Doug Demuro finally reviews a K5 Blazer. He had done a Bronco and a Ramcharger in the past and he now has a video with a K5. I'm about three minutes in so I don't know whether he's going to praise it, make fun of it, or both.
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Doug Demuro Reviews a 1987 K5
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Doug Demuro finally reviews a K5 Blazer. He had done a Bronco and a Ramcharger in the past and he now has a video with a K5. I'm about three minutes in so I don't know whether he's going to praise it, make fun of it, or both.
who?
He's just a big automotive reviewer on YouTube. He reviews all sorts of things new and old. I tend to like his videos. Some people think he's annoying as hell. lol
This video was decent overall. I didn't know the history behind the Jimmy and Jeep names so that was cool to hear.
This video was decent overall. I didn't know the history behind the Jimmy and Jeep names so that was cool to hear.
rampage
3/4 ton status
Yes, like the coolant overflow cap.
Boy, he's tough to watch. At first it feels like a commercial for the selling website but he seems so unimpressed by the amenities and (lack of) options of the 35 year old base model truck he's definitely not trying to make the sale. It's funny to listen to him talk about and struggle with things on this truck as if it were from the horse & buggy era.
Btw, the current bid is $3500.00
Btw, the current bid is $3500.00
Yes. Who?
It's pretty much a straight bare bones starter kit. Rather than missing parts, I would look at what would remain after it has been accessorized.
GMC's have been Jimmy going back to at least the 40's. The GMC coe semi trucks were mostly 10 wheelers and that's how I first heard it from an uncle, but my grandpa had an old pickup (47?)he called a jimmy also.
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For sure it's a great start. Used to grab them off the street for $500. Unfortunately I've cut up a ton of rust free trucks/K5/Jimmy back in the day for parts.
Damn that guy is annoying. And the way he over pronunciates Blazer... 
Man, I'm not sure I get it. Reviewing old stuff by folks that may not have been born when the truck was new and then making comparisons to new SUV's just doesn't make sense to me. He has subscribers, but I can't for the life of me see why.
I'll give credit he did some homework on the details. But overall it was hard to watch. I may be outside of the target demographic though. I was thirteen when that truck was built. To that fact, the squarebody line spans my entire childhood to my junior year of highschool.
I'll give credit he did some homework on the details. But overall it was hard to watch. I may be outside of the target demographic though. I was thirteen when that truck was built. To that fact, the squarebody line spans my entire childhood to my junior year of highschool.
I was a gm tech when that truck was built, hell I might have worked on it under warranty. I got to "this a 1987 Blazer, then out lol
Wunjee
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My issue was all the "This is how SUVs were back then!" comments when he's reviewing a stripper model and nearly everything he says was missing "back then" was available on the higher trims. Including the power tail gate. Kind of.
That Blazer is sitting at $10,000 on his auction site right now, though. Go baby go.
That Blazer is sitting at $10,000 on his auction site right now, though. Go baby go.
Ned Kelly
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Funny guy....at 3:30 mark....how inconvenient the 4x4 system would be in a snow storm because you have to look BOTH hubs. Hahaha........
I wonder if he ever had a modern 4x4 vacuum actuator fail or electric transfer case range selector fail...haha......or if could even fix that.?
Overall ....half entertaining...half not.
I wonder if he ever had a modern 4x4 vacuum actuator fail or electric transfer case range selector fail...haha......or if could even fix that.?
Overall ....half entertaining...half not.
Strikes me as someone not use to hard work....
Well, he’s acting like you could only lock the hubs at the moment you need 4wd. He doesn’t realize you could lock them in and not shift to 4wd until you need it.
Plus being a base truck he completely overlooked the fact they offered auto-locking hubs in that year.
It wasn’t the complete Stone Age back then but he slants his story to make it look like it was.
I'm also not a fan of the wrong grill and the incorrectly painted two tone, but maybe I'm some kind of purist LOL.
Yeah, I get that. He comes across ...poorly imo lol.
I stopped watching at the idiot lights...
Who didn't have gauges in 87? Aside from bare bone fleet trucks...
Wunjee
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Even my GSA stripper has gauges. Imagine being even less optioned than a truck bought by the government. But still having A/C.
My ‘91 GSA truck was stripped down with no a/c but it still had full gauges.
