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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Thanks for the compliments and the haha's.... I'm going to leave it sit for a couple weeks and concentrate on the S10. I'll be sanding, priming, sanding, painting and clearing it. I want to get some more practice shooting before I get to the blazer. He's wanting to go with a dark metallic blue so this should tell me if I'm ready to shoot mine, lol.....
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Here some stuff I've aquired. Got the hook up on both. Seats from Frizzle Fry and a push bar from jamie72. I was color blind or something but I'd of swore that those seats were dark grey... They be tan, lol... My fronts are grey. I was going to use neoprene seat covers to cover them, but looking at them some more the seat belts and buckles are tan too... Any suggestions? Paint? Dye? I thought about using that fabric paint on both sets and painting them black. The push bar is very heavy made. I bet its 50lbs. or more.
Thanks to both of you for the sweet deals. Last edited by Big J; 08-14-2008 at 09:20 PM. |
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
I'm with you J. I'm looking for a light gray leather set for the front of mine. All of the pictures look tan.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Wish I had known you wanted grey. I would have said something
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No worries at all. For the deal you gave me I have no problem at all making them work. Its gonna be cool to have the ability to flip them up out of the way to make more room in the bed area.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
How 'bout some specs on the push bar?
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That's the same exact push bar that is on my 70 K5! Pretty stout piece for sure.
While it is off you ought to make a template of the sides along with measurements and people have asked for that in the past. I made a great template and sent it to a boardmember about a year ago who was going to make a CAD drawing of it, but doesn't look like that ever happened.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
I'll post some specs up and I wouldn't mind mailing out some templates. After I get it ready I'll see how much usps is If anyone wants them. They can paypal me the cost of shipping/paper/time, 1,000,000.00 lol, and I'll send'em out. It looks to be home made by looking at the cut holes instead of being drilled. I need to cut off the tow hooks someone welded on then I could make a template.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
I got started on my seat mounts. Here are the fronts. I decided to tie it in all the way across with the 1/2" rod. It'll have a piece of 1/4" plate running side to side underneath to bolt through. Should be strong enough, any opinions? I still have some grinding to do then I'll prime and paint. Still gotta come up with a plan for the rears. They are a different shape. Kinda square with rounded corners.
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Hey J,
It may not be worth it but you can find the original brackets in the Tahoes/Burbs at the junkyard. I paid $50 for mine. Just going to weld some support down before I go to drilling ![]()
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
It looks like your build is coming along nicely, Nice to see some one doing another old blazer right.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
The front mount is mostly done. The seats mount up to it nicely. I found a piece of square stock in the corner of the garage so I called dibs on it. I'll have to shave it down in 4 places but no biggie, can't beat free. Called dibs on some lifting anchors off an old military mobile fuel tank. They will make killer tie down points in the back of the Blazer.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
All I have to do now is decide on what finish for the mounts then they are done. I used a bench grinder and turned down the square stock. The seats lock down nice and tight.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Nicely done.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Looks good J...nice work.
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#443 |
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I was hoping to work on the blazer this week but it look like its gonna be filled with clean up. We got some winds from Ike topping out around 75mph. The only damage I had was some siding and the roof of my shed is in the pool. No one in my neighborhood was hurt so its all good.
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*ahem* when they said get a blazer, go topless, I dont think that is what they meant.
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Ask your cousin to help get it out of the pool. Glad your all rite down there
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
hey big j sending you a pm about this weekend...
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Actually its your turn to come over and work on mine.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Glad to have ya back.
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Re: "Slowly but Surely" Big J's build thread...
Feels good to be back. Felt weird being gone. Felt like I was in the twilight zone or sumpthin'....... I'm much better now though. blah, blah, blah.....
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