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**special-K** · 01-15-2005, 12:17 PM

I was just wondering if anyone has ever seen a Blazer that didn`t have the"optional"passenger seat.I`m sure by now there would be a seat installed.But maybe could tell by the VIN-spec sheet on g-box door.Just goes to show how"utility"these were thought to be back then.

JayDubBlazer · 01-15-2005, 03:21 PM

like in this brochure, seating arrangement for one to five people.

JayDubBlazer · 01-15-2005, 03:26 PM

You know, looking at that picture I have never noticed that if you didn't have the optional back seat the spare is right behind the driver, but if you only have the drivers seat the spare is just laid down in the back. weird

**special-K** · 01-16-2005, 11:16 AM

Yeah,I knew about the behind-the-seat mount(find one of those).But I noticed that in your Ad about the 1-seater spare.Never seen that either.I`m sure it`s not just layin`there.

pound41 · 01-16-2005, 11:42 AM

Yeah, Not to start a new thread on a issue that we have gone over 100 times. My blazer has all the seats, but when I got it from the original owner all the jack parts and jack were mounted behind the drivers seat. can't remember how it went but I wonder if that is the one seat configuration

Blazer1970 · 01-16-2005, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pound41

Yeah, Not to start a new thread on a issue that we have gone over 100 times. My blazer has all the seats, but when I got it from the original owner all the jack parts and jack were mounted behind the drivers seat. can't remember how it went but I wonder if that is the one seat configuration

They were all that way regardless of the seats that were ordered.

pound41 · 01-16-2005, 07:48 PM

Not the jack according to other posts and diagrams it went in the back where spare tire holder was and you had the spring clip and hold down bracket.

meathead95 · 01-16-2005, 11:47 AM

in the one pic the green blazer has a matching green top. I didnt think the tops came in any other coor besides white or black?

*Gee_Emm* · 01-16-2005, 11:53 AM

Top looks white to me, anyone know what is on the ashtray on the orange dash picture?

JayDubBlazer · 01-16-2005, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Gee_Emm

Top looks white to me, anyone know what is on the ashtray on the orange dash picture?

Looks like some emblem I saw a closer icture it jsut looks like a black emblem on the ash tray. Also I only see them on the 1970 trucks and might only exist on the CST.

meathead95 · 01-16-2005, 12:31 PM

the second row of pics on the left hand side looks white to you? the inside looks white but the ouside looks to match the body color for sure.

*Gee_Emm* · 01-16-2005, 12:33 PM

I think it might look green because of a shadow, look at the picture to the right.

JayDubBlazer · 01-16-2005, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Gee_Emm

I think it might look green because of a shadow, look at the picture to the right.

yeah if you look at the 1969 brochure it has the same picture but you can tell that they are both white. I did see one oragne jimmy though that had the inside of a white top painted orange.

pound41 · 01-16-2005, 08:00 PM

Gee Emm:
I know but I got my blazer from the original owner 27yrs ago. He was a customer at my father's gas station .It's a cst with the spare tire carrier in the back. I know that the jack and all its content were neatly packaged behind the drivers seat. Because when I got it the first thing I did was lift it and put 33X14.50's on it. I remember saying I won't need this anymore its too short. So out it went. I have never seen a picture or found a person who can tell me how it all went behind the seat. So the point I was trying to make. Was that the conclusion that all other threads we have had on this subject has been some parts behind the seat some in the back. Me knowing that mine was not this way. So if they put the tire and carrier behind the seat I would have to believe that everything would be right there and none in the back.

meathead95 · 01-17-2005, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pound41

Gee Emm:
I know but I got my blazer from the original owner 27yrs ago. He was a customer at my father's gas station .It's a cst with the spare tire carrier in the back. I know that the jack and all its content were neatly packaged behind the drivers seat. Because when I got it the first thing I did was lift it and put 33X14.50's on it. I remember saying I won't need this anymore its too short. So out it went. I have never seen a picture or found a person who can tell me how it all went behind the seat. So the point I was trying to make. Was that the conclusion that all other threads we have had on this subject has been some parts behind the seat some in the back. Me knowing that mine was not this way. So if they put the tire and carrier behind the seat I would have to believe that everything would be right there and none in the back.

