1971 K5 CST Blazer ..... Tumbleweed
 

just picked this 1971 cst Blazer from the Indian reservation here in Arizona. it never left the reservation untill now. it spent the last 25 years out of commission and parked in the arizona desert among a bunch tumbleweeds..
so im calling it the Tumbleweed.. it has the CST option as well as others
my plans are to leave it parked until i finish my 72 short super.
it has the spid. i first will get rid of the body lift.

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pics i give up

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Looks pretty good so far! nice project.

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Its funny how everyone off these I’ve bought have had a body lift and if you watch for them for sale they have a lift too

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Nice find! My '72 donor rig was as solid as that one appears. Would have been nice if my '70 had been that nice!

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thank you for fixing the picture..and the complement



yea im not a fan of the body lift. just not a fan...




yes i feel lucky to have found it... pretty happy !

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try pic 2

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pic 3

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pic 4

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Looks cool! I'm in to watch.

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thank you and welcome on board, not much going on right now as i am collecting nos parts for it first. might be a little slow on start. thx again

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Sub'd to follow along

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I’m on board too

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scheduled to pull body next week. stay tuned

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Should be drama free due to the apparent lack of rot..

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i hope your right i will know more what lies under the paint after blast and primer

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update.....
finally got the body back from blaster and powder coater full blast and powdercoated in epoxy primer . and i am very pleased. it looks really good except both rockers. but i figured on the rockers, thats why i thought ahead and bought a nos pair last year.
also had the frame blasted and powder coated. purchased all new leaf springs, u bolts ect. i went with a 2" tuff country. i sent both axles out to a pro in phoenix and he disassembled down to the empty housings, returned them to me for powder coating. i dropped them off and received them back in 2 days. amazing what cash money will get ya. lol. i returned them to builder and he is rebuilding them with most all nos parts. should get them back in a week.
the body is in Paint prison. the rockers and minor floor replacement to be performed.
i guess im moving along pretty good ! this came factory all white and im changing color to ???? might be orange? orange/white? blue?? havent made my mind yet?
pics to follow

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pics

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pc 2

awesome torque boxes arizona truck all its life

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awesome torque boxes

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pic 3

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Man that looks solid Dave! Too bad they blasted the vin tag☹️

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thx orange.. the data/vin plate isnt blasted just premiered over it is salvageable

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you're making fast progress on this one. did you ever find the correct date code motor for your super ?

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That's consistent with the amount of rot damage my AZ tub had. It needed both inner rockers/outer edge of floors(not the rocker boxes), and the outer rocker panels themselves. The rest was perforation free.