New life for an old 2wd, farm Blazer

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Picked up a correct vacuum T. Also installed the mirrors.

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New wipers installed. Original carpet strip wasn't quite nice enough to reuse. I went with a wood bed strip, in stainless. These work really nice for a replacement!

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Couple of shots out in the sun.

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Got the seats back from my interior guy. Material had to be sourced from SMS, as they were the only place on the planet with the correct material. It is NOS material, dated 7-71 on the backside.

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Drivers seat had a twist and had to be straightened.
Black covering on bottom side of seats isn't original, but it looks a lot nicer than the bare foam.

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Putting the rear seat back together.

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More rear seat assembly and installation.

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Went with a reproduction AM/FM radio, and stereo speaker. Had to modify the speaker bracket to hold the new speaker.

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Stereo looks nice installed.

[lks dcvn]

Wow - is this nice. Great work!

[meathead95]

Whats SMS? I need the same material for my Blazer seats!
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[badpeanut]

http://www.smsautofabrics.com

I couldn't find any material listings for our trucks (only cars) so you'll have to call.

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by badpeanut

http://www.smsautofabrics.com

I couldn't find any material listings for our trucks (only cars) so you'll have to call.

Yep, they have it, bought mine from them....

Nice work Turp

[Tom Vogel]

I have the same radio. For the money, I'm a little put off at the quality of the push buttons , they should be radiused not square edged. Did you notice? Just bugs me.
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[FRENCHBLUE72]

Wow nice work...

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Wow! I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted pics. Here are some more.
Joel decided on some Foose Legend series wheels. Went with 18"x8", all the way around.

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Since this blazer isn't slammed on the ground, we went with a tire with some sidewall, rather than some o-ring tires.

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Since this thing was pretty much finished at this point, except for some minor things, I entered it in our local car show. It's not a huge show, but one of "big" local car events. I think they had 160 entrys this year. It showed pretty well. It won first in its class, as well as best paint, which also paid $500. Hopefully that means his check will be good for the bill. LOL!! Here are some pics from the show that my daughter took with her cell phone. (The indoor pics look really orange inside)

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Here are a couple more, and some outside, after the show.

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And a couple more.
Joel picked this up and drove it a little this summer. He took it to the "Wheel Jam" in Huron S.D. for a show, where he picked up a first place. He than brought it out for "Kool Deadwood Nights" where he won a nice 1st place trophy in the truck class, as well as putting 300 miles on the blazer, during the event.
Now he just has to get over his fear of driving it, and having something happen to his baby!

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After Deadwood, Joel left the blazer with me to fix a small trans leak, from the shifter shaft. He told me I should take my family for a ride. He didn't have to tell me twice! Here are some pics of our trip through Spearfish Canyon, on a beautifull 65-70 degree day.

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Here are a couple more. Joel has been too busy farming to come and pick the blazer up. They say that possession is 9/10's the law. I don't think he's getting it back! At least not untill I can drive mine anyway!

[VA72C10]

Looks great! Well deserved awards!

[99-LS1-SS]

Originally Posted by turp mcspray

Since this blazer isn't slammed on the ground, we went with a tire with some sidewall, rather than some o-ring tires.

I felt the same way. I went with 18" rims too.

[rsavage]

Turned out awesome! Great work Turp!