PA6 Styled Wheels option

[BlazerFarm]

Does anyone know what these wheels look like? It's listed as a code on my 78. I think they are the white spoke wheels but the ones on the truck don't have the screw holes tapped for the 4x4 center caps. I'm pretty sure the previous owner swapped out the wheels.

 

[BlazerFarm]

Oops, meant to post in The Body Shop.

 

[USSkoval]

Dang, that thing is loaded! The black w/red interior K5's seem to be coming out of the woodwork lately. Have a pic of the rear roll bar?

 

[BlazerFarm]

Sure. Here's some from back when it ran. Unfortunately the PO painted everything in the interior black from the original maroon color. I'll be fixing that issue someday.

 

[USSkoval]

That rear bar must be very uncommon. Are the red plaid seats still in good condition under those covers? I was looking for a set of those for a while and came up empty-handed. Ended up with a set of the later red/white plaid seats. Truck looks good, BTW

 

[chalet2506]

That rear bar must be very uncommon. Are the red plaid seats still in good condition under those covers? I was looking for a set of those for a while and came up empty-handed. Ended up with a set of the later red/white plaid seats. Truck looks good, BTW

I'm guessing the bar was originally facing forward like regular ones. "Rear" probably means that it was behind the cab. Just a guess though, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[BlazerFarm]

I'm guessing the bar was originally facing forward like regular ones. "Rear" probably means that it was behind the cab. Just a guess though, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

I can see how you might think that but yeah, it's not the case. I've seen the rear roll bar option in other Blazers before. It's made to go between the wheel well and the tailgate. If you look at how long the down bars go it only puts the bar about 6" from the wheel well cover. If you turned it around to face the front it would be about a foot behind the integrated steel cab and relatively useless. From what I remember, the front roll bar was no longer available with the half cabs starting in '76. There was no need for one since it was integrated into the roof.

I'm assuming the rear roll bar option was a selling point to try to better protect people sitting in the rear seat. However, with the single lap belt I sure wouldn't want to try that out in a rollover.

Here's one from a '78 2WD Blazer:

 

[DK5]

thats cool. I didn't know that it was actually a factory "option", i thought it was just a custom job done by people all the time

 

[zombiyjay76]

Had the same roll bar in my 80 also.