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Well it runs and stops now !

Time to get rid of the gas can......tonights project. Yuck !!!!!

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Those came out much darker than the stuff you showed me from down here. Nice man!

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Well, I didn't really "Do" anything today, except pick these up from my local upholstery shop.

He did a great job with the Utility Buckets, and the rear seat. He also upholstered the armrests for the rear seat and filled in the ashtray locations. I just need to paint the rear seat arms, and the metal seat backs for the front seats, clean up and paint the seat tracks...then bolt them in (after I get done fixing my rusty floor, LOL)...It will be nice to finally have seats, since I bought this truck with no seats in it!

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Awesome!

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Seats look great!

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Those look killer. I love the metal arm rest color is not black, really lets the upholstery stand out.

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I had it aligned and put my new Eagle wheels on.

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LOL Thanks man...that is funny, the upholstery guy just left them the original tan, so they don't match the upholstery (which is gray and orange)...I will be painting the arms a medium gray! But I agree, wouldn't look too good in black, with these colors.

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Love the Black Wheels, looks great!

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Now that you say that, I looked at it again and I can clearly see the beige color, lol. For some reason it looked metallic grey when I first saw it- tired eyes I guess.

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Put on some new tires today and aligned it. Got my exhaust done last week.

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Looks great. My 70' had those wheel covers, always liked them.

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Thank you those are the original wheel covers. I thought the tires look good with the black wall out and the chrome hub caps.

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Looks great Alex! Time to add it to your signature I think :)

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Done

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Thanks RW. I also like the ones on your newest Blazer. A little acid and they'll really stand out.

Alex, looking at yours is making me have to get out the compound!

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Got my new engine out of the crate today and started preping it for installation. It's going in black with some nice corvette valve covers, KN airfilter, pertronix ignition.

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Got my Parkerized hood hinges installed today. The hood pops open nice and sits perfect in the back now. I think years of dried lithium grease were working against me on the old hinges.

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Painted my "new" hatch, got the original glass installed in the original window gasket. Going to try and put all that into the hatch tomm.

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Came home Wed night to find this POS 72 Jimmy in my driveway. Got it for parts for my 72 K5. Had the motivation to see if I could get it running. It had been sitting since 2001, well after pulling the points and dropping in an HEI and a fuel can. IT RUNS !!!!! Well you know what that meant.......reverse check, forward check, brakes check. IT DROVE !!!!!!!! ugh ! now I don't want to part it. I really hate this hobby. :uhmk:

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Finally finished my body rotisserie and stated some blasting on the tub.
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Cut out some more floor on the drivers side and blasted the dash and some under the dash. also blasted other sections that will be removed and replaced.
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New to me still so I am fixing all the little bugs... I have to charge it every morning. But I have time to fix that today

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Nice seats. How much did it end up costing and where did you get the material from?

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Took a break from the Jimmy and got a few things bolted on the K5. Pretty much going shopping in my stash of parts to make this a summer toy / future project. Need to get the pass side door hung tonight.

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I dig that 67 front end, I almost went that way on my 72 as well.

I got the tub, rockers and dash painted earlier this week. I'm still blocking the front fenders and doors. I should have them painted by early next week. I'm doing the inside floors with color matched Rhino Liner under my floor coverings to help eliminate road noise.

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bump...

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On my 70 I swapped the 2bbl intake for a 4bbl, changed to the correct valve covers and got the pass side rocker box reinforcement plate in. Next Ill tackle the rear pillar and get the rocker panel in.

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Hey Pete thanks for the bump!! I forgot about this thread....
Well finally got a weekend this summer where we actually stayed home!!! (Something always to do during the summer time in Michigan)

Finally got the roll cage to fit under the double wall hard top and the Softtopper. Welded that up solid last night!!
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fab'd up roll cage to fame connectors this morning for the four rear posts.
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And last but not least painted under the cab floor where both rocker boxes will go.
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So maybe tonight I will be able to weld them back into place!!!! We will see....

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Man, that cage looks awesome! Any chance you could post a couple of more pictures?

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Thanks for posting. Very nice job on the roll cage! Not sure this applies to you but I've seen guys who often off-road in sand (dunes) weld plates across the top to keep from sinking in if the truck rolls.

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Never really thought of that! I don't plan on doing any hard wheeling with it. If this thing rolls in the sand I'll have more problems than it sinking in!!!:lol: The main reason for the roll cage is to be able to go out with the family ( Wife and 2 little ones 3yrs & 6yrs) on the michigan state park dunes with no hard top on. Park rules state that behind every row of seating there must be support structure over head. Also the wife wants to drive it around town during the summer with the kids. Safety first!!!

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Here is some more pics for you!
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Looking GOOD! That's just what I need - I'm re-motivated! :metal:

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Is that a Bronco Bob roll cage? If so how do you like it? I have been thinking of getting one but wanted to see what one looked like installed in a Blazer, the pics on there website don't really show much.

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YES!! More pics/info on the cage! I have been trying to think up a design that would look good in my 2wd, and I think that might be it!

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Hey guys,
Yes the majority of this cage is from "Bronco Bob's" (BB's). Bob bends all the tubing (2" DOM .120 thick) up for you, all you have to do is cut and notch the tubes to length. The portion of the cage in the bed is all bent tubing from BB's. However, I ended up not using the front tubes going down the windshield frame. No fault of BB's. I was not specific when I ordered the cage stating that I needed clearance for the A/C vents in the dash. I could of used BB's front tubes they would have just come straight down to the into the door opening to allow clearance for the A/C vents. So, I had the front tubes bent (1.75 DOM .120 thick here in my home town) to clear the A/C vents and allow more foot clearance getting in/out of the truck. Also, I added two bends in the upper horizontal windshield bar to get more head clearance and also allow the use of the sunvisors.

Overall very happy with the BB's set up!!

Just a couple of helpful fab'ing tips....I ran into struggles trying to fit a cage under multiple tops (original double wall, original single wall and a Softopper)
I started out installing the cage with the plan of having it fit under a double wall and a softopper. So I started with the double wall on the truck thinking the cage would be a tighter fit. Which the sides were very tight!!! When putting on the softopper the cage was way to tall to clear the softopper support bows. I had to drop the middle hoop 2" in order to clear to Softopper front two bows. So everything was great in till I found a single wall top on craigslist. I bought it wanting to replace the double wall. Well.....believe it or not the single wall cage will not fit under the cage unless you significantly shorten the height of the hoops or have BB's bend the hoops to a lesser width. So when our ordering from BB's make sure you state if you have AC or a double vs single wall top!!
One last thing you might want to keep in mind when you fab'ing up the mounting plates, you might want to keep the outside edges within the bedside rails so that you can pull the entire cage out of the truck to paint it or remove it for any reason.
If you guys want any more specific pics let me know!!!
Hope this novel helps!!:lol:
Eric

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Eric,

Thanks for the info! Can you elaborate a bit more about what you've got going on with the cage to frame connections? I think I see what you're up to, but some pics of the finished product would be great when you get them.

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Got a large summit order in. Finished putting my transcase back together after 3+ weeks of waiting on various parts from different places.

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TTT... I been working on my factory air conditioning. I replaced the POA valve, the expansion valve,the water control valve and the reciever dryer, servise the system back up with R-12. I am getting about 54* at best. That's all I am going to that system for awhile.
I put on some new front brake pads today semi easy job. Next I am going to put a new engine in it as soon as it cools down here in Houston TX.

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Nothing recent on my Blazer. Not sure I'll have time before it snows but would really like to install the slider rear windows. I've been tinkering with a 1/2 ton LWB 1972 GMC 4wd I recently got: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=6801778