Hoping to pick this '76 2wd up

[Malamute]

Working on the final details. Factory 2wd. Will be lowered 5/6 before I take ownership.

[68Timber]

Sweet. Nice survivor.

[gmachinz]

Gorgeous! I love the K5 2-tone paint scheme-classic!

[Malamute]

It's had one repaint at some point. The interior is excellent. Just a little rust behind driver rear but all under the molding so repair and touch up paint should be easier. The seller had a great idea and I will probably add a white vinyl wrap to make it a two tone.

[68Timber]

Sweet truck - keep us posted.

[m_m_510]

That looks sweet.

[lolife99]

Looks sweet!
What are you getting rid of???

[Malamute]

Originally Posted by 68Timber

Sweet truck - keep us posted.

Thanks, will do.

Originally Posted by m_m_510

That looks sweet.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by lolife99

Looks sweet!
What are you getting rid of???

Thanks. Good question! For now, nothing but one of the pickups may have to go. I keep going back and forth. As I told you before, you will be the first to know if one of them goes.

Still not a done deal.

[eighteenninetytwo]

not quite getting the "will be lowered 5/6 before I take ownership" doesthat mean it is getting lowered 5 or 6 inches??

[Malamute]

Originally Posted by eighteenninetytwo

not quite getting the "will be lowered 5/6 before I take ownership" doesthat mean it is getting lowered 5 or 6 inches??

Yes, he was going to lower it before I bought it. I think we have worked out a deal and I will be buying it as it sits rather than him dropping it. I will eventually drop it, but that may be a bit down the road.

[Malamute]

It looks like I'm the new owner of a Blazer. These things are getting so hard to find I jumped even though the timing is awful.

[lolife99]

very nice!
I love all the 70-82 2wd blazers.

[Malamute]

Thanks Keith. They have grown on me as well. I always thought I wanted a '71 or '72 but I do like the upgraded interior in these(stock anyway). A plus is this has AC.

[68Timber]

Congrats, that is a sweet score. I love the color.

[Willowrun]

Great score. Is that interior original? Would love to see an underhood shot.

[Malamute]

Originally Posted by Willowrun

Great score. Is that interior original? Would love to see an underhood shot.

Here you go. The seats are original and I thought the carpet was but he did in fact put all new carpet and weatherstripping in. And since we all love SPIDs around here......

[68Timber]

Sliding side windows, I wondered if that was original to the truck. I don't know what year that was first available. 61 Grecian Bronze, cool color.

[lolife99]

You're going to find out that a flip kit puts the center section of the rearend extremely close to the bed floor and the back will be really low.
They look super cool with a flip kit, but you will need a frame notch and maybe a bump in the floor.
Blazers are different in this area, compared to the trucks.

I've lowered two of these.
A '79 and a '82 2wd blazer.
My '79 got drop shackles and I removed all but 3 leaf springs.
I wouldn't suggest this.
My '82 got lowered leaf springs.
Your rear leaf springs should be the 52" version.
www.performanceonline.com sells them.
Also if you add a drop shackle for the rear leaves, the right side gets into your fuel fill hose.
So that will need to be re-routed.
I would stick with a 5" drop leaf spring by itself.

The front will be just like c10 trucks with the normal spindle/spring drop.

Good luck.

[Willowrun]

This thread shows how I dropped mine:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645053

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Willowrun

This thread shows how I dropped mine:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645053

I was actually looking for your thread,... but I couldn't remember your screen name.

[Willowrun]

Originally Posted by lolife99

I was actually looking for your thread,... but I couldn't remember your screen name.

I was a little hesitant to show how I did it as rear drop springs seems so much easier. I just remember looking at the front spring bolt when contemplating how to drop it and thinking to myself "I'm not sure how I feel about fighting with that in order to change the springs". Instead I fought with 20 other things.

[Malamute]

Originally Posted by lolife99

You're going to find out that a flip kit puts the center section of the rearend extremely close to the bed floor and the back will be really low.
They look super cool with a flip kit, but you will need a frame notch and maybe a bump in the floor.
Blazers are different in this area, compared to the trucks.

I've lowered two of these.
A '79 and a '82 2wd blazer.
My '79 got drop shackles and I removed all but 3 leaf springs.
I wouldn't suggest this.
My '82 got lowered leaf springs.
Your rear leaf springs should be the 52" version.
www.performanceonline.com sells them.
Also if you add a drop shackle for the rear leaves, the right side gets into your fuel fill hose.
So that will need to be re-routed.
I would stick with a 5" drop leaf spring by itself.

The front will be just like c10 trucks with the normal spindle/spring drop.

Good luck.

So we finally got moved and I'm going to get moving on the drop. I am going to go with those springs Keith as they are in fact 52" on the Blazer. The rear is already lower than the front, thoughts on 5" drop up front? Crown Suspension sells a 3" DS and 2" spring that I would like to order to go along with this as well as new shocks.

Any recommendations on shocks?

Thanks!
Dan

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Malamute

So we finally got moved and I'm going to get moving on the drop. I am going to go with those springs Keith as they are in fact 52" on the Blazer. The rear is already lower than the front, thoughts on 5" drop up front? Crown Suspension sells a 3" DS and 2" spring that I would like to order to go along with this as well as new shocks.

Any recommendations on shocks?

Thanks!
Dan

A lot of people like Belltech shocks or RideTech shocks.

[Malamute]

Thanks guys. I had read about the problems with drop shackles and the filler tube so I will definitely be avoiding that. I also want to avoid a c-notch so it looks like new rear springs is going to be the way to go.

The front should be easy with DS and springs. I'll go check out your thread Willowrun.

Thanks

[Malamute]

Helpful thread, thank you for the link. It sure seems like spending the money for 52" rear springs will be the easiest way to go. Sans the flip kit obviously but I just don't want to have clearance issues.