project no name 73 blazer

[smalltowncowboy]

the doors that came with the blazer are for a 76 or newer and wont work right on this blazer. i found a guy in washington with a set of 74 doors for $20 and new seat brackets for $10. the previous owner welded the passenger seat bracket so it wont fold forward, and the driver bracket is all messed up.

so ill probably use the 76 doors to build half doors. i have like 3 more sets of these doors lol.

 

[smalltowncowboy]

i worked on the dash cap a little today. to start with the metal was rusted, the pad was soaking wet after it hasnt rained for like 3 weeks. shows how much water it soaks up. i cleaned it up some, its not show quality but its better than it was.

 

[Craig Artzner]

Are you going to re-pad it or what?

 

[smalltowncowboy]

nope im going to leave it bare metal/paint like that. unless when i get it in there i hate it, but we will see.

 

[Craig Artzner]

Heck I don't think you can get a new pad anywhere anyway. I've only seen pad covers that are made to over an existing pad.

Oh, and PAD.

 

[Gorillajeep]

Good looking prroject man keep up the good work!

 

[smalltowncowboy]

Good looking prroject man keep up the good work!

thanks, it would be easier if it would fit in the shop lol. im heading to the mountains tomorrow to ride quads and then its suppose to rain for like the next week straight.

 

[Craig Artzner]

How much clearance do you need? Let the air out of the tires...

 

[Gorillajeep]

thanks, it would be easier if it would fit in the shop lol. im heading to the mountains tomorrow to ride quads and then its suppose to rain for like the next week straight.

Yeah, once I put the top back on the '75 I have to let allot of air out of the tires to actually get it in to the garage! The '74 stays outside.

 

[smalltowncowboy]

well i only need like 3-4 inches which i could get out of airing down the tires..... except the fact that this is a revolving door right now. i cant drive it into the shop because the tranny is broken, im cutting the floors out to get out the rust and am going to change the tranny out while i have the extra room. i cant push the blazer up into the shop because its about a foot higher entrance than the ground where the blazer is sitting.

so until i get the tranny swapped out, it sits outside with a tarp.

 

[Craig Artzner]

That's OK GorillaJeep and I will come over and help you push it in there.

 

[chevy wrangler]

me too

 

[Craig Artzner]

...and Gus too.

 

[smalltowncowboy]

lol ok but im not paying for your guys gas to drive here, id be broke.

 

[chevy wrangler]

true

 

[chevy wrangler]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220577

 

[Chevy305]

subscribed!

I wanna see more of this resurection

 

[Gorillajeep]

Man only a foot of incline or a one foot ledge?

 

[smalltowncowboy]

steep incline

 

[smalltowncowboy]

havnt gotten much done with rain and cold weather but i have been working out some deals.

picking up doors off a 74 for $20
getting new seat brackets for $10
sold my 77 stepside
trading a TBI 350 for a set of 39" swampers with 50% tread (trail tires)