1972 Blazer - 'Bullet' Project
 

Figured I would post some pix of the progress I have made - mostly cleaning up this thing...

1st - I will start by saying that the carpet in this thing was the craptastic factory asbestos stuff that had about an inch of sand, dirt, etc. in it when I pulled it out.

A bottle of Simple Green and I was on my way to cleaning some of the cobwebs out of this thing...

Here are a few before shots...

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First order of business - pull the front seats and then the carpet to see what I am really looking at rust wise...this is when I found the 357 Magnum Hollow Point bullet under the carpet - hence the project name.

If the PO would have pulled the carpet 5 years ago - it would have been in a lot better shape today...

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More pix of the carnage...

I had to pour water on the floors to get some of the sand/dirt/dust out of it. That's why the floor looks wet in one of the pix.

I then cleaned half of the Blazer (psgr side) so I could see how dirty is was before.

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that thing is great for around here, where did you buy it from?

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I was surprised by how little rust this thing actually has for being in Ohio for 10 years (PO bought it in 2000 from Idaho).

One of the PSGR seat mounting bolt threads were stripped - so not sure what I am going to do about that yet - might be easier just to retap it later down the road...

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I took a look at the driver side torsion box and found it full of sand, dirt, rust scale, etc.

After washing it out with a hose and making sure that the drain holes were cleaned out - I had a better idea of how the rocker boxes looked...

a few before and after pix - looks like they were never cleaned out...:(

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Dude, nice progress on the Blazer. I'm liking the pics and the progress. Hopefully I can get my one Blazer going before you have two of them on the road. Look foward to more pics. Later dude. Mario

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Keep on pluggin away she actually looks pretty good..

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That does look pretty good for a Blazer in these parts.

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Definitely in pretty good shape - I'm diggin all the detailed pics you are taking too!

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Dig some more cleaning...

Took out the back seat - found the driver side rear seat bolt was snapped off - so more fun down the road to get that out...

A few more before I cleaned the whole floor...and then we get to the whole thing cleaned up...

All the floor brackets that held the side panels are rusted solid - so I will likely have to drill those out as well...

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Floor is now cleaned up - might need to go over it again with a few clean towels just to make sure...

Then I took the shop vac to the torsion/support boxes on both sides and the passenger side rocker...

Last pic is the amount of dirt/mud that was removed from the driver side support box and the passenger side rocker...

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More Torsion/Support box pix...

Passenger side was full of dirt as was the rocker...can't wait to get these off to see what is really in there...

Maybe I should host a BBQ at my place and local guys with welding experience can come and assist 'Save the Blazer'. :)

After a closer look the torsion boxes might need some work - they are soft in spots and a few 'layers' of metal came off easily when I was cleaning them out...

The last ones here are inside the passenger side box looking toward the front.

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Last few...passenger side torsion box inside looking toward rear...

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This one's going 2wd, right? Are you going to save the t-case for the green truck? I always wanted to swap in 205 with a column shift into it.

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bouncy - this one will be staying 4x4 - the 2wd one is still out in AZ being built by 70rs/ss - yes they are the same dark blue color so that makes it a bit confusing...

My neighbors are going to be confused as well.

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Wow, you've become quite the collector!

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I figured this one would be worth more (when reselling) than a 72 2wd 3/4 ton - this one has a few more options as well - :)

I traded it straight across and got a bunch of extra parts with it:

original motor with A/C brackets - needs rebuilt
skid plate
6 lug rally wheels (15x8)
Swing Away Tire Carrier (with brackets)

I think I got a great deal with all the extra stuff I got with it...

Right now my fleet consists of:

1967 SWB truck - still out in CO - :)
1969 Blazer (your old one)
1970 C10 - going to my Dad (hopefully on Father's Day)
1972 Blazer 4x4 (the one in this thread)
1972 Blazer 2wd (out in AZ)
1995 Impala SS
1997 Yukon GT (daily driver)

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Wow...nice collection!

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Sent ya a PM about some "spare" Blazer parts I have that you may want/need!?

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I'll be checking this out for info ;)

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I haven't touched this project in a few weeks - I ran out of steam working on my Dad's project back then so I rebuilt the dash that was in this and color matched it to the truck...I am at work so no pix now - but can get some when I get home.

I also removed the beat up dash pad that I will replace when the time comes - I just couldn't look at the beat up/ripped thing anymore.

I can't wait to start on this one - but need to get the other one done first.

We all know how that goes...

**I also scored some new torsion boxes/caps if it turns out that these are in bad shape**

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Finally remembered the pix...:)

I need to fix the wiring for the gas tank and a few other things...but I figured I would post it up...

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Those loook great

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Thanks - I had a replacement bezel sitting in the box that I was going to use on my 67 project that is coming and figured I would try and clean this one up a bit...

Took it apart, painted the inside white, replaced all the bulbs, cleaned the lens and then painted the visible spots a color match to the factory blue.

Painted the