my blazer was ordered with no back seat the spare tire mount was right behind the drivers seat and the jack and handle was attached to the little step up wall behind the drivers seat with a spring

*Gee_Emm* · 01-16-2005, 07:46 PM

If you had an inside spare carrier then some if not all of the jack stuff would have been mounted near the carrier.

mkmiller1 · 01-16-2005, 10:36 PM

Special-K - Just to answer you question, I saw an original '71 about 6 months ago in Texarkana that didn't have the passenger seat. There were no holes there to even mount a seat! I was a straight 6 with 3 on the tree very basic other than the front locker option. It was pretty straight but had lots of floorboard rust, none-the-less it had about the cleanest bedsides I'd seen on an unmolested blazer.
Matthew

**special-K** · 01-17-2005, 11:16 AM

That`s what I`m talkin`about!Talk about bare-bones utility.That`s just a big Jeep,front locker to boot.Did it have a top?When it says optional top,is that a top,period?Or does that mean you got the dbl-wall?Another subject for another thread

pound41 · 01-17-2005, 11:35 AM

In an old article I had read once you had to request a top then later it became more expect that a top was wanted eventhough they still said optional top

mkmiller1 · 01-17-2005, 06:57 PM

special-K - The old thing did have a double wall top. It was almost funny to look at without having options. It was neat but I hated to spend the $750 to get it!
Matthew

*Gee_Emm* · 01-17-2005, 07:48 PM

One way to possibly determine the original seat configuration is to look for the bolt holes for the spare holder in the floor.

Did trucks with exterior carriers have the bolt holes for the inside carirer?

3 on the tree · 01-17-2005, 09:40 PM

The pics that GeeM posted of the spare tire mount and tire iron are of my 70 Blazer. The option sheet in the glovebox lists both optional seats as installed, if that helps any.

LUV2XCLR8 · 01-20-2005, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gee_Emm

Did trucks with exterior carriers have the bolt holes for the inside carirer?

MINE DOES, PO REMOVED THE OUTSIDE CARRIER AND FILLED IN THE HOLES
AND HERE IS A PIC OF MY REAR FLOOR WHICH CLEARLY HAS ALL OF THEM.

(*OLDER PIC, THE "NO DAMN IDEA" IS FOR THE JACK SPRING I'M TOLD)

pound41 · 01-20-2005, 08:50 PM

No damn idea is a little spring clip and hook like the one on the knee wall behind the drivers seat. You lay the jack flat and spring goes aroung the neck and hooks on latch. Thats the storage for the jack in back. I have the holes and latch but my jack was mounted behind the front seat

bouncytruck · 01-17-2005, 12:39 PM

I think that in those ads and brochures, they used a lot of prototype Blazers for the photoshoots. In the brochure below for the '69 (all the brochures have been posted by a board member at http://www.slosh.com/) notice the orange one in the middle and the back of the top is much more straight up and down than the production tops.

01-15-2005, 12:17 PM	#1
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Passenger Seat Optional I was just wondering if anyone has ever seen a Blazer that didn`t have the"optional"passenger seat.I`m sure by now there would be a seat installed.But maybe could tell by the VIN-spec sheet on g-box door.Just goes to show how"utility"these were thought to be back then. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-15-2005, 03:21 PM	#2
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,883	like in this brochure, seating arrangement for one to five people. Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

01-15-2005, 03:26 PM	#3
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,883	You know, looking at that picture I have never noticed that if you didn't have the optional back seat the spare is right behind the driver, but if you only have the drivers seat the spare is just laid down in the back. weird __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

01-16-2005, 11:16 AM	#4
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Yeah,I knew about the behind-the-seat mount(find one of those).But I noticed that in your Ad about the 1-seater spare.Never seen that either.I`m sure it`s not just layin`there. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-16-2005, 11:47 AM	#8
meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,440	in the one pic the green blazer has a matching green top. I didnt think the tops came in any other coor besides white or black? __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

01-16-2005, 11:42 AM	#5
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Yeah, Not to start a new thread on a issue that we have gone over 100 times. My blazer has all the seats, but when I got it from the original owner all the jack parts and jack were mounted behind the drivers seat. can't remember how it went but I wonder if that is the one seat configuration

01-16-2005, 07:48 PM	#7
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Not the jack according to other posts and diagrams it went in the back where spare tire holder was and you had the spring clip and hold down bracket.

