'78 K5 Jolly Green Giant

[Timotheus]

Well I've been pouring over this site for a few month since me and my brother bought this blazer. Figured it was time to post and get the ball rolling. We found it on good ole craigslist for $1000 dollars semi-running. The guy we bought it from swapped in some 3/4 ton axles 10B/14B not sure of the gear ratio yet. It has a rear shackle flip and some mikes off-road lift springs up front. Its coated with herculiner on most if the exterior. It has a straight body, just more rusted.

We got it home and slapped a new Holley 670 it and it ran pretty good minus a stumble right off the line. Starter and fuel promptly went out... thank God you can rebuild these trucks from O'rielys haha. Im a former RX7 guy and all parts are special order from Japan! So far we have cut out the rusted floor pans and replaced them, trimmed the fenders (the rear ones are a little wider than normal just to get rid of rust). We are currently putting together the Edelbrock RPM power package, just gotta order one more cylinder head. Also got a good deal on some 39x15x16.5 baja belteds on weld wheels.

 

[Vetteracerx]

Nice! good start

 

[magik235]

I will be following your build.

 

[texas4x4rebel]

Nice to see another north Texas K5!

 

[munepit]

Looks good!!! I hope your not changing the color. It looks sweet! Also very cool its two brothers building it! That's the coolest part!

 

[Timotheus]

Nice to see another north Texas K5!

Thanks man, I'm kinda new to wheelin. The only place I've been was over off 360 and trinity before they shut it down :-( I wanna take some thermite and destroy that massive gate they built!

 

[Timotheus]

Looks good!!! I hope your not changing the color. It looks sweet! Also very cool its two brothers building it! That's the coolest part!

Thank you and the paint is staying! I originally wanted to paint it desert tan with CARC paint but since my brother calls it the Jolly green giant and it does look pretty sweet.
We should be posting pics of lining the interior and the edelbrock power pack install soon.

 

[fabjunkie]

Nice score. I really thought you got my old Blazer for a moment...

 

[madkmart]

Great start

 

[magik235]

I love your ride but this picture is just wrong.

 

[texas4x4rebel]

Thanks man, I'm kinda new to wheelin. The only place I've been was over off 360 and trinity before they shut it down :-( I wanna take some thermite and destroy that massive gate they built!

I've been to Bridgeport once and it's the first time I've done anything other than mud it was pretty damn fun. Don't know when I'm going next but I want to go again.

 

[Timotheus]

I love your ride but this picture is just wrong

I know I know it looks like a weak poser shot but its the only shot of the 14b I had. We parked it on the burm because the master cylinder crapped out and we didn't have brakes.