This might keep you busy drooling for a while...... lots of fun images in there:
https://www.pinterest.com/esqui/1st-gen-k5-blazer/
-G
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.
First Gen Love show us what you got
- Thread starter RANDAL
- Start date
This might keep you busy drooling for a while...... lots of fun images in there:
https://www.pinterest.com/esqui/1st-gen-k5-blazer/
-G
FYI you have to sign up to view pinterest.
My very first 1st gen, I was 16 is the red one. I restored and sold the metallic blue one couple months ago, third medium blue I'm going to try and keep it, as its a highlander and I've wanted one since I first saw one
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2004
- Posts
- 2,647
- Reaction score
- 1,043
Found this one on the road and had to stop and talk to the guy
ekajkrats
1/2 ton status
That looks nice and clean! Looking back at old posts, how's it been treating your for the last couple years? Have you done any mods/repairs to it? Do you get to drive around topless?
-Jacob
-Jacob
Here is my 72 K5 Blazer I just bought from an uncle.
Here is my 72' blazer
...but I sold it and now my 68' c30 I am building
...but I sold it and now my 68' c30 I am building
Some really nice old K5's and pickups here..
I cant show you what I have--but I can show you what I HAD,and wish I'd kept 'em all--
Last photo was taken on Feb.14th,1983,after I woke up that day to 18" of fresh snow--and saw that some piece of
had stolen both my doors..it was 14 degrees out,a cold ride to the police station to file a report,and to work...had to put my '69 GTO back on the road,was a bad winter too,and that car absolutely sucked in snow..even with studded tires !..didn't get my K5 back till mid-april when it was "spring"..
I cant show you what I have--but I can show you what I HAD,and wish I'd kept 'em all--
Last photo was taken on Feb.14th,1983,after I woke up that day to 18" of fresh snow--and saw that some piece of
had stolen both my doors..it was 14 degrees out,a cold ride to the police station to file a report,and to work...had to put my '69 GTO back on the road,was a bad winter too,and that car absolutely sucked in snow..even with studded tires !..didn't get my K5 back till mid-april when it was "spring"..
Stole your doors in the middle of winter?!? That's messed up.
Yeah--they must have removed them right in the worst of the storm too,and it gusted to 50 mph that night,18" fell in less than 12 hours..
..
What gets me is the doors on it were far from mint--they had been patched on the bottoms and bondo applied to make them look good (by the previous owner)...if I were the thief,I'd have moved on looking for doors WORTH stealing !..I guess they were desparate..
Also I had at least 300 bucks worth of tools in a Craftsman tool box in plain sight between the front and rear seat,and a speaker box I made with two 6x9 Jensen tri-axial speakers and a graphic equalizer under the dash,a Realistic CB "base station" under the dash on the drivers side too,and the truck just had brand new tires installed maybe a month earlier--also had 2 pairs of new tire chains lying on the floor on the passenger side too,that set me back nearly 250 bucks.
(I lived on a very STEEP street ,and needed chains on all 4 tires often,if I didn't want to slide down 1/4 of a mile to the bottom of the hill ,with 3 stop signs every 500 feet,at the worst intersections-many nights I had to drive to the top of the area via another street,then let the truck creep in 1st gear low range down my street and skillfully "crash" it into my un-plowed parking space..I got pretty good at drifting it sideways into a parking spot that was maybe 5 feet longer than my truck was,in deep snow. )..
--none of those other items were touched..I found that very strange--either whoever stole the doors decided it was too dam brutal out to swipe anything else,(fingers were likely frostbitten !)--or they were scared off maybe--or doors were all they wanted..
The body shop I took the truck too searched far and wide and zero K5 doors and good at all,were available in any salvage yards--they found some 1972 GMC pickup doors in nice shape about 50 miles away though,and cut them down to fit,but finding the rubber seals where the top went, and a few other trinkets took weeks,also they only could find one Cheyenne door panel new,at some GM dealer in Boonfark OK,that took like 2 weeks to show up..
