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08-28-2007, 05:19 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
 That would be the way to go on a 2wd....and one that doesnt have a hard top still used in the winter 
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10-31-2007, 11:04 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Hmm, 2wd, bbc, I'm liking those plan changes. Eager to hear more on the project plans.
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12-29-2007, 03:12 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
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Flopped back to building it as a 4x4. Changed the tire size, going up to 36's. Not a huge tire I realize but the street manners will be good. No real progress on this one but the project that needs to be finished first is being worked on currently. Need to finish and sell my 70 swb 4x4 to fund this blazer build. |
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12-29-2007, 05:05 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
36" tires are plenty big for the street. Keep them rotated often to help keep good street manners! I'm afraid I haven't rotated my 35"s enough and they shake pretty bad at about 55 mph.
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05-18-2008, 12:45 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
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Picked up some 37" MT/R's. Found and picked up some one ton axles too...  Time to consolidate a couple threads I think. |
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05-18-2008, 03:22 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Just went back through the entire thread (well the pics anyways) to refresh my memory and wow that's a nice tub to start with.
Any update pics yet? Maybe I'm a little anxious.
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05-25-2008, 02:11 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
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Tougher to do than one might think. |
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12-02-2008, 07:31 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Went out and revisited this blazer yesterday due to some new interest from another board member.
Looks like it's going to be sold as a tub on a rolling chassis as long as everything works out. Got rid of the old (won't hold air) wheels/tires and put on these rallys I blasted and painted a couple years ago, told the potential new owner they would be part of the package. Blasted and painted that frame several years ago, it's great to see it's holding up really well. Nothing exciting but hey, that's winter in VT. 
Last edited by vtblazer; 12-02-2008 at 07:35 AM. |
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12-02-2008, 04:05 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Believe me, I made my own, I would have been money ahead if I could have bought them back then!
Those aren't easy to make... Rg
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12-02-2008, 05:53 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Isn't that one of the pieces wes had made as well?
Man, I spent about an hour and a half or so reading all of the posts about Dozer and Jason, man those guys were very well liked and severly missed. I watch in awe the groups of wheelers as they hang out and wheel in the vids and picts, and think, man I wish I could have that in my life. You guys that do it, my hats off to you and I am in awe. I live very near MOAB and am ashamed that I have never been, and my wheelin' is mostly playing around in the dirt here in the No AZ area. Glad to see the updated thread has a somewhat happy ending. RIP Dozer and Jason. Last edited by 70rs/ss; 12-02-2008 at 05:54 PM. |
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07-06-2009, 10:20 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Possible resurrection for this one...stay tuned.
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07-06-2009, 11:00 PM
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Its lookin' like a Blazer!
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Wow, I've been away too long.... Andy has got huge tires, your sellin' the blue and orange blazers and now this, lol. GITRDONE!
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07-07-2009, 06:18 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
We missed ya, where you been hiding?
As for change, I've done the stock resto (almost to freakin nice to drive) and I've done the rock crawler (way to extreme to drive) and now I want the best of both worlds dammit.  By saying drive, I'm talking about being able to enjoy the ride, my green one never saw rain so that always added stress to each trip, let alone the fear of other drivers out there and the blue one in the end wouldn't pass inspection anyway, leave out the fact of trying to drive a set of 42" bias ply tires down pavement. Along the way, I've learned more and have yet again decided to go a different route with the drive-train. 
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07-10-2009, 11:12 PM
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Its lookin' like a Blazer!
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
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09-09-2009, 08:34 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Looks good. Do you know the bolt sizes you used for the body mounts? That's the first thing I need to do on mine, and it's getting closer to that time.
For the A-pillars, did you replace them with new metal, or just clean them up? Thanks.
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09-09-2009, 01:18 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Very nice work Kurt!
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09-09-2009, 03:39 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
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Check out the beginning of this thread...some interesting reading, you'll find the answer there.
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09-09-2009, 08:47 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Right on VT! Already saved in the memory banks! Got all that to look forward to on my build. Keep up the good work, and keep up the great pic's!
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09-10-2009, 05:53 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
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Thanks, we're all waiting for you to get it out of storage and get to work already. Just don't follow my 'time line', this build is over 4 years old now.  Started even before I ever posted a thread... Pics start out with the remains of my very first K5, then it's the stripped out Texas tub, next is the donor truck that the firewall came from and the last one is it's first of many 'storage' visits. Last edited by vtblazer; 09-10-2009 at 05:56 AM. |
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09-10-2009, 07:52 PM
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I miss this truck.
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
amazing. I'm actually impressed that this has only taken you 4 years.
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09-10-2009, 08:53 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Wow thats one farfed up passenger quarter! There is a thread somewhere on here that shows how to replace that thing. You should look it up
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09-10-2009, 09:48 PM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
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Hes the guy who did the quarter swap thread. Plus that is an older pic, I believe he already replaced it Edit: darn internet sarcasm Last edited by litebulblsc; 09-10-2009 at 09:49 PM. |
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09-11-2009, 06:45 AM
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Found it, can't believe that guy couldn't salvage the old one.
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09-11-2009, 06:52 AM
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Re: Little Body Work on the Blazer/Tub
Time to change your .sig
SELLING ONE RUST FREE BLAZER TUB...
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09-11-2009, 07:18 AM
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False advertising, ya caught me. 
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