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10-11-2019, 10:59 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Hanging out with my 72 suburban and my dad's 71 long bed.
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10-11-2019, 11:01 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Still working to make the pictures better, but I guess sidewaysw pictures are better than no pictures.
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10-12-2019, 08:22 AM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
I assume you are taking pictures/ uploading them with your cellular telephone? If so, try turning the phone sideways and taking the pictures in landscape instead of portrait. I have had better luck with them uploading straight that way.
But the Blazer looks good, even sideways |
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10-12-2019, 09:07 AM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Litebulblsc, Yes sir. You are 100% correct. These are cell phone pics taken with the phone upright. I will take the pictures sideways going forward. Thanks for letting me know.
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10-12-2019, 12:02 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Just got back from a parade in town with my boys. Cool front blew through last night making perfect Blazer weather for the weekend. Time to rack up some miles!
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10-12-2019, 12:15 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Here are a few current pictures of the Blazer that are not sideways! So I still have a few things to do before I can consider it finished. I have all of the A/C components either new or restored, I just have to install everything. I also need to finish the top and install it, although my wife asks "Why does it need a top?" Good question! Finally I also want to install a tasteful stereo system. Outside of those few things it's now officially a fair weather cruiser!
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10-12-2019, 12:29 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Sheese, Is that thing sweet or what, stellar job
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10-14-2019, 12:09 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Jaros44sr, Thanks! I'm happy with the way it came out, but it will probably be the one and only Blazer I ever restore. It was so much more involved than what a truck would have been.
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10-14-2019, 12:46 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
It's absolutely beautiful!!
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10-16-2019, 10:59 AM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Old Blue K20, Thanks! I appreciate the kind words.
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10-16-2019, 05:11 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
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10-16-2019, 05:26 PM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
Jaros44sr, Lol!! Believe it or not that's what I did! I had an orange 4wd 72 that I got rid of because it was too rusty. A few months later I ended up getting this. I just meant that there are so many more parts to a Blazer versus a truck. That and it cost a small fortune to acquire all of the missing Blazer specific parts.
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10-16-2019, 08:04 PM
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I was very impressed how you were able to graft all the different pcs. together, mine was luckily mostly patch panels( repop), altough later on I would like to come back and put a full floor in it, that is after I get all the current systems functioning as they should. Today was typical 2 steps 3 steps back, as I taking things apart that was already assembled. Like the alt. mount
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10-17-2019, 08:38 AM
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Re: Left for dead: 72 2wd blazer build
I hear you Jaros! Back then $900 might not have bought much but it won't get you ANYTHING today! Its funny now that the Blazer is done people ask how much I paid for it? I tell them $1,000. Which is technically true. As for grafting panels together I spend a lot of time looking at everything thinking of where the best place is to make my cuts. I prefer used OEM panels when I can find them, but repops are fine if you don't mind massaging them. I definitely feel your pain on the 2 steps forward and 3 steps back days!!
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