STHRNKALI7
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Will the frame from a 79 4wd Blazer fit my 78 2wd Blazer?
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1978 2wd Blazer
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tenderfoot
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Well that's a direct fit I believe
STHRNKALI7
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That’s what I was think but wasn’t sure because of the 4wd. Thanks Tenderfoot!
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tenderfoot
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I'm not an expert, I'm just assuming because '78 was the first year to move that footwell in behind the front seats
STHRNKALI7
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Thanks, I’m also calling a truck shop to double check.
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tenderfoot
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Oh don't worry all the square body, EXPERTISE you'll ever need is about to chime in right here. Look no further. Just everyone's at work right now
It will fit, it will bolt right in. However if you are changing you 2wd to a 4wd you are crazy, insane, more crazy etc. (in a web way ) . But no seriously don't do it. The 2wd is worth tons more and tons more rare.
I you want / need a 4wd then build two.
If you have to keep it, read you other post about how you got it. You can convert it to 4wd also maybe a bit less work but totally doable.
I once had a 2wd and I thought I needed a 4wd so I got rid of it, still looking for another that was about 25 years ago. Found one that was a converted 4wd but it was a mess. Should have kept it also that was not as many years ago.
I once had a 2wd and I thought I needed a 4wd so I got rid of it, still looking for another that was about 25 years ago. Found one that was a converted 4wd but it was a mess. Should have kept it also that was not as many years ago.
STHRNKALI7
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Thanks!
STHRNKALI7
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Thanks for the great info kgblazerfive, but I wasn’t planning on converting, this frame is cracked and I know a guy selling a good frame from a 79 4wd blazer. Just need to know if it would fit my 2wd. Thanks everyone!!!
It will fit, and if you want to convert the frame to 2wd, it's doable.
It will take some work though.
The frame rail is the same but cross members are different.
You might need to drill some holes.
STHRNKALI7
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Good to know!!! Thanks, imiceman44!
I assume the frame rails are the same,but will require a lot of work to make it into a 2wd --GM square body trucks did share the same frames as far as pickup trucks between 2 and 4 wheel drives,so I would guess Blazers were the same way--but to "convert" one to the other (4wd to 2wd) ,would require a donor 2wd frame to supply all the 2WD components that are different,you'd have to cut rivets and transfer parts like spring hangers,control arm crossmember,etc...
I had a 2wd 1975 K5 years ago,I liked it,but never dreamed it would ever be "collectible",---I liked driving it as a summer truck to save wear and tear on my 72 K5 4x4 I also owned at the time..
Back then a 2wd Blazer was considered a waste up here,everyone wanted a 4x4..you could buy a 2wd for peanuts,but there was not many around even back then....they were like a 2wd mail Jeep--it looked like a jeep,but no 4wd made it worth much less up here in the snow belt..few people bought one..
I passed on a 1971 K5 2wd I saw advertised in a nearby town for $200,because the ad did not state it was only 2wd,and I was hoping it was a 4x4..
Looking back I should have snagged it,it would be worth a fortune today,they only made very few 2wd Blazers in '71..
Another 1974 2wd I found not far from my home,I bought for $250,another friend needed a truck for his wife to put around in--it had a 350,4 barrel,4:11 gears (rare for a 2wd!)--truck was pretty rust free,despite sitting with 4 flats in the same spot over 3 years from the time I first spotted it..guy bought it to teach his wife how to drive,but she chickened out,never did get her license..tires were brand new,but dry rotted to death,couldn't even blow them up to drive it to my house--they never left her driveway!..
I bought this one pictured below,a full convertible,for $150 ,it had rot in the front floors,rockers,door bottoms,and I just patched it up with galvanized sheet metal and bought aftermarket rockers,cab mounts,etc...
I also replaced its original straight six 250 with a '71 307 from a '71 K10 Suburban I parted out,and I also had a 4 speed Saginaw transmission from a '74 Vega a friend scrapped that was a bolt in fit ,so I put that in place of the original 3 speed manual it had..
It ran and drove fine as it was,but I was always into swapping things around back then..I could have just left it alone (and maybe should have!)..
It is rare to see a manual transmission up here,most all trucks had automatics unless someone specified a manual when they ordered it,or bought a "bare bones" base model...so that made my Blazer all the more "rare"being 2wd with a manual ..most dealers up here loaded up trucks with automatics,A/C, P/B,P/S,etc ,back in the 70's..
