Dude, start explaining...
-Avery
-Avery
CK5
Register an account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members.
Build thread for 76K5 update 12/7/09 page 14! Front end buildup.
- Thread starter 1976Blazer76
- Start date
.
nice job!!!! I envy you 
, I had much the same you have there 
and when my father retired and sold his company 20 years ago lost a great building (40' x 80') with a grease pit too and I wish I had it today 
.
Man you will never forget the days your living today. Ahhh the pole barn cold in the winter Hot in the summer..... looks for the fridge.. ooo there it is!
Doing a great job can't wait to see more! *1 forty five year old who likes what he sees*
, I had much the same you have there and when my father retired and sold his company 20 years ago lost a great building (40' x 80') with a grease pit too and I wish I had it today .Man you will never forget the days your living today. Ahhh the pole barn cold in the winter Hot in the summer..... looks for the fridge.. ooo there it is!
Doing a great job can't wait to see more! *1 forty five year old who likes what he sees*
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
Avery4jc said:
Haha,
well, here is goes.....
I do enjoy a good time out fishing. Found this little boat and trailer for $100. Was pretty ratty ol' fiberglass boat so thought I'd fix it up. I did all the fiberglass work and it ended up being like 12 different colors. So I went down to the local marine shop and found some orange paint so I was thinking why the heck not paint it like the general lee, that would be sweet. It was just a little winter project I had. It's a sweet boat and handles great. I think everyone is pretty jealous of my general lee boat
. I'm just being a kid
1976Blazer76 said:Haha,
well, here is goes.....
I do enjoy a good time out fishing. Found this little boat and trailer for $100. Was pretty ratty ol' fiberglass boat so thought I'd fix it up. I did all the fiberglass work and it ended up being like 12 different colors. So I went down to the local marine shop and found some orange paint so I was thinking why the heck not paint it like the general lee, that would be sweet. It was just a little winter project I had. It's a sweet boat and handles great. I think everyone is pretty jealous of my general lee boat
lol, that's great! Da da da da da da da da da da da daaa! <--count em' it's right
I spotted it the second time I was looking at the axles on the trailer and had to know the story behind it.
Tell me you have the horn, please?
-Avery
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
Avery4jc said:lol, that's great! Da da da da da da da da da da da daaa! <--count em' it's right
I spotted it the second time I was looking at the axles on the trailer and had to know the story behind it.
Tell me you have the horn, please?
-Avery
Unfortunatly I don't. Gotta save my battery for my electric motor. Last time I took it out, I barely made it home.
-Avery
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
Avery4jc said:
-Avery
I'll look into that....of course after my other money hole is taken care of which would be my blazer. Fishing has been the least of my priorities unfortunatly. I wanna get my blazer done.
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
If you look close enough, there is a blazer behind that good lookin fella. This is a picture from a couple years ago. Got bored tonight so thought I'd pull out an old senior photo and show you guys what my blazer used to look like. I had it pretty much done, then I told my dad one day that it needed to be pulled apart again because I wanted it bigger and made for wheelin. Goal for tomorrow is to be putting the cab on, so hopefully I'll have some succesful pictures of that later in the evening tomorrow. Fingers crossed..
y5mgisi
1 ton status
sweet man good luck.
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
Success!!!! The Cab Is On
After about 4 hours of steady work, my dad and I were able to complete the task. Here are a couple pictures. I think it's lookin good. May have to go with a slight body lift to help clear the tires. I will be putting bushwacker cutout flares on it too most likely. Any opinions?
After about 4 hours of steady work, my dad and I were able to complete the task. Here are a couple pictures. I think it's lookin good. May have to go with a slight body lift to help clear the tires. I will be putting bushwacker cutout flares on it too most likely. Any opinions?
Last edited:
(a little re-size on the pics would be kind to the 56K guys)
The blazer is looking great!
As for your clearance issues an easier task compared to a body lift would be some zerorates...
http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/Zero%20Rates.htm
-Avery
The blazer is looking great!
As for your clearance issues an easier task compared to a body lift would be some zerorates...
http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/Zero%20Rates.htm
-Avery
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
I'll try to resize them, I'm pretty computer illiterate. about the zero rates, those are allready in the mail. They will give me 1 inch more lift, and move my axle which I'm aware of, but I'm feeling like my tires are gonna hit in the rear when flexing the little amount that I can. So at most, I was thinking a zero rate and a 1 inch body lift. What do you think about cutouts avery?
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
nvrenuf said:Great way to start here on CK5.
It's funny, at first I felt like I was reading about my own build - I'm doing a frame off overhaul with similar lift and tires, I'm even using the same rear wheel spacers for my H1's.
Post up some more specs about the truck.
Sorry, I passed over your post I guess. Well is a 14bff in the rear with discs 4.88's and a detroit with the 4" wheel spacers. The front is a drw 60 with 4.88's all chromoly 35 spline with crossover high steer and a detroit. Also have hydraulic assist. Picking up my 4spd/205 next week then going out and having 2 new shafts built. Putting a CV joint on rear dirveshaft because of the 8" lift and not so perfect shaft angle. As far as the motor, I'm putting in either a built 454 or may go with a bored tall deck 427.
looks good
howd the rear shackle angle turn out?
howd the rear shackle angle turn out?
Man, that thing is looking good! The specs sound like it'll be a really nice truck when your done.
I envy you having the shop to do it in, my frame off is happening slowly on the weekends outside. I have tried to take the time to clean and paint everything on mine but with it sitting outside all the time it's fading and getting covered in bird poo faster than I can touch it up.
Be careful with the flares, if your style of wheeling is in tight places they may get damaged or knocked loose a lot. Ratzila had some on his Burb and it seemed like he was always pulling one loose.
I envy you having the shop to do it in, my frame off is happening slowly on the weekends outside. I have tried to take the time to clean and paint everything on mine but with it sitting outside all the time it's fading and getting covered in bird poo faster than I can touch it up.
Be careful with the flares, if your style of wheeling is in tight places they may get damaged or knocked loose a lot. Ratzila had some on his Burb and it seemed like he was always pulling one loose.
78Suburban
1/2 ton status
That's looking really good! That takes talent and time to do a frame off restoration like that
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
muddybuddy said:
Looks pretty good to me, what do you think?
1976Blazer76
1/2 ton status
nvrenuf said:Man, that thing is looking good! The specs sound like it'll be a really nice truck when your done.
I envy you having the shop to do it in, my frame off is happening slowly on the weekends outside. I have tried to take the time to clean and paint everything on mine but with it sitting outside all the time it's fading and getting covered in bird poo faster than I can touch it up.
Be careful with the flares, if your style of wheeling is in tight places they may get damaged or knocked loose a lot. Ratzila had some on his Burb and it seemed like he was always pulling one loose.
Yeah, I've heard some bad things about those cutouts too. But I don't wanna do some major fender trimming because it seems like its pretty difficult and nearly impossible to get a trim that really looks good on the truck. My rear would have to be cutout quite a bit because there is a good sized chunk of bondo in the back of my rear wheel well and I'd have to cut that all the way out otherwise the bondo would be visible, thats another reason I was going the cutout fender flare route.
What was the final mounting position of the shackle flips? Did you just swap sides or redrill them (if so, how much)?
I hear on the flares, sometimes the shortest route (like trimming) just opens up a can of worms.
I hear on the flares, sometimes the shortest route (like trimming) just opens up a can of worms.
