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Thanks all - lots of work to do on this one.
Not sure if I will ever use a rear seat on this truck. I may add nylon bolt inserts to the holes to keep the threads intact, clean up bed and just enjoy it for the short term. Plans are as follows: Locate clean 67/68 front clip, doors, tailgate - pending Clean up chassis - removing rust scale, undercoating Rebuild suspension - not sure if staying stock height or not yet - swaying toward 2.5/4 drop at this time Install 5 lug rallys with 275/60 tires - have wheels, need tires Locate LS motor/updated trans (still need an automatic crossmember) Get it running/stopping by the end of the year (I hope) I'd like to get it safe before I get it pretty. I did take a few pix of the ebrake stuff in this thread. |
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Thanks, OOPS and Duh Huh on my part, Wish I could absorb what I read.
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The tear down began this weekend...
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More pictures of the disassembly - appears to be the original upper ball joints (rivets intact) on the front suspension buried under a lot of grime.
Curious to know what the actual mileage is on this blazer if those are still the originals. |
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The spare tub from Montana made it to Ohio this week and along with it came a clean 67 driver side fender and a set of clean doors.
Tub bracing is pending at the moment. I am looking for a rolling chassis so I can drop this down on it, make sure it is straight, brace the openings, replace the A-pillar and the rockers and get it ready for a body swap. |
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I went to the Goodguys show in Columbus over the weekend and spotted some really nice trucks.
Note the door/rocker blend on the blue truck. It was very well done. |
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A few more of the blue one with very subtle body mods all over it and another truck that was a few feet away. Anybody know which headlights these are?
Very clean. Last edited by lks dcvn; 07-10-2016 at 10:09 PM. |
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Removed the heater items from the firewall and found a nest and some hidden rust.
Cleaned that up and started to hang the 67/68 front clip pieces. |
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Started to mock up my 67/68 front clip and added new core support mounts.
I now have a 67 driver fender, 67 core support, 67 grill. I just bought the headlight buckets on the forum. I picked up a set of inner fenders for ~$100 shipped from this post. Still looking for a 67 passenger fender and a 67/68 hood to complete the front end stuff. Last edited by lks dcvn; 07-10-2016 at 10:10 PM. |
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Looking forward to following the progress!
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Not too much progress - acquiring parts along the way.
Spent some time mocking up the front clip though - so there was some work done this weekend. I also started taking a closer look at the spare tub I bought from MT. |
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Glad to see this rig getting some attention... Seeing it finished driving down the road in my city priceless !
Hope we can catch up sometime 😉 |
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Ill watch this one!
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Looking good
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That blue one was sick! The door handles and front turn signals looked good!! Bumper looks good sucked in too
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I would like to know the brand of the head lights also
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Spent some time removing the stock fuel tank, body wiring harness, extra wiring on the firewall and some other stuff from the interior on Sunday.
Still picking up parts...
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Nice work. I'm always checking back for new progress.
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Were you planing on going to the Super Chevy Show?
I'm going Saturday give me a shout we could meet up Your PM box is full I tried leaving you my number .... Ray....ttyl |
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Looks like a heck of a start! I wish I could get my hands on a tub like the blue one for my next project. That thing is solid. Looking forward to seeing this one come together.
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Subscribed to this one....can't wait !
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Still cleaning this thing up a bit..spent some time prepping for the power washer.
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Picked up some new stripping materials to see how well they did on surface rust with minor pitting. They are 80 grit nylon impregnated with abrasives. I had a coupon for $5 off my next purchase at the local hardware store and took a gamble on these. They did better than I expected.
Here is a few pictures before I started on the surface rust after it was power washed. What I neglected to get pictures of was the after on the front suspension or where I painted it with www.nomorerust.com silver paint to coat the framerails to stop rust. |
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Treated the core support with the no more rust paint, gave it a shot of paint and then added the headlight bezels to it.
You can see the cleaned up frame and suspension in the shots below. |
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Picked up more parts...
Need to get the time to start working on this thing... Upcoming items that are on my list to pick up:
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