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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Thanks for following along guys. I was able to break away this morning for some solo country road driving around my house. I snapped a few photos with the steelies in place.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Pete theses are absolutely awesome! The first and fourth pictures are magazine or calendar quality. Thanks for sharing!
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Thanks a bunch Troy. The light was sort of mixed with bright sun and shade shifting across the fields.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Dang son...Troy is right. She's a covergirl and a centerfold. Somebody might need to think about rotating the old avatar with those. Beautiful Pete.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Wow! That is one beautiful Blazer!
Great job on the project! What size are your tires? Thanks, Pat |
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Thanks guys. Trying to have a few last hurrahs ahead of winter. And get the tower clamps from leaking. And get the speedometer to read accurately. Builds never end I guess.
![]() Pat the tires are 33 x 10.5 BFG ATs - the recent iteration thereof. I like the way they fill the wheel well and provide a little height that compliments the stock height of the springs.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Looks awesome Pete ! I hope to see it sometime down in Columbus Ohio at the Good Guys show. Myself & Tom,Aka LKs devn and Gary 70 Jimmy are all out this way. A few guys I’ve seen from Michigan come to the show but I forgot their screen name. Dewayne is not to far away I’ve been out his way for the swap meet . I’d hope to see him out this way but I’d have to find a scrap K5 for him to take back to Pa first lol...
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Whoa Pete! You can't beat the look of those factory steelies and hub caps!
15x8's with 33x10.5s on stock height/suspension right? No rubbing or clearance issues I take it? I still have my original 15x6 steelies and have wondered if I can go as big as 33x10.5s. Awesome work! |
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Hey Pete, that thing is sweet. You and Iron Canine sure know how to build them. Could I call it a tie
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Thanks guys!
Would be a blast to meet in Columbus. I'll see if I can make it happen. Yep, factory lift with 33 x 10.5's - no rub at all. I do know that some guys have installed this size tire on 6" wheels. In fact, there is a several year old thread that discusses this and has pics. I've got the Blazer tucked in for the winter. Sigh.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Read through this thread with a different perspective now that I have some sliders to rebuild. Do you have any info you can provide on the process you took to rebuild them?
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Pete, this is a beautiful K5! Great work on it!
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Thanks Ryan! The top end of the motor had to be rebuilt this past summer as one of the valves keepers broke. 2020, sigh. Hoping for many fun miles ahead in 2021.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
I am a little confused about one thing, on your 1st post with the SPID it shows its a "Cheyenne Equipment" but later I see on the door photos it has a CST emblem, why is that?
Also, how do you find all this NOS GM stuff LOL
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All the CST Blazers with have the Cheyenne code listed on the SPID. Technically the CST is the Cheyenne version for the Blazers. I would like to know the answer to your question about how Pete can find all those NOS goodies also 😊. Ray
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Ah, see I learned something about Blazers - thank you sir. Now if we can use his time machine to get parts, that would be great.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Cst is a cheyenne and Pete is a hoarder and u have too cry and beg to get something from him
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
It’s a sickness and Ken has been helpful in feeding my bad habits
![]() Recently a friend sold me a set of NOS bucket seat covers that are now in 521 GM white. My plan is to swap these in come spring. The second photo compares one of the NOS seat backs (first and third photos) to a repro piece - there’s a difference in grain pattern. I’m also going to see if the GM seat belt retractors are worth a darn in keeping the loose rear seat belts a bit tidier. The horns were restored this fall and will be bolted into place this spring.
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Dang pete... this is the first i looked through this thread. Guess i don't spend much time on the build threads.
Awesome job and alot of great info along the way. I had no idea you went to such lengths and NOS parts to build this one. Looks Great!
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Rich u see me and Pete are brothers who have never met yet and we help each other u will have to find a couple brothers on here it won’t be too hard find them
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
i have found a number of very friendly souls here, this place is the best :-)
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Re: 1972 Medium Blue Highlander Blazer Resto
Eric thanks a ton. Here’s an end of the season shot after the top end engine rebuild due to a bad valve keeper. Looking forward to a lot of seat time come spring.
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It's gorgeous.....
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