Sat for 20 years in a field - Original '70 Blazer
 

I have beem looking for the right Blazer for years. By right, I mean affordable and very little rust. Those two don't typically go together but I managed to snag this original paint truck a few weeks ago.

Very clean, very smelly, missing engine and back seat. It also has a 73+ low back seat in for the driver side I think since the brackets don't reach the factory mounting points and appear taller at the front.

Originally an automatic and was converted to a manual a long time ago. Not sure what the plan is but I am just happy to have it.

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More pictures

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What a solid beginning! Looks to be original paint. That is an extremely early build 1970.

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That looks like it will be a great project. Nice find.

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Great Find!

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That looks like a really good beginning. Congratulations.

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How can you tell by looking that it's an early 70 truck? It was built in 69 so that is correct.

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your VIN tells the story

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That’s interesting. One thing I noticed is that the vin plaque in the door jam is half the size of a normal one. Two rosette rivets are holding it in place and the bottom two rivets are in the sheetmetal but the plaque doesn’t extend down that far. I’ve never had a truck like that.

Or at least I don’t remember having one like that.

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Nice score, restore it as original & make me even more envious

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I've owned suburbans & pickups, never had a blazer. Someone straighten out my confusion, why does it mention the top twice on the spid? Removable top & auxiliary top

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Yes please..I have no clue either.

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Low sequence number 101341. First few weeks of MY 1970 production. My March 1970 built 1970 Blazer ends in S154197

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The color looks good, so rare. Nice find. Now time to get it going and drive it!

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What a great find. Was that here in the Midwest or elsewhere? Neat SPID, still dialing in RPO details I suspect.

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The truck was purchased in north west Nebraska by Wyoming and South Dakota.

I have the original registration for it and it looks like it was from South Dakota when it was first purchased.

I’ve got some additional pictures I’ll post sometime soon.

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Here are some additional pictures. Started cleaning the inside up. Blazer was originally registered in South Dakota 3/70.

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You sure lucked out on this one. Most, like myself, start with heavily rotted Blazers that require tons of metal work and man hours to get the bodies right again.

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Door sticker

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That's a great platform to build a factory looking K5
Could you explain what looks to be a aireal photo, was by plan,drone?
Just curious,

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Unbelievable how good of shape that truck is for sitting so long. Love it!

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I noticed tailgate letters were painted.., I'm still trying to find out what was determining factor for those that got the painted letters vs. those that did not. My 72 in medium olive with original paint does not have the painted tailgate letters.

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That was a google image shot of the truck. I bought it without seeing it in person and wanted to make sure it was actually at the address they said it was at!

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Now I just need a dark gold passenger fender....and a back seat....and an engine....and

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Hope you find one friend, that would be great...

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Looks like it has good bones ... nice :metal:

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Nice find, congrats!

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I’ve recently acquired a bunch of parts and will soon be putting this together. I’m converting it back to auto from the swapped in 4spd, putting a 72 pullout engine from a suburban along with upgrading to power steering and power brakes.

Someone swapped in a disc brake Dana 44 so I’m ahead on that one.

I’m just going to put it back together so it looks like it was never apart.

I’ll post some pictures of my parts score at a later date.

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Nice find

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What an great FIND. OMG how can people leave these historical and valuable vehicles sitting in fields and barns just to waste away—GEEZ!

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Here are some parts I have collected recently to get this truck back on the road

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The truck was originally an auto truck and I am going to put it back to auto along with upgrade to power brakes and steering.

Interestingly it came with the utility bucket seats. It has a set of standard buckets currently and I couldn't figure out why the brackets didn't reach the holes in the floor.

So anyone have a lead on utility buckets or are those impossible to track down? If I could track down a set I have a pair of buckets with tracks that I could sell to offset the cost.

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Looks like you snagged a rare '72 optional coolant recovery tank with the shroud.

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I got all that plus a factory 8 cylinder factory tach cluster for $520! Don’t give up on Craigslist….

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You'd better play the lottery! haha

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There are some seats from a 72 blazer on FB marketplace located in Ohio.

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Do you have a link to share? I haven’t seen any.

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Hope this helps. I will keep my eyes open. I am working on a 1970 also. Not as clean as yours but 2 owner. Numbers matching restoration. Best of luck

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I too am working on a 2 owner 1970 frame off restoration. All original frame and driveline. Much of the body has already been replaced. Would have loved to start with such a solid unit such as the original posters.