Most of this is taken from my build thread.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=522548Which now looks pretty lousy due to the photobucket deal. My build had died off and I only drove it once this summer. I nearly decided to sell it a few weeks back and Sam (who is now 13) had a meltdown. So, it's gonna stick around a while. Ive decided to get it on the road this winter. Cant wait to put some miles on it.
Here is the basics of how it became mine . . .
I bought our Blazer in 2011. In late '11, I had been getting my (then) six year old little boy pumped up about a Blazer project. Ya know, maybe your dad did it to you when you were a kid : "We are gonna build you one of those...blah, blah, blah" (come to think of it, I never got the '57 Chevy I was promised) - OK, so I took him to the Fall Auto Fair at Charlotte Motor Speedway in August 2011 and I wanted him to see a Blazer. (to build the dream!) We had a great time and even found a couple. -but none in our price range! I did run across a board member (bashed) at the Auto Fair who was showing a nice Blazer.
SO, while I was talking to Jerrett (a.k.a.- bashed), I told him I was hoping to get one for a project this Spring. AND, he said he had another 2wd he was going to sell. So I gave him my card and told him to email me some pictures. I was pretty pumped up!
OK, so WEEKS went by and I never heard from him. I didnt have his name, his number. (yep, idiot move on my part) All I had was a photo of his Blazer and he had mentioned to me that he was at the show with the East Coast Cruisers. So, I finally Googled the East Coast Cruisers website and emailed them to tell them I was looking for a member who was at the Auto Fair. The only info I had was his Ochre Yellow Blazer. After a few days, (and apparently a few email forwards) I got contact info.
I called him to follow up and sure enough, he was still looking to sell it.
So... he sent me some pics and ... I had to have it. The only trouble is, I had just started my own business. We were definitely in the red. But when I decide I want something, I will do anything to get it.
He said he wasn't in a hurry to sell it, in fact he wasnt even trying to sell it, so I didn't commit right away. BUT it stayed on my mind.
Fast forward to November 2011, I finally got a little bit of cash saved up and I offered to make a deposit on the Blazer. He agreed. So, on paper my ownership began on Tues, November 8th, 2011. Our deal was he would hold it at his place until I got my tax return and I would pay off the rest. Sounded crazy even to me at the time.
In the meantime, I spent my Christmas holiday parting out a '71 that I talked my dad into buying. I wanted to go ahead and score the top (for a donor-sliding sunroof project) and hatch (mine was shot) and the rear seat (mine is a rear seat delete and yeah... I have 3 kids) In the process, I also kept a box load of small parts because to be honest, I really had no idea what mine needed at the time. At the time, I had only seen it once and had never even driven it. haha!
SO... then we fast forward ahead again. I met up with Jerrett (bashed) again to give him a little more money so he didn't think I evaporated, but I NEEDED that tax money. After the first of the year, I started working on my taxes, and when I received the last of my documents at the end of January, I filed them as quickly as possible... HOWEVER, Uncle Sam wasn't in a hurry. My return was e-filed on 2/2/12 and my return was estimated to be in on 2/19 but at some point I guess I pulled the short straw and my return was picked for "review". I guess our investment to buy the Charlotte franchise division of our company threw up a red flag and that began a chain of tax events that had me pulling my hair out. 2/19 turned into 3/23, then for a few weeks we didn't even have an estimated date. And then finally we got a date in April. When it finally came, they didn't even direct deposit it They sent it via check,(which I think I paid for)
At this point, I should probably give a shout out to board member bashed. He was a real understanding super guy to work with, even when it came to dealing with a broke fool like myself.
So, FINALLY the ball started rolling again. (7 months after our first meeting-ha!) In fact, it moved pretty quickly. I set it up to have it shipped directly to my dads, since he is all pumped up about building Sam having a Blazer. Of course, the truck broke down so the shipping had it's own little issues.. I talked about it in another thread (if you're bored, feel free to indulge yourself)
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=520173
So that's how my Blazer finally became mine.