Blazer roof for a truck canopy?

[CG]

I was just looking over in the blazer section and was wondering if anyone has ever taken a hosed blazer top and rebuilt it as a short box truck canopy? I'm assuming its the same width as a truck since the tailgates are interchangeable. I think it could be a nice look.

[B. W.]

I think you would need two to section together to make it long enough. IMO it would look good.

[CG]

Oh, I assumed that the box sides on a short box and a blazer were the same length. Definitely would take some work on the side that was close to the cab =)

[El Dorado Jim]

blazers are shorter than a shortbed pickup

[CG]

Guess you can tell Ive never owned a Blazer =)

Probably a non starter then. I imagine they aren't giving blazer tops away anymore =)

[hugger6933]

Here is some more food for thought, there is a Blazer half cab[or least there was] that would be nice for a roadster type truck. as an aside I rebuilt a Dodge Daktoka Sport that was a convertible. In fact [I found paper work shortly after the re build that led me to think it was model number one] it was a very fun truck though underpowered, but then werent most of them

[Boog]

I have seen a number of fiberglass canopies that really do look a lot like a blazer top. I bet a google search would come up with some really good choices.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by El Dorado Jim

blazers are shorter than a shortbed pickup

Yup. My '71 Jimmy has a wheelbase of 104''. My '68 Stepside has a 112'' WB.

[CG]

Originally Posted by Boog

I have seen a number of fiberglass canopies that really do look a lot like a blazer top. I bet a google search would come up with some really good choices.

It isn't anything I'm looking at doing. I often see stuff on the board that has nothing to do with what I'm up to. But I find all of our truck stuff interesting and often come up with questions for curiosities (my) sake.

[jocko]

yep, can make your blazer look like a pickup-ish, but not the other way around

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by CG

I was just looking over in the blazer section and was wondering if anyone has ever taken a hosed blazer top and rebuilt it as a short box truck canopy? I'm assuming its the same width as a truck since the tailgates are interchangeable. I think it could be a nice look.

To answer your original question, Yes, and I have seen it done. I remember seeing a shortbed fleetside ['69 - '72~] that had a K/5 looking doublewalled top. It had been 'stretched' with an extension section grafted in, making the cap come up to the rear window. The cab-over door window roof section was removed. The stock parallogram side windows were more forward, and in the widened back section, they had stuck in one of those van-style porthole windows. That might date the mod to the Late '70s, Early '80s, when junkyards were full of cheap '67-'72 trucks and parts, and vans ruled the asphalt all the way to the drive-in.
I never met the owner, and the sighting was maybe 20 years ago. The fibreglas work was well done, you could not make out where the seams were.

It would be prohibitively expensive today. Last year I saw a double wall Blazer top at a Tucson junkyard for sale. They wanted $500 for it, and it had no rear hatch. When I cruised by again, a few months later, the price -- spraypainted on the side window -- had been altered to read $599.
And you need two. Then there's the rear hatch.
Brothers makes a duplicate Blazer hatch -- sans any hardware or gaskets -- only $699.99. I bought one about 19 years ago for my Jimmy. Not the best fit. Rattles something fierce.
An interesting pipe dream, but not very practical.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by jocko

yep, can make your blazer look like a pickup-ish, but not the other way around

I used to call those "Trazers". [Does sound better than ''Bluck".]

[jocko]

here's another not-so-common marriage of the two breeds...

[Mike C]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Yup. My '71 Jimmy has a wheelbase of 104''. My '68 Stepside has a 112'' WB.

Shortbed truck is 115" wheelbase.

[ho70]

this is on our craigslist finds page....https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d...772726207.html

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Mike C

Shortbed truck is 115" wheelbase.

You are correct, Sir.
It was late at night and I didn't feel like going outside with a tape measure.