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nightglide · 07-19-2010, 01:43 AM

Little background before my question......
I've been working on a 84 shortbox 4x4. I know, I know, nobody likes the newer stepsides but it was free and rust free stuff is really hard to find up here

I know, crappy iphone pics, bad lighting, and no room in the garage, but its all i got
4" springs, 3" body, 35" mudders, 454, etc, etc. I got a really good deal on it and most of the parts i had laying around

nightglide · 07-19-2010, 01:52 AM

I found a guy parting out a 89 Blazer and was looking for a newer style grill so I went to look at it. The whole front clip was in better shape than mine and the newer style grill so I was going to give him $250 for the clip. Then he tells me he has a custom frame, air bagged and body dropped blazer for sale. So I look at that one. Basicaly just a shell, but all new sheet metal, new quarters, doors, molded in tailgate, roll pan. So to try and make a long story a little short, I ended up buying the 2 wheel drive and the 4x4 both for $500

I drove the 4x4 the 30mins or so home, runs like a top. the 2 wheel had to trailer of course. on to pics

nightglide · 07-19-2010, 01:55 AM

I sold the front clip off my 4x4 for $150. The drive train out of the blazer for $300. So now I have everythig I need to finish my 4x4 plus a air bagged 2 wheel for $50!!

Now for my question(finally lol): The 2 wheel drive has no dash, has anyone ever put a 67-72 dash in a squarebody? pics?
Thanks for reading my long winded story lol

WigglesTheHoly · 07-19-2010, 01:52 AM

how the hell do you get it in and out of the garage flatten the tires?

nightglide · 07-19-2010, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by WigglesTheHoly

how the hell do you get it in and out of the garage flatten the tires?

lol, kinda painted myself into a corner huh? I put the bodylift on once it was in the garage! luckily the blazer has some 31" I'll put on it to get it out

nightglide · 07-19-2010, 02:07 AM

Sadly I won't be able to even look at the 2 wheel untill I get the 4x4 done.
And I havn't be working on that one much cause this is what I spend most of my summer doing

Davidmichael · 07-19-2010, 09:46 AM

well you have a good score, but did the guy take the 2dw blazer and put a regular truck back window and sheet metal/ was going to make a weird truck out if it?

nightglide · 07-19-2010, 02:12 PM

Yea, it has a truck back window and roof welded on. Kind of a really short unibody truck. Looks ok but not really my style. I think I'm just going to make it a full time convertible with no roll up windows. Like a roadster

Davidmichael · 07-19-2010, 03:39 PM

nice. I was not liking the unibody truck style. but a full convertible will look great at shows

nightglide · 07-20-2010, 10:46 PM

So....no one has put a 67-72 dash in a square body?
Any other options? I know the impala dashes look good but finding one round here would be near impossible. I want this thing to be kind of a rat road with min interior and wiring

iroc12valve · 07-25-2010, 02:13 AM

500 for both, you robbed the guy lol

nightglide · 07-25-2010, 04:52 AM

And I just traded the diffs for a brand new eldbrook carb

grinch4om · 07-25-2010, 08:04 AM

wheelin and dealin dude!!!go get em!!!

nightglide · 11-27-2010, 04:41 PM

Well this thread hasnt got much traffic but thought I'd post pics of it all most done

Just gotta paint rally stripes on hood and install roll pan

07-19-2010, 01:43 AM	#1
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	little intro and question Little background before my question...... I've been working on a 84 shortbox 4x4. I know, I know, nobody likes the newer stepsides but it was free and rust free stuff is really hard to find up here I know, crappy iphone pics, bad lighting, and no room in the garage, but its all i got 4" springs, 3" body, 35" mudders, 454, etc, etc. I got a really good deal on it and most of the parts i had laying around Attached Images Last edited by glock35ipsc; 07-19-2010 at 10:18 AM.

