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1LoC10 · 07-25-2007, 10:28 PM

this is wierd
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-...QQcmdZViewItem

**1971K54X4** · 07-25-2007, 10:58 PM

No sir, I don't like it.

crzngmychvy · 07-26-2007, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 1LoC10

this is wierd
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-...QQcmdZViewItem

That looks very strange. Especially how they narrowed the grill.

**Yukon Jack** · 07-26-2007, 10:07 AM

I've seen the boatsiding down where it looked really good but the pop rivets kinda kill the look of this one. For some it's function over form and that is fine, but that's not for me.

Burt4x4 · 07-26-2007, 10:26 AM

I much rather wheel this:

ABHaulR · 07-26-2007, 05:32 PM

yep i love the real full size rigs...
if im going to wheel it the blazer, sub or sammy

onetonk5 · 07-26-2007, 10:48 PM

If you dont get it you might have never experienced pulling through a narrow chute nearly laying on your side....shreading sheetmetal as you go. Pulling up through a gap with van sized boulders and immovable trees...making forward progress is all thats important... When you go from trail riding to really hard core wheeling asthetics become less important than function. I get it....dont care for if but get it.

vtblazer · 07-27-2007, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by onetonk5

If you dont get it you might have never experienced pulling through a narrow chute nearly laying on your side....shreading sheetmetal as you go. Pulling up through a gap with van sized boulders and immovable trees...making forward progress is all thats important... When you go from trail riding to really hard core wheeling asthetics become less important than function. I get it....dont care for if but get it.

even though that blazer isn't ready for what you described.
It still needs more $$ thrown into it to be a capable trail ride.

I like it from an overall buggy approach but the original builder picked a poor donor vehicle for what the intended outcome he was looking for IMO.

Should of cut up either a later model blazer (dime a dozen with longer wheelbase) or doing it to a Bronco would have been better yet.

onetonk5 · 07-27-2007, 02:51 PM

I agree....cut down 73+ sub with cut up 67-72 sheetmetal would make a killer ride.

**Zoomad75** · 07-27-2007, 03:46 PM

It's a truggy with blazer skin's. Even then there isn't much of the blazer left beside the frame, skins and cutdown grille. As long as a solid truck wasn't shredded in the makeing, it doesn't bother me much. Actually, it at least somewhat resembles something familer looking rather than the jungle gym tube buggies being made.

Most truggy's anyway are natural progression for trucks that get used and abused off road. It might have been complete, but as the truck got modified and the driver's skill improved, harder and harder trails were tried. The harder trails got tighter and shredded the body so the next step would be to cut away what's not needed tube what's left. Some keep skins from the old body, some just go with the tube only.

I'm betting it wasn't much to look at before it got tubed out.

layinrocker65 · 07-31-2007, 08:35 PM

I think that thing is sick. Just me I guess

FRENCHBLUE72 · 07-31-2007, 09:43 PM

Looks like someone bought a nice pair of 3500 swampers..

vtblazer · 08-01-2007, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Looks like someone bought a nice pair of 3500 swampers..

I dunno...for $3500 bucks they got alot of good parts.

Decent way to enter the off road frenzy IMO.

Would be a pretty cool ride to run around the dunes in Mich. with, wonder where it's headed to now.

**special-K** · 08-01-2007, 08:38 AM

Actually using what little Blazer sheetmetal he has is for aesthetics.It`s a machine built for function,but if that`s all they cared about they wouldn`t have bothered with any sheetmetal.Even that little bit can get muffed-up.I like it and it`s a great start on an awesome wheeler.
I have two 1st gen Blazers that are no good for restoration,IMO.Rather than hope that someone sees potential in them and try to sell or junk them,I think these are perfect candidates for just this kind of rig.Any buyers?

I`m thinking about building one using a Stepside bed/pickup cab/topless for an on/off road rig with a heavy slant towards offroad.

ABLAZN · 08-01-2007, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by vtblazer

wonder where it's headed to now.

