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muddbugg72 · 11-29-2005, 01:39 PM

hope this works. good reading.
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthr...5&page=1&pp=10

**John Fabris** · 11-29-2005, 02:54 PM

Interesting reading...

anyone near him to verify this or call his bluff?

mastercraftkpk · 11-29-2005, 03:18 PM

It is a Big Foot sighting. Anyone that tries to sound that "aaaaawwww shucks" even when they are writing an e-mail is full of crap.....even by Arkansas standards.

meathead95 · 11-29-2005, 04:02 PM

that is very interesting.

jakeslim · 11-29-2005, 04:34 PM

What you have here is the ART of story telling. This guy is good and would be great at a campfire.

What you also have is a bunch of bs. Think about it. You own the "rarest of rare" blazer. You bought if for $50. Would you have the patience(in all the excitement) to carefully craft such a piece of work(story)?
My post would be more like this:

Just bought a blazer with a 402 for $50!!!

HERE ARE THE PICS!!! Based on information from owner, it is a rare k5
purchased in 78, but its a prototype

krue · 11-29-2005, 04:46 PM

Sounds

sounds

But hey wadda I know.

smbrouss70 · 11-29-2005, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jakeslim

What you have here is the ART of story telling. This guy is good and would be great at a campfire.

What you also have is a bunch of bs. Think about it. You own the "rarest of rare" blazer. You bought if for $50. Would you have the patience(in all the excitement) to carefully craft such a piece of work(story)?
My post would be more like this:

Just bought a blazer with a 402 for $50!!!

HERE ARE THE PICS!!! Based on information from owner, it is a rare k5
purchased in 78, but its a prototype

Good Point!

LUV2XCLR8 · 11-29-2005, 05:46 PM

With out pic's I say it's a load of

1976K5CHALET · 11-29-2005, 06:18 PM

Wellll....could be. I would need pics to become a believer myself. I have been a part of ck5 since the site opened back in 99....and i have somehow managed to be present for every ck5 sponser'd blazer bash since day one. And after this year i think i am going to be banned from the raffle at blazer bash. This year i won the soft top...and some other stuff so they called me the raffle whore...snicker. But after the years i find i don't post very much because of the posts like these or how big of lift do i need for x tires. I actually enjoy this website more because we seem to be true K5 lovers...2wd...4wd...chalets...and in between. And thats what i like...and thats why i got to help aaron with blazerchalet.com and his world famous brochure page.

But....working at a freightliner dealership for ten years or so...things about titles and such can be funny. I can accept the 78 title on a 68 vehicle because it was owned by the maker...and never titled...i would think it would be more up to the particular states laws...but it seems feaseable to me.

Worked on a new FCCC motorhome last summer. It was in transit to california from the plant to rv dealership. The C7 developed a oil in the water issue. CAT has a bulletin out with serial number ranges etc...the fix was a reman head according to CAT's guidelines...however due to federal law....to be sold as new CAT set me a brand new C7...if a reman head was installed it couldn't be sold as new. So i put a whole new motor in a vehicle with less than 3K on the clock...and btw...if someone wants you to put a motor in a motorhome....run!!!

Not that i believe what he is saying is true....but it is a possability.

Doug W.

**pound41** · 11-29-2005, 06:45 PM

I am not going to say true or untrue on my mans story but I will tell you this. I was at a car show one time. This guy has a butternut yellow 67 RS/SS camaro that he has tubbed out and done alot of mods to. I said nice 67. He says its a 66. I said excuse me its a 66. He shows me the title and it says 1966. In speaking with some camaro experts they believe it was one of the 20 or so proto types that were sent around to dealers in 66 leading up to the 67 season. As for the title saying panel. Don't doubt that a bit. I have a 71 thats a stationwagon and a 70 thats a c-10 on their titles but again you would have to see it

meathead95 · 11-29-2005, 07:10 PM

i dont doubt the story a bit. call me a sucker i guess.

jakeslim · 11-29-2005, 09:46 PM

A good story incorporates "believable" aspects. This is what makes it a good story. People are out there looking for bigfoot and ufo's.

My story:
I have a bridge for sale at only $25.

Analysis:
1)Is it possible I have a bridge for sale?
--sure it could be possible.
2)Is it possible to buy something for $25 dollars?
--sure most people could that gets their attention!

3) would you give me the $25 for a paper deed, with no pics or actually seeing it?
---hopefully NOT! or I have a rare blazer for sale also!!

2wdBlazer · 11-29-2005, 11:25 PM

This thing is a UNICORN.

