GRIZZ’s ‘79 - 2WD BLAZER Challenge over in London, England. “~It’s not a Project~”

[Grizz1963]

RIIIIIIGGHHHHTT......



Having done all the thinking around the graphics, and settling on either the Green Sinclair or Orange 76 Union design, my next question is this.



[font color="19e644"][font size="5"]Would you buy this truck, were it painted or covered in vinyl like that.




HONEST ANSWERS ONLY.[/font][/font]


THANK YOU.

[Grizz1963]

Bunch of small things came together yesterday.

Seam sealer mate Martin had ordered off eBay for me, arrived. Bulk buys work out cheaper.
To be used once all the welding is done.

Supposed to be good and not crack, the stuff on th C10 has cracked.



Then some underbody sealer.



And once all is done, every cavity, doors, tailgate and bed sides are all getting a load of this stuff too.



That should keep my head happy on a 40year old.

It won’t stop rust, or any existing stuff, but hopefully slow it all down.


For the wood panels and carpeting on the sides, spray glue which is said to be easier to work with than brush on, on larger surfaces.



While in the garage last night, I also sanded down and trimmed back the ply side panels.

Next job is to trim the top and bottoms by 5-10mm to get an easy fit in order to screw them down on the mounting plates and top edge, after which I will precut the red carpet and prep it for glue.

I plan on glueing over the screws once placed, but to leave it unglued around the screws with just tension keeping the carpet flat there.that way I can access the screws but not see them once mounted.

I have always disliked the open headed flat chrome screws in hotorod door panels etc.



I think I have a dinner date tonight, so may not get around to getting anything done.

But always optimistic I can find an hour or so to go play.

[Grizz1963]

Last night after work, I drove over to Brentford in Essex to meet up with PaulY to do a service station pickup of parts.

Paul has been into and onto old cars for a long time, preferring V8’s or fast stuff.

His current toy, awaiting good times.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ighlight=Woody


When I bought the Blazer, he reached out quietly from the side lines to offer me some springs and shocks he had.

Pretty much anything would be better than the tired units fitted right now.

The springs came from somewhere else, surgically enhanced, but never fitted.
I wrote the description he gave on the box.
Means nothing to me.
But they are 14 inches tall, and same size as what’s fitted to the truck at the moment, so worth a try.

Anyone have any ideas??



As unpacked.



Cleaned all of them with degreaser and then some paint, just to make them a bit prettier.



Afterward, ready to go on.





So the question is...........


Anyone game to come over and lend a hand and spring compressors to get the springs in over the weekend??


Let me know.

[Grizz1963]

Screwed..........??



Not really.

Dry run on the ply, to recess the flat head screws.





Somfollowing that, I got back onto the plymsides, fine tuning the fit, drilling pilot holes for the screws into the sides, and then came up to the house to lay out the carpet and cutting to fit.

Catscan.




Cut to size.

At this point I decided to call it a night, rather than glue the carpet down.




Pretty pleased so far.

Mojo headed back.

[Grizz1963]

Well, for this who tried to guess the contents of the box posted to me this week.

They were in fact original lights, generously sold to me by MrS (Martin with the very rusty K5) as he had a spare set.







Complete with bodies and lamps.





To replace these ugly burgers.



Double, in fact triple whammy of good news today.


Lights arrived in the post, as did V5C in my name, but unable to SORN truck online for some reason.




Third thing was getting a VW Polo Towbar from mate Martin to try fit on the truck where Lee had removed the original.

Yes, I want o e but most people do not.

Worked in London today, doing a lecture in Kings College Hospital to the Stroke team, before I started, this view greeted me, sometimes there are bonuses attached to earning your keep.



Towbar update in a bit.

[Grizz1963]

This morning at one point, mate Martin called me to say he had been to his mums home and found VW Polo Towbar

Knowing that I was looking for something to convert to fit to the Blazer, he put it in his work van and took it with him.

Tonight we were about a mile apart on the motorway , both headed down the M2 when he called to see how my day had gone, we realised a rendezvous was in order, so met up on the roadside next to the Medway river on the Cuxton road bypass.

Nice new work van.



Wooooohoooo.... Bounty.



Came home, fed the security cat, then quick trip to the garage to offer the Towbar up yo the chassis mounting points

Extension to be removed.

Mounting plate 300mm off the ground.



Chassis mounts are at 800mm
Towbar is at 900mm
Perfect.



To be mounted in top of chassis tabs.




Security cat helped and then came up to the house to wait for me.

[Grizz1963]

Oooooppps.

Double post.

Have a random penance pic.




May have found a previous owner from a long time ago.

Below some comments from him.


[font size="3"][font color="e62b19"]Did that come from a guy in Kent? It looks like one I had years ago. Also 2WD

Not sure Rian long time ago sold to a guy in kent and never seen since it was original 2wd from California was all in primer apart from removable top in cream, i had a heavy duty tow bar welded on as used to pull large trailer pulling yanks from Belgium, have a pic will try and find, same grill though.

As I said not sure if that's the same one but looks like it, but i remember when i registered mine i had to take it to Ashford kent for some reason to have it checked always had mine done local, verry hard to find in original 2wd today, the only reason i sold it i had a 70 3 door suburban from Texas arrive couple months later.[/font][/font]


Take two.

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Been a busy week, and tonight I had a report deadline, after a conversation with my new manager, we booked a half day for Thursday so that he could help me understand the process and activity to deliver a new monthly report, which all his reportees think is a waste of time, but hey..... what do we know?


So at 6pm before light failedI went to the garage and lifted the Blazer up high.




Remember this piece?



Clamped in.



Done.

Good enough for me.

Glued in place.



Then the seam sealer, thinking it would be the end of the day.

But of course not, Ehhh?



900mm of welding done in the dark, using an LED torch to show me where to go.......




Bird poop welding on the inner sill panel, without a doubt,

Grinding back in the morning, and some seam sealer later.

This is not at all structural but needed to be done.

Kraken Rum no 2 is history too, so gp era near bedtime for me.


I am also almost out of gas, and interestingly, Imam getting a free delivery from Sam tomorrow.

Old skool service with a smile.