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1976K5CHALET · 06-16-2008, 12:00 PM

Hello all. Been a ghost for a long time now...let the paid membership drop and all. One gets a lil bummed when he can not access or work on his 8 K5's....so it all kinda went on the back burner until the new house and shop were finished...which turned into waiting until the overhead storage was built on top on my new shops bathroom and office...and the workbench was added...still not 100 percent...but good enough to work in as of late. The first job was new ball joints in the chalet....then i got the 78 2wd to make smoke...and recently the 89 Jimmy i bought 2 years back for 500 bonez has sprung to life and rolled into the shop under its own power....amazing what a new fuel filter can do. Lol.

As the work bench gets drawers and more of the shop is refined to my standards i will be deciding which of the 8 will stay and which will be thinned out of the herd as 8 is way to much...and i have little time to play with them due to work in the oil patch....

I'll get some pics uploaded to photobucket in the next few days and post up...

DW

bigblock73 · 06-16-2008, 12:10 PM

Welcome back Doug. I thought of you the other day when I saw a rotting Chalet in a local junkyard...waaay up here in MN no less. I didn't take a pic, it was sad indeed.

1976K5CHALET · 06-16-2008, 12:14 PM

Actually thinkin about sellin the old girl off these days. Course she's always ready in a pinch to pull daily driver duty to the rig but since i sunk 12K or so into the 79...i kinda have the thoughts of finishing the custom wiring and trans tunnel in the 79 and adding a 4wd pop top for the adventure rig....keeping the 78 2wd and adding a 80 body that is much more rust free that has factory a/c.....and building up the rust free 74 4x4 and selling it off....least for now thats the half gelled plan.

DW

77blazerchalet · 06-26-2008, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigblock73

.....saw a rotting Chalet in a local junkyard...waaay up here in MN no less. I didn't take a pic, it was sad indeed.

PM sent about snagging a pic anyway - various guys in our Yahoo Chalet owners' & enthusiasts want to rescue the shells and put them on their Blazers...

moneyeater · 06-28-2008, 11:31 AM

Good to hear from you!
Volker

06-16-2008, 12:00 PM	#1
1976K5CHALET Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Grand Junction, Colorado Posts: 610	Gentleman...I have returned! Lol. Hello all. Been a ghost for a long time now...let the paid membership drop and all. One gets a lil bummed when he can not access or work on his 8 K5's....so it all kinda went on the back burner until the new house and shop were finished...which turned into waiting until the overhead storage was built on top on my new shops bathroom and office...and the workbench was added...still not 100 percent...but good enough to work in as of late. The first job was new ball joints in the chalet....then i got the 78 2wd to make smoke...and recently the 89 Jimmy i bought 2 years back for 500 bonez has sprung to life and rolled into the shop under its own power....amazing what a new fuel filter can do. Lol. As the work bench gets drawers and more of the shop is refined to my standards i will be deciding which of the 8 will stay and which will be thinned out of the herd as 8 is way to much...and i have little time to play with them due to work in the oil patch.... I'll get some pics uploaded to photobucket in the next few days and post up... DW __________________ Doug Wright aka K5NUTT over @coloradok5.com Owner of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChevyK5BlazerChalets Certified K5 Nut

06-16-2008, 12:10 PM	#2
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	Re: Gentleman...I have returned! Lol. Welcome back Doug. I thought of you the other day when I saw a rotting Chalet in a local junkyard...waaay up here in MN no less. I didn't take a pic, it was sad indeed. __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale

06-16-2008, 12:14 PM	#3
1976K5CHALET Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Grand Junction, Colorado Posts: 610	Re: Gentleman...I have returned! Lol. Actually thinkin about sellin the old girl off these days. Course she's always ready in a pinch to pull daily driver duty to the rig but since i sunk 12K or so into the 79...i kinda have the thoughts of finishing the custom wiring and trans tunnel in the 79 and adding a 4wd pop top for the adventure rig....keeping the 78 2wd and adding a 80 body that is much more rust free that has factory a/c.....and building up the rust free 74 4x4 and selling it off....least for now thats the half gelled plan. DW __________________ Doug Wright aka K5NUTT over @coloradok5.com Owner of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChevyK5BlazerChalets Certified K5 Nut

06-28-2008, 11:31 AM	#5
moneyeater Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Germany,near Bremen Posts: 684	Re: Gentleman...I have returned! Lol. Good to hear from you! Volker __________________ My little US vehicle parts business: http://www.thegearheaddepot.com/ Come have a look! ´81 GMC C 10, Spanish Red



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