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**richard2717** · 06-04-2012, 09:02 PM

Is another Blazer project. But this one I have been trying to obtain for the last 15 years. It has nt been tagged since 98' and not moved out of the barn since 99' It has been within 1200' of my house the whole time & I could not get him to sell. I finally got the call today he was ready to sell. We agreed on a price & I hope to bring her home tomorrow.

Stopped over today and pumped up the tires, all but one hold air so will have to take one with me tomorrow. Thankfully engine is not stuck I was able to turn over by hand. I want to pull the plugs and shoot some lube in before I go any further with trying to start it. I will tow it home. Hopefully brakes are not froze up.
This truck was originally purchased by the military and sent to one of the airport bases as a disaster response unit. I cant remember if they said it went to Greenland or Iceland but it was one of the two. Apprently the last call it responded to it became part of. When my buddy bought it at the military auction back in the 80;s down in Norfolk VA it only had 46K miles on it. It now has just shy of 90K on it.
When he bought it the front end was wrecked, not bad but the grill and hood were toast. I had an old 69 grill and hood laying around so we thru that on it. It originally had a 250 with a 3ott. when we put gas in the tank the 1st time to start it it ran out on the ground just as quick as we poured it in. After removing the skid plate we realized the gubament poked a hole thru the corner of the tank for an unknown reason. I practiced my mig welding and almost learned the hard way that water is not a complete cure for welding a tank.

The one good thing about this blazer is the govt. paid extra to have the entire rig zinc chromate primed before laying the paint on it. When he bought it there was zero rust anywhere. Even today when I checked it over there is NO rust in the torsion boxes that I can see. In fact, the only rust thru I have found anywhere is in the driver floorboard there is a hole the size of a tea cup saucer and it is more from him driving with no kind of floor mat then it is from rust. Here are some pictures to get us started. I will basically just putting it in the back of hte garage now after cleaning it up until I get finished with the other 72'

06-04-2012, 09:02 PM	#1
richard2717 Equal opportunity joke ofender Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Shore of MD Posts: 10,128	Just what I needed Is another Blazer project. But this one I have been trying to obtain for the last 15 years. It has nt been tagged since 98' and not moved out of the barn since 99' It has been within 1200' of my house the whole time & I could not get him to sell. I finally got the call today he was ready to sell. We agreed on a price & I hope to bring her home tomorrow. Stopped over today and pumped up the tires, all but one hold air so will have to take one with me tomorrow. Thankfully engine is not stuck I was able to turn over by hand. I want to pull the plugs and shoot some lube in before I go any further with trying to start it. I will tow it home. Hopefully brakes are not froze up. This truck was originally purchased by the military and sent to one of the airport bases as a disaster response unit. I cant remember if they said it went to Greenland or Iceland but it was one of the two. Apprently the last call it responded to it became part of. When my buddy bought it at the military auction back in the 80;s down in Norfolk VA it only had 46K miles on it. It now has just shy of 90K on it. When he bought it the front end was wrecked, not bad but the grill and hood were toast. I had an old 69 grill and hood laying around so we thru that on it. It originally had a 250 with a 3ott. when we put gas in the tank the 1st time to start it it ran out on the ground just as quick as we poured it in. After removing the skid plate we realized the gubament poked a hole thru the corner of the tank for an unknown reason. I practiced my mig welding and almost learned the hard way that water is not a complete cure for welding a tank. The one good thing about this blazer is the govt. paid extra to have the entire rig zinc chromate primed before laying the paint on it. When he bought it there was zero rust anywhere. Even today when I checked it over there is NO rust in the torsion boxes that I can see. In fact, the only rust thru I have found anywhere is in the driver floorboard there is a hole the size of a tea cup saucer and it is more from him driving with no kind of floor mat then it is from rust. Here are some pictures to get us started. I will basically just putting it in the back of hte garage now after cleaning it up until I get finished with the other 72' Attached Images __________________ Members I have met. Dually Jams, OlBlue60, ScottH, Tommyboy24, Dujobo, Warbucket, 2003 Silverado, Notsolo, my90k5, 6t727t2, Special-K ,Jack_71C10, tabarcus,72blazer_mud_bogger,pwdcougar,RSavage,EricSean,1Rippen6,invicta455,tennaragtop71,arks, Kendal,Bennett68C10, Perpendicular, Chainsawman, McGeesCustomMinis,ShortbedClayton,longblue72,6768chevylover,Tim71,Travisarmenta,Ol' Drippy,fleetmitch,georgieb51,Dave,bcnya2,Dadsburb https://paypal.me/6772GMtruckparts Most women like the strong, silent type… Fortunately for me, my wife prefers the out-of-shape, mouthy type. Last edited by richard2717; 06-05-2012 at 02:59 PM.

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