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chip72 · 10-14-2003, 07:47 PM

Just bought a 72 K5 Blazer 4x4 (6 cylinder) for my 11 yr old son. Want to restore it. Any tips would be helpful.

*rickspickuppart* · 10-14-2003, 07:57 PM

Welcome to the site

miket · 10-14-2003, 08:05 PM

Welcome from Seattle WA.

redone71 · 10-14-2003, 08:10 PM

Welcome and best wishes on your project.

*dtlilly* · 10-14-2003, 08:10 PM

Welcome to the truck board. Any advice? Read every post every day, it is filled with advice and great people.

bow-tie-bandit · 10-14-2003, 08:21 PM

Welcome from Washington state. This site has a ton of information just for the asking. Good luck on your project and lets see some pics.

Luv68's · 10-14-2003, 08:25 PM

Welcome from Central Florida

Rod · 10-14-2003, 08:26 PM

Welcome.
Sounds like a good project you got started.

Gordo · 10-14-2003, 09:16 PM

Lots of helpful folks here. Welcome from Connecticut!

67cst · 10-14-2003, 09:25 PM

your son is lucky, i wish i had something lined up like that when i was 11 ! welcome from bc

**BIG ORANGE** · 10-14-2003, 09:38 PM

Welcome from the Palmetto state!!!!!!!!

Hooter · 10-14-2003, 10:53 PM

you are a nice guy for doing that for your kid, did you really buy it for your son, or is that what you are telling the wife?

and when it is done who's gonna drive it more?

toms68cst · 10-14-2003, 11:04 PM

OK, Who is the truck REALLY for????

Welcome from ND.

Bryan68custom · 10-14-2003, 11:07 PM

Welcome from North Texas

dinnut · 10-14-2003, 11:07 PM

welcome from south east texas.

chip72 · 10-14-2003, 11:32 PM

believe it or not the truck really is for my son.
no really it is . but i might drive it a little

krue · 10-14-2003, 11:33 PM

Hey ya'll Chip is my younger brother and he don't know it yet, but the Blazer is for ME!!!!

It's about time you posted on here!

krue · 10-14-2003, 11:41 PM

Pics of my nephew's Blazer I took the last time I was over there.

72BLAZERDUDE · 10-14-2003, 11:45 PM

Welcome from Dallas -Ft. Worth

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Hooter · 10-14-2003, 11:48 PM

what kind of crap is in the back of that thing?

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10-14-2003, 07:47 PM	#1
chip72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: cordele,ga Posts: 2	new to site Just bought a 72 K5 Blazer 4x4 (6 cylinder) for my 11 yr old son. Want to restore it. Any tips would be helpful.

10-14-2003, 08:05 PM	#3
miket Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 1,466	Welcome from Seattle WA. __________________ FocuzTech Performance Evergreen Protective Coatings Gatorhyde...the best kept secret in spray in bed lining & protection

10-14-2003, 08:10 PM	#4
redone71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmond, Okla. Posts: 65	Welcome and best wishes on your project. __________________ On the eighth day, he made trucks and saw they were good.

10-14-2003, 08:21 PM	#6
bow-tie-bandit Live life and be happy. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Spokane,Washington Posts: 266	Welcome from Washington state. This site has a ton of information just for the asking. Good luck on your project and lets see some pics. __________________

10-14-2003, 08:26 PM	#8
Rod Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Eastern - Manitoba Canada, Winnipeg Posts: 4,369	Welcome. Sounds like a good project you got started. __________________ Senior active founding member. 70 3/4 ton GMC Suburban 4x4 250/4 spd. 71 1/2 ton Suburban Chevy 4x4, 350/350 72 Chev 1 ton tow truck 402BB w/Holmes 440 wrecker on propane 2005 FLSTSCI Harley Springer 85 FXSB Harley Lowrider 72 Triumph 650 Bonneville 5spd "Poor people don't have hobbies" Quote from wife.

10-14-2003, 07:57 PM	#2
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dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Welcome to the truck board. Any advice? Read every post every day, it is filled with advice and great people.

10-14-2003, 08:25 PM	#7
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10-14-2003, 09:16 PM	#9
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Lots of helpful folks here. Welcome from Connecticut! __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

10-14-2003, 09:25 PM	#10
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,302	your son is lucky, i wish i had something lined up like that when i was 11 ! welcome from bc __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

10-14-2003, 09:38 PM	#11
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10-14-2003, 10:53 PM	#12
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	you are a nice guy for doing that for your kid, did you really buy it for your son, or is that what you are telling the wife? and when it is done who's gonna drive it more? __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

10-14-2003, 11:04 PM	#13
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,297	OK, Who is the truck REALLY for???? Welcome from ND. __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

10-14-2003, 11:07 PM	#14
Bryan68custom Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denison, Tx. Posts: 189	Welcome from North Texas __________________ 2004 Extended cab LS silverado 2001 Buick Lesabre 1968 Chevy Custom 10 LWB Anniversery model 2008 crew cab lt (rolling on dubs) "The nice part about living in a small town is when you don't know what you're doing, someone else always does"

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10-14-2003, 11:32 PM	#16
chip72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: cordele,ga Posts: 2	believe it or not the truck really is for my son. no really it is . but i might drive it a little

10-14-2003, 11:33 PM	#17
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Hey ya'll Chip is my younger brother and he don't know it yet, but the Blazer is for ME!!!! It's about time you posted on here! __________________ "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"

10-14-2003, 11:41 PM	#18
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Pics of my nephew's Blazer I took the last time I was over there. Attached Images __________________ "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"

10-14-2003, 11:45 PM	#19
72BLAZERDUDE Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: WATAUGA,TX Posts: 675	Welcome from Dallas -Ft. Worth __________________ 72 2wd 307/AT/AC/TILT WHEEL 78 JIMMY HIGH SIERRA

10-14-2003, 11:45 PM	#20
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	2 Attached Images __________________ "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"

10-14-2003, 11:46 PM	#21
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	3 Attached Images __________________ "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"

10-14-2003, 11:48 PM	#22
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	4 Attached Images __________________ "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"

10-14-2003, 11:49 PM	#24
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	5 Attached Images __________________ "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"

10-14-2003, 11:51 PM	#25
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	6 Attached Images __________________ "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"

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