Owned this project since 2006. Broke in 2008. Sat in a field for 14 years.
I am looking to get this back on the road as a weekend warrior. Mild to medium difficulty trails, on beach driving, and truck camping are what I plan on doing with it.
I figured I should start a build thread here. It’s a 1984 m1009. The truck was a pile of junk when purchased. It needed new bedsides, floors, rockers and lower b pillars. The windshield area was toast and so was alot of other things.
I completely disassembled the truck down to the last bolt...
This is my daily driver/weekend wheeler build that I purchased from my Grandpa in 2002 or so. It was my first truck and stayed pretty much like the picture below until 2012 when I decided to take off the bed and clean up the rear frame that was starting to look pretty crappy.
A simple clean...
So I started this build a while ago and also have it posted on pirate4x4 but there is a lot of people on here that are not on pirate so I figured I would show my work here as well. Lots of good tech on here and I love hearing peoples feedback. I will do my best to get all my other post on here...
ZooMad75 submitted a new Build:
'91 K5.3 Blazer
Read more about this build here...
This page is the onset of the 5.3L install
page-3 Start of D44 build, Hagerman Pass
page-4 CV shaft clearance
page-5 Prop valve retro fit to 73-89
page-12 Driveline math explained
page-13 RPO code list out...
Welcome to My "Official" Stepside Restoration Thread and More!
I'm assembling a table of contents so navigating this long build thread can be a lot easier. But first, a little story of my truck:
This truck is my first vehicle and I've had it since February of '05 before I even had my...