New Guy with a "Feathers" Blazer

[JackB]

Hi all...I've been lurking around for a while and actually bought a 1971 Blazer a couple of months ago but was waiting to show it to you until I figured out what I was going to do with it. Heres the story..

The Blazer was something of an impulse buy. I had a 1969 Z28 Camaro that I decided to part with so I took it to the Barrett Jackson auction in Las Vegas. If your interested heres a video of it being sold https://youtu.be/oPNCx7OXn6A

I did better than I thought with the Camaro so I thought I'd bring something home with me. Found a 1971 Blazer that decided to bid on Heres the auction ad. http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Event...ZER-4X4-187120
It caught my eye because it was very orginal, unmolested and rust free. I probably overpaid a bit but it ended up coming home with me.

Although I appreciated the originality of the Blazer after a few to many OJ Bronco comparisons I started to look around for something that was period correct to get some color on it and thats when I stumbled on the Feathers decals that were offered by GM back in 72. I quickly found out that I wasnt just going to buy the decals so I found a way to have them duplicated. There not perfect copies of the originals but there pretty close. What I did was buy a AMT 1/25 scale model that was made back in he seventies that included the feathers decals. I had the decals blown up 25x to use as a pattern that was then transfered to vinyl.

Anyway, thats where I'm at now. The only other things I'm planning for the Blazer are an undercarriage/driveline detail and I picked up some 15x6 steelies and original blue bow tie dog dish hubcaps that I'm going to put on it. Look forward to your comments..and its OK if you hate the feathers look my kids have already told me how much they hate it lol