1974 Chevrolet K5 Blazer *Partial Restore*
 

Newby here on this forum but a long time lurker.

Starting in September 15' I spent 5 months looking up and down the west coast for a Full Convertible Blazer/Jimmy with a solid foundation that wasn't a complete hack job or a rust bucket.

In the meantime I found a 86 K30 parts truck that I used for donor parts to swap in my future Blazer.

I finally found a unmolested Blazer down in California and just so happened to be the day before valentines day, soooo the wife and I did a 24 hour road trip to pick this up.:)

I removed the 465/203, dana 44 and 12 bolt and I swapped in the TH400/205, dana 60 and 14bolt. The automatic was a must for the wife when she wanted to drive it around.

Here is some pics throughout the process of bringing it back to life. I started in mid February and finished it at the end of June. Pretty much a 4 month turn around..:dnd:


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Re: 1974 Chevrolet K5 Blazer *Partial Restore*
 

Very impressive;) so you swapped the d60 14 bolt from the crewcab?

Re: 1974 Chevrolet K5 Blazer *Partial Restore*
 

Thank you. Yup, pretty much the whole drivetrain, tires and wheels minus the 454.

Re: 1974 Chevrolet K5 Blazer *Partial Restore*
 

Very nice work. I've always wanted a full convertible blazer.

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Looks great, so you didn't have to do any paint work to the exterior? I want to do the same thing to a 69-72 or a 73-75, gotta have a full convertible!

Re: 1974 Chevrolet K5 Blazer *Partial Restore*
 

Thank you. Surprisingly no. There is a few surface rust spots, dings and dents but other than that its in relatively good condition. I spent a long time finding one thats not a rust bucket that didn't cost a fortune. Be patient!