Do I dare ask how much you have spent?

[Medicanman71]

Originally Posted by makovai

Man i love pictures..

Me too!

I forgot about profile pics and finally just added mine!

[bouncytruck]

Originally Posted by Medicanman71

bouncy hahah , he told you to put mickey thompson wheels and tires on that blazer! But seriously, do you drive that blazer more then your other?

My other truck is in the hands of another - board member Obsesive23. He remodeled our master bath and in trade got my '69.

The orange truck is my daily driver.

[Medicanman71]

Originally Posted by bouncytruck

My other truck is in the hands of another - board member Obsesive23. He remodeled our master bath and in trade got my '69.

The orange truck is my daily driver.

I see

[bouncytruck]

I didn't know we could upload "profile" pictures. I just uploaded one. Thanks for the tip!

[Medicanman71]

What's with your funky rear bumper bouncy?

[bouncytruck]

My understanding is it is a dealer installed item. It's big and bulky. When the $ are available, I'll be swapping back to a stock chrome bumper.

[RunTMCfan]

Even if you buy one "already fixed up" you know you're going to find some crappy mods on it that you are gonna change out. It always seems to work like that. I overpaid a little for mine. But it had almost no rust in the floors and the top had good bones minus the roof rack

[tpi72blazer]

My Blazer is not quite finished yet, but getting close. Because I did all of the work myself, I was able to save a lot on labor. My only real expense has been the cost of parts.

$500 Purchase price
$2500 Engine,trans, transfer rebuild / TPI conversion
$600 Paint and body work materials
$700 New trim all the way around
$250 Door and top seals
$400 Interior - carpet and seat covers / heaters
$500 Misc things I've forgotten

I would guess I have about $5500 in mine so far.

[RunTMCfan]

The labor that is difficult to do on your own is the tranny rebuilds and stuff like that. I know seasoned mechanics that wont touch an auto rebuild. My tranny and tcase rebuilt ran $1400 and I removed and installed them.

[EFI70Blazer]

Will probably have $12,000 into my 70 Jimmy by the time i am done. Initial purchase was $1500 and already have $3000 in parts for it. Items collected so far, TPI, tilt for manual trans, tach cluster, front clip, all new lenses, new shroud, 35" BFG Mudders, new gm surround for 70, 70 gm grill new, headlight bezels new gm, etc. Has factory A/C is mainly why i bought it. Plan on building a small block 400 for it with roller cam and fuel injected.

By the way just in case some of you don't know the 69-72 grill surrounds and grills are available from GM again.

My 86 Silverado SWB 4X4 $25,000. Bought in 87. $8000 just into the motor so far. Still waiting for a few more items before i start putting it back together. Tons of NOS parts that are not available anymore. Was hit with a Semi back in 2000. Been collecting parts to fix ever since.

71 RS/SS Camaro $1200 initial buy price Concourse restoration $15,000-$20,000 depending how much parts rise by the time i get the rest of them. Have most of the hard to find parts but still need a few small items.

70 Camaro LS1 motor. $700 initial buy price. $12,000 and i should be able to complete it.

[671blazer]

$2500 purchase price for a 72 cst, original ac / pwr disc brakes. came with crate 350/350TH. cam, alum. heads, intake, headers dual flow masters. new wheels and tires (31's with black rock crawlers)
$86 DMV fees.
Purchased form forum members:
$125 new carter AFB 635
$80 front fenders
$200 Both doors / inner fenders
$100 core support
$40 hood hinges
$20 stainless steel console trim
$40 arm rests
about 100 on ebay for misc interior stuff.
$5.95 at a junkyard sale for a rear seat out of a 86.
about $200 worth of beer / countless hours spent in front of the garage looking at the k5 telling my boys about how good its gonna look once i install all of these parts.