The buyer is listed as being from Georgia so...... it looks like it is headed for some southern fun !!!

kraigs70 · 08-05-2007, 11:04 AM

I agree with a few of ya. I was a rockcrawler and distroying a perfectly good truck is stupid. I would have paid 3500 easily for that truggy. that thing has about 10 grand into it easily. i think its cool for what it is

07-25-2007, 10:28 PM	#1
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07-25-2007, 10:58 PM	#2
1971K54X4 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Manchester, Iowa Posts: 1,493	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler No sir, I don't like it.

07-26-2007, 10:07 AM	#4
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler I've seen the boatsiding down where it looked really good but the pop rivets kinda kill the look of this one. For some it's function over form and that is fine, but that's not for me. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

07-26-2007, 10:26 AM	#5
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler I much rather wheel this: __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

07-26-2007, 05:32 PM	#6
ABHaulR Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: West Valley City, Ut Posts: 311	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler yep i love the real full size rigs... if im going to wheel it the blazer, sub or sammy Attached Images __________________ 72' GMC Suburban 10 1/2" of Lift, 40" Tires! Waiting for restoration 67' Chevy, What to do??? And Bad Ass American Bulldogs! Last edited by ABHaulR; 07-26-2007 at 05:45 PM.

07-26-2007, 10:48 PM	#7
onetonk5 Cereal Killer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 639	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler If you dont get it you might have never experienced pulling through a narrow chute nearly laying on your side....shreading sheetmetal as you go. Pulling up through a gap with van sized boulders and immovable trees...making forward progress is all thats important... When you go from trail riding to really hard core wheeling asthetics become less important than function. I get it....dont care for if but get it. __________________ If I dont do it....somebody else will.

07-27-2007, 02:51 PM	#9
onetonk5 Cereal Killer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 639	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler I agree....cut down 73+ sub with cut up 67-72 sheetmetal would make a killer ride. __________________ If I dont do it....somebody else will.

07-27-2007, 03:46 PM	#10
Zoomad75 K5Camper Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pueblo, CO Posts: 1,513	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler It's a truggy with blazer skin's. Even then there isn't much of the blazer left beside the frame, skins and cutdown grille. As long as a solid truck wasn't shredded in the makeing, it doesn't bother me much. Actually, it at least somewhat resembles something familer looking rather than the jungle gym tube buggies being made. Most truggy's anyway are natural progression for trucks that get used and abused off road. It might have been complete, but as the truck got modified and the driver's skill improved, harder and harder trails were tried. The harder trails got tighter and shredded the body so the next step would be to cut away what's not needed tube what's left. Some keep skins from the old body, some just go with the tube only. I'm betting it wasn't much to look at before it got tubed out. __________________ Rob Z. 1975 K5 350/465/205/D44/12b 4" lift on 35's- RIP 1991 K5 8.1L/NV4500/241/D44/14b FWC Camper

07-31-2007, 08:35 PM	#11
layinrocker65 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Posts: 521	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler I think that thing is sick. Just me I guess __________________ ‘53 GMC COE stock ‘53 Chevy 3100 LSA/TR6060 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?t=805949‘ '70 Chevy C10 LWB 350/sm465 ‘74 Chevy C10 SWB 5.3/4L80e, Vintage Air, Dakota Digital, US Mags

07-31-2007, 09:43 PM	#12
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler Looks like someone bought a nice pair of 3500 swampers.. __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

08-01-2007, 08:38 AM	#14
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler Actually using what little Blazer sheetmetal he has is for aesthetics.It`s a machine built for function,but if that`s all they cared about they wouldn`t have bothered with any sheetmetal.Even that little bit can get muffed-up.I like it and it`s a great start on an awesome wheeler. I have two 1st gen Blazers that are no good for restoration,IMO.Rather than hope that someone sees potential in them and try to sell or junk them,I think these are perfect candidates for just this kind of rig.Any buyers?I`m thinking about building one using a Stepside bed/pickup cab/topless for an on/off road rig with a heavy slant towards offroad. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 08-01-2007 at 08:39 AM.

08-05-2007, 11:04 AM	#16
kraigs70 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: california Posts: 1	Re: 71 Blazer buggy crawler I agree with a few of ya. I was a rockcrawler and distroying a perfectly good truck is stupid. I would have paid 3500 easily for that truggy. that thing has about 10 grand into it easily. i think its cool for what it is



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