It's so close I can smell it.....

[73k5blazer]

Ohh.....man.......it's a shame we're moving, 'cause that's gonna suck up the engine fund, but by Christmas I hope to have my engine fund built back up again and the RamJet installed....
Oh well..gives me time to work on the odd's and ends...like weather strip (which I bought long ago), interior lighting, dash, and the rest of the interior like seats and belts, those of which I had already pre-fit so they are just bolt in.

You know, I really don't think the fiberglass body is saving me any weight. With all the extra stuff that's been added, huge heavy bumpers, full cage to frame with integrated sliders, at least 200lb's of copper in my wiring job, I'm really gonna get curious as to what the weight is when it's all done....

 

[NewUser]

love that tilt front end...how hard was that to do?

 

[1978Blazerk5]

where did you get the all fiberglass body?and did it come with the top?

 

[ramjet gmc]

nice work you can see all the hours but in to it

 

[73k5blazer]

Here's a thread on the tilt clip...

And here's one on the body...
No on the topper. The stock K5 fiberglass top is a perfect fit. In my case it's a 73 full top.


Hours...I count my work in beers. If I had all the money back for the beer I drank while working on this over the last 8 years...I think I could build another one.
Seems after I finish some piece of it, like mounting the bumpers, or, installing the inverter/charger..I sit back and drink 4 or 5 beers...kinda of waste of time...well, not really...

 

[1978Blazerk5]

how hard was it to fit the body to the frame?

 

[73k5blazer]

how hard was it to fit the body to the frame?

It wasn't a bolt on deal. They tell you that up front, and all over their website. The bodies aren't for the light of heart.
That said, they (being US Body) could spend a little more effort and line up their support struts (encased in fiberglass) to at least fall on all the stock mounts. Oh well, most of them did.
I made a full cage to frame using some over the road truck steering gear bushing to allow for flex because I was paranoid about cracking the body. Turns out that paranoia was unfounded, many pieces that I've cut off, I can bend and touch the two ends, the glass just doesn't break. The gelcoat will crack off a bit, but the kevlar re-inforced glass doesn't break.


Here's the frame without the body. The body more or less sits on the stock mounting locations, some of which I moved slightly to line up with the body re-inforcment strips underneath. The plates you see there are the cage mounting, there's different sized plates on the top (or rather the bottom of the cage inside the cab) so there's not a cookie cutter effect going on.

Oh, and there's not holes or weld nuts on the glass body as delivered. So every little hole needs drilled, every piece needs fit, cut, re-fit...etc...you get the picture..the body is basicllyl a shell of the shape and contour, everything else, is up to you.....

 

[1978Blazerk5]

thanks for anwering those question

Sorry for the hijack

 

[Thunder]

Hours...I count my work in beers. If I had all the money back for the beer I drank while working on this over the last 8 years...I think I could build another one.
Seems after I finish some piece of it, like mounting the bumpers, or, installing the inverter/charger..I sit back and drink 4 or 5 beers...kinda of waste of time...well, not really...

Drinking beer is never a waste of time. Its your reward for a job well done.
I have gallons of beer invested in my projects too. With out wrench oil nothing would ever get done.

Nice Blazer. Just think. Only a few more beers and it will be done!
BTW I have a 1500 W invertor in my K5 . I love it. Plenty of power to run a blender and my 110v electric OBA compressor. Needless to say i am a popular guy at the end of a trail run

 

[mini_mull]

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Holy Sliders Batman!!