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Old 10-19-2012, 09:11 PM   #326
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Re: New life for an old 2wd, farm Blazer

Picked up a correct vacuum T. Also installed the mirrors.
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:16 PM   #327
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New wipers installed. Original carpet strip wasn't quite nice enough to reuse. I went with a wood bed strip, in stainless. These work really nice for a replacement!
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:19 PM   #328
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Couple of shots out in the sun.
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:25 PM   #329
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Got the seats back from my interior guy. Material had to be sourced from SMS, as they were the only place on the planet with the correct material. It is NOS material, dated 7-71 on the backside.
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:30 PM   #330
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Re: New life for an old 2wd, farm Blazer

Drivers seat had a twist and had to be straightened.
Black covering on bottom side of seats isn't original, but it looks a lot nicer than the bare foam.
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:35 PM   #331
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Putting the rear seat back together.
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:38 PM   #332
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More rear seat assembly and installation.
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:44 PM   #333
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Re: New life for an old 2wd, farm Blazer

Went with a reproduction AM/FM radio, and stereo speaker. Had to modify the speaker bracket to hold the new speaker.
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Old 10-19-2012, 09:47 PM   #334
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Stereo looks nice installed.
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Old 10-20-2012, 07:13 PM   #335
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Wow - is this nice. Great work!
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Old 10-20-2012, 09:41 PM   #336
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Whats SMS? I need the same material for my Blazer seats!
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Old 10-21-2012, 11:28 AM   #337
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http://www.smsautofabrics.com

I couldn't find any material listings for our trucks (only cars) so you'll have to call.
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Old 10-21-2012, 06:36 PM   #338
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http://www.smsautofabrics.com

I couldn't find any material listings for our trucks (only cars) so you'll have to call.
Yep, they have it, bought mine from them....

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Old 10-25-2012, 11:07 PM   #339
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Re: New life for an old 2wd, farm Blazer

I have the same radio. For the money, I'm a little put off at the quality of the push buttons , they should be radiused not square edged. Did you notice? Just bugs me.
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Old 11-19-2012, 11:45 AM   #340
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Wow nice work...
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Old 11-22-2012, 04:16 PM   #341
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Re: New life for an old 2wd, farm Blazer

Wow! I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted pics. Here are some more.
Joel decided on some Foose Legend series wheels. Went with 18"x8", all the way around.
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Old 11-22-2012, 04:20 PM   #342
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Re: New life for an old 2wd, farm Blazer

Since this blazer isn't slammed on the ground, we went with a tire with some sidewall, rather than some o-ring tires.
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Old 11-22-2012, 04:42 PM   #343
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Since this thing was pretty much finished at this point, except for some minor things, I entered it in our local car show. It's not a huge show, but one of "big" local car events. I think they had 160 entrys this year. It showed pretty well. It won first in its class, as well as best paint, which also paid $500. Hopefully that means his check will be good for the bill. LOL!! Here are some pics from the show that my daughter took with her cell phone. (The indoor pics look really orange inside)
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Old 11-22-2012, 04:45 PM   #344
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Here are a couple more, and some outside, after the show.
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Old 11-22-2012, 04:54 PM   #345
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And a couple more.
Joel picked this up and drove it a little this summer. He took it to the "Wheel Jam" in Huron S.D. for a show, where he picked up a first place. He than brought it out for "Kool Deadwood Nights" where he won a nice 1st place trophy in the truck class, as well as putting 300 miles on the blazer, during the event.
Now he just has to get over his fear of driving it, and having something happen to his baby!
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Old 11-22-2012, 05:02 PM   #346
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After Deadwood, Joel left the blazer with me to fix a small trans leak, from the shifter shaft. He told me I should take my family for a ride. He didn't have to tell me twice! Here are some pics of our trip through Spearfish Canyon, on a beautifull 65-70 degree day.
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Old 11-22-2012, 05:08 PM   #347
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Here are a couple more. Joel has been too busy farming to come and pick the blazer up. They say that possession is 9/10's the law. I don't think he's getting it back! At least not untill I can drive mine anyway!
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Old 11-22-2012, 06:37 PM   #348
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Looks great! Well deserved awards!
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Old 11-22-2012, 07:33 PM   #349
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Since this blazer isn't slammed on the ground, we went with a tire with some sidewall, rather than some o-ring tires.


I felt the same way. I went with 18" rims too.
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Old 11-22-2012, 09:21 PM   #350
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Turned out awesome! Great work Turp!
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