Vic Hickey 1969 K5 Baja Race Blazer recreation build

[baja1000]

As everyone knows i have a nice collection of vintage Vic Hickey race trucks Blazers and cars, I have been asked by a friend Cliff Coleman who drove My truck, Blazer and olds 442 for Hickey to build a blazer for him to race one more time, He first raced my 1969 truck in the 1968 Baja 1000 and then in 1969 he drove the first Blazer for hickey in the 1969 Baja 500, Well Iam now going to build a recreation of the 1969 Race Blazer so we can race it in the 2009 Baja 500, Cliff race it 40 years ago, The blazer will be clost to the original as possible but with saftey issues i will have to upgrade the Blazer, I will be sponcered by a major magazine but i will be posting photos and the process every few days, Its going to be a 90 day build, Here are some original photos the the Race Blazer and the donor 1969 Blazer i will build, Enjoy, Ron

 

[baja1000]

Donor 1969 Blazer

Here are a few photos of the donor K5 Blazer i will use to build the recreation race Blazer

 

[badmix]

Crap, my membership expired, cant view pics.

SOUnds like a neat project none the less.

 

[thatK30guy]

Definitely subscribing to watch this one. Long live Vic Hickey!

 

[JDNobodi]

Hey, I saw the same Blazer at last years Off Road Expo.

 

[JDNobodi]

More Pictures.

 

[JDNobodi]

Oops, The pictures I posted was a 2wd blazer.

 

[rdn2blazer]

Subscribed!!!

 

[Avery4jc]

Subscribed!

 

[BulldogK5]

Subscribed. The vintage photo on the hood is of a 2wd so that seems to be right.

 

[thatK30guy]

Oops, The pictures I posted was a 2wd blazer.

Who cares? As long as its got connections/history with Hickey, keep the pics coming.

 

[JDNobodi]

Who cares? As long as its got connections/history with Hickey, keep the pics coming.

Unfortunately I only have the six pictures which I’ve already posted.

 

[bp71k5]

subscribed

 

[baja1000]

2WD blazer

A friend of mine owns the 2WD Blazer, I was built by hickey and guy Jones and owned by Steve McQueen and was raced as a 2WD class Blazer, H have a lot of photos of it, here is a original photo at the 1970 Baja 1000

 

[thatK30guy]

So cool to see more and more of Vic's history coming out of the woodworks so everyone can enjoy what he was all about and also what he started.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Subscribed.

Baja + old GM's + history = AJM interested!

 

[baja1000]

Build

Iam off to the race shop to put some hours on the Blazer today , We will be working on it 7 days a week to get it don and to test it, Testing is a blast, You need to drive it as fast and hard as you can, If you are going to break a part now is the time to do it not in the middle of the desert during a race ,Off to spend my Saturday night building history, The shake down race will be in Las Vegas at the Mint 400 in March if any one want to plan there Vacation, we can use all the support we can find, Well for the pre race tech , Show and party, It will be fun

 

[troutbum_mt]

Way cool project! Can't wait to see the progress pics.

 

[colbystephens]

Iam off to the race shop to put some hours on the Blazer today , We will be working on it 7 days a week to get it don and to test it, Testing is a blast, You need to drive it as fast and hard as you can, If you are going to break a part now is the time to do it not in the middle of the desert during a race ,Off to spend my Saturday night building history, The shake down race will be in Las Vegas at the Mint 400 in March if any one want to plan there Vacation, we can use all the support we can find, Well for the pre race tech , Show and party, It will be fun

that would be fun!

 

[mtnman]

Nooo..... IT WOULD BE TOTALLY KICK A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!