'93 Blazer build thread

[jimmy1984]

Im excited for the bobbed bed, itll be badass you thinken about a taper also or just bobbed?

Narek

 

[hd44blazer]

You already replaced the best part of the truck... you think I forgot?
I shall never forget the shackle step bolt... all those times it helped me up... instilled confidence in me as I climbed an otherwise smooth surface... never forget... the shackle step bolt of 2012.

Narek

I can't even fathom the amount of skinned shins that ingenious device prevented...but it's spirit lives on through the exhaust exit, as it now resides hidden away, but never forgotten behind the robust, burly and partially boxed frame of the 3rd generation GM fullsize truck frame.

R.I.P oh great and merciful shackle bolt step of 2012, you were wise beyond your metallurgical structure

 

[Deuling]

I like the bolt welded to the shackle

 

[hd44blazer]

Im excited for the bobbed bed, itll be badass you thinken about a taper also or just bobbed?

Narek

not sure yet, but probably just bobbed, after all I'm going or MORE space right, kinda thinkin maybe a stepside though with those fiberglass fenders

ya know like this

 

[jimmy1984]

You gotta be ****in me haha dont get me started on step sides...

Design process of stepside.
Engineer 1: Hey you know that new pickup bed we designed?
Engineer 2: ya the one with all that space and it looks good also?
Engineer1: ya exactly, ya know ive been thinken.... i think it might have to much room and mayby look to good ya know?

The rest is history...

Narek

 

[hd44blazer]

so getting things rolling already i'm picking up a white '97 longbed off craigslist saturday and will be cutting off the tubebed friday
which i'm giving to a friend of mine so he can try to use it on his project

anyway here's the file photo

 

[Deuling]

Your never content

 

[TREA18]

I really liked the way the truck looked with that tubed, but the great thing is we get to see what you come up with this time around.

 

[Deuling]

What will this be, body change number 4?!

 

[Smokinthehippies]

i was also a fan of the tube bed. but make it usable i guess.
i'm surprised you didnt put the tube bed on that other project you had, wouldve looked sick behind that old cab.

 

[hd44blazer]

Your never content

for the most part uhhhh......NO!! haha, I'm really not sure why though, I guess I can attribute it slightly to my friends being in the middle of their builds and feeling left out of the "build" scene, but maybe someday they'll be finished with their rigs and we can all go wheeling

I really liked the way the truck looked with that tubed, but the great thing is we get to see what you come up with this time around.

thanks! and I've got some "good" ideas don't worry

What will this be, body change number 4?!

you betcha and I can safely say it SHOULD be the last

i was also a fan of the tube bed. but make it usable i guess.
i'm surprised you didnt put the tube bed on that other project you had, wouldve looked sick behind that old cab.

the bed was cool but I kinda want to go for the "sleeper" look I guess and I have some bad and good news about that Ford build as well that I need to update some plans have changed but for the better rest assured

 

[hd44blazer]

and it has been done...

had to make it dramatic with some black and white editing

 

[Deuling]

 

[hd44blazer]

little teaser from last weekend
i only get to work on this on weekends so progress will be relatively slow

 

[hd44blazer]

made some good progress this weekend, got the bed cut and mocked up to basically where it'll sit when finished

it will definitely need to be trimmed behind the rear tire and might even need some wheel well work to clear the tires

i really like how it's coming along though and final length will be just under 7 feet, more than I had originally anticipated without really sacrificing much clearance

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Nice!

Going to do some roll bar/ cage tube in the bed?

 

[hd44blazer]

I'm undecided on tube work thus far, even with the current front tube I'm beginning to think less is more, as far as weight and width go

I'll just need to be a more precise driver or deal with damage as it comes

 

[hd44blazer]

I was truly surprised at how much lighter the sheet metal bed is than the tube bed was, the weight doesn't really register when your building it piece by piece I guess

 

[hd44blazer]

progress...sorry for the cell phone pics

everything came out extremely straight and square about a 1/4" variation taken from diagonal corners

you can also see where I began the rear trim

 

[pblaze725]

I vote narrow it.
You will still have plenty of storage space.