My 1972 Blazer CST 4X4
 

This is the Blazer I bought last year to restore. It has only 64,000 original miles, since the old man only drove the truck when it snowed. Everything is as original as it came from the show room floor. Everything is un-touched right down to the air cleaner and heat riser, spark plug heat protectors, original lock outs, hub caps, radio and below dash speaker, behind the seat tire storage loop, and jack equipment behinf driver seat. Of course belts, hoses, tires, plugs, etc have been changed, but I have yet to find a Blazer as complete as this one.

The body has typical Wisconsin rust in the body. The tailgate mounting hinges have rusted away so the tailgate won't stay in place. The windshield frame and firewall actually are quite clean. The single wall top has no cracks in it anywhere. The hatch needs hinges replaced because it is frozen in the down position. The deluxe medium blue interior is very nice, except for 2 rips in the drivers seat. The center console is perfect, as is the rear seat, passenger seat, rear side panels, sun visors and door panels with woodgrain.

The motor runs great and has no smoke, knocks, rattles, shakes or shimmies. The tranny shifts well, and the 4X4 locks in and operates as it should. The exhaust is loud from a bad donut on passenger side and a hole before the muffler. The brakes will stop the truck, but there is a leak somewhere in the system causing a resevoir to be empty. The A/C compressor clutch turns freely.

What are my plans? They are up in the air right now. I will let everyone know my plans as soon as I know myself.

ABOUT TIME YOU POSTED PIC'S OF YOUR ***** :lol:

LOOK LIKE A GREAT START TO SOMETHING BETTER ;)

Compared to mine, that's a cream puff! :D

Ho Ya!
 

Some interior pics! It's real dusty and dirty, but I wiped off the passenger seat to give you an idea how nice they will clean up!

WOW, PRETTY CLEAN, IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF, I LUV THE 4WD SHIFTER BALL :lol:

More of the interior. I guess the old man never smoked, because even the ash tray is unused! All the parts for the tire storage is there and the rear side panels are in very good shape, except some curling near the rear of them.

I took the shifter ball off, because it is in perfect shape, and I didn't want it to walk off ;)

The original full wheel covers were in the back. They are missing a lot of the acorn nuts, but still in very good driver shape and just need to be washed real bad. How do you like my red-neck gas tank... I didn't want to trust the rear fuel tank, so I made sure it had good clean gas to pump in to internal organs. The single wall top still has the electrical disconnect for the 2 dome lights. The top isn't cracked anywhere, the T-handle works good in the rear hatch that is also crack free.

If you were ever interested in selling this blazer, I might be interested for it matches my truck. Nice find there. Trevor

Great find! It's great to see all the original interior. I've got a '72 blue on blue Blazer too and I always wondered if the entire interior was really all blue (carpet and all). I guess you answered my question! Take good care of those interior rear side panels. Take them out now and store them away until you've got it finished. They're worth a fortune! I forsee much welding in your future. Good luck with it. Keep us up to date on the progress.

Mike
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VERY NICE DT just needs some tlc..

Trevor, another board member is ahead of you if it's for sale.

Mike, thanks for the link to pics of your truck... we have a matching pair (except mine needs to have the paint buffed out, lol). 7 posts in almost 5 years? I guess that might be a board record or something :lol:

Frenchblue, TLC? Ya, more like a replacement tub, lol.

Although the tub is pretty rusty I would Kill to find a complete Blazer like that. Hope you fix 'er up or sell to someone who will. Wouldn't want to see something that complete get parted out.

nice find, its in a lot better shape then mine when i got it.good luck on it!!

Sweet find.

I will pay good money for the rear interior panels if you want to sell them. I need a blue set and dont want repo's. Let me know.
Thanks, Joe

Nice!
Good to see pics finally.
Keep it, fix it, drive it! :metal:

yeah I drooled over that thing the whole time I was at the junkyard and tried to get my Dad to let me buy it. Just glad to see someone on the board here got it instead of the torch. dtlilly, keep us posted on the work you do to it.

Great score!

Okay, so what is it...?
Are you keeping it or not? :drama:

Geeze Kurt, you really know how to put a guy on the spot :exit: :haha:

I think I'm gonna sell her eventually, she's becomming another one of those projects that just sit. Working 3rd shift, them having meetings several times a week during the day, gives me very little time even to do the basics in life :(

A guy should keep it....it does'nt eat (you don't have to feed it)! :bowtie:

Yeah, gettin' a guy off his yankee a$$ is tough to do sometimes. :haha: J/K

Sorry, didn't mean to spot ya. :hm: I was just curious...

:haha: Yankee :haha:

Is the jack and tools still mounted behind the seat? Can you post a pic of how that stuff is mounted?

Thanks,
Davy