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Ive cleaned up this thread. Lets not bash other people work or their taste in modifications. This is a family friendly site and a site that prides itself in keeping our trucks on the road and making them the pride and joy of each individual who owns one

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Ok, I can't wait. Cough up some assembled pics! Are you taking it to Dino's party?

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x2. Love the color, looking forward to seeing this one come together.

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Just read through your build. Love the paint man it looks awesome. Cant wait to see the rest.

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Dude! What's up with the shiny shiny? You're killin' us ova here!

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I don't know much about Dino's party, but unless it is in about March, this Blazer will not be there. It is funny how you can have a goal for the weekend, but when it is just you in your little garage, it takes more time than you thought it would.

I got the doors, tailgate, and top all sanded and buffed and installed (not aligned though, just hanging). Took more time on the jambs and the inside of the doors to make them both as nice as the outside. Yes, that seems silly, but it sure shines!

Glad you guys are looking forward to pictures now. I just wish you could come help me put it together so I can drive it while the weather is so nice!

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By the way - thanks to all for the encouraging comments. I really appreciate it!

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Dam it looks sweet

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Great job on the two tone on the doors

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Dude, If I could I'd be there. It's coming out great!

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Looks awesome man. Can't wait to see it all together

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Great work
Nice color combo

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Thanks again for the comments guys. I am to that point of the resto where everything I do takes a ton of time and I have very little to show for it. I am kind of just jumping around from place to place with no real direction at this time. I "hope" to get the side glass and vent windows installed this weekend.

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looking AMAZING !

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You get to feelin like that at this stage. Don't sweat it. Go to Wallyworld and get a big dry erase board. Hang it in the shop and sit and have a couple of beers. While enjoying them, write down EVERYTHING you can think of. Just all willy nilly. It's a fluid list, stuff'll come and go. It'll help you stay focused, and crossing stuff off it feels like progress when it looks like you havent done squat. It looks killer, can't wait to see it on the street!

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totally agree with the above statement it works, I do it now on my 57 truck when I feel like I aint getting a thing done, between you, 67cheby and a few other guys your making me wanna ditch my 4 wheel suspension and slam my truck in the weeds

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Hey thanks for the advice about the white board. I will do that when I get down to a manageable list. I am quite sure they do not make a board as big as I would need at this stage, but I like the idea! I actually did get done what I wanted to this past weekend. Side glass in both doors, handles, mirrors, vents, trim, weatherstrip. I got to throw away a lot of packaging so I know I am making progress.

lowrodderchevy - thanks! Doing two-tone of the jambs was a ton of extra time and effort, but I am happy I did it. I was motivated to do it because you do not see many like that, so it makes it a bit more unique.

I am working hard on it. I get to spend somehwere between 10-15hrs per week on it. If you have done one of these before, you know it takes a long time...thanks for keeping the positive comments coming!

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Nice work! I hope mine looks half as good!

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Looks solid!

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CamaroChris - anyone will tell you, the biggest thing it takes is patience.

"Be prepared to spend twice as much time as you think it will take, and three times as much money" someone once told me.

In my case, he underestimated both. But you know what, this is a whole lotta fun and I am enjoying the heck out of it.

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How's it comin' out there? Hittin' it good, now that it's cool?

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I am not really hitting it hard, but am consistent. It seems like I spend one weekend cleaning and painting parts to install the following weekend. I did get the taillights in and the wiring done and cleaned up for that part of the truck. I did some other misc things inside the gate like lining it up, installing the catches and latches and inside handle. Took the rear bumper out of the packaging, but did not get it on quite yet. In another couple of weeks, I will put out some more pictures. Not much to show at this point though.

Thanks for your interest!

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Got most of the stuff done that I wanted to the last couple of weekends. Tailgate regulator, glass, felts, bumper, band, taillights, wiring...

I am pretty sure I am headed to the dash next with the wiring and all the instruments and such. Nothing fancy - just clean and stock looking is the theme.

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Love the plate :)

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Thanks man. I had that back in high school and college on my 79 that I drove daily. It is taken now, or the DMV does not agree with what else it could mean so I cannot get it again. Still had a new plate from back in the day so I figured I would stir up some old memories.

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Any updates on this sweet ride?

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lowrodderchev - thanks for caring!

With Christmas and New Years and a lot of vacation time, I did very little on it over the last 5 weeks.

However, this past weekend, I did get the column hung and get all of the interior stuff (ac control, radio, cluster...) bolted in that I wanted to prior to the motor and trans going in. I want the wires and such to be accessible so that if something does not work, it will be easy to get to.

At this point of the build, as many warned me it would be, I spend so much time and accomplish very little that you can actually see.

I did decide to paint the core support and top of the radiator all body color and will be doing that this weekend. I picked up my 700 transmission from the shop that built it and need to get it all painted up too, but not installed yet.

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I missed where you smoothed the tailgate. Is that a factory tach? As always, looks slick!

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Thanks Bruiser.

Smoothing that gate was a chore for a body guy like me that is not an expert. I spent countless hours on it making it as perfect as I could. Yes, factory tach. With only 64K original miles, this is the one thing that I could just dust off and put it back in, at least after getting a new lens.

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man you even 2-tone the door jams inside. you don't mess around cant wait to see the finish product

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Man I love that color!! Good choice!

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Once again, thanks for the comments. Got the core support, battery box, serpentine brackets, transmission, pulleys and whatever else I thought should be painted to match. Yes, I even cleared the stinkin transmission. Where do you stop?

You might be a Redneck if...

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Love it...

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Fascinating to see all of this taking shape. Good to know what can be done with enough time, knowledge and money of course.

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man i really like that color

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1892 - I must add patience to that list, but you are right about the other 3 for sure. Might be a bit out of order as the only reason you have not seen a motor yet is money...this is really freakin expensive.

Planning on sanding and buffing the fenders and hood and getting the transmission bolted in this weekend. That will be a very successful weekend in my book.

Again, thanks for the comments guys! I continue to enjoy seeing them.

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lol redneck windchimes?.....and if they start bangin run for your life!

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Just noticed the devil'd out garage, thats awesome fear the pitch fork

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Cherub, I am glad you like it. It was quite the process getting a color on a small "spray out" and making a guess how it would look on the entire truck. I am really happy it came out!

Drppdblazr - Yea, big Devils fan here. Went to school there and just wanted to paint the garage to support the team.

Got some good stuff done the past few weeks. Fenders buffed and hung, hood buffed and stashed for later, trans hung in place, firewall sanded and buffed too, doors aligned. Yes, I had to sand a buff the firewall as all of the parts around it were just going to be so flat that I did not want a bunch of peel there. I hated to take parts off, but in order to do it right, I had to pull the booster and wiper motor. Simple parts to put back on though. More pictures later after I get the trim on and take it out in the AZ sun!

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I keep on working on my Blazer as much as time permits and am making good progress, but everything just takes so much time to do it right...