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That turned out fantastic!

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Beautiful! :metal:

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Wow Pete, that thing looks awesome!!!! Let me know when it gets home so I can stop by and see it.

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I love it!..........

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Pete I don't recall seeing a three point seat belt setup in a Blazer. Do you have any pictures?

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These shoulder belts are OEM style similar to a pickup and are essentially a second lap belt strapped between the top and the floor pan. Four points :)

I'll post pics once installed.

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Both the Blazer and the K20 left today to WI. I'd like to say a big thank you for following along.

Big thanks to Eric, Robert, Barry and the other guys at Mild to Wild Inc (http://www.mildtowildinc.com/index.cfm) for their excellent work and patience during our second build together. You guys are the best.

Here are some parting photos. I'll post more up as I get settled in up in WI. Andy at Muscle Car Restorations also deserves a thanks for his help and willingness to transport my trucks up to his facility in WI (http://www.musclecarrestorations.com)

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Photos just before shipping...

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more..

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another...

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Engine still needs some decals....

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Cool vintage water slide decal...

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Added this for Brad and Eric

You guys and the 70 Blazer you built were the inspiration for this build.

Thank you!

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Looks awesome, love the floor mats!!

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My daughter approves :)

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Just Awesome....

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I'm absolutely in love Pete. What did you do with the green Blazer?

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Thanks! I was really pleased to stumble on those vintage mats.

Thank you! I cant wait to see yours done. I hope it doesn't motivate me to build another.

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Dale thanks so much. Hate to say it but the green blazer and my GMC went in a package deal to a guy in Ft Worth, TX who is a friend of my younger brother. I was hoping to find a home in WI with enough ready space to accommodate all the vehicles but that didn't happen so downsized. Sigh.

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Here's an after photo of the B pillar that looked so awful on arrival. Barry did a great job refitting the quarter panel at the pillar.

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Before...

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Absolutely amazing job. It's a shame to have to sell the others but you still have the cream of the crop. Plus, I don't have to beg to buy the green Blazer! LOL......

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Wow! Looks beautiful Pete!

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Outstanding build, the amount of nos parts you used is amazing. Thanks for the kind words. Enjoy that little one, they grow up fast.

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Pete what a beautiful job. I love the 76 Ball...instead of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants we should have the Brotherhood of the 76 Ball. It should be the exclamation point on every completed build on the board! Let me echo Eric and thank you for the kind words...but you were the inspiration for us, not vice versa. This is a benchmark build. It's a text book example of how you take a special truck and do it right. Thanks for your detailed sharing...evening as you pack for a cross country move. Hope all goes well with the move. Little E is such a cutie pie. You need a big block and a 1/2T SWB 4WD to complete the set. Either one would be a perfect father daughter project. Outstanding work and safe travels my friend.

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Pete - Looks fantastic!! Back a few pages ago you showed the repaint of the top. Do you have any information you can share on how you achieved that texture? Looks really good! Thanks in advance!

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Thanks again for all the good words guys. Brad I think I'll follow in your foot steps on another build: father daughter tractor restoration :) I may be picking your brain on this once we are settled.

I'll shoot some more photos in the next coming weeks. Would be great to make it to WI in time to join a 4th of July parade.

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Absolutely! I was hoping someone would ask. Brad and Eric did a great job with Gravitex and that's what I was pushing for. My Eric has experience with this product and wanted to give it a go. The trials looked amazingly close. We went with it and honestly it looks OEM. The top looks amazing in person.

Rattle can - took eight cans - after seal and primer. Then painted GM 521 white.

Robert who sprayed the top used the same nozzle for all cans. There was a subtle difference in texture with the second can so he used that from the first can for all.

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Thats what I uses to blend my top when I patched the hard top when I yanked the original owners sunroof (who puts in a sunroof anyways??) I was surprised at how well the texture matches

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I have a friend that just restored a blazer a couple years back for his in-laws and that is what he used . I didn't get to see it finished.:(

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WOW!!! Pete, this is an amazing build. Another one knocked out of the park! I remember when I first discovered this site and going through your K20 build and how much that one inspired me. Congrats!

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I really like the work you did on the pillar. How did you do the label? Any chance I could see a close up of that label? It looks excellent!

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Looks amazing Pete! I hope I get to check out your trucks in person sometime. It seems as though you will be closer than ever, just a couple hours or less away :)

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Arrived in WI without major issue and settling in. Very happy to be here - lots of surrounding agriculture and beautiful barns. Very enjoyable roads to drive.

Thanks again for the good words. I've not put too many miles on the Blazer yet but the ride is less stiff than my K20 to answer Hemi's earlier question. In fact, I plan to order Alcan springs for my K20 to be installed next spring. Also, the quick ratio in the steer box rebuilt by Red Head hasn't seemed squirrelly at speeds up to 65 mph and is less responsive than that in my 4Runner fwiw.

Bugs so far: speedo works but not clocking miles so have another to swap in from Tom (tbone64); radiator fluid weeps out the vent hose more than expected but temp gauge reads wnl so need to located my infared thermometer and measure fluid temp heading into the radiator; the original carb rebuilt by Sean Murphy Induction wouldn't smoothly idle so that at a local shop now, Bigs Performance Products, to be re-jetted and have the metering valve and accelerator pump gone through; need to get correct reduction gear for 3.73 gears so the speedo is accurate. Also wrinkled the SPID Chipflyer made :(

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Blue LH door label? Member Chipflyer makes these and does a great job. Here is a link to his website: http://outintheshop.com

Jud thanks - you bet! Would love to visit before the snow sets in. We will likely pop over to MSP often.

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Hey Pete, you mentioned the door panels were originally green and painted parchment. Which paint/color code did you use for the match? Thanks! I've really enjoyed following the build.