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I hate to ask - what do you think The Blazer is worth?
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Jester1
1/2 ton status
Did he get all the spare parts to? I thought you had some lockers or some such.
If any parts left you mind listing here... or I guess the parts fourm is where they really belong. DUH
If any parts left you mind listing here... or I guess the parts fourm is where they really belong. DUH
I sold everything off. He picked up the last stuff I had left over. Got a few bits left over just waiting on payment but everything is claimed.
hmm do we want to know the price it went for?
and I'm glad things are "smoother" for you, hopefully that snowballs into early retirement to your own private island and offroad park
and I'm glad things are "smoother" for you, hopefully that snowballs into early retirement to your own private island and offroad park
Add a firing range and I'm good.
$4050. I was disappointed by that considering the first time on Ebay it got up to $4450 but no one bid since last Wednesday. The guy who won said he was flat out stunned no one bid against him.
Oh well, it's gone, I have a decent chunk of cash in my account, and I'm on to other things.
$4050. I was disappointed by that considering the first time on Ebay it got up to $4450 but no one bid since last Wednesday. The guy who won said he was flat out stunned no one bid against him.
Oh well, it's gone, I have a decent chunk of cash in my account, and I'm on to other things.
89k5350
1/2 ton status
i have the k5 curse the only prob with my entire k5 is rust and there is alot of it toughest vehicle ive ever driven was my k5 350 fi 4speed manual duals 33s
79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
These trucks are like heroin. One you try it, you're hooked.
Thats the only reason I keep my 79. I know If I part it or scrap it or whatever, a year or two from now Ill be looking for one to replace it... And mine is setup pretty well for what I want to do with one.
Thats the only reason I keep my 79. I know If I part it or scrap it or whatever, a year or two from now Ill be looking for one to replace it... And mine is setup pretty well for what I want to do with one.
Nah. Only worth having if you're still into it.
Only way I'll own one again is if I can afford to buy one that is completely zero timed, all the factory flaws fixed, and better than new.
Chances of that...
Only way I'll own one again is if I can afford to buy one that is completely zero timed, all the factory flaws fixed, and better than new.
Chances of that...
Andrew I hated to see your blazer go but ya got to do what's best for you, glad to see ya still going to stick around here.
bailey9r
1/2 ton status
had we known we could have "bumped the bid" a bit 
Jester1
1/2 ton status
No, nothing far as extreme as his. Gimme a nicely restomodded one and I'd pimp it every day.
*Assuming I had the money to buy, have built, and drive the beast and I live in a place where I don't have to worry about road salt.
*Assuming I had the money to buy, have built, and drive the beast and I live in a place where I don't have to worry about road salt.
After owning one of these things I have to say personally I think they are only worth buying if you intend to beat the piss out of them and throw them away. If you have to upgrade or restore one I just think it's nuts. You can spend so much money and still have a POS! I think your better off just putting that money to a newer vehicle where you are going to pick up HUGE technical advances. Anything built in the 90's is still uses 50's technology. To me that's just asinine
Whish I knew what I was getting myself into before I bought mine.
Since the thread is already waaaay OT, I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with that.
Most everything in the 90's had electronic fuel injection, electronically controlled automatic transmissions, weatherpak electrical connectors, improved soundproofing, improved cabin seals, antilock brakes, and improved engine/transmission sealing.
If you would have said the 80's (as compared to the 50's), I'd have probably agreed with you. The real tech breakpoint was the very early 90's.
I would further say that there's not much difference in overall tech between the 90's and today when it comes to passenger vehicles, other than safety items and built in creature comforts (like nav/entertainment systems). The powertrains are not fundamentally different.
I'm referring mostly to the pushrod engine. Not much changed in the design of the engine since the 50's. Seems to me Chevy took a patch work approach. Instead of redesigning a better product they patched on existing old technology.
If you can call TBI fuel injection. IMO it's a fancy carburetor! Fine in the 80's but should have stayed in the 80's.
The power trains are hugely different!! The engine has been completely redesigned has crank sensors,distributor less ignition just overall drastically different.
79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
If the gen 1 SBC is such old tech, why did it take almost 50 years for anybody to make something better? Chrysler pretty much copied it as close as they could without getting sued, and still couldnt build something better.