07-19-2010, 01:52 AM	#2
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	Re: little intro and question I found a guy parting out a 89 Blazer and was looking for a newer style grill so I went to look at it. The whole front clip was in better shape than mine and the newer style grill so I was going to give him $250 for the clip. Then he tells me he has a custom frame, air bagged and body dropped blazer for sale. So I look at that one. Basicaly just a shell, but all new sheet metal, new quarters, doors, molded in tailgate, roll pan. So to try and make a long story a little short, I ended up buying the 2 wheel drive and the 4x4 both for $500 I drove the 4x4 the 30mins or so home, runs like a top. the 2 wheel had to trailer of course. on to pics Attached Images

07-19-2010, 01:55 AM	#3
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	Re: little intro and question I sold the front clip off my 4x4 for $150. The drive train out of the blazer for $300. So now I have everythig I need to finish my 4x4 plus a air bagged 2 wheel for $50!! Now for my question(finally lol): The 2 wheel drive has no dash, has anyone ever put a 67-72 dash in a squarebody? pics? Thanks for reading my long winded story lol

07-19-2010, 01:52 AM	#4
WigglesTheHoly IT Guy/ Father/ Chevy lover Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hoisington, KS Posts: 568	Re: little intro and question how the hell do you get it in and out of the garage flatten the tires? __________________ 78 Chevy (Pictures) SOLD 79 Chevy LWB (pasture) 83 Chevy LWB (crushed rusted beyond repair) 02 TrailBlazer SOLD 03 VW Passat wagonSOLD 95 extended cab silveradoSOLD (still in family) 05 Crew Cab Silverado 5.3 (The Turd) WTB: 66 El camino Technology Specialist aspiring to be a gear head.

07-19-2010, 02:07 AM	#6
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	Re: little intro and question Sadly I won't be able to even look at the 2 wheel untill I get the 4x4 done. And I havn't be working on that one much cause this is what I spend most of my summer doing Attached Images

07-19-2010, 09:46 AM	#7
Davidmichael Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 686	Re: little intro and question well you have a good score, but did the guy take the 2dw blazer and put a regular truck back window and sheet metal/ was going to make a weird truck out if it? __________________ 86 Suburban 2WD = rolled it and totaled it 83 LWB STD Cab 4x4 = went to the scrapper. Was my baby. 84 Suburban 2WD = stripped it/ scrapped it 81 8 foot bed made into a trailer 86 Suburban going to be made into a trailer 91 Suburban 4x4 = that's my baby 00 S10 Xtreme STD Cab 01 S10 ZR2

07-19-2010, 02:12 PM	#8
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	Re: little intro and question Yea, it has a truck back window and roof welded on. Kind of a really short unibody truck. Looks ok but not really my style. I think I'm just going to make it a full time convertible with no roll up windows. Like a roadster

07-19-2010, 03:39 PM	#9
Davidmichael Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 686	Re: little intro and question nice. I was not liking the unibody truck style. but a full convertible will look great at shows __________________ 86 Suburban 2WD = rolled it and totaled it 83 LWB STD Cab 4x4 = went to the scrapper. Was my baby. 84 Suburban 2WD = stripped it/ scrapped it 81 8 foot bed made into a trailer 86 Suburban going to be made into a trailer 91 Suburban 4x4 = that's my baby 00 S10 Xtreme STD Cab 01 S10 ZR2

07-20-2010, 10:46 PM	#10
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	Re: little intro and question So....no one has put a 67-72 dash in a square body? Any other options? I know the impala dashes look good but finding one round here would be near impossible. I want this thing to be kind of a rat road with min interior and wiring

07-25-2010, 02:13 AM	#11
iroc12valve Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: niagara, ontario Posts: 109	Re: little intro and question 500 for both, you robbed the guy lol __________________ 1991 V3500 350TBI/4l80/205 D60/14bff - Crew long 1987 IrocZ-28 525 horse/567 Lb Tq 383 1976 K30 on 39.5s One wheel drive thanks to a np203 and some K5's lol Last edited by iroc12valve; 07-25-2010 at 02:13 AM.

07-25-2010, 04:52 AM	#12
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	Re: little intro and question And I just traded the diffs for a brand new eldbrook carb

07-25-2010, 08:04 AM	#13
grinch4om dang its hot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: frankfort kentucky Posts: 1,349	Re: little intro and question wheelin and dealin dude!!!go get em!!!

11-27-2010, 04:41 PM	#14
nightglide Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 35	Re: little intro and question Well this thread hasnt got much traffic but thought I'd post pics of it all most done Just gotta paint rally stripes on hood and install roll pan Attached Images



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