What do you think this is worth?

[hoodride]

I've been saving up a bit and trying to figure some things out...

I've got a '70 blazer sitting in Dallas, TX that is super clean and was thinking about shipping it out here to Northern CA (~$750+) but it just doesn't make a ton of sense to wheel the snot out of it to me. I'd feel bad for destroying a clean first gen, so I've been looking at just buying another that's already bashed up and semi-built. I'd like to live by the mentality of "built not bought" but with my income and impatience, I can save a bunch of time/money by trying to find something almost there and finish it off.

So here's what i'm considering... Let me know what kind of offer you'd make on it:

73 k5 Blazer
350/350
3/4 ton. suspension out of 86 surburban
extra 14 bolt corporate rear
6" lift
37" boggers 20% left
205 with twin stick
1350 cv shafts front and rear
Full roll cage
captain seats from 86 surburban and rear seat
Grant steering wheel
needs some work ,not running for 2 years. Motor turns but doesn't start.
hard top has rack on it
I have tail gate and rear glass

 

[k5warwagon]

1200

 

[K5dreamer]

first off, i commend you on not wanting to tear up a clean first gen.

Second - not being a paying memeber i cant see the pics, but it sounds pretty well built, its just a matter of if it WAS well built. my brother bought his bronco that was "restored" had a "crate engine" and a "new interior". He brought it home, and it sure was one polished turd. it looked great, fresh paint (likely to hide shoddy work), very very clean and new interior (pretty much the only as advertized thing). found out the pin on the t-case was broken, so when you put it in 4lo, you had to crawl underneith and do something to the linkage to get it out of 4lo. truck quickly started to run like crap. i popped the hood, and was greated not by the shiny fresh paint and polished chrome of a crate engine. but by a large lump of rust and grime and oil..... a compression check showed an entire bank of cylinders at low compression. IE it was a junkyard engine that ran. and the more we stripped the truck down, pulled up carpet and removed paint, the more rust, spotty welds, and all around crap we found.

a great component list is one thing, but the importance of quality work cannot be overstressed.

Personally, i say depending on what youre using the truck for, find a M1009 or M1008 at auction, buy it dirt cheap, and put the leftover money into a lift kit, and bigger tires. I absolutely love mine, and have no NEED to modify it, but im a sick sick man, and cant help it. And even without mods, a set of big tread 33in tires will fit in the wheelwells with stock suspension and leave room for decent articulation, and it will easily handle terrain that most other trucks cant.

If you go with a classic, full convert. my only request.... rock slider bars on the underside, wheel well bars, and front and rear brushguards to protect as much of the body as possible. personaly im quite a fan of well done external roll cages.

 

[hoodride]

1200

That's about what I was thinking... $1,000. Swap the 14BSF for the corporate and sell it to recap some cash.

 

[mnstrburbon]

What ae they asking my guess in the 2500 range and being that it is pre smog worth it. If you get it for less than 1500 its a steal i bet the motor is some thing simple crank it make sure it builds oil presure.

 

[hoodride]

Called Him and he took my offer, but I need a way to get it over here. Anyone in the sac area want help a fellow CK5'er out? I could pay you some cash and make you a good meal in exchange. Or labor or anything really.... I need to get it from Sac to Arcata/Eureka

 

[Big Blzn]

Just be smart about your wheeling decisions when out on the trail. It's a given that if you fall to peer-pressure and do stupid chit you will screw the body of your First Gen. I wheel a First Gen that is pretty nice and keep up with the rest of the BGM Crew just fine and don't let them talk me into stupid stuff that could ruin my ride. Here is what I wheel and generally keep up with my friends tore up chit pretty well.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46685&d=1179009963

 

[Big Blzn]

Since you just got it. Do you have access to a 3/4 ton truck? If so, go to United Rentals in Chico and rent a car trailer for a day. Should cost under $80 for a 24hour period and do the towing/pick up yourself. Just be sure to ask them for a cartrailer that is at least 84" X 16' wide. I work for United and it is what I use to tow my First Gen to the trails.