I stupidly sold that truck for $450,after doing all that work..wish I had stashed it away now...after seeing "Misfit Garage" pay $8500 for one rusting in a field that was worse off than mine was when I got it!..
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I had a 2wd 1975 K5 years ago,I liked it,but never dreamed it would ever be "collectible",---I liked driving it as a summer truck to save wear and tear on my 72 K5 4x4 I also owned at the time..
Back then a 2wd Blazer was considered a waste up here,everyone wanted a 4x4..you could buy a 2wd for peanuts,but there was not many around even back then....they were like a 2wd mail Jeep--it looked like a jeep,but no 4wd made it worth much less up here in the snow belt..few people bought one..
I passed on a 1971 K5 2wd I saw advertised in a nearby town for $200,because the ad did not state it was only 2wd,and I was hoping it was a 4x4..
Looking back I should have snagged it,it would be worth a fortune today,they only made very few 2wd Blazers in '71..
Another 1974 2wd I found not far from my home,I bought for $250,another friend needed a truck for his wife to put around in--it had a 350,4 barrel,4:11 gears (rare for a 2wd!)--truck was pretty rust free,despite sitting with 4 flats in the same spot over 3 years from the time I first spotted it..guy bought it to teach his wife how to drive,but she chickened out,never did get her license..tires were brand new,but dry rotted to death,couldn't even blow them up to drive it to my house--they never left her driveway!..
I bought this one pictured below,a full convertible,for $150 ,it had rot in the front floors,rockers,door bottoms,and I just patched it up with galvanized sheet metal and bought aftermarket rockers,cab mounts,etc...
I also replaced its original straight six 250 with a '71 307 from a '71 K10 Suburban I parted out,and I also had a 4 speed Saginaw transmission from a '74 Vega a friend scrapped that was a bolt in fit ,so I put that in place of the original 3 speed manual it had..
It ran and drove fine as it was,but I was always into swapping things around back then..I could have just left it alone (and maybe should have!)..
It is rare to see a manual transmission up here,most all trucks had automatics unless someone specified a manual when they ordered it,or bought a "bare bones" base model...so that made my Blazer all the more "rare"being 2wd with a manual ..most dealers up here loaded up trucks with automatics,A/C, P/B,P/S,etc ,back in the 70's..
I stupidly sold that truck for $450,after doing all that work..wish I had stashed it away now...after seeing "Misfit Garage" pay $8500 for one rusting in a field that was worse off than mine was when I got it!..
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STHRNKALI7
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Lol, thanks for the story, I really didn’t know what I had until you all shared you knowledge with me, thanks!!!I assume the frame rails are the same,but will require a lot of work to make it into a 2wd --GM square body trucks did share the same frames as far as pickup trucks between 2 and 4 wheel drives,so I would guess Blazers were the same way--but to "convert" one to the other (4wd to 2wd) ,would require a donor 2wd frame to supply all the 2WD components that are different,you'd have to cut rivets and transfer parts like spring hangers,control arm crossmember,etc...
I had a 2wd 1975 K5 years ago,I liked it,but never dreamed it would ever be "collectible",---I liked driving it as a summer truck to save wear and tear on my 72 K5 4x4 I also owned at the time..
Back then a 2wd Blazer was considered a waste up here,everyone wanted a 4x4..you could buy a 2wd for peanuts,but there was not many around even back then....they were like a 2wd mail Jeep--it looked like a jeep,but no 4wd made it worth much less up here in the snow belt..few people bought one..
I passed on a 1971 K5 2wd I saw advertised in a nearby town for $200,because the ad did not state it was only 2wd,and I was hoping it was a 4x4..
Looking back I should have snagged it,it would be worth a fortune today,they only made very few 2wd Blazers in '71..
Another 1974 2wd I found not far from my home,I bought for $250,another friend needed a truck for his wife to put around in--it had a 350,4 barrel,4:11 gears (rare for a 2wd!)--truck was pretty rust free,despite sitting with 4 flats in the same spot over 3 years from the time I first spotted it..guy bought it to teach his wife how to drive,but she chickened out,never did get her license..tires were brand new,but dry rotted to death,couldn't even blow them up to drive it to my house--they never left her driveway!..
I bought this one pictured below,a full convertible,for $150 ,it had rot in the front floors,rockers,door bottoms,and I just patched it up with galvanized sheet metal and bought aftermarket rockers,cab mounts,etc...
I also replaced its original straight six 250 with a '71 307 from a '71 K10 Suburban I parted out,and I also had a 4 speed Saginaw transmission from a '74 Vega a friend scrapped that was a bolt in fit ,so I put that in place of the original 3 speed manual it had..
