn't have a backseat nor the side panels. Hope this helps. Trevor

Jason915 · 05-09-2006, 01:59 PM

Thanks guys I will probably just make some side panels out of plywood then cover them with something but I won’t worry about that now. It is just a basic Blazer but it has a back seat, don’t know for sure if it had it new and it was added later. Being basic is sort of cool because the interior won’t cost so much to redo. I already the seats are going to cost the most to have redone.

71swb4x4 · 05-09-2006, 02:14 PM

I did the same thing with the side panels. Think plywood, covered with thin foam and then vinyl.

blazerslave · 05-13-2006, 11:36 AM

I don't like these guys but they have a some Blazer interior parts including rear-seat covers: http://www.truckandcarshop.com/trucks60_72/t60_025.html

They also have Rear Cargo panels: http://www.truckandcarshop.com/trucks60_72/t60_023.html

05-09-2006, 12:51 PM	#1
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Interior restoration questions I started taking apart my 70 K5 took the top off and the home maid rear side panels getting it ready to start sanding and getting ready to paint. I am changing the body color from burgundy to a metallic bronze so I will be totally stripping the inside interior out to paint match. My questions are does anyone make replacement seat cover kits for Blazers? I have looked at my LMC and Manes Truck Parts catalog and have only found replacement seat covers for different bucket seats. My front buckets are the wide low back ones with the steel back plates. The upgraded front buckets looks like they taper towards the top compared to mine that are more squared at the top. Are these seat covers the same? My next question is what did the basic K5’s have for side panels or where they just bare metal? The PO had particle board covered with carpet and fiberglass insulation behind them and it was wet and starting to rust the floor good thing I am doing this now. __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

05-09-2006, 12:54 PM	#2
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Re: Interior restoration questions As you suspected the seat covers are different for the Utility buckets that you have. As far as I have been able to find they are not reproduced. You may be able to get a local shop to recover them for you though. If the Blazer didn't have the side panels they were just the bare metal. A tell-tale sign is the three brackets on each side that would hold the stock panels, of course someone could have added or removed the brackets over the years. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

05-09-2006, 01:38 PM	#3
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,151	Re: Interior restoration questions Like 71swb4x4 said, no company reproduces the utility bucket seat covers. You will have to get them made to fit. It sounds with your bucket seats you have, that it was just a basic model blazer. That means that it probably didn't have a backseat nor the side panels. Hope this helps. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

05-09-2006, 01:59 PM	#4
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: Interior restoration questions Thanks guys I will probably just make some side panels out of plywood then cover them with something but I won’t worry about that now. It is just a basic Blazer but it has a back seat, don’t know for sure if it had it new and it was added later. Being basic is sort of cool because the interior won’t cost so much to redo. I already the seats are going to cost the most to have redone. __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

05-09-2006, 02:14 PM	#5
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Re: Interior restoration questions I did the same thing with the side panels. Think plywood, covered with thin foam and then vinyl. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

05-13-2006, 11:36 AM	#6
blazerslave Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 96	Re: Interior restoration questions I don't like these guys but they have a some Blazer interior parts including rear-seat covers: http://www.truckandcarshop.com/trucks60_72/t60_025.html They also have Rear Cargo panels: http://www.truckandcarshop.com/trucks60_72/t60_023.html __________________ "If you choose not to decide . . . you still have made a choice."



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