My first 72 blazer
 

I have always been a pick up man, but ran across this and thought it needed rescued. It had been in the same family since mid 90's, and hasn't been driven much for about the last 10 years, But he kept tinkering with it. Tires still had part of the stickers on them, carb had been rebuilt a few months ago and new spark plugs. It has the usually rust underneath-needs a lot of love under there, but will clean up nice and look good going down the road. Seems pretty sold mechanically. Interior needs redone, but someone did add tilt. He said it wasn't for sale, and I accepted the challenge.

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Very nice. Congratulations, and welcome to the club. Blazers are a ton of fun.

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Thank you!

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Very Nice! Highlander too.

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Looks like a pretty clean Blazer with a lot of nice options too!

Pat

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Nice, plans?

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Looks like a good one

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No real plans. It has a major power steering leak that I want to fix, and polish it up. I generally don’t keep vehicles very long. I mostly enjoy the hunt and “rehoming” them.

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Nice find. How’s the interior?

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Congratulations on the new Blazer - lots of good stuff on that one! Glad everything worked out and you can get it back on the road again.

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Interior is mostly all there, but needs refurbished. What makes this a CST? I see the emblem on the outside of the glove box door, but not anywhere else?

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Thank you for your help.

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Looks like white paint peeking through on the step face? nice.

There should be (or once were) CST emblems on the doors as well. Here’s the list of CST features.

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I don’t see the recess for the door screws under the vent windows - maybe the original doors were replaced?

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I noticed the dash and turn signal stalk as well. It's definitely not all original, but it's still a good starting point.

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Definitely, I’d love to drive that. My point is replaced doors could explain the absence of CST emblems per owners question in post #11.

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Interesting about the CST package. Notice it is called Cheyenne on the SPID. I had understood that the CST was renamed Cheyenne in 71-72. From what you show and what I looked up as well. It seems the CST package name was still used on the Blazers but not on trucks. Have never seen a 71-72 truck with CST badging.

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Oh, yeah. Absolutely. But there's also the possibility they left the factory without them... there were some strange things that happened back in those days. I worked at a Chevy dealership in the mid-70s and we'd sometimes gather around a vehicle and scratch our heads about what had just rolled in.

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Thanks-lots of good information there!! What do you mean "step face"?

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dang-I missed that one, and I usually look for that.

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The step face is the front part of the step up to the rear - it's right behind the front seats.

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thank you!

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Interestingly, 70-72 Blazer doors have reinforcement plates about the latch not seen in pickups (seems 69 MY did not). Here’s an example of what the plates look like: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=588832

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You found a good one, looks solid. You'll be surprised how well that paint will polish up too. Good luck with it

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Yes, I think it is going to clean up well. I started polishing on it yesterday. Looking much better.

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When you're ready to sell, let me know as I have a buddy who will be interested.

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Pm sent

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the ol' blazer shined up pretty nicely! Took it on it's maiden voyage today, drove it close to 100 miles, and other than a healthy power steering leak, all went well. I was amazed at how tight the front end is-almost no play in the steering.

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That cleaned up nice!

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It turns a
lot of heads!! Lots of fun.

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I agree, polished up nicely
Looks great!

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That polished up nicely. Looks good.

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Looks very nice, congratulations on the successful maiden voyage. :metal:

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nice looks just like my old one back in the 70's....what size tires are those 33s or 35s?

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Those are 35s. It has 2.5” blocks in the back, and I believe add-a-leaf in the front.

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Very nice. Send it to Phoenix, I want it!

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That certainly could be arranged!

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Almost twins

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Being that you’re a truck guy, wanna trade for a similar condition 1972 k10 shortbed gmc? Original blue paint looks about like yours did before polish. No rust thru. Some surface under bed

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I might have been interested, but the Blazer left early this morning heading to it's new home in Indiana. Thanks anyhow.