jpdrake
1/2 ton status
Hello-
This is my truck. It is a 1988 k5 blazer silverado that my father purchased brand new for my mother through "Dick Beard" Chevrolet on Feb 15 1988
i was 8yo and in the third grade, and i can still remember the new car smell and how shiney and "big" it was the day they drove it home. this is the pic my father took after he got it home and got the camera out.
theres been many pics of the truck through the years, most of them lost or discarded by now. never the less i remember as a kid going on weekend drives, going to the beachs in the summer, apple picking in the falls, a couple ski trips up north, years of boy scout camp outs, prom night, my friends taking thier driving test, later a couple trips to dana farber, and couple of girlfriends before my wife whose father built me a garage so that id have some where to work....now after 24 years of the blazer being a part of the family, at 31yo it time to do some "reconditioning" so hopefully someday soon a kid of my own can climb into the back seat.
when my parents owned it i spent years begging to take the top off and they refused!!! so in oct of 2003 when they signed it over to me the first thing i did was take the top off and drove it to the registry to get my title and plates.
almost a decade later, i should have listened to my father and kept the top on and put it in the garage instead of leaving it out in the rain/snow and taking it out on the beach through the salt water....oh well. at least a few years ago i got the skyler soft top for it
so here is my truck and what will be a restoration since it sits 98% original today. nobody but the dealership had touched the truck until i got it in 03 with 107000 on the odometer, ive been the only one to work on it since today at 134159mi.
This is my truck. It is a 1988 k5 blazer silverado that my father purchased brand new for my mother through "Dick Beard" Chevrolet on Feb 15 1988
i was 8yo and in the third grade, and i can still remember the new car smell and how shiney and "big" it was the day they drove it home. this is the pic my father took after he got it home and got the camera out.
theres been many pics of the truck through the years, most of them lost or discarded by now. never the less i remember as a kid going on weekend drives, going to the beachs in the summer, apple picking in the falls, a couple ski trips up north, years of boy scout camp outs, prom night, my friends taking thier driving test, later a couple trips to dana farber, and couple of girlfriends before my wife whose father built me a garage so that id have some where to work....now after 24 years of the blazer being a part of the family, at 31yo it time to do some "reconditioning" so hopefully someday soon a kid of my own can climb into the back seat.
when my parents owned it i spent years begging to take the top off and they refused!!! so in oct of 2003 when they signed it over to me the first thing i did was take the top off and drove it to the registry to get my title and plates.
almost a decade later, i should have listened to my father and kept the top on and put it in the garage instead of leaving it out in the rain/snow and taking it out on the beach through the salt water....oh well. at least a few years ago i got the skyler soft top for it
so here is my truck and what will be a restoration since it sits 98% original today. nobody but the dealership had touched the truck until i got it in 03 with 107000 on the odometer, ive been the only one to work on it since today at 134159mi.
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Any pics as it sits today???