GlennBrittain · 11-29-2005, 11:39 PM

I did find a 69 Blazer, body off the frame and primered, frame has been sandblasted and primered. I found it at a sandblaster's yard. I asked that my name and number be given to the owner in case he loses interest. The sand blaster said the owner paid a local restorer a substantial down payment. The restorer dismantled the Blazer delivered to be sandblasted and primered, then he spent the money he was paid to buy parts and finish another customers job. Now he is broke and claims no money to pay for the blast and primer job. I will post some pictures if I get lucky.

**tnblazerk5** · 11-30-2005, 02:50 AM

isnt there pics of a blazer with a 68 nose on it and only one seat and no door windows ,no top in one of the dealer promo pics i know i have seen the pic on here before

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 11-30-2005, 07:22 AM

When I registered my '71 Jimmy in AZ in '95 -- it had been a Calif vehicle -- the ADOT/MVD titled it as a "2DSW" = 2 door station wagon. [They also titled my '67 Sub as a 3 door station wagon.] Possibly the Sport Utility Vehicle designation would have been a much higher revenue bracket, and they were trying not to gouge me. Or that terminology didn't legally exist in the early K/5 vintage. As far as the " *3 Blazer," well... it had to start somewhere. I knew someday one would roll out of the mists like a Twilight Zone episode.

jakeslim · 11-30-2005, 09:56 AM

the difference in the "believable" and the "not believable" is that you can support with pics. Simple. No pics of this "rare" find for $50 , not believable.

**special-K** · 11-30-2005, 11:09 AM

1st:States do titles, factories don`t.2nd:Need to see it.3rd:Are the rivets original?4th

o the numbers match the frame numbers?5th:Where did they find a 402 in`68.Better yet,where did they find the emblems?6th:Where was the "400" fender emblem located,under "Blazer K/5" or under side-marker?

7th:Sounds like a BSer Bsing a BSer.

Could be,but not enough here to get me goin`.I wunder if it hasall the other pre-69 features...steering wheel,seat and door upholstery,color of interior paint or upholstery,reflectors for side-markers.I wunder which t-case it has(Rockwell?).

mastercraftkpk · 11-30-2005, 12:25 PM

UPDATE:

Current rumor has it that this rare blazer had only 4 previous owners....Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Adolf Hitler, and Elvis bought it together to road trip to Brazil where they all still live together in a 2 bedroom condo on the coast. Jimmy Carter drove it back 2 years before he was president....he's really Adolf's and Elvis' love child.

2wdBlazer · 11-30-2005, 01:35 PM

These are the kind of stories where nobody believes the guy and he gets mad just as he supposedly got some pics and then decides not to show us!!! Seen it before.

bagged74 · 11-30-2005, 03:03 PM

I am fairly close to where he is. I would be willing to drive there and take some pictures, just to get to see it, if it is for real. Or maybe just to prove that he is lying. Im not a CK5 member, or I would post there. Someone try and set it up and I will drive there to meet him and see the truck.

Tracey

krue · 11-30-2005, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bagged74

I am fairly close to where he is. I would be willing to drive there and take some pictures, just to get to see it, if it is for real. Or maybe just to prove that he is lying. Im not a CK5 member, or I would post there. Someone try and set it up and I will drive there to meet him and see the truck.

Tracey

I would love to see his response to that.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 11-30-2005, 04:08 PM

Gotta see pics to believe it....

is what I call untill we see some pics..

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 11-30-2005, 04:36 PM

I would really believe the *3 Blazer story if it was originally equipped with a 292 L6. 292s OEM in K/5s are so rare as to be non-existant. Now that I found out the 4x4 needs a 292-specific diagonal crossmember [and have one] I know why it wasn't a regular production option and dealers were so resistant to that engine. As far as the big block option, a 396 would've been a lot more believable for a late '68 prototype.
Of course if the truck was an original hugger orange, then it would just have to be true.

*Medicanman71* · 12-01-2005, 11:58 AM

"Jim Morrison"

you've heard of / seen that blazer that belonged to him also? what's the story on that? I guess i saw it on ebay, but i saved the pics of it on my other comps hardrive. Like 2 tone blue w/ the fat offroad lights etc etc? Wasnt really his or what?

11-29-2005, 01:39 PM	#1
muddbugg72 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: port allen louisiana Posts: 207	Rare Blazer? hope this works. good reading. http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthr...5&page=1&pp=10

11-29-2005, 02:54 PM	#2
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	Re: Rare Blazer? Interesting reading... anyone near him to verify this or call his bluff? __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

11-29-2005, 03:18 PM	#3
mastercraftkpk Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: houston,tx Posts: 334	Re: Rare Blazer? It is a Big Foot sighting. Anyone that tries to sound that "aaaaawwww shucks" even when they are writing an e-mail is full of crap.....even by Arkansas standards. __________________ They are not "insurgents"...they're vermin, cowards, and terrorists. Egon..." I think that they are more interested in my epipedimus."

