blazer rear hatch on sub?

[Cumminpwr11]

Will a blazer fiberglass hatch work in my sub? I need a rear hatch and can't find one locally. I need one bad cause someone stole mine please help

Chris

[Longhorn Man]

They STOLE it???? Did they remove it from the truck, or was it sitting in the back yard... Is there ANYONE in town with a burb???

A blazer hatch will not work. You need a 67 - 72 burb piece.

[70k52wd]

I'd be going to local swap meets, and cruise spots. You never know, thieves are kinda dumb. If you were to find yours at swap or cruise, take a pic of it and go to the police.

[Cumminpwr11]

yeah took it right off the truck. I was in utah last weekend and the b*st*rds took it. It was pretty badly rusted and the glass was severely rusted sooo, i am cruising it with out a hatch till I find one. Las Vegas doesnt have swap meet or cruise spots unless you have a lamb/ferrari or some jap car that sounds like a cazoo

[Cumminpwr11]

This is a part that some one should be building. Everyone has rust problems with them and I am sure that they would sell just a good as blazer hatches and fenders. who makes the parts for Brothers, or LMC? we need them to make hatches and barn doors
Chris

[Hart_Rod]

Originally Posted by Cumminpwr11

This is a part that some one should be building. Everyone has rust problems with them and I am sure that they would sell just a good as blazer hatches and fenders. who makes the parts for Brothers, or LMC? we need them to make hatches and barn doors
Chris

I think the only reason they make the blazer hatch is because they are made out of fiberglass. Trying to stamp a suburban hatch out of steel would be pretty costly due to the complexity. I think if some one would pull a mold and start manufacturing a fiberglass one, they would probably be good sellers.......

[71stroker]

A fiberglass replica could be done. It wouldnt be extremely difficult but very time consuming making the molds. It would probably have to be two halves somehow mated together after seperate pieces were made. I worked in carbon fiber/fiberglass manufacturing for 8 years. Almost anything can be fabricated, as long as you have something to splash a mold off of. We made some pretty detailed parts but cost is the major downfall. The supplies, labor and tooling to make the molds could add up to tens of thousands of dollars very quick. It wouldnt have to be autoclaved, which would cost tons more and be overkill for a hatch, but could be done in a wet layup similar to fiberglass repair on a boat. I would expect a replica would probably cost $300-$500 range.
Being in this industry I understand why they dont manufacture aftermarket ones. I looked into fabricating dash panels and similiar items but the cost was outrageous. The guy on this site making altered wheel opening fiberglass fenders would probably know more. Most of my experience is in high temp. exhaust and motocross fields. I do know fiberglass replicas CAN be done if one of these companys making front clip parts would spend the time and money on R&D. It sounds like there is definitely a market for them.

[Skirkpat]

I know a customer!

[Cumminpwr11]

I would definately buy one too!!!! no more rust ohh hell yeah

[Longhorn Man]

the problem on top of what was listed, is in reality, it is a very small market. They'll sell a few hundren the first year, and then a dozen the following years untill say say screw it and stop making them.

That's pretty hard core to remove the part from your truck like that.
Thieves suck. While a rusted hatch is obviously better than nothing.... at least they got a junk one out of the deal.

[BADSAM]

Have you seen this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/67-72...1%7C240%3A1318

[Longhorn Man]

that looks nice!

[pritch]

Where abouts in Utah? I could keep an eye out for it. I'm up north, between Salt Lake and Wyoming.

[project 67 sub]

damn thats right here in my hometown....

Originally Posted by BADSAM

Have you seen this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/67-72...1%7C240%3A1318

['68OrangeSunshine]

I have the Brothers aftermarket hatch on my '71 Jimmy. It doesn't come with any latches, catches or hardware, which, if you can't transfer off the old one 'cause it's gone -- makes for some difficult assembly. Also it rattles.

[Cumminpwr11]

badsam i did see it and bought it!!!!! She lived 5 blocks from my parents. go figure, now I just have to get to cali to pic it up! LOL $125 cash in hand and she said sold!

Chris

[Cumminpwr11]

Project, you bring that beast to route 66 this year? if i get mine in better shape, I am thinking about Hot august nights in reno and 66

Chris

[project 67 sub]

probably not lol. but if i had a bunch of money to waist then i probably would.

[Dragsterbus]

Sometime over the winter i'm going to make a new steel hatch for my burb,
At the moment i'm building a car thats going to have a mould taken off it to make a pro mod drag car, I'll ask the mould makers how much it would be to make a mould/ produce tail gates, if it's realistic i'll get some made,

here's a link to the shell i'm doing if anyones interested, turning a 4 door into a chopped 2 door coupe
http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5064
cheers
Wayne

[Hart_Rod]

Originally Posted by Dragsterbus

Sometime over the winter i'm going to make a new steel hatch for my burb,
At the moment i'm building a car thats going to have a mould taken off it to make a pro mod drag car, I'll ask the mould makers how much it would be to make a mould/ produce tail gates, if it's realistic i'll get some made,

here's a link to the shell i'm doing if anyones interested, turning a 4 door into a chopped 2 door coupe
http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5064
cheers
Wayne

I think it would be a big seller if you can make it happen. You should add this option also:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=220511

[Dragsterbus]

Yes i was thinking of doing something similar to mine, guess thats saved me doing the research ! Sometimes the hatch stays get out of sync on mine which is a pain in the a** , I'll post as soon as i find out anything about pricing
Wayne

[rockc]

cumminpur11 did you get the hatch yet? If not I have several that I would let go.

[Dragsterbus]

Originally Posted by rockc

cumminpur11 did you get the hatch yet? If not I have several that I would let go.

Several ! wow
actually if you've got a reasonable one i might be interested, would save me having to make a new one (Mine really is toast)

[rockwall-burb]

If your still looking there is a small salvage yard over in Red Oak Texas, south of Dallas that has a few older burbs. They had 2 complete trucks 72 style 3/4 ton and 2 half tons. Both the 1/2 tons had liftgate/tailgate units and one of the 3/4's still had its barn doors. i can call them up or get you a name and number later if you want. They are decent guys and would probably even package and ship for you. All units were pretty rust free (of coarse in texas and NM thats the only benefit to our weather).

[Dragsterbus]

Any info would be good , I've got friends in California that could ship one over here