How Many 4 Wheel Drive Blazers Do We Have?

[57NAPCO]

1970 rust free original....except paint.

[shiner]

Got mine. Just strapped on my (1st generation/attempt) bikini top and worked on the rims.

[BLUE THUNDER]

Hey Napco and Shiner, good to see more Texas trucks on rhe board. Sweet rigs. I'm thinking early September on our meet. Hope yall can make it. Nice rigs again. Can't wait to see 'em.

[Gary66]

Originally Posted by 57NAPCO

1970 rust free original....except paint.

Did i see this on ebay for sale a couple months ago?

[Erik V]

I guess I introduced myself on the wrong thread. I'm 32, my dad special ordered this 71 Jimmy 350/350/205/3.73. The mud pic was taken when it was nearly new. Dad bought it specifically for trail running and racing in the PNW4WDA (Pacific North West 4 Wheel Drive Assoc). Its been converted to a 2wd once so that the Jimmy frame could have a super shortened box put on a pickup body for racing and even was rolled once. Then it was put back to a 4wd so that the racetruck could be converted to become the motorhome seen in a 2002 revision as a car hauler. I was given the truck as my Eagle Scout present from my parents in 1995 when I was nearly done (early present FTW) and daily drove it all through my senior year. Once I graduated HS and started college, I couldnt afford the fuel working part time at a grocery store, so the Jimmy got parked. That was late 98 I think. So its been sitting ever since, in the back of the barn, pretty much as seen in the pic with the windshield banner "71 Jimmy" with the exception of 15X8 baby moons/smoothies and new 33/12.5 mud tires I got for a graduation present.

Less than a year old I think:


As seen summer of 1996 just after HS grad:


As Dad daily drove it summer of 85, note the factory soft top was still in decent shape.


The old racetruck (68 GMC half ton converted to 72 Chev clip 3/4 ton running an Olds 455, 4spd, divorced T-case, 4X4 with a rear tag axle):



When the Jimmy was barely 2 years old, Dad slid through an icey intersection and was T-boned. No more first gen trucks were left on the lots, so the insurance company paid him off and called it a total (yet the title stayed clear since that was before the dawn of time), and since he worked at a body shop, he paid himself to rebuild it. I'll have to dig up a real scanner and locate the old racing pics and more from my HS days. I sure miss the truck, I'm going to be in need of a truck by springtime, and I'd like to not have to deal with emissions, have a gnarly V8 again, and have an old car for cruises. ...I wonder if Dad will let me dig it out of the back of his barn and restore the brakes/fluids/tire pressures to driveable duty again?

Erik
Vancouver, WA

[70BLAZERX2]

starting frame off resto..70 4x4 blazer,after 5 years of it sitting it is time to do it.

[bigeasycigars]

Originally Posted by 70BLAZERX2

starting frame off resto..70 4x4 blazer,after 5 years of it sitting it is time to do it.

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Good luck with that! Start a thread love to see how that turns out through your restro!

[70BLAZERX2]

I did it is "THE BEAST" on the 67-72 build and projects

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=423386

[bigeasycigars]

Awesome... will check in on ya!

[dentmaster]

Here's mine

[Burt4x4]

Looks GREAT dentmaster

Hi

[dentmaster]

Thank you Burt!...I appreciate it!

[Ronnie Mehling]

Here is mine almost done

[mustardjimmy71]

Heres what $2000 bucks gets you from a 90 year old german. he said with an accent "I use it to pull stump on my property". and i thought stump puller was just a saying. all original 350, 4 gear, 373s, np205. BONE STOCK! I added a malory hei, electric fan and replace the fabbed bumpers with reproduction ones.

[FoxHound]

Just "finished" my 1972 k5 after almost 3 years.

[Shock_Me]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Mehling

Here is mine almost done

That looks awesome Ronnie! Can't wait to see the end result!

[Ronnie Mehling]

Originally Posted by Shock_Me

That looks awesome Ronnie! Can't wait to see the end result!

thank you sir i cant wait its close

[Bull72]

Here is my 4x4 72' I just got it a couple months ago. The family I bought it from worked on it for 3 years, they did a great job.

I added a softtopper, a tuffy security console, a Procomp distributor/ignition, converted the breather to a PCV valve, fixed the gas gauge, and installed a heavy duty radiator, new battery, regulator on alternator, etc.)

[BLUE THUNDER]

Sweet rig. What part of town are you on? I'm off of I-10 and DeZavala. Got anymore pics of your rig?

[dubds10]

Just picked this '72 Blazer 4x4 up last week. So far, just cleaned it up a little, but I'll be doing a quick resto on it. 2-4" lift, 33-35s, clean and detail the suspension, interior, fix any rust and then re-paint the original Hugger Orange on it.

[blownz]

Sold my 84 Shortie and bought my 72 last month. It is a blast driving around in an old K5! Lots of plans... Should I lift it or should I not?????

[Bull72]

Originally Posted by BLUE THUNDER

Sweet rig. What part of town are you on? I'm off of I-10 and DeZavala. Got anymore pics of your rig?

Im on the opposite side of town (35 & Judson) ... if you do any work on your blazer send me a message. I am not a mechanical person, but now that I have my beast, I have been trying to watch and learn more often.

[Bull72]

Originally Posted by BLUE THUNDER

Sweet rig. What part of town are you on? I'm off of I-10 and DeZavala. Got anymore pics of your rig?

some more...

[als70chevy4x4]

Joined the club about a month ago

[als70chevy4x4]

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