Only now with the LS series engines has the SBC been bested by a V8 style passenger/light truck engine, and I doubt very much that the SBC will go obsolete as quickly as the ford flathead did after 1955... If ever.
Well I think it didn't take as long as you think. I think you have to look at other makers of engines not just the American name V8's. I have no idea why it took GM so long to release a new motor. Maybe they held back maybe unions played a role. I have absolutely no idea.
At lot of the technology that is on the newer GM engines has been on imports since the early 90's. With these newer engine becoming available in more an more trucks the supply of these motor from wreckers goes up. Why would someone choose to build a Gen I V8 when for the same price they can get a better engine? I've got over $3k into my 383 and its been a love hate relationship. Other then people trying to restore trucks/cars or just shear lack of knowledge I don't see there being a large demand for these old engines in the future.
79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
The cost of these engines is dropping daily, and the performance potential cannot be denied. Myself, I just dont see them going away anytime soon. Too many people are too invested into them to jump to something different right away. Maybe 5 more years from now I will be proven wrong, I cant tell the future as much as I wish I could sometimes. I will admit I'm gonna hoard as much SBC stuff as I can though.
Is there a foreign V8 that would be comparable to the SBC that was used in passenger vehicles and light trucks? Nothing comes to mind for me, but I'm fairly ignorant of most non USA made vehicles.
I will agree that the LT1 of the 90's and the 5.0/5.7 vortecs were somewhat a halfassed product. with the LT1 why go through the effort of moving the distributor that is sensitive to moisture, to a location where it is more likely to see moisture? going to coil on plug would have been easy enough, but that was a long time ago when they were designed I'm sure.
The 5.0/5.7 vortecs are a nice idea poorly executed. If they would have just used a traditional fuel injector at each port, all the poppet valves being dirty casuing misfire issues would have been taken care of. Not to mention the intake gaskets being garbage, which I am sure was known in R&D long before the trucks with these engines hit the market. Which I find very disappointing because the 96-98 chevy trucks are still one of my favorite truck designs ever.
Holy thread HiJack
Is there a foreign V8 that would be comparable to the SBC that was used in passenger vehicles and light trucks? Nothing comes to mind for me, but I'm fairly ignorant of most non USA made vehicles.
I will agree that the LT1 of the 90's and the 5.0/5.7 vortecs were somewhat a halfassed product. with the LT1 why go through the effort of moving the distributor that is sensitive to moisture, to a location where it is more likely to see moisture? going to coil on plug would have been easy enough, but that was a long time ago when they were designed I'm sure.
The 5.0/5.7 vortecs are a nice idea poorly executed. If they would have just used a traditional fuel injector at each port, all the poppet valves being dirty casuing misfire issues would have been taken care of. Not to mention the intake gaskets being garbage, which I am sure was known in R&D long before the trucks with these engines hit the market. Which I find very disappointing because the 96-98 chevy trucks are still one of my favorite truck designs ever.
Holy thread HiJack
BMW, Benz comes to mind I'm sure there are others but I wasn't limiting it to V8's. It's the technology that's important and could be applied to any amount of cyclinders. And for that yes a lot of import 4 cylinders had much of this technology in the early 90's. Pushing 100hp per liter too. The technology was available for GM to use, for whatever reason they chose not to use it. I think the imports didn't get into the truck scence until recently because of perception not because they couldn't build a better V8. If you look at the Toyota Tundra comercials it even backs that up. The one where they drive around picking up the typical hillbilly american dude. The one where they say "just get in trust me." I think it takes a while for a different generation to grow up and accept different concepts. People tend to latch on to one thing and be die hard fans without actually trying anything else. I think this has to do with people not liking change. I call GM cars American "named" cars, a honda accord is more American made then some GM cars.
I agree its half assed. I think when they started making the vortec's is when these new 5.3L/6.0L should have come out IMO.
We didn't jack it until after he sold his truck not sure it matters but if it does OP please let us know.Holy thread HiJack
yeah, anything old sucks...
plenty of older rigs around with the right blend of new tech interjected with old tech to make excellent rigs..
if your trucks a piece of sh*t, it's no ones fault but yours...
plenty of older rigs around with the right blend of new tech interjected with old tech to make excellent rigs..
if your trucks a piece of sh*t, it's no ones fault but yours...
