Looks like its getting there..

Looking good with the progress you've made so far. Are you going blue or the original bronze color?

Sweet, keep the pics coming!

Had some detail work to do on the area that still wasn't prepped, then it was bolt it together!
You know how that works... :crazy: It took hours to do it right.

So anyway, got it bolted into place and the tail gate installed too. :)

I reused all the original bolts, they were still that nice.

amazing.

Ready for Delivery
 

Yep, delivery.
One of our board members get's this rust free tub/doors/gate for his project. ;)

Kurt, did you sell it :confused:

so it's for sale? :D
or sold? :(
I'm confused... :confused:

Very nice Kurt. You are a great body guy...

;) right back at ya

Clear as Mud
 

Sorry for the confusion.

Yes, it's spoken for. As in sold. [EDIT] 5/06/05 STILL FOR SALE. ;)

It's the best original tub I'll probably ever see.

Heading south on June 17th, anybody need anything?
Delivering the tub and picking up my panel on the way home.

How far south, hey a Guy can dream can't he :lol:

Going back to Bill Athey's place in northen VA.

You know if I were closer I'd stop in.

:lol: Me too. :lol:

Need to strike the "it's sold" post, didn't work out.

Now I gotta decide all over again...Do I keep it? or Do I sell it? :hmm: :lol:

Wow Kurt! you work fast! Nice......

What happened to the cowl/dash/windshield frame areas? It's there in the earlier pics but gone in the later pictures. :confused:

They were there but just sitting in place. (notice the different color)
Look closer at the front door pillar's, not attached yet.
Could be installed pretty easily with a little more work and some welding. ;)

Change of Plans
 

Turns out I'm keeping this one and building it up for myself. :D

It'll get a 2" spring lift, zero rates, new shocks, 3/4 ton axels and a new set of 33x12.5 SSR's on some sweet old school slotted mags. :metal:

I think I'll keep it a 4spd, unless botboy finaly sends me the 700r he owes me. :hm:
Like that's gonna happen. (it did, he sent it, all's well)

Stay tuned, firewall and windshield frame are next.

Wow, awesome! I have a 71 Jimmy that has a rust free inner tub outside of some rusty rockers, and an awsome outer sheet metal 72 blazer (doors back).............. the 72 blazer has a tub that you could almost step through it's so rusted!

I have been looking at plasma cutters and MIG welders thinking this is something I need to get into! I am a seasoned mechanic but no body work experience and only experience is with gas torches which is too crude for what I am planning......doing what you are doing. The Blazer rear quarters are perfect and my Jimmy has been rear ended and filled with cracking out bondo. Any tips? Am I crazy? Body shops have quoted me insane prices for doing this................... Thanks for a reality check in advance...Jim

Are you crazy? Not at all, go ahead - save your trucks. ;)

Here's more pics showing the torsion box separation and the blazer windshield frame I cut down that will be welded onto the truck firewall.

Just take your time, measure twice... :blah: and always keep in mind the alignment of it all.

Hey Kurt, I have a 700r that you can have, since you found me
something I needed, just getting it there would suck, oh yea, &
it needs to be rebuilt, so it's not completely a freebie, Craig :lol:

Hey vtblazer, nice stuff! This is exactly what I want to do to my 71 Jimmy. I discovered a ton of bondo in both rear bedside panels down below the tail lights and I happen to have 72 parts blazer with perfect bed panels. It's the old If I could make one rig out of the strengths of the two.....anyway how much cutting do you have to do to remove the bed panel? Thanks for your advice

None, just a little grinding where the bed-side meets the bed-floor.
Maybe some spot weld cutting/removing around the lower rear door pillar also.
Having the rocker out of the way will help to.

What is this called?
 

Mine needs replaced bad.....what is this called and are they available? Thanks.....Oh yeah...its for a 72 Blazer too....Passenger side.

Alright, here's the windshield frame welded up. :c2:
Progress is a good thing.

I sectioned out the extra parts of the windshield frame I had cut off and used them as jigs to hold things in place.

:c2: PROGRESS