It ran and drove fine as it was,but I was always into swapping things around back then..I could have just left it alone (and maybe should have!)..
It is rare to see a manual transmission up here,most all trucks had automatics unless someone specified a manual when they ordered it,or bought a "bare bones" base model...so that made my Blazer all the more "rare"being 2wd with a manual ..most dealers up here loaded up trucks with automatics,A/C, P/B,P/S,etc ,back in the 70's..
I stupidly sold that truck for $450,after doing all that work..wish I had stashed it away now...after seeing "Misfit Garage" pay $8500 for one rusting in a field that was worse off than mine was when I got it!..
STHRNKALI7
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Diesel 4me, will a 2wd 81 frame fit better?I assume the frame rails are the same,but will require a lot of work to make it into a 2wd --GM square body trucks did share the same frames as far as pickup trucks between 2 and 4 wheel drives,so I would guess Blazers were the same way--but to "convert" one to the other (4wd to 2wd) ,would require a donor 2wd frame to supply all the 2WD components that are different,you'd have to cut rivets and transfer parts like spring hangers,control arm crossmember,etc...
I had a 2wd 1975 K5 years ago,I liked it,but never dreamed it would ever be "collectible",---I liked driving it as a summer truck to save wear and tear on my 72 K5 4x4 I also owned at the time..
Back then a 2wd Blazer was considered a waste up here,everyone wanted a 4x4..you could buy a 2wd for peanuts,but there was not many around even back then....they were like a 2wd mail Jeep--it looked like a jeep,but no 4wd made it worth much less up here in the snow belt..few people bought one..
I passed on a 1971 K5 2wd I saw advertised in a nearby town for $200,because the ad did not state it was only 2wd,and I was hoping it was a 4x4..
Looking back I should have snagged it,it would be worth a fortune today,they only made very few 2wd Blazers in '71..
Another 1974 2wd I found not far from my home,I bought for $250,another friend needed a truck for his wife to put around in--it had a 350,4 barrel,4:11 gears (rare for a 2wd!)--truck was pretty rust free,despite sitting with 4 flats in the same spot over 3 years from the time I first spotted it..guy bought it to teach his wife how to drive,but she chickened out,never did get her license..tires were brand new,but dry rotted to death,couldn't even blow them up to drive it to my house--they never left her driveway!..
I bought this one pictured below,a full convertible,for $150 ,it had rot in the front floors,rockers,door bottoms,and I just patched it up with galvanized sheet metal and bought aftermarket rockers,cab mounts,etc...
I also replaced its original straight six 250 with a '71 307 from a '71 K10 Suburban I parted out,and I also had a 4 speed Saginaw transmission from a '74 Vega a friend scrapped that was a bolt in fit ,so I put that in place of the original 3 speed manual it had..
It ran and drove fine as it was,but I was always into swapping things around back then..I could have just left it alone (and maybe should have!)..
It is rare to see a manual transmission up here,most all trucks had automatics unless someone specified a manual when they ordered it,or bought a "bare bones" base model...so that made my Blazer all the more "rare"being 2wd with a manual ..most dealers up here loaded up trucks with automatics,A/C, P/B,P/S,etc ,back in the 70's..
I stupidly sold that truck for $450,after doing all that work..wish I had stashed it away now...after seeing "Misfit Garage" pay $8500 for one rusting in a field that was worse off than mine was when I got it!..
I'm not that knowledgeable about frame swaps...others here have done some though,and can probably advise you better...
Offhand I'd say a short bed pickup 2wd frame is different where the K5's rear floor is behind the drivers seat..so you could probably use pieces off one,but not the entire rail..
I'm not sure ,but I think GM stopped making the 2wd K5's after 1978..
Offhand I'd say a short bed pickup 2wd frame is different where the K5's rear floor is behind the drivers seat..so you could probably use pieces off one,but not the entire rail..
I'm not sure ,but I think GM stopped making the 2wd K5's after 1978..
STHRNKALI7
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Someone is sell a 82 2wd Blazer frame on OfferUp
82 will be the same.
Cracked frame is an easy fix. Guess it would depend on where it is cracked. But a easy fix in general.
Cracked frame is an easy fix. Guess it would depend on where it is cracked. But a easy fix in general.
STHRNKALI7
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My brother-in-law played bumper cars and it’s damaged on both ends. I’d rather start fresh with a solid frame. Thanks !
