1969 K5 Blazer
 

Hi All,
Been working on this K5 for a while now for my dad and figured I'd share some pictures. Its a 1969 K5 Blazer CST originally in 514 red. There was definitely a respray done at some point in time that helped give it this great patina and rough around the edges look. I started first by just giving it a simple cut n buff.
It has a 402 big block in it and someone swapped the front axle to discs. Otherwise the majority of the expensive interior bits are all there. I'll keep posting some photos of all the work we've done til now.

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Next up was body mounts before we separated the top to deal with the windshield frame header.

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The top was an absolute pain to get off - all the bolts had seized to what was left of the weld nut strip in each side. So when i went unbolt them they just spun inside the top... Out came the sawzall.
After dealing with that, we braced and jigged the windshield frame. Cut, align, tack, check, weld etc. Came out very well!

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Thanks for sharing the photos and good luck on the build. What are your plans? Please keep the photos coming - would be fun to see a SPID shot if present.

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Heres a shot of the spid - I don't think there are really any rare options on it but maybe someone else sees different.
Otherwise, plans are to get it back on the road without rust falling in my eyes! After all this rust repair, most likely do 33's on stock 15x8's as soon as I can get another set of wheels for my C10.

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Nice project! Keep the pics coming.

Pat

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Thanks for posting. Several one-year features with 69 MY Blazers.

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The 69's are the best year in my opinion (I am a bit biased) I definitely will be following along!

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A dana 20 TC with J shifter is one of the '69 only features and I don't believe it was for the whole production year. What do you know about it Pete?

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Honestly next to nothing. I’d like to learn more. A thread dedicated to the 1969 model year would be fun.

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Subscribing to watch....

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Some more pictures, b-pillar build up and inner / outer rockers. I gotta say, this was pretty tricky to understand how this all went together especially when there was practically nothing left to show me the way. Thanks to all on this site who post their pictures!

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Driver side fully done

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Well done! Once you see how it all goes together - it makes complete sense. Working from nothing (rusted away)can be a bit challenging to envision how all the little pieces connect in that one area.

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I was in a similar boat with regards to the b pillar. Very satisfying to get that portion all fixed up. Nice work!

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Thanks all! Here's a picture of how the B pillar, rocker box, cap, etc all fit up before I fit the outer rocker and B pillar to wheel house skin. I planned ahead with my cut line on this piece to use the moldings to hide the weld line in case that didn't turn out to great.
Bonus picture - here's the pile of tetanus waiting to happen that I removed from this thing.

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got the panels prepped and primed. First coat of paint on the windshield frame did not match too well so back to the drawing board with color.

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Wow thats a ton of metal work- great job!

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Got it painted and windshield installed (big pain with the CST trim...)
Also put on kilmat on the floor for deadening / isolation of this big block. Went on super easy!

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Here are some more after I got the belt moldings on. What do you think, with or without roll bar?

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Much cleaner look without the roll bar. Safer with it obviously. Good progress!

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I like the roll bar. I'm trying to find one to put into my Jimmy before I get the top finished.

Great progress!

Pat

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Looks good, I would keep the roll bar for peace of mind.

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Thanks guys, thinking the same thing. Keep roll bar on for safety... I got lucky finding one local. Had to cut the plates off on the vertical tubes and weld on new ones.

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It might look a little high. Might want to try it with the top on.
Just a suggestion.

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:agree: - thought the same when I saw the side shot view.

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When i was test fitting the roll bar with top on the day i first picked it up, it looked pretty good. I like seeing some of it through the side window. I'll get the top on again soon, waiting on bed side seals and have been working on the interior - so having it off has been really nice. Oh yeah, and its summer, so i guess I'm not in a rush!

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Got it together enough to go on a "field" trip the other day.
Replaced the fuel sending unit shortly after this is and I wasnt getting any fuel to the carb. Pulled my hair out trying to figure this one out. Turned out the fuel line fore/aft fuel pipe had a pin hole in it and wasnt building pressure. I mustve bumped it enough while taking down the gas tank. New 3/8ths feed pipe fixed that.
Shortly after I was fighting a sputtering during coast down, figured out to be overfueling. The carb floats must have had pinholes in them, they were full of gas. Replaced those, now shes running pretty good.
Lots of torque in this big block down low but feels like it falls on its face in higher revs....

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Did you have rust in this spot? Where the floor meets the step up? If so what did you do?

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no thankfully i did not have it across that area. only a little bit where the "waterfall" meets the floor by the nut for the seat belt. I was able to bend the inner rocker to meet up to that section fine.

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Well here she is guys. I had 15x8 4 nub wheels on my C10 that I replaced and we used those to put 33x12.5x15 Goodyear Mud Terrain KM3's on. Love the stuffed look of these tires in the wheel wells.
Got the roll bar locked down and have been working on interior stuff.

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I vote no roll bar ruins the look if your off roading and under 30 keep it