tjs 72 Blazer Build

[jlsanborn]

Man the plating is awesome! Was the $$ painful? I'd love to do some of my bits and pieces up like that.

[tjsblazer]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Man the plating is awesome! Was the $$ painful? I'd love to do some of my bits and pieces up like that.

Plating was $130 but that was also all the black zinc included that I got done which was a fairly large lot. I am picking the black zinc items up tomorrow and will post pictures of it after.

It isn't that much $ the more pieces you have. Most have a minimum charge. Mine plater is $90 min for zinc so the idea is the more you get done at once the better.

[tjsblazer]

Here is the black zinc !! Besides lots of body hardware and clips, I had done
Speaker cover and brackets, clutch rod cover, hood latch bolt, door strickers and hardware, tailgate trunions, intermediate shaft washer and spring, glove box hinge and catch, quarter panel braces.

[tjsblazer]

Some more.
Jack and handle brackets, inner fender and rear splash clip nuts, fan shroud clips, new u-joint straps and nuts, steering stabilizer bracket u bolts, wiper motor arm link and retaining clip, door hinge bolts, lots of body bolts.

[DeadheadNM]

Jeff thanks for sharing. Isn't it surprising how good the end result is? Two thumbs up! How do you like the result on the speaker grill? If good I may follow suit. Best, Pete

[jlsanborn]

It all looks fantastic! I'm afraid I'm nowhere near as organized as you are. With a site like this, who needs to bag-n-tag? It'd end up being $90 per bolt for me! A little humor there but really, I'll be digging through buckets for missing screws for sure.

[IronCanine]

I love this too. Seriously top shelf.

[tjsblazer]

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I'm pleased with it all.

Pete, Yes I really like the way the speaker grill came out. I was afraid of painting it. I was worried the paint might fill in the very small perforated holes. I guess I could have tried paint first and then just media blasted it clean and tried this after if it didn't work out.

I didn't bag and label very much when tore down and am regretting it now. I wasn't initially planning on having it apart for 2 years but I should have know better. I've been separating it here and there in to piles by type and about 90% I know where it goes. Once I'm down to left over pieces I will be asking for a lot of help with what is left.

Now that I'm going through it I'm noticing I'm missing 2 pieces in the black. One door striker shim and the clamp that goes around the gas fill hoses at the Left rear splash shield. Looks like I'll be calling my plater Monday AM to track them down.

[DeadheadNM]

Jeff in going through some boxes today I came across several parkerized door striker shims. If you can't track down your missing example I'm happy to replace it.

[tjsblazer]

Thank you Pete for the offer. My plater has never lost anything before and they were literally removing the parts from the rack when I got there end of day Friday. Hopefully they just got missed. I'll know more in a day or two.

[tjsblazer]

Pete so the plater found the missing Door latch shim as well as some washers and stuff I didn't realize were missing. I guess a few small parts got left to another batch by mistake.
Never had the Fuel fill hose clamp they claim and now I'm second guessing myself if I had it in the box. Can't find it so i posted a WTB ad and my plater had offered a free batch of work since I'm still insistent it was in there.

[tjsblazer]

Took the Chassis to the Body shop on Monday. Some parting shots.

[tjsblazer]

I stopped at the Body shop after work today. They had some black coloured powder type stuff all over the body and were doing some final blocking in 600. I can't remember what he called it but it is to help see if there is any imperfections. I'm sure all you body work people know what it is.
Also were cleaning up a bunch of parts and masking off all the Interior prepping for exterior Paint. The underside is already masked off.

He told me tomorrow afternoon it would be going in to the booth for the exterior Painting of everything (tub, doors, tailgate, fenders, hood, cowl, etc).
I've been hearing that for 3 weeks so I won't hold my breath but here's hoping.

[DeadheadNM]

Glad the shim turned up. Is the clamp you are after a typical tower clamp? I may have a spare if so. Chassis looks great.

[jlsanborn]

Anxious to see that tub on the chassis! Are they going to hang the panels or is all that coming home in pieces?

[tjsblazer]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Anxious to see that tub on the chassis! Are they going to hang the panels or is all that coming home in pieces?

They are going to hang all the panels and doors. They took the body off the Chassis so they can put it back on. Honestly, since every piece is being painted off and separate I would probably scratch them all up.

The plan right now is for them to fit everything proper and then remove the hood and maybe inner fenders for me to do the wiring and finish the engine compartment.

[hemi43]

Looks good Jeff !!
This is the black powder you were talking about. Excellent stuff, and much better than the rattle can primer we used to use.
Dan

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[tjsblazer]

Originally Posted by hemi43

Looks good Jeff !!
This is the black powder you were talking about. Excellent stuff, and much better than the rattle can primer we used to use.
Dan

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Thanks Dan! For sure, he said Guide Coat now that you posted the picture.
I couldn't remember the correct words.

[tjsblazer]

Well eureka we have exterior paint. The body shop owner sent me a couple of pics as he was leaving work for the night. It was still getting painted at the time so these are just teaser pics from through a window. He couldn't go in the booth yet, it wasn't done.
It will sit in the booth over the weekend and then take it out Monday morning. I'm going to stop around Monday morning to drop off the body mounts so they can get the tub off the dolly and at least set back on the Chassis.

These aren't very good pictures yet, I'm just a little excited !!

[IronCanine]

You should be excited. Looking very good. Excited for you.

[tjsblazer]

So I could have swore I sent the fuel fill hose clamp to have plated in black zinc and they misplaced it, however, today I was going through a bunch of powder coated parts and look what I found.
So after posting a WTB ad and a couple of members looking for me, it turns out I lost track of plating vs. powder parts.

Anyways, thanks to Pete and Dwayne for helping me out. Now I need to go to the Platers this week with my tail between my legs ... I'm just glad that I wasn't upset or angry when I spoke to him about it.

[Advanced Design]

Yeah, it always pays to be polite. Glad you found them.

[lks dcvn]

Excellent work on the rebuild! The attention to detail is incredible. Looking forward to seeing the body on the chassis.

[tjsblazer]

Stopped by the body shop this morning when they wheeled the stuff out of the booth. I didn't take a lot of time to inspect it all but at least it was shiney.

[tjsblazer]

Originally Posted by lks dcvn

Excellent work on the rebuild! The attention to detail is incredible. Looking forward to seeing the body on the chassis.

Thank you for the compliment. I can't wait to get the body on the chassis and all sorted. Then I can get going on the wiring and reassembly.