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71Blazer · 04-27-2004, 03:11 AM

Medium Olive. A man after my own heart.
Looks good Kurt!

Dan72cst · 04-27-2004, 09:54 AM

WOW !!!!!!

Jimmy72custom · 04-27-2004, 11:54 AM

Looks real good!, was there any rust/rot repair, it is hard to tell. That's a good thing. Nice job

**Yukon Jack** · 04-27-2004, 12:14 PM

Wow is definitely right! Very impressive.

swampbuck · 04-27-2004, 10:18 PM

Looking sweet, Need to post Pics of the super clean rocker panel seem job. Your family will be going to get ice cream soon.

vtblazer · 04-28-2004, 07:30 AM

Thanks for the prop's guy's.
WOW, was the same thing I said when I walked into the paint booth and saw the shiny/bright green color. After seeing it with crappy paint and then primer for so long it was a real surprise.
Med. olive green is the factory color for this truck and believe it or not all the sheet metal is original too.

The body work we did was: Replace both inner and outer rockers, both lower door pillars, lower kick panel and a small section of floor on the pass. side. On the driver's side we were able to use the original inner rocker but needed to replace the outer as well as most of the front door pillar. Dash had to be repaired also due to the ever popular CD install.
With some help from friends/family and a patient/understanding wife, this project has been possible...we should be driving it by summer.

Thanks 71Blazer for posting the pics.

72c5 · 04-28-2004, 10:51 AM

Man that is Sweet!!! Looks new!!!! What a great color.......what color are you going to use for the top? What about the inside of the top? And interior trim?

Those floor pans look absolutely mint!

Nice Job............

72c5 · 04-28-2004, 10:55 AM

Did you strip the floors and bed down to bare metal????

vtblazer · 04-28-2004, 05:02 PM

72c5, thanks.

I have two tops to choose from, one white and one black...it originally had a white top so most likely will use the white one.
I'll be leaving the inside of the top white also.
I have a very complete factory interior for it, all original, even have the rear bed panels.

...the interior color will be black.
You asked if I stripped the floors down to bare metal?
Yep, the floors and everything else too

I blasted and sanded the whole truck...everything to bare metal...I mean everything, inside and out.

71Blazer · 05-04-2004, 04:10 PM

Interior coming together!

Looks good from the back seat too!

Waiting for the final coat... and a driver's license.

Super nice!

FRENCHBLUE72 · 05-07-2004, 11:20 PM

Damn that blazer is kool looking gonna be very clean when ya get her done!!!!!!!

pound41 · 05-08-2004, 04:20 PM

Nice looking truck. I have a 70 and a 71 both that color . mine and the other green ones that I have seen all have the dark olive interior thats cool that you have black. haven't seen that before keep it goin looks great

04-27-2004, 03:11 AM	#1
71Blazer Goodbye Darlin' Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Coupeville, WA USA Posts: 330	vtblazer's progress pics Medium Olive. A man after my own heart. Looks good Kurt! __________________ 1971 Blazer CST SOLD!

04-27-2004, 09:54 AM	#2
Dan72cst Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Lake Stevens,WA 98258 North of Seattle Posts: 833	WOW !!!!!! __________________ Marysville, WA (Dan72cst@hotmail.com) 72 4wd Blazer CST 350/350 72 4wd Chevy LWB 350/350 68 2wd Chevy LWB 327/400

04-27-2004, 12:14 PM	#4
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Wow is definitely right! Very impressive. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

04-28-2004, 07:30 AM	#6
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,537	GREEN Thanks for the prop's guy's. WOW, was the same thing I said when I walked into the paint booth and saw the shiny/bright green color. After seeing it with crappy paint and then primer for so long it was a real surprise. Med. olive green is the factory color for this truck and believe it or not all the sheet metal is original too. The body work we did was: Replace both inner and outer rockers, both lower door pillars, lower kick panel and a small section of floor on the pass. side. On the driver's side we were able to use the original inner rocker but needed to replace the outer as well as most of the front door pillar. Dash had to be repaired also due to the ever popular CD install. With some help from friends/family and a patient/understanding wife, this project has been possible...we should be driving it by summer. Thanks 71Blazer for posting the pics.

04-28-2004, 05:02 PM	#9
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,537	Blazer Progress 72c5, thanks. I have two tops to choose from, one white and one black...it originally had a white top so most likely will use the white one. I'll be leaving the inside of the top white also. I have a very complete factory interior for it, all original, even have the rear bed panels. ...the interior color will be black. You asked if I stripped the floors down to bare metal? Yep, the floors and everything else too I blasted and sanded the whole truck...everything to bare metal...I mean everything, inside and out.

04-27-2004, 11:54 AM	#3
Jimmy72custom Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Willits Ca Posts: 261	Looks real good!, was there any rust/rot repair, it is hard to tell. That's a good thing. Nice job

04-27-2004, 10:18 PM	#5
swampbuck Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: carleton,mi Posts: 45	Looking sweet, Need to post Pics of the super clean rocker panel seem job. Your family will be going to get ice cream soon.

04-28-2004, 10:51 AM	#7
72c5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 311	Man that is Sweet!!! Looks new!!!! What a great color.......what color are you going to use for the top? What about the inside of the top? And interior trim? Those floor pans look absolutely mint! Nice Job............

04-28-2004, 10:55 AM	#8
72c5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 311	Did you strip the floors and bed down to bare metal????

05-04-2004, 04:10 PM	#10
71Blazer Goodbye Darlin' Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Coupeville, WA USA Posts: 330	Updated progress pics for vtblazer Interior coming together! Looks good from the back seat too! Waiting for the final coat... and a driver's license. Super nice! __________________ 1971 Blazer CST SOLD! Last edited by 71Blazer; 05-05-2004 at 12:54 PM.

05-07-2004, 11:20 PM	#11
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	Damn that blazer is kool looking gonna be very clean when ya get her done!!!!!!! __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

05-08-2004, 04:20 PM	#12
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Nice looking truck. I have a 70 and a 71 both that color . mine and the other green ones that I have seen all have the dark olive interior thats cool that you have black. haven't seen that before keep it goin looks great



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