I had to live with a "regular" basic door panel on the drivers side..even finding that one was tough,most in salvage yards were trashed,or they didn't want to sell one off a "good door"..
I also would have had to wait till my insurance company check cleared before the shop would let me have the truck back--but I knew the owner well,I sold him parts almost daily--he let me take it the day it was finished,and I told him I'd pay in cash if the insurance didn't cover everything....(It only came to 600 something bucks)..
It took almost a month till the insurance check came through with the correct amount,they kept trying to cut back on the amount they had agreed upon,saying "the mirrors were separate from the doors,we're not covering them"and the body shop refused it and sent it back 2 times..--we argued they were part of the doors,and I needed new ones to pass inspection,they said the body shop was just "padding the bill" to cover the 100 dollar deductible..
..I dropped them like a hot potato after that incident..if they balk at paying 600 something bucks after I used them 15+ years,what kind of BS would I face if I had a accident ?..
..
..What gets me is the doors on it were far from mint--they had been patched on the bottoms and bondo applied to make them look good (by the previous owner)...if I were the thief,I'd have moved on looking for doors WORTH stealing !..I guess they were desparate..
Also I had at least 300 bucks worth of tools in a Craftsman tool box in plain sight between the front and rear seat,and a speaker box I made with two 6x9 Jensen tri-axial speakers and a graphic equalizer under the dash,a Realistic CB "base station" under the dash on the drivers side too,and the truck just had brand new tires installed maybe a month earlier--also had 2 pairs of new tire chains lying on the floor on the passenger side too,that set me back nearly 250 bucks.
(I lived on a very STEEP street ,and needed chains on all 4 tires often,if I didn't want to slide down 1/4 of a mile to the bottom of the hill ,with 3 stop signs every 500 feet,at the worst intersections-many nights I had to drive to the top of the area via another street,then let the truck creep in 1st gear low range down my street and skillfully "crash" it into my un-plowed parking space..I got pretty good at drifting it sideways into a parking spot that was maybe 5 feet longer than my truck was,in deep snow. )..
--none of those other items were touched..I found that very strange--either whoever stole the doors decided it was too dam brutal out to swipe anything else,(fingers were likely frostbitten !)--or they were scared off maybe--or doors were all they wanted..
The body shop I took the truck too searched far and wide and zero K5 doors and good at all,were available in any salvage yards--they found some 1972 GMC pickup doors in nice shape about 50 miles away though,and cut them down to fit,but finding the rubber seals where the top went, and a few other trinkets took weeks,also they only could find one Cheyenne door panel new,at some GM dealer in Boonfark OK,that took like 2 weeks to show up..
I had to live with a "regular" basic door panel on the drivers side..even finding that one was tough,most in salvage yards were trashed,or they didn't want to sell one off a "good door"..
I also would have had to wait till my insurance company check cleared before the shop would let me have the truck back--but I knew the owner well,I sold him parts almost daily--he let me take it the day it was finished,and I told him I'd pay in cash if the insurance didn't cover everything....(It only came to 600 something bucks)..
It took almost a month till the insurance check came through with the correct amount,they kept trying to cut back on the amount they had agreed upon,saying "the mirrors were separate from the doors,we're not covering them"and the body shop refused it and sent it back 2 times..--we argued they were part of the doors,and I needed new ones to pass inspection,they said the body shop was just "padding the bill" to cover the 100 dollar deductible..
..I dropped them like a hot potato after that incident..if they balk at paying 600 something bucks after I used them 15+ years,what kind of BS would I face if I had a accident ?..
..Latest Posts
-
Chevy Dump Bed - PTO from TH400/NP205, Other specs coming in- Latest: 83ChevyK5Blazer
-
-
-
'86 Jimmy 4in Lift, 40’s, tons, 8.1 Swap- 700r4 said PNNNNN- Latest: GWeakland620
-
