Long bed to blazer conversion

[Esetonni]

I don't know if I'm posting on the right section. I'm new to the cite. I have a 1970 gmc long bed, I've always loved how a lowered blazer without a top and with back seats looks like, with a little bit of free space on the back. Is it possible to use a long bed truck, get rid of the gap between the cab and bed, and pretty much convert it to a blazer look a like? Maybe leave the roof from the cab add a rolling bar(s). I was thinkin the suspensions must be different and if I don't convert a truck into a blazer without modified the suspension the body could maybe bed or crack.
This is what I would like but of course it would be longer unless super modified
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/or...a249da2762.jpg

[bouncytruck]

I'm sure it could be done, but it sounds like a lot of work and would be easier, cheaper and a lot more solid to just get a blazer. If you get a 4wd Blazer, you can use the suspension from the longbed to make a lowered 2wd blazer.

Sport truck did an article on the conversion process (I understand they left out some important info / steps).
http://www.sporttruck.com/techarticl...wd_conversion/

[skorpioskorpio]

A Blazer essentially is a hacked pickup. The pickup suspension and the blazer suspension are the same, it's just a half ton truck suspension. Of coarse just like in the pickups, 2WD and 4WD suspensions are different. As far as converting a pickup into a Blazer (err actually if your doner is a GMC don't you mean Jimmy?) There is a lot of structure under a Blazer/Jimmy to compensate for the lack of roof structure and the fact that the cab and bed do not move independently from one another. It's a lot of fabrication to make it work, though I'd say you could probably improve on how GM did it. The Blazers and Jimmys were rushed to market and try to use as few unique parts as possible. That said pretty much everything behind the doors and the first 6 inches of the bed is unique. There is also rocker boxes to strengthen the body in the absence of doors, making the Blazer/Jimmy more like a unibody dropped onto a frame.