 

[Big Blzn]

Me again. I just checked the Chico branch and they have a Millerbilt trailer that would suit your needs to haul the blazer. PM me and I can probably get you a bit better deal and reserve the trailer for you if this is the way you want to go.
Hoby

 

[blazin_blazer]

so whats your plan for the 1st gen? mall cruiser?

 

[hoodride]

Me again. I just checked the Chico branch and they have a Millerbilt trailer that would suit your needs to haul the blazer. PM me and I can probably get you a bit better deal and reserve the trailer for you if this is the way you want to go.
Hoby

Thanks alot for going out of your way to check into that, really cool of you. Unfortunatly I don't think my 4-cylinder tacoma is really up to the task.

As far as my plans for the blazer, It'll probably just sit in Dallas in storage until I get back to Texas to mess with it. More than likely I'll make it a light duty wheeler with mainly street cruising and mall crawling in mind. It's just too pretty


If anyone lives in the Sacramento area and has a truck that could tow it, they should really think of visiting Humboldt. It's awful pretty this time of year

 

[hoodride]

Just be smart about your wheeling decisions when out on the trail. It's a given that if you fall to peer-pressure and do stupid chit you will screw the body of your First Gen. I wheel a First Gen that is pretty nice and keep up with the rest of the BGM Crew just fine and don't let them talk me into stupid stuff that could ruin my ride. Here is what I wheel and generally keep up with my friends tore up chit pretty well.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46685&d=1179009963

View attachment 80860

By the way, I've always loved your first gen. I just keep thinking for the cost of just GETTING mine here, I could have another one

 

[K5dreamer]

By the way, I've always loved your first gen. I just keep thinking for the cost of just GETTING mine here, I could have another one

where do you find pretty first gen's for under $1000????? god sometimes i hate living on the east coast

 

[hoodride]

where do you find pretty first gen's for under $1000????? god sometimes i hate living on the east coast

It's actually a 73, I just meant another blazer

 

[K5dreamer]

It's actually a 73, I just meant another blazer

close enough, its a full convert. cheapest one i found within reasonable driving distance from me was a 69, with a smallblock leaking oil from every oriface, rust damage in all the standard places, and a transmission problem, and they still wanted 6k for it. i tried to get it for around 3-4k, but they werent having it, then i found my CUCV for 1500 bucks, took it and ran.

congrats on the great find though, just like i said, must be nice to live on the west coast sometimes.

 

[hoodride]

close enough, its a full convert. cheapest one i found within reasonable driving distance from me was a 69, with a smallblock leaking oil from every oriface, rust damage in all the standard places, and a transmission problem, and they still wanted 6k for it. i tried to get it for around 3-4k, but they werent having it, then i found my CUCV for 1500 bucks, took it and ran.

congrats on the great find though, just like i said, must be nice to live on the west coast sometimes.

6k?!?!

Good find on the CUCV those are sweet. Living on the westcoast there may be good deals but you have to deal with nazi smog reg's and vehicle laws. Thankfully this one is pre-75 so no smog

 

[K5dreamer]

military spec diesel = no smog

yeah, i love my diesel. which is why ill probably keep the military chassis after the body rots from around it. as of right now its not worth the money to save it. Then ill go out to the west coast and find a clean rust free full convert body, clean it, rhino line everything that dosnt need to be pretty. underside, inside, firewall, wheel wells, everything. then paint and seal the rest. and mount it on the military chassis.

best of both worlds

 

[hoodride]

I found a guy who will haul it for $275 but that seems steep to me. If anyone needs some cash and could do it for $150ish PM me or post here

 

[mnstrburbon]

get tripple a you are probably going to need it in the future any way so it insurance going forward.

 

[hoodride]

get tripple a you are probably going to need it in the future any way so it insurance going forward.

That's a friggin awesome idea. Don't they have some kind of limit on milage and a probationary period before you can use it though? I'm sure they thought of that so people like me don't try to take advantage of them. I'm going to give them a call and see.