Kylo's Build - 5-5 Update

[kylo28]

Well I figured I'd make a thread of the progression that my 77 blazer has been through so here it goes.
Here she is the day I brought her home, I used to love driving around town when it was stock. The 400 that came in it ran ok, but I got tired of that all time 203 very quickly

It wasnt long until I decided I wanted to wheel it. It was so hard cutting into such a beatiful truck, but there was a lil rust that needed some tending to. I slapped a 4'' lift and a 14 bolt on her and threw some 37" MT/Rs and went wheelin.

Don't hate me so much because the paint was not as good as it looked. It was peeling and flaking within the first month I had it. They didnt prep or use good paint.

I wheeled it like that for awhile and soon got tired of the open diffs and excessive sheetmetal so I welded up the rear threw a shackle flip on the rear along with some 56" springs and started cutting...oh and doubler time!

Pismo trip

Snip Snip

The 350 I had dropped in was getting tired and I wasn't having the bulky front end anymore so.... I bought a 91 tbi 350 and brought the front fender together.

All together I ended up cutting 6" out of each side of the core support

 

[stockk5]

man you cali kids dont know what a rusty truck is that thing was sooo mint!! Nice work tho looks like a lotta fun!

 

[kylo28]

I know I know... I have seen some of you guys' rigs from back east I don't think i'd be able to cope

Well here she is ready for blazerfest 09

Bonanza Gulch

All in all Blazerfest was a blast and cant wait to do it again this summer

 

[rdn2blazer]

Nice build man.

 

[USSkoval]

My good god, you would get shot for doing that to such a clean truck in these parts! Looks like fun though.

 

[stockk5]

that last pic made me cry

 

[Teck]

I have seen planty of cheap beaters that people can wheel that they don't need to start with that nice of a K5 to just beat to sh*t. Looks like you had alot of fun with it, but it is a shame that you did that to that nice of a K5.

 

[BoondocK5]

OK, I just got to know, WTF happened to the cab/windshield ?????

 

[kylo28]

Keep in mind this has been over a period of five years I kept her clean for about as long as I could. I did not just beat on her as many of you are thinking, we have a great relationship and it is still going just as strong as ever.
As for the windshield...Well... basically I thought I would fit under some over hanging roots and It didnt feel like fitting as soon as I backed out BAM! windshield.
Thanks for the replies.

 

[onetonbb74]

nice, have you done anything to the 'beast' since blazerfest?

 

[jt512]

I understand it's a different mindset on the west coast, and it is a cool build, and it does look like you had alot of fun but wow, it's enough to make us east coast rust belters cry.

Cool rig for sure, and another reason I hate you rust free truck guys

 

[kylo28]

Thanks for being so understanding. When I bought it I had no idea what I had. I was 16. It was wrecked though, just about the whole driver door is bondo and there are welds all over the underbody on the driver side.
There are tons of old clean trucks that run around here in the valley, tons... Living in Modesto, the town that the movie American Graffiti was based on you see hot rods all day during the summer months.
Here is a pic of the Dardanelles on the Niagra Rim Trail

Posing-New windshield

And as she sits now, I reversed the 56ers. I also bought some doors off a cucv that my buddy parted. Its funny because there is a tag on the inside of of the door that says Kuwait!

I scored a driveline with a 1350 cv and a 1410 yoke for 40 bucks!
So that means I have to buy a flange for the 205 and 1410 yoke for the 14 bolt

Its hard to keep a truck nice when your hanging out with this guy http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=48229

 

[kylo28]

I got some parts together...

1350 C/V Flange and 1410 yoke for the 14 bolt.
And got the beefcake of a rear driveline shortened.
The rears are now reversed so the rear axle sits 3 inches more rearward than stock.
Heres how she is sittin lately... with some 41 Iroks and 18's I found on ebay for a decent deal.

 

[chevysmithz71]

Nice build man. Though I have seen it in action at Blazerfest last year. I had the black, tubed 75Blazer camping just behind you. I can remember me loading the K5 on my tiltbed trailer and when it went down to a stop I remember you looking at me and saying "Nice" while noding your head.

-Ryan

 

[xCaliK5x]

Nice! It looked like a nice truck to start with too. You can really see how bad the bodies/frames flex in the pics with the hood off and one fender higher then the other.

 

[kylo28]

Chevysmith - I remember all of that in my head clearly
I was totally diggin your whole setup, you had a legit towrig and a sweet trailer and an even sweeter rig
Are you planning on going this year? or are they even having it this year?

CaliK5 - Ya these beast do have quite a bit of frame movement going on up front. It doesn't help that the front bushings are worn to crap and squish and pull about 2" when I flex it. It also has a big gap between the door and fender because of the dove nose.
She is in some definite need of tube to stiffen things up.

 

[xCaliK5x]

yeah, my body mounts are shot up front too, I put it on the rack at work on the front or the frame where the first cab mount is under the floor, and on the front hanger for the rear spring, and my truck flexes enough on the lift that the front body piece under the grille actually scrapes on the bumper....

 

[chevysmithz71]

Chevysmith - I remember all of that in my head clearly
I was totally diggin your whole setup, you had a legit towrig and a sweet trailer and an even sweeter rig
Are you planning on going this year? or are they even having it this year?

Thanks. They have it every year. I don't think ill do this year. It has changed alot since I started going. Not really diggin how it is ran now.
Besides, there a tons of better trails in the Sierras to enjoy.

 

[kylo28]

I agree that was my first year going and I thought it would have been a much better time to be honest. It was still fun to do some wheelin with guys that drive chevys!

Been wheelin a little lately and found that I had some major rubbing issues between back tires and inner fenders so I ordered some 1.5" wheel spacers and got a couple pics...

 

[kylo28]

Went to the local offroad park. It is amazing what little inches can do to the way a truck performs. 3" wider and stretched rear make the truck feel so much more stable. We had a good time for a short day run.