I've come a long way in 3 months!

[AHowe88]

Long story short, I'm 25, and had never seen a first gen Blazer, until I decided to buy one. My previous toy was a 2007 Wrangler, and was the best vehicle I ever owned. I took it on a 11500 mile, 3 month road trip around the country, it was flawless offroading, hunting and fishing and as an every day driver. Then one morning I was driving down 95 South at 65 MPH, when a older fellow, who was driving 95 NORTH, had a seizure, crossed the 100 yard wide median, with his foot on the gas, and caused a big accident. I won't go into all the details, but I thought I was a goner, and was lucky to walk away from an accident that left 4 cars totaled:




I initially wanted to replace my Jeep with an old Bronco, but they were all silly money. About 3 months ago, I ended up getting a 72 out of Colorado, and had it shipped to Massachusetts, as the ones I looked at locally were just too rusted out. Here is how she looked when I got her:










I certainly started in a better position than most on here, but it turned out to be more work than I thought, but I guess that is always the case. I've done a ton of work in the past 3 months, but today things really came together. I had the top off for most of the 3 months, what an awesome driving experience. A topless Blazer is THE best tailgating vehicle out there. I took it to a bunch of country concerts and football games, it just can't be beat.

Mirrorless and missing some other touches, but done with paint. The Gunmetal Metallic paint looks much better in person:







I fixed up the top (not very well compared to what many on here do) and put it back on yesterday. My buddy replaced the lights from his 2013 Wrangler with LEDs so I grabbed his take outs and we put them in yesterday. Taking the old girl for a full day of hunting in Western Mass tomorrow, should be a good chance to, lightly, test the suspension out. The driveway isn't even, but I have a bit of a saggy rear I need to fix, it is on the to do list. When I got it, it was in primer, when I sent it away to be painted, we found out that it was probably in a hail storm, as the hood as a ton of tiny dents that were visible before. I ordered a cowl hood, which just arrived yesterday and should be getting painted and then mounted next week. I am thinking about doing the cowl part with a black wrap, does anyone have pictures of a two tone hood like that?










I'll have to get pictures of the interior, but I put in seats from a Jeep Patriot (still need to put in the rear), a retro sound radio, and wakeboard boat speakers mounted on the roll bar.


I am moving back to Africa in 2 weeks for an undetermined amount of time. So the Blazer will have to go in storage for the time being, but I am looking forward to many more years of enjoyment and refinements to the truck. I know a lot of guys like the more stock look

[chvtrkman]

Wow,sorry about your Wangler,but at least you're alright. That is a nice clean looking Blazer ! We don't see many around these parts either that aren't WAY rusted out...nice find.

[YBNORML]

Very nice blazer! Stock or modified, I like them all.

[RiverRunner]

Looks great. What are the stats? (Lift, tires etc)

[Yukon Jack]

Very nice - a lot accomplished in 3 months!

[Vandy5]

Looks great very jealous of your plates.

[Chulisohombre]

That's in awesome shape. Congrats.

[caseymp2001]

Nice clean blazer. What color code is this? Are these side mirrors wrong on this blazer?

[mud.man.rj]

Glad you made it thru the accident, the Blazer is a nice ride, you have a nice build, the mirrors I never noticed till mentioned, seem a bit off but the truck is so nice it is hard to notice them. So off to Africa, wow, will be happy to come back to the Blazer. Good luck in your travels.

[drunkbus]

Originally Posted by caseymp2001

Nice clean blazer. What color code is this? Are these side mirrors wrong on this blazer?

They look like the correct mirrors but I think the are on the wrong sides. I think the right is on the left and vice versa causing them to angle down instead of up. They look correct in the picture before the paint job.

[Chulisohombre]

They are the correct mirrors just need to swap them from side to side. They should angle up not down. Looks real good with the gun metal grey.

[Sandtrap9072]

Nice Blazer, sry to hear about the jeep but glad your ok. do you still have the orig wheels, with the swampers on them?

[AHowe88]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap9072

Nice Blazer, sry to hear about the jeep but glad your ok. do you still have the orig wheels, with the swampers on them?

I do, they are for sale in the classifieds section now actually.

[nlauffer]

That gray is awesome and is what I have been looking for. What color code and/or paint did you use?

[AHowe88]

Thanks for the nice comments, I am pretty happy with it. What a boneheaded mistake with the mirrors, that's what happens when you rush.

I don't remember the paint code, I will look into it and post it shortly. The cowl hood is getting painted and should be on soon.

[Rem701]

That thing is awesome, I too have had my project for approximately three months but have not made near the progress you have, so hats off. That roll bar you have, is it the one that bolts to the front of the wheel well?

[AHowe88]

Cowl hood and mirrors switched. Still some wrinkles to smooth out, but I am happy. I leave the country tomorrow so I won't be working on her for a long while.

[Chulisohombre]

That hood makes the truck look mean. I like it. I've contemplated doing one on mine. Mirrors looks good in the correct orientation now too.

[AHowe88]

Thanks!


For those that asked, here is the paint code:
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/paintdet...?gmcode=WA8915

[mud.man.rj]

Looks better everytime I see it, bet you will be itchin to get back to it.