View Full Version : anyone seen one of these


low sierra
02-10-2007, 11:58 AM
saw this at a local car lot and was wondering if it is factory. the bulkhead is wood and it looks like the back of the normal top. sorry about the size of pic but I had never used pics before and will take pics lower rez next time. I still have other pics if anyone wants to see but will have to reduce them.

watahyahknow
02-10-2007, 12:54 PM
looks like a homebrew , i've seen glasfibre tops that looked like it but where more like winddeflectors with a reverse bench underneat to transport more persons inside the bed of the truck

Zoomad75
02-10-2007, 01:58 PM
The US Forest service drew up a set of plans to take a military blazer (or any K5) and do that exact modification to the top. I'll have to look on my other computer because I think I have the site bookmarked where I saw it.

screwballl
02-10-2007, 02:48 PM
that is interesting... I would suspect that it is custom homemade setup.

Bowed
02-10-2007, 10:47 PM
I have seen a couple of those and they were the rear section of the regular blazer tops that were sectioned .

special-K
02-11-2007, 07:31 AM
Yeah,you can see the seam.Now the question...why?I mean,I don`t think it looks good,if you want the top off...take it off,if you want it on...put it on,and if you want a pickup...they`re not hard to find(and they can haul more).

N2TRUX
02-11-2007, 09:16 AM
That may have been done at a time when the cab extenders were popular on trucks. I guess he was going for a sporty look. I think he missed...:(

One of the forum members recently built one like that for a 69-72 Blazer. He did a decent job of getting the proportions correct.

Zoomad75
02-11-2007, 07:03 PM
Well I found it finally. Here's a link to a PDF file containing Very detailed instructions to do this mod. Although they didn't use the back section of the fiberglass roof to cap the rear off. So it looks a little different, but the end result is the same.

I don't see the need to do it, but I can understand the Forest service needing a truck larger than a Jeep but smaller than a regular 1/2 ton truck to get into some tight areas.

Here's the link:

www.roscommonequipmentcenter.com/projects/rec62.pdf

watahyahknow
02-11-2007, 07:32 PM
think they cut the middle section out and put it back together on the photo

kevinr1970
02-12-2007, 02:54 PM
www.roscommonequipmentcenter.com/projects/rec62.pdf
Damn, where were you for all the threads asking about cab kits for Blazers came up??? Saved that PDF to my hardrive.
I have one of the fiberglass rear covers for a Blazer made by CRPonline(? they don't exist anymore best I can tell). The pictures I've seen of them mounted make them look odd - they are too "thin" for a lack of better words.
I didn't get the bulkhead with it so have been thinking about how I could get around that. Seems like you just gave me drawings for everything I will need.
Thanks!

low sierra
02-13-2007, 06:59 AM
great link on mod for top. am adding additional pics and I sure have learned a lot about mods for pics.

Zoomad75
02-13-2007, 09:23 AM
That looks like one heck of a water trap at the bulkhead. I hope he's got drains in there. Thats some creative work to keep the stock rear glass.

Rascal_one2001
02-13-2007, 09:40 AM
last year I saw a guy on ebay that had a couple fiberglass half tops that made the k5's into pretty much and avalance. I tryed to find the guy again around thanksgiving to see if he had anymore but couldn't findhim.