Carpet/Lots of pictures/Update 5/20

[1978Blazerk5]

That looks awesome man. Nice to see another Blazer being restored to stock glory like mine!

My Blazer will NEVER be as nice as yours is.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Well I got the front seats,rear panels,and the speaker in.

 

[GruntHunter]

Just curious. Any of you guys ever thought about putting in an access panel in the rear floor to get at the fuel pump so you don't have to drop everything? After having to replace mine twice within a month I was giving it serious thoughts.

I've been contemplating replacing the carpet in mine also. I am going to get the front seats recovered within the next few weeks though. Anyone have plans for that?

 

[MattK]

Sure is a pretty rig.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i did blue carpet for originality purposes
trying to keep the truck look as stock as possible


(ps is that the accual music video for that song, never seen the video before lol)

 

[Craig Artzner]

Any of you guys ever thought about putting in an access panel in the rear floor to get at the fuel pump so you don't have to drop everything?

Nope. Got a '73 Blazer. Mechanical fuel pump on the engine block. But I know how you EFI guys feel when your in-tank fuel pump goes out. I've been there too. And it sucks.

 

[Craig Artzner]

My Blazer will NEVER be as nice as yours is.

I don't know man, my Blazer is really nice but it isn't perfect by any means. Your '78 looks pretty damn good. You're not far off.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

I don't know man, my Blazer is really nice but it isn't perfect by any means. Your '78 looks pretty damn good. You're not far off.

Thanks man

Off of curiosity what does the engine bay of your truck look like (only picture i havent seen of your truck)

Needs a good cleaning

 

[Craig Artzner]

I don't have any pictures of it at the moment, I'll post up when I do. It looks just like yours actually, somewhat dirty and in need of detail. I restored my stock air cleaner to like-new condition and now it looks out-of-place in there . I just bought a new Canon digital camera so I'll snap off some shots sometime here...

 

[broncoman6524]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102779
Here's why

DAMN! thats disgusting! but it looks hella good in the end!

 

[Craig Artzner]

Off of curiosity what does the engine bay of your truck look like (only picture i havent seen of your truck)

It looks like this!

Needs a good cleaning

Yep same here. See, you're not too far off. Your engine bay may be cleaner than mine I want to get mine cleaned up and restored this summer.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

is the engine Black or is it just really dirty?

 

[Craig Artzner]

The engine block is orange. It's just dirty. Needs a good degreasing. Valve cover gaskets leaked for a long time until I replaced them over the winter.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

The engine block is orange. It's just dirty. Needs a good degreasing. Valve cover gaskets leaked for a long time until I replaced them over the winter.

i wish my enigne block was orange,but i am not going to pull the engine to paint it.

 

[Craig Artzner]

i wish my enigne block was orange,but i am not going to pull the engine to paint it.

Actually, if you were going to go "period correct" with your '78 K5, orange blocks from the factory disappeared after 1976 on Chevy light trucks. I'm 95% sure on that.

I see your sound deadener under the hood is mostly intact. Most of the trucks I've seen the material is nothing but shreds.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Actually, if you were going to go "period correct" with your '78 K5, orange blocks from the factory disappeared after 1976 on Chevy light trucks. I'm 95% sure on that.

I see your sound deadener under the hood is mostly intact. Most of the trucks I've seen the material is nothing but shreds.

The engines were blue.

take a look really closly at the sound deadener theres not much left to it

 

[Craig Artzner]

take a look really closly at the sound deadener theres not much left to it

OK you're right, it sucks. j/k

But seriously, most of the ones I see around here are so ragged you can't tell what they looked like when new.

 

[jpdrake]

i thought i was the only one on this site that was restoring to factory new. im rebuilding the engine now i wish i knew where to find a pic of an 88' 350 so i could tell whats semi gloss or flat.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

Well its finished the carpet is officaly done.

 

[Craig Artzner]

Very nice.