[smbrouss70]

On my 70 Blazer:
$500 purchase of tub
$400 in gas to go get tub (Tuscon, AZ)
$150 purchase of frame
$75 in gas to go get frame (Dallas, TX)
$125 purchase of single wall top
$600 in gas to get top (Meadville, PA) I shouldn't count this one, we made a "stop" while on Vacation.
So far I haven't had the time to do anything to it yet, so there's MUCH, MUCH more to come on that one. I figure if I keep it under $25k, I'll be alright with that.

On my 70 SWB, i've got $11k into it and haven't done the body work or paint yet, so it looks like an $11k turd.

[72CSTC5]

Well, let's see.
Purchase price 4000.00
motor 3000.00
rear end 1000.00
grille 1000.00
suspenion 2000.00
misc receipts 7000.00
total 18,000.00
Telling everyone that I have a 1972 2wd Blazer in thousand pieces.
PRICELESS!!!!!

[Hart_Rod]

Too many posts and not enough pictures!!!! Come on guys lets see em.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

Too many posts and not enough pictures!!!! Come on guys lets see em.

Ok, Ok, Ok, I will go back and edit my 2 posts

[blazerboy72]

72 4wd

Purchase price $2500
Motor and related parts $2000
Seats recovered $500
Stereo $500
Lift and tires $3000
Paint $2000
Various body parts $750

Total $11250

Im sure I forgot something, but it is close engough. I plan on starting ovver after the 2wd is done.


71 2WD

Purchase price $1500
LS1 Motor $1500
Fuel system $500
Transmission $250
Body panels $500
steering column $125
Auto transmission conversion parts $150
suspension $500
Computer reprogram $350
Various other small parts$200

Total $5575 and a long ways from being driveable

[Green Monster]

$13,000 purchase price in 2003.
$1,200 to ship it from California to Pennsylvania
$300 for new woodgrain trim
$500 for new inner and outer grill
$250 for new Kenwood EZ-500
$150 for new "Guide" lenses
$50 for new Sylvania Silver Star headlights
$325 for new variable ratio steering gear
$400 for A/C compressor and condesor replacement plus A/C recharge
$70 for rubber stoppers, door sweeps, hood to cowl seal, "S" duct. and K/5 Emblem
$50 for vinyl seat repair
$35 for new belts
$20 for chrome hub sleaves
$0 for the top removal
$16,350

[makovai]

Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

Too many posts and not enough pictures!!!! Come on guys lets see em.

Sorry................... here's my pic

[Bishops Trucks]

Between the first build and the build going on now I have just shy of $28,000 in the truck and it is still in pieces. When I'm done that is a $ figure my Finance Officer wife does not need to see.

[stingray72]

Oh goodness... lets see..

$7800 purchase
$800 ECE 4/6 drop
$750 Built 700R4 transmission (not yet installed)
$200 Radiator
$200 Single Wall top (i think that's what I paid, dont' remember)

What's that?? $9750 so far.

I've still got a 383 stroker planned and a body off with a paint job (i hate red) so I think I'll be pushing 25K or more when it's all said and done. Here's how it sits now

[LonghornJeff]

$1200.....It dont shine like some of the others but I will "race you through the cornfield"....

[makovai]

add another couple hundred dollars for a new 1406 edelbrock to my total.

[69TowRig]

How much? Apparently NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. After buying it, fixing it, driving it, fixing it some more, and so on, it still needs the powertrain redone, everything *else* fixed, ALL the bodywork, ALL the interior work, new everything.

Probably the best $ spent on it (and the most issues I've had fixing anything) was to upgrade the front to power disc brakes. I won't even want to think about how much was spent on that.

[xfsketch]

I basically paid $500 for the truck (72 chevy) and since then put 1200 into it so I have $1700 in it now. I know its not a blazer but I have been told that I got an excellent deal considering the condition of my ride. Im sure after the body work, interior, wheels, bed lining and paint it will be over the $5000 mark, but it will be worth way more than that.

[jamie72]

i got about 6-7 thousand in mine.