Finally after a year and a half
 

my truck will be ready this week. I bought it site unseen from an Idaho craigslist site. The guy claimed to be a body guy, and told me the only thing it needed was sanding and painting. I paid $2600 for the blazer and $1000 to have it shipped.

Needless to say when the truck arrived, it was nothing like the guy told me or the pictures suggested.

To make matters worse, i'm not mechanically inclined, so I would have to pay someone to do all the work. I was blessed to find a young guy named Billy Poston in Greenville, that was willing to take on my 'project'. He needed the money and I needed the work.

I will try to post some before and after pictures. Is there an easy way to post pics from my laptop?

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just post reply and hit manage attachments then upload from your drives... lets see em Zenupe13!!

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here ya go..

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getting ready for 1st paint job

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$500 paint job, he painted it in his garage

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I had it at the house for a few days before something else went wrong

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round 2 with paint

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this is where its at now.... I should have my truck back by Thursday with new paint, bed liner, and sounds... Can't Wait!

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Looks great. Looking forward to pics on Thursday.

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Nice job! it looks great, keep up the great work and keep those pics coming.

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Why did the blazer need a second paint job?
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Looking good!!!

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X2:). Looks great!

One other thing, I don't know if you still have that open element air breather on there but if you do, get rid of it. If you happen to backfire through the carb they tend to catch on fire. Then you'll need a third paint job:(
Just my .2cents
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I was thinking the same thing on the air cleaner... fire hazard waiting to happen...

Other then that, the truck looks good....

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Truck is looking great Zenupe! Glad to see another South Carolina member finally!

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Once you got up close to it you could tell it wasn't a very good paint job. Plus my budget changed, so I decided to get something a little different. Going with the house of color silver metallic. I really just want something cool to take to the tail gates.

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Where is it located? I'll have that taken off. Thanks!

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The triangle shaped thing on the top of the carb.
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gotcha.... so just get one of the round ones? What is your opinion in changing it to a fuel injected engine? Worth the money? Thanks!

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Looking nice! Can't wait to see it when it is all finished and back from the new paint! keep the pictures coming!

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Wow! Love the wheels. If it's been a year and half, I'd just drive it with the carb'd motor and not worry about the EFI, and maybe next year do the swap.

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Took the words right out of my mouth:)
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What a transformation. The guy who sold it to you should get beat for lying though.
You made the right decision on going silver. Black is really beutiful, but it gets real dirty real fast and it gets HOT real quick.