My K5 emergency rain kit...

[F3RR3T]

ahaha i just got me a sig from this thread.

i nearly spit out my beer you sob

but ya i used to just let it rain inside the suburban where the roof should be but rust prevaled

 

[TexasBlazerBoy]

Do any of you other fulltop guys have an emergency rain plan or am I just the only one with an interior worth going through the trouble of worrying about rain damage?

It will dry out, I ain't worried.

 

[BigBen]

Craig,

That's exactly how mine looked with a blue tarp for a while. I never drove it like that because I didn't trust the bungee straps.

I also kept the tarp/bungees in the truck until I bought an STC soft top. Now the Blazer is Garaged for eternity, so I hardly ever use the top unless a sudden rain storm comes across Lake Michigan!!!

I've driven mine in the rain when I got caught before... that's why I switched to vinyl flooring

-Ben

 

[tomford]

Craig, why dont you just get a soft top, and put the top up if it rains and keep it down when it isnt raining?

Tom

 

[Craig Artzner]

Craig, why dont you just get a soft top, and put the top up if it rains and keep it down when it isnt raining?

Tom

I knew someone would say that...

Several reasons. One is cost. The cheapest one I've found is around $500.

Another reason is looks. I don't like the way they look.

Thirdly, I built a pulley system in my garage to hoist the hardtop, and when the weather gets colder I want to put it back on. From what I understand, the soft tops are semi-permanent and require some drilling (no way) and you would have to completely remove it if you want to put the hardtop back on.

 

[sandracer799]

I know. The mere thought of me driving the '73 in the rain is horrifying...

Everyone can laugh all they want, but my 87 hasnt seen rain in almost 2 years And i hope to keep it that way.

Time to be a pic whore

 

[blazeonchevy]

Thats a NICE truck. i love the colors.

 

[Metrodps]

Thirdly, I built a pulley system in my garage to hoist the hardtop.

And that is why I am going to pay you $200.00 and gas to come to Toledo and help me make one!

there was no way I would ever take a Sawzall to any body panel of my Blazer.

 

[blowedupmotor87]

Craig, that is a really smart idea! Not the driving part tho, the eyelets on the tarp and the bungee cords would do a number to the paint on the beautiful K5 of yours.

 

[primerk5]

I think that everyone on this site that has a full top has looked like that at one time or another. Mine has several times. When I first got it it didn't have a top. After I shoveled the snow out of the interior i covered mine with a tarp.. If you have to drive it as long as you don't have to stop you won't get wet at speeds of 20mph or faster. I came home from a carnival one night in mine and is started raining on me. I was surprised as long as I avoided traffic lights I was dry. My G/F at the time wasn't too impressed when it started Thundering and lightening though.

 

[Metrodps]

Opps forgot why I was going to post in first place.

My emergency plan even though I have a half top.
Park under the first under pass and wait.