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BUILT NOT BOUGHT pics..

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all i can say is some of u guys got guts for doing what u do to your trucks! /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif

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Honestly, it doesn't take anything but a dream, and money. I really love my truck, and no matter how hard I try, I just can't resist the urge to put the wrench to it and make it better every chance I get.
 
the 73 when i first brought it home
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and in progress, cause it will never be "truly" done
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The 76 when i got it from pete
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and what it is now.
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all i can say is some of u guys got guts for doing what u do to your trucks! /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif

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Honestly, it doesn't take anything but a dream, and money. I really love my truck, and no matter how hard I try, I just can't resist the urge to put the wrench to it and make it better every chance I get.

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Actually...it took 4 hours...some old beat-up sheet metal..
and a couple cans of Krylon... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

LOL...I also used a box of tissue.. /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
 
this is where it started

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This is where it is now

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Please don't bust my balls too much because this one doesn't have a front axle and t-case, but it's still built not bought and it's my summertime hotrod. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Before:
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During:

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TBI Swap in Progress:
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After:
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Nice Rigs guys... looks like a number of you have been busy since I have last lurked around her /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
 
That 67-72 is beautiful....nobody will bust your balls for that!! Look how clean that engine compartment is!!
 
It's funny to see that most of us bought a stock Blazer/Truck, spent the time and money to make it pretty and then wheeled it to it's bashed and scratched state that they are now. What were we thinking when we painted them? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
Hey... I painted mine. Three quality rattlecan jobs of upwards of maybe $25 invested per paint job. I hated to spend that much... but sometimes you just gotta shell out the cash.
 
Here's mine.

How I bought it. 33's, 4" of lift, with regeared 10 bolts.
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Here it is at the body shop getting painted, Notice it now has 35's and new wheels.:
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In the paint booth:
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First ever off roading excursion, i look back on it now and laugh cause i was 16 and had just gotten my liscence and barely knew how to drive. Notice the massive flex. /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
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Now skip almost 2 years. Truck now has a few dents, a lot of scratches. Truck has killed 2 rear axles(1 gov loc 10 bolt and one 14 bolt housing), 4 tires, been rear ended by a neon, been throughly wheeled and has been thrashed by a newbie teenage driver. But damn this truck has taught me so many things and has been sooo much fun, glad I didnt get a street rod now. Its amazing, barely knew how to change the oil when I bought it and now I work on cars every day at work. /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif All of that in 2 short years. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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It's funny to see that most of us bought a stock Blazer/Truck, spent the time and money to make it pretty and then wheeled it to it's bashed and scratched state that they are now. What were we thinking when we painted them?

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ya dont remind me /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/doah.gif
 
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It's funny to see that most of us bought a stock Blazer/Truck, spent the time and money to make it pretty and then wheeled it to it's bashed and scratched state that they are now. What were we thinking when we painted them? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ] Mine has only gotten nicer as time has gone by...it's going in for paint this spring. I did the opposite...wheeled the sh!t out of it when it was a terd but now I watch out where I go and avoid places where I know I will dent it up. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
 
here's mine about 4 months after i bought it
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and here's it about 11 months after that
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rattle can paint job /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif, best 20 bucks i ever spent.
 
much better, narrow the front, chop it up and we could be twins! /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif


..well if I had beed locks and 39's /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/bow.gif
 
First buildup ended like this ARBs/Doubler/4"suspension/36" (97-01)

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Went to a Hybrid to loose weight + 44" tires for a year

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Then with more tube and new suspension.

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