01-16-2005, 11:53 AM	#9
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	Top looks white to me, anyone know what is on the ashtray on the orange dash picture?

01-16-2005, 12:31 PM	#11
meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,440	the second row of pics on the left hand side looks white to you? the inside looks white but the ouside looks to match the body color for sure. __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

01-16-2005, 12:33 PM	#12
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	I think it might look green because of a shadow, look at the picture to the right.

01-16-2005, 08:00 PM	#14
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Gee Emm: I know but I got my blazer from the original owner 27yrs ago. He was a customer at my father's gas station .It's a cst with the spare tire carrier in the back. I know that the jack and all its content were neatly packaged behind the drivers seat. Because when I got it the first thing I did was lift it and put 33X14.50's on it. I remember saying I won't need this anymore its too short. So out it went. I have never seen a picture or found a person who can tell me how it all went behind the seat. So the point I was trying to make. Was that the conclusion that all other threads we have had on this subject has been some parts behind the seat some in the back. Me knowing that mine was not this way. So if they put the tire and carrier behind the seat I would have to believe that everything would be right there and none in the back.

01-16-2005, 07:46 PM	#16
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	If you had an inside spare carrier then some if not all of the jack stuff would have been mounted near the carrier.

01-16-2005, 10:36 PM	#17
mkmiller1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Magnolia, Arkansas Posts: 1,091	Special-K - Just to answer you question, I saw an original '71 about 6 months ago in Texarkana that didn't have the passenger seat. There were no holes there to even mount a seat! I was a straight 6 with 3 on the tree very basic other than the front locker option. It was pretty straight but had lots of floorboard rust, none-the-less it had about the cleanest bedsides I'd seen on an unmolested blazer. Matthew __________________ GOD is good...All the time! '71 swb custom10 barn find-68K original miles 72 K5 CST rust bucket, but runs and drives 84K miles

01-17-2005, 11:16 AM	#18
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	That`s what I`m talkin`about!Talk about bare-bones utility.That`s just a big Jeep,front locker to boot.Did it have a top?When it says optional top,is that a top,period?Or does that mean you got the dbl-wall?Another subject for another thread __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-17-2005, 11:35 AM	#19
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	In an old article I had read once you had to request a top then later it became more expect that a top was wanted eventhough they still said optional top



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01-17-2005, 06:57 PM	#20
mkmiller1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Magnolia, Arkansas Posts: 1,091	special-K - The old thing did have a double wall top. It was almost funny to look at without having options. It was neat but I hated to spend the $750 to get it! Matthew __________________ GOD is good...All the time! '71 swb custom10 barn find-68K original miles 72 K5 CST rust bucket, but runs and drives 84K miles

01-17-2005, 07:48 PM	#21
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	One way to possibly determine the original seat configuration is to look for the bolt holes for the spare holder in the floor. Did trucks with exterior carriers have the bolt holes for the inside carirer?

01-17-2005, 09:40 PM	#22
3 on the tree Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 392	The pics that GeeM posted of the spare tire mount and tire iron are of my 70 Blazer. The option sheet in the glovebox lists both optional seats as installed, if that helps any.

01-20-2005, 08:50 PM	#24
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	No damn idea is a little spring clip and hook like the one on the knee wall behind the drivers seat. You lay the jack flat and spring goes aroung the neck and hooks on latch. Thats the storage for the jack in back. I have the holes and latch but my jack was mounted behind the front seat

01-17-2005, 12:39 PM	#25
bouncytruck SKINNY TIRES RULE! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 11,038	I think that in those ads and brochures, they used a lot of prototype Blazers for the photoshoots. In the brochure below for the '69 (all the brochures have been posted by a board member at http://www.slosh.com/) notice the orange one in the middle and the back of the top is much more straight up and down than the production tops. __________________ bouncytruck 1972 K5 The Hauler 1994 K1500 Suburban The Daily2010 Kia Soul Wife's Ride2014 Fiat 500L

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