79bonanza
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if a k5 blazer is two wheel drive does it make it a c5 like the trucks 
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just curious
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KansasTwister
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k5 is a k5 regardless of 2wd or 4wd
79bonanza
1/2 ton status
ahh ok i was just wondering
KansasTwister
1/2 ton status
Never hurts to wonder. I thought about that once too. "doesnt being a 2wd make them a c5?" nope, for whatever reason gm just kept them a k5, guess it sounds better than c5. Could have called them c4 cause they are dynamite!
79bonanza
1/2 ton status
haha yea... dang if they called them c4 there would prolly be people wanting to buy them just cuz the name. hmmm does sound cool thow coloradoc4 haha
I had a '75 2wd Blazer,it had the same "K5" badges as my 4x4 ones from the factory..
I never understood that either..if its NOT a 4x4why do the fenders have a "K5" emblem--but the VIN # had a "C" at the digit that indicated 2 or 4wd!..
I should have kept that Blazer too--got it for 150 bucks,had a lot of floor rustthat some dweeb patched with aluminum roof flashing..I re-did the floors with 16 ga. metal and patched the door bottoms and put repair panels over the rear wheel arches..it had a 250 "camel humper" straight 6 ,the integrated head version,but with a 1 barrel carb..three speed standard shift too!..when a friend was junking his '74 Vega,that had a Saginaw 4 speed,I took it and found it was a bolt in swap for the original Tremec 3 speed.....I put a 307 V8 with a 2 bbl carb from my rotted '72 K10 Suburban I had at the time in it after the head gasket blew on the six--that thing leaped off the line like a bullfrog,with 4.10's in the rear end,and the low forst gear in that Vega tranny..it did surprisingly well off road for a 2wd truck too--had big Concorde "Deserters" on it ..
I had a chance to buy a '72 Blazer 2wd too--I remember being disgusted after driving 25 miles to go look at it ,was looking for parts trucks--it was advertised as a "K5:" in the classifieds,and when I got there and saw A-frames under the front,I was like Awwww.mann!..so I drove off without even getting out to look it over..later on I found out they only made a few thousand 72's in 2wd,and they are highly collectible..another guy I knew I told about it went and snagged it up for 150 bucks,and made a nice "cruise night" low rider out of it--he put sheet metal over the side windows to make it into a "panel"..I wanted to kick myself every time I saw him at the car shows with it...
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I never understood that either..if its NOT a 4x4why do the fenders have a "K5" emblem--but the VIN # had a "C" at the digit that indicated 2 or 4wd!..
I should have kept that Blazer too--got it for 150 bucks,had a lot of floor rustthat some dweeb patched with aluminum roof flashing..I re-did the floors with 16 ga. metal and patched the door bottoms and put repair panels over the rear wheel arches..it had a 250 "camel humper" straight 6 ,the integrated head version,but with a 1 barrel carb..three speed standard shift too!..when a friend was junking his '74 Vega,that had a Saginaw 4 speed,I took it and found it was a bolt in swap for the original Tremec 3 speed..
...I put a 307 V8 with a 2 bbl carb from my rotted '72 K10 Suburban I had at the time in it after the head gasket blew on the six--that thing leaped off the line like a bullfrog,with 4.10's in the rear end,and the low forst gear in that Vega tranny..it did surprisingly well off road for a 2wd truck too--had big Concorde "Deserters" on it ..I had a chance to buy a '72 Blazer 2wd too--I remember being disgusted after driving 25 miles to go look at it ,was looking for parts trucks--it was advertised as a "K5:" in the classifieds,and when I got there and saw A-frames under the front,I was like Awwww.mann!..so I drove off without even getting out to look it over..later on I found out they only made a few thousand 72's in 2wd,and they are highly collectible..another guy I knew I told about it went and snagged it up for 150 bucks,and made a nice "cruise night" low rider out of it--he put sheet metal over the side windows to make it into a "panel"..I wanted to kick myself every time I saw him at the car shows with it...
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