My old Blazer went to heaven

[AirSpeed]

I sold my 87 Blazer last year to a kid I know, we had nothing but problems getting it smogged and with the rear axle blowing up, finally got it all fixed and this morning on his way to work rolled it. He had his seat belt on and wasn't hurt, unfortunately but the Blazer is a goner!
Now, I wonder how much of a pain it would be to put a 700R4 in my 69, hmmm?

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[AirSpeed]

That should have read "unfortunately the Blazer is a goner".
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[flashed]

That's hard to look at .

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by flashed

That's hard to look at .

It sure is! I bought it almost new and took the family on a lot of adventures in the sucker. I washed almost every other day and knew every square inch of it. I can only hope the steel isn't melted down and turned into a Ford!
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[1972RedNeck]

It'll probably be a yoter.

[68Timber]

There's the downside of selling a vehicle loaded with memories to a kid. Hate to see that. Hope you can save some of it.

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by BRUISER

There's the downside of selling a vehicle loaded with memories to a kid. Hate to see that. Hope you can save some of it.

I call him a kid, he's 25 years old (I'm 50) to me he's a kid but one of the rare ones that actually works for a living. He drives down a 20 mile gravel road to get to his fire station, he fights forest fires and even volunteers at the local fire station on weekends, that's why I was so willing to help him out so much. I actually ended up pretty much giving the Blazer to him. He was going down the gravel road to work and hit some lose gravel at about 40, spun him sideways and it flipped. Now I'm thinking of giving him another car! (I have too many cars!)
I may get the 700r4 out of it if its not broken, if I do I'll rebuild it and put it in my 69. The engine still runs but it's fairly tired. Not much else I want out of it.
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[70-K5]

Or you could flip it back on it's wheels, cut the cab off, find a windshield frame from a 73-75 weld it in. Weld in a tube cage for $700. Get a softopper for $900 and keep going! Maybe some new doors, hood and some new skins for the quarters.

Or, that's what I'd do....

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by 70-K5

Or you could flip it back on it's wheels, cut the cab off, find a windshield frame from a 73-75 weld it in. Weld in a tube cage for $700. Get a softopper for $900 and keep going! Maybe some new doors, hood and some new skins for the quarters.

Or, that's what I'd do....

Ten years ago I would have done just that! It would be fun to take it off a few jumps! It's got a pretty heavy duty suspension on it! When I had I we would never take it off road, used it in the snow a lot but never went bouncing in it, not that I didn't want to it was just to nice to beat up!
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[motornut]

he's lucky he wasn't hurt
could still sell off some parts

[lowrodderchev]

Originally Posted by AirSpeed

It sure is! I bought it almost new and took the family on a lot of adventures in the sucker. I washed almost every other day and knew every square inch of it. I can only hope the steel isn't melted down and turned into a Ford!
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They use old tuna cans for that your safe