11-29-2005, 04:02 PM	#4
meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,446	Re: Rare Blazer? that is very interesting. __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

11-29-2005, 04:34 PM	#5
jakeslim Premium Level Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern CA Posts: 829	Re: Rare Blazer? What you have here is the ART of story telling. This guy is good and would be great at a campfire. What you also have is a bunch of bs. Think about it. You own the "rarest of rare" blazer. You bought if for $50. Would you have the patience(in all the excitement) to carefully craft such a piece of work(story)? My post would be more like this: Just bought a blazer with a 402 for $50!!! HERE ARE THE PICS!!! Based on information from owner, it is a rare k5 purchased in 78, but its a prototype __________________ 69 K5 CST stock- 350, 4speed 77 K5 - 383, auto, 6" lift, D60 front, 14b rear, 39" tsl's,

11-29-2005, 04:46 PM	#6
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: Rare Blazer? Sounds sounds But hey wadda I know. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

11-29-2005, 05:46 PM	#8
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11-29-2005, 06:18 PM	#9
1976K5CHALET Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Grand Junction, Colorado Posts: 611	Re: Rare Blazer? Wellll....could be. I would need pics to become a believer myself. I have been a part of ck5 since the site opened back in 99....and i have somehow managed to be present for every ck5 sponser'd blazer bash since day one. And after this year i think i am going to be banned from the raffle at blazer bash. This year i won the soft top...and some other stuff so they called me the raffle whore...snicker. But after the years i find i don't post very much because of the posts like these or how big of lift do i need for x tires. I actually enjoy this website more because we seem to be true K5 lovers...2wd...4wd...chalets...and in between. And thats what i like...and thats why i got to help aaron with blazerchalet.com and his world famous brochure page. But....working at a freightliner dealership for ten years or so...things about titles and such can be funny. I can accept the 78 title on a 68 vehicle because it was owned by the maker...and never titled...i would think it would be more up to the particular states laws...but it seems feaseable to me. Worked on a new FCCC motorhome last summer. It was in transit to california from the plant to rv dealership. The C7 developed a oil in the water issue. CAT has a bulletin out with serial number ranges etc...the fix was a reman head according to CAT's guidelines...however due to federal law....to be sold as new CAT set me a brand new C7...if a reman head was installed it couldn't be sold as new. So i put a whole new motor in a vehicle with less than 3K on the clock...and btw...if someone wants you to put a motor in a motorhome....run!!! Not that i believe what he is saying is true....but it is a possability. Doug W. __________________ Doug Wright aka K5NUTT over @coloradok5.com Owner of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChevyK5BlazerChalets Certified K5 Nut Last edited by 1976K5CHALET; 11-29-2005 at 06:20 PM.

11-29-2005, 06:45 PM	#10
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,269	Re: Rare Blazer? I am not going to say true or untrue on my mans story but I will tell you this. I was at a car show one time. This guy has a butternut yellow 67 RS/SS camaro that he has tubbed out and done alot of mods to. I said nice 67. He says its a 66. I said excuse me its a 66. He shows me the title and it says 1966. In speaking with some camaro experts they believe it was one of the 20 or so proto types that were sent around to dealers in 66 leading up to the 67 season. As for the title saying panel. Don't doubt that a bit. I have a 71 thats a stationwagon and a 70 thats a c-10 on their titles but again you would have to see it

11-29-2005, 07:10 PM	#11
meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,446	Re: Rare Blazer? i dont doubt the story a bit. call me a sucker i guess. __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

11-29-2005, 09:46 PM	#12
jakeslim Premium Level Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern CA Posts: 829	Re: Rare Blazer? A good story incorporates "believable" aspects. This is what makes it a good story. People are out there looking for bigfoot and ufo's. My story: I have a bridge for sale at only $25. Analysis: 1)Is it possible I have a bridge for sale? --sure it could be possible. 2)Is it possible to buy something for $25 dollars? --sure most people could that gets their attention! 3) would you give me the $25 for a paper deed, with no pics or actually seeing it? ---hopefully NOT! or I have a rare blazer for sale also!! __________________ 69 K5 CST stock- 350, 4speed 77 K5 - 383, auto, 6" lift, D60 front, 14b rear, 39" tsl's, Last edited by jakeslim; 11-29-2005 at 09:48 PM.

