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What to you guys think of this blazer? Is it to good of a deal to pass up?

For what it's worth, from a Canadian perspective the truck is definitely a good deal. Remember $6000 CAN is only uh $4500? US depending on the week. I've been looking at Blazers non stop for two months now and haven't found a deal even close to this. I saw this one on the internet and called the guy just to see if it really was all it seemed. If I hadn't already been burned by a guy in BC a couple of months back I would buy this truck unseen and have it shipped out here (Ontario). Unfortunately it's just too long a drive to really make it sensible.
 
Yeah my only concern would be that I could not resist the urge to throw a 4" and a 1" body lift lift with some 35" tires. It would be my daily driver though and I would take care of it however the winters up here and the road salt would be my major worry.

Question:

So in a 76 and below there is no leg room at all for the rear seat passangers or is there? It must suck for someone to sit in the back with there knees in there face if there is not. I dont see any point then to have a rear seat.
 
So in a 76 and below there is no leg room at all for the rear seat passangers or is there? It must suck for someone to sit in the back with there knees in there face if there is not. I dont see any point then to have a rear seat.
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This was new info for me too! I was thinking the same thing.

And yes it would be a shame to run it in the salt. Damned winters. If only they could come up with something better than salt. I was thinking of doing the '75 roof conversion and making it my summer only vehicle which would also be good because it would be way easier to build a trail truck that didn't have to serve as a daily driver as well. If I hadn't already be burned buying unseen I would grab that truck in a second! Have you actually seen and driven it then?

Jason.
 
By the way this is what he had to say about the truck to me via email;

Hi Jason;
I bought the Blazer 5 yrs ago from the son of the original owner. He had a ranch south of Calgary and was getting snowed in in the winter. He only drove it for three years then left it parked in his garage (he was pretty old). It had only 17,000 miles on it at the time.

It now has 32,5xx miles on it, apx 3000 miles per year. Oil changed 2x/yr. I had the engine made more efficient by Davenport motor sports (re-curve distributor etc) and it now gets 18 mi/gal and has much power. The price is $7000 firm.

There is a small spot of rust about the size of a quarter behind one of the wheels and another on the front of the hood about the size of a paper clip. a few small traces here & there on surface only. I don't think there is any on the tailgate or frame (dark outside now).

I think the cracked frame at steering box only happens to trucks that have been put under excessive stress (4x4ing & big tires). This truck has never been worked like that. It is not a full convertable top, I think 74 or 75 were the last years for that.
trany is 350 & t-case is np-203. I have assumed that the diffs are 373, it is at 2500 rpm @ 100 kmph.
 
It is nice, but a couple of things you might want to really really consider for a daily driver are things you've already mentioned:

1) OD tranny is nice on the road

2) Fuel injection is nice for cold or humid morning starts and warm-ups

I can't wait until I get these two things done to my 72 that is a daily driver. If I lived where there wasn't as much winter the carb probably would'nt be as much of an issue, but when I have to go outside to restart it four or five times while I'm getting ready for work, it gets old. Another thing to think about is a 91 in good shape probably won't cost too much more. Just my thoughts.
 
Very good points. Though...a simple no computer, no in tank pump, simple wiring bare bones truck sure is nice on the side of the road...power windows and what not are great until they break down.

I don't know. I'm fighting that battle right now.
 
I don't know the specifics but I do know that the convertable models made up for structural strength using these. So I assume (and you know what they say about doing that ;) ) that they are a boxed in section of frame running along the rockers. Anyone, anyone? And if anyone knows more or has pics please help. I'm going to be doing the conversion to full convertable and am wondering about this myself. Thanks.
 
SUB-ZERO said:
Whats a "rocker box"?
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Fireplug pretty much has it right, the rocker box is a stuructural support box bolted/welded to the bottom of the body in the door area of the blazers that have the full convertible top. Otherwise the body would buckle in the door area when you removed the top because you would lose all the structural rigidity the top provides. I don't have pics, but I hope I explained it ok. :D
 
Anyone with pics please post I'm thinking of doing this conversion and would love to investigate this fully.
 
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