Project: 72 2wd Blazer

[jkade72]

I bought this blazer back in Nov of 2005 after going on many wild goose chases looking for a 67-72 c10 truck. I drove 10 hours one way to look at one truck and it was a piece when I got there to get it. Came home and saw the blazer on ebay and it was only about a 3 hour ride, I told my wife that if this wasn't the one I was giving up. Got there to look at it and out of the other 10 guys that told me their trucks were rust free this one was actually just that. There where a lot of things I didn't like about it but I did like the fact that it was a great starting point and need just a little block sanding to be a pretty much perfect body. So I bought it and brought it home.



The first thing I did was get my buddy over @ Rods and Restos to get me some 20" torq thrust II's and got them put on there and it sit like a 4x4 instead of a 2wd. Next on the list was a set of drop spindles for the front and some 6" springs and 1.5" block for the back. Got those pieces installed a a bolt in c notch and had it looking pretty good but it need some interior.

The P.O. had installed some buckets and a console out of a 454ss truck and they where mint but the burgandy seats and carpet didn't go to well with the red paint. I stripped the interior and waited 6 months for my name to come up at Wilson's Upholstery in Cedartown, Ga. They had it done in about a month and I was very pleased with what they did for me. I had them cover a set of 98 tahoe front buckets with the headrest removed and a back seat from a 88 suburban. They also made custom door panels, rear panels for the bed, tailgate panel, covered the dash, dash pad, sun visors, carpet, custom bed rail covers, and a custom speaker box.

By the time I got it back I was looking to give the 402 a little more power and bought some heads, cam, headers, edelbrock pro flo, roller rockers, and some dress up goodies plus a stall for the th400. During this time I also installed a eaton posi and a set of 3:73's. Got the motor with the new parts and efi back in and all the efi did was give me trouble. All it would do is foul plugs and really piss me off so I decide to sell the motor and the efi and wait for a GENIII motor.

So turns out the bitch had been wrecked at some point and nothing would line up past the firewall on the front rails so we cut them off and made some new one's out of 2x6". We made a crossmember that uses c4 front suspension, it will have shockwaves on the front, c5 front calipers on a 4 corners, nascar trailing arms on the rear, firestones on the rear, 8.8 with 3:73's and locker, bought a lq4 that I will turn into a lq9, maybe a t56, 18 and 20's or 20's and 20's. Here are pics from along the way.

[jkade72]

[nitrovette]

Wow i love it,my brothers got a 72 id love to get my hands on and do the same thing.Nice job.

[jkade72]

Deconstruction Begins

[jkade72]

Here is the little progress that we have made. My dad which is 69c4x11 on here has helped me a lot, hell he has done more than a lot.

[jkade72]

[MuscleRodz]

Welcome to the dark side!

Mike

[jkade72]

Welcome to the dark side!

Mike

Hey , I do a lot of reading over here so I decide I would join and post the project.

[chet]

very nice! One question, you getting rid of the rear seat now?

[jkade72]

very nice! One question, you getting rid of the rear seat now?

That is not decided yet, I have a 1/2 top for it and if I go that route there will be no back seat. If I use the full top I may use the back seat and cut the height down some on the seat back so it doesn't stick up so high. I may have to go with a full top since I found out Monday that having sex with the wife finially made a baby

[1offwizard]

That is a very cool Blazer! I saw 3 very nice examples of those at SEMA this past year! Cool project. Can't wait to see more. Congrats on getting the wife pregnant too!

[jkade72]

That is a very cool Blazer! I saw 3 very nice examples of those at SEMA this past year! Cool project. Can't wait to see more. Congrats on getting the wife pregnant too!

I have seen pics of those at sema and 2 of them where pretty nice but the one with no rear floor was pretty useless. The only thing about getting the wife pregnant is she doesn't think we have to try as much now
Thanks

[Patrick]

I love the early Blazers. Nice work...keep us updated with lots of photos.

[jkade72]

I love the early Blazers. Nice work...keep us updated with lots of photos.

Will do

[Code Red]

noice

[Chevrolaine]

Sweet looking ride! Dare to be different special there.

[jkade72]

Sweet looking ride! Dare to be different special there.

Oh you wouldn't believe the crap I have caught for doing this to a factory 2wd blazer, there are some purist that believe in these things also.

[67rsssls]

Nice progress with the frame. Can't wait to see more pics!

[jkade72]

Nice progress with the frame. Can't wait to see more pics!

Thanks and I will post more maybe this weekend when I get the rear bags installed.

[whytry]

I'm jealous! I love those blazer's.. I am hoping to one day find one and do the same.