11-29-2005, 11:25 PM	#13
2wdBlazer The Blazer King Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Valrico, Fl (Tampa) Posts: 1,213	Re: Rare Blazer? This thing is a UNICORN. __________________ 72 2wd Blazer. Its the superbichinest, megacoolinest, superflowinest.

11-29-2005, 11:39 PM	#14
GlennBrittain Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Panola County Texas Posts: 401	Re: Rare Blazer? I did find a 69 Blazer, body off the frame and primered, frame has been sandblasted and primered. I found it at a sandblaster's yard. I asked that my name and number be given to the owner in case he loses interest. The sand blaster said the owner paid a local restorer a substantial down payment. The restorer dismantled the Blazer delivered to be sandblasted and primered, then he spent the money he was paid to buy parts and finish another customers job. Now he is broke and claims no money to pay for the blast and primer job. I will post some pictures if I get lucky.

11-30-2005, 02:50 AM	#15
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	Re: Rare Blazer? isnt there pics of a blazer with a 68 nose on it and only one seat and no door windows ,no top in one of the dealer promo pics i know i have seen the pic on here before

11-30-2005, 07:22 AM	#16
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,172	Re: Rare Blazer? When I registered my '71 Jimmy in AZ in '95 -- it had been a Calif vehicle -- the ADOT/MVD titled it as a "2DSW" = 2 door station wagon. [They also titled my '67 Sub as a 3 door station wagon.] Possibly the Sport Utility Vehicle designation would have been a much higher revenue bracket, and they were trying not to gouge me. Or that terminology didn't legally exist in the early K/5 vintage. As far as the " *3 Blazer," well... it had to start somewhere. I knew someday one would roll out of the mists like a Twilight Zone episode. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.



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11-30-2005, 09:56 AM	#17
jakeslim Premium Level Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern CA Posts: 829	Re: Rare Blazer? the difference in the "believable" and the "not believable" is that you can support with pics. Simple. No pics of this "rare" find for $50 , not believable. __________________ 69 K5 CST stock- 350, 4speed 77 K5 - 383, auto, 6" lift, D60 front, 14b rear, 39" tsl's,

11-30-2005, 11:09 AM	#18
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11-30-2005, 12:25 PM	#19
mastercraftkpk Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: houston,tx Posts: 334	Re: Rare Blazer? UPDATE: Current rumor has it that this rare blazer had only 4 previous owners....Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Adolf Hitler, and Elvis bought it together to road trip to Brazil where they all still live together in a 2 bedroom condo on the coast. Jimmy Carter drove it back 2 years before he was president....he's really Adolf's and Elvis' love child. __________________ They are not "insurgents"...they're vermin, cowards, and terrorists. Egon..." I think that they are more interested in my epipedimus."

11-30-2005, 01:35 PM	#20
2wdBlazer The Blazer King Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Valrico, Fl (Tampa) Posts: 1,213	Re: Rare Blazer? These are the kind of stories where nobody believes the guy and he gets mad just as he supposedly got some pics and then decides not to show us!!! Seen it before. __________________ 72 2wd Blazer. Its the superbichinest, megacoolinest, superflowinest.

11-30-2005, 03:03 PM	#21
bagged74 its just $$$$$ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OK Posts: 2,078	Re: Rare Blazer? I am fairly close to where he is. I would be willing to drive there and take some pictures, just to get to see it, if it is for real. Or maybe just to prove that he is lying. Im not a CK5 member, or I would post there. Someone try and set it up and I will drive there to meet him and see the truck. Tracey

11-30-2005, 04:08 PM	#23
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11-30-2005, 04:36 PM	#24
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,172	Re: Rare Blazer? I would really believe the 3 Blazer story if it was originally equipped with a 292 L6. 292s OEM in K/5s are so rare as to be non-existant. Now that I found out the 4x4 needs a 292-specific diagonal crossmember [and have one] I know why it wasn't a regular production option and dealers were so resistant to that engine. As far as the big block option, a 396 would've been a lot more believable for a late '68 prototype. Of course if the truck was an original hugger orange, then it would just have to be true. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 12-01-2005 at 06:09 AM.*

12-01-2005, 11:58 AM	#25
Medicanman71 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 696	Re: Rare Blazer? "Jim Morrison" you've heard of / seen that blazer that belonged to him also? what's the story on that? I guess i saw it on ebay, but i saved the pics of it on my other comps hardrive. Like 2 tone blue w/ the fat offroad lights etc etc? Wasnt really his or what?

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