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I scored a wrecked 2006 Trailblazer SS that i traded my 1968 Chevy C10 for. I also bought a 1968 jeep Wagoneer with 36,000 miles on it. The plan is to cut the floor pans and fire walls out of both vehicles and swap the jeep shell onto the trailblazer, retaining the dash and interior of the trailblazer.
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In for build!
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Sub'd, this should be fun.
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I followed the link from you C10 build... sucks the truck is sold/traded, but man, I love the old Wagoneers! There's a bunch on the road here still.
What's the wheel base on both... any tweaking needed? I picked up a 68 Firebird I couldn't pass up, but i can't touch it until my shop is built... hope to start sept/oct. |
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I was curious about the same thing.
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The jeep wheelbase is 110 inches. The trailblazer is 113 inches. All of the other dimensions are within an inch. There's more headroom in the wagoneer, but the dashboard is about 10 inches shorter than the trailblazer dash. The real trouble will be trying to get as much of the dash and firewall components to fit the jeep body.
-Josh |
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You should move this to the alternative tinkering forum. You will get a ton of views and followers there. Ive been on this board forever and this is the first time Ive ever been in this area. Pure fluke I found it.
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I started tearing into the trailblazer ss this weekend. Surprisingly, all of the doors comeoff with 3 bolts and a simple unplug of the door harness.
I apologize for the delay in the build. My dad and I built a 40x60x16' garage behind the house. The building it finished structurally, but we're still waiting to get power. So everything I do currently requires 2 extension cords and/or 250 of air hose. -Josh |
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gonna be a interesting build
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Well, the plan is to drill out all of the spot welds and make the trailblazer skinny enough to slide the Jeep body over the skeleton of the trailblazer. There are a LOT of spot welds, but I'm not in any particular hurry.
-Josh |
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Rock on dude.
Keep on keepin on Nuttz |
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Several drill bits later and one sawzall blade, the roof is off. I still have to skinny up on the passenger side, but I feel better having removed everything down to the rocker panel.
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Now that the top and sides of the trailblazer are trimmed down, it's time to focus on the Wagoneer.
-Josh |
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Just messing around with lighting. The trailblazer has separate turn and brake lights while the brake and turn on the Jeep are the same bulb. I did the same thing on my station wagon, using the reverse light housings for reverse and turn signals.
The bulb I use is called a switchback LED. I pulled the stock socket or of the housing and used 2 washers. The washer inside the socket centers the light bulb. The washer behind secures the bulb to the housing. With the lens cover on, nothing looks out of place. -Josh |
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Here's what it looks like on my 65 wagon.
-Josh |
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That stripped down trailblazer kinda looks like a jeep....
Great idea on the lights! |
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Looking forward to this build and I like the switchback LED's too. Great idea!
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Cool build….I used to have an 85 Woodie Wagoneer. I loved that thing. It was a tank in the snow...
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A slight detour from the trailblazer.
My dad's birthday was April 11th, and he's out of town. So I upgraded the headlights on his 59 Chevy stepside. My "let me throw these on really quick" attitude was quickly thwarted by the size of the aftermarket headlights. I took pictures of what's left of the headlight buckets as well as how much I had to cut out of the back of the headlight holders for clearance to fit the lights. I work second shift and I took big bird to work one night and the headlight output was abysmal at best. The low and high beams don't photograph very well, but I assure you they're very bright. -Josh |
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Subbed....cool build!
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Did you put in the headlight relay harness?
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The relay harness takes all that power from the switch and draws from the battery, saves the switch and makes the headlights brighter as they should be. Good luck
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As mentioned, the relays really make the headlights work well. Looking forward to seeing more of the Jeep project.
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I got busy on the Jeep today. I bought a 74-78 Wagoneer grille because I like the turn signals in the grille instead of below the headlights. Plus I have some lighting ideas that don't work with the razor grille.
I removed the windshield, interior and the front clip. I'm in the process of removing the dash board as an assembly, and it's looking like it'll come out in one piece without cutting anything apart. -Josh |
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I am so interested in seeing this progress. Should be a good runner.
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Nice to see some progress. That's my favorite Wagoneer grill.
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Well, I'm in for the ride. Should be really enjoyable to drive when your done
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This is what I wanted the grille for. I bought 4 inch Jeep LED fog lights with a white and amber halo. The amber halo will be my turn signal and the white halo will be either parking or daytime running lights. I'm not sure if the trailblazer uses headlights for drl or a separate bulb like the Silverado. The trailblazer also came with fog lights, so those will still work as intended, except in the grille instead of the bumper.
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Nice
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Happy memorial day weekend. I tackled the dash removal. Trying to figure out the wiper motor situation. Trying to use the new motor with the old linkage.
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I got around to cutting the firewall and floor pans off the Jeep, but discovered quickly my forklift wasn't long enough to lift the body off the frame. Going from the tailgate forward, it would teeter toward the driver's front corner. From the side, it twisted toward the tailgate. So, we bought a lift. I'm currently assembling it, and we still don't have power in the shop, but we have a lift!
Oh, and happy father's day weekend everyone. -Josh |
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nice!!!...it may be hard to keep the jeep body on the lift with it turned sideways...haha..
which model did you get...ive got the atlas 10k x-wide,x-tall...worth every penny.. |
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mine is the OH-10X..they sure have gone up in price since I got mine..those lift measurements are with the adapters...I still have to duck under the lift arms
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So it's been slow going, but we finally got power out to the shop last weekend. This weekend we're wiring up lights now. It won't be long until the Jeep progress resumes.
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And we have lift off! Dad and I finished wiring u the 220 to the welding plugs and the lift.
Obviously there's a lot of work to go before the body and trailblazer ever fit, but I couldn't wait to see how far off I am to setting the Jeep onto the trailblazer. -Josh |
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So excited to see this project moving along! Congrats on the garage upgrades
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