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Old 06-02-2016, 12:41 AM   #226
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Blazer is looking fantastic! Seats will look great in there!
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Old 06-02-2016, 07:30 PM   #227
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Two thumbs (way) up!
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Old 06-04-2016, 02:25 AM   #228
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Two thumbs (way) up!
Thanks Pete, I'm watching that new blue on of yours.
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Old 06-04-2016, 02:37 AM   #229
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So I'm almost embarrassed to post this, however, I had the Doors all assembled by the Body shop. I had gotten some sequencing advice from Hemi and was going to do it myself but ended up just getting them to do it. Reason I'm embarrassed is I work in Automotive manufacturing. I've put together thousands of Doors but that was many years ago.
I thought rather them than me scratch the door shoehorning the Vent assembly in. I mean the Paint booth is right there.


Special shout out to forum member Roger Koop for a great job on the vent windows restoration.

I used all NOS hinges, latches, strikers and handle relays. Stainless hardware on the Door latch and Glass channel, black zinc on the Striker hardware to match the Striker finish.

Small progress pics but I know everyone (including me loves pictures).
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Old 06-04-2016, 02:40 AM   #230
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It was being colour sanded and buffed when I was there Friday. Comes home next week
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Old 06-04-2016, 09:15 PM   #231
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In the over 6 years I've owned my Blazer I've never seen another 1st gen in my area. There is a couple of mid 70 square body Blazers in my area but nothing in the 69-72 range.
About 2 blocks from the body shop where mine is I pulled up beside this. Looks like it just got some new stuff put on it. The nerf bars / rock guards were still in plastic.
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:46 PM   #232
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Blazer is looking fantastic! Seats will look great in there!
Thank you very much. I hope I get my seatbelts back from the restoration soon or it will hold up the rest of the rear seat assembly !
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Old 06-07-2016, 11:19 AM   #233
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Re: tjs 72 Blazer Build

Dang i love that bumper on the back of that blue truck. Would love to see the drawing on it! You are making great progress on your truck. The red looks sharp!
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Old 06-18-2016, 06:33 PM   #234
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Dang i love that bumper on the back of that blue truck. Would love to see the drawing on it! You are making great progress on your truck. The red looks sharp!
Yes it was an interesting set up. I was wishing I had more time so I could follow it and take a better look at it when it was getting unloaded.

Thanks for the compliment. It certainly can look red in some lighting and especially on a computer screen but it is painted in 524 Red Orange or "Hugger Orange". Cheers.
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Old 06-18-2016, 06:34 PM   #235
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Some home coming pics from last week. Getting unloaded and then in its new home.
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Old 06-18-2016, 08:04 PM   #236
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This is an exciting moment! Looking great!
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Old 06-18-2016, 08:20 PM   #237
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In the over 6 years I've owned by Blazer I've never seen another 1st gen in my area. There is a couple of mid 70 square body Blazers in my area but nothing in the 69-72 range.
So true! Many around here think I cut the top off a short box pick up.
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Old 06-19-2016, 12:46 AM   #238
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This is an exciting moment! Looking great!
Thanks. My kids were more excited than I was !
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Old 06-19-2016, 12:56 AM   #239
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Well I managed to get one thing done this past week.
Installed the Outer heater box and the Inner that mates to it. Took longer than I thought it would. Forgot I had to drop the inner fender a ways to get access to the lower secure point.
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Old 06-19-2016, 11:10 AM   #240
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Looking good!!!
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Old 06-19-2016, 01:41 PM   #241
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Had it outside yesterday in the sunlight. I took some time to clean up some of the underside. It was a little dusty in spots on the Chassis from sitting in the body shop. They cleaned most of it up but I got a little anal and did the rest.

I snapped a bunch of pictures because it will never look this clean again ...
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Old 06-19-2016, 01:49 PM   #242
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I media blasted and repainted the inside vent / diffuser boxes. Not perfect but darn close to factory colour.
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Old 06-19-2016, 08:53 PM   #243
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underside pics look great!
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Old 06-20-2016, 11:11 AM   #244
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Yeah im not sure why i said red maybe i was looking at it on my phone. I really like the Black Zinc on the orange. looks great. You are making Way more progress than I! Did you run all new brake lines? Did you buy a kit or make your own?
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Old 06-20-2016, 12:57 PM   #245
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Jeff,
The Blazer looks amazing! Little bit jealous to tell you the truth. I saw you were asking about steering stabilizer brackets in another thread. After looking at a couple of mine it makes me wonder if most of them were aftermarket? I have two 71's and another set of brackets and all three are different. Looks as though they can still be purchased. Attached is a picture of my fairly unmolested 71 Blazer steering stabilizer.
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One that I found after a quick search.
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Old 06-21-2016, 02:44 PM   #247
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Wow, that looks amazing!
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Old 07-03-2016, 07:18 PM   #248
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here is mine.
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Old 07-30-2016, 02:26 PM   #249
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Guys thanks for the stabilizer pics. I dug out my brackets and hardware and I think I have everything I need. I might have to machine one part on a lathe but it will be easy.
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Old 07-30-2016, 02:32 PM   #250
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Seatbelts back from restoration.

Torn down. Buckles rechromed, anchors replated, covers redyed, new webbing and OE matched stitching. They look awesome. I still have all my original webbing but I didn't transfer my date labels. They wouldn't have made it and I didn't bother getting reprints sewn on.

Now I can get my rear bench seat back together and get the upholstery tails finished off on the covers.
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