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Old 10-01-2014, 02:20 PM   #1
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First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

Was a 115" WB Blazer or Jimmy ever factory produced?
A friend -- originally from Detroit -- says he remembers seeing a longer "Cheyenne" Blazer, back in the day.
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Old 10-01-2014, 02:28 PM   #2
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Re: First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

Yes! It's called a Suburban!

All kidding aside, if your friend is remembering correctly it would have been a custom vehicle.
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Old 10-01-2014, 02:29 PM   #3
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Re: First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

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Was a 115" WB Blazer or Jimmy ever factory produced?
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Nope.

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Old 10-01-2014, 09:31 PM   #4
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Re: First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

Lol
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Old 10-02-2014, 03:37 AM   #5
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Re: First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

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Yes! It's called a Suburban!

All kidding aside, if your friend is remembering correctly it would have been a custom vehicle.
This would be more like a 'steam-era' Tahoe.
I can't say that I've never seen one either. I think I saw one in front of an electrical supply store once or twice in the '90s. It looked like he had spliced a Blazer front half with a shortbed fleetside back half on a shortbed frame. [115 ''] It was seamless. And the top was white fibreglas, but it had a cruiser-van style round porthole nearest the back hatch, then about 8'' - 12'' white fiberglas and then a normal-sized rhomboid side window with sliding glass. Must've been a doublewall joined to an aftermarket pop-top for a fleetside.
A lot of custom work... but if you've got more time than money and parts are cheap, go to town.

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Old 10-02-2014, 08:42 PM   #6
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There are some very talented people among us, who will cut it up and make it cool. (Quote from Greg) ( Photo from Drew)
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Old 10-02-2014, 11:53 PM   #7
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Re: First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

I'd say that's a Suburban with the top cut off rather than a stretched Blazer.

Not that it couldn't be done, but if you look at the third door and the angle of the tailgate, I'm pretty sure it's a Burb.
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Old 10-03-2014, 03:37 PM   #8
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Re: First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

That's either a Sublazer or a Blazurban.
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Old 10-03-2014, 06:47 PM   #9
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Like the way the 2nd one sounds
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Re: First Generation "Stretch Model" K/5?

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That's either a Sublazer or a Blazurban.
Ha!

When we came out with the Cadillac version of the Avalanche my suggestion for the name was "Escalanche".

I think you can see how successful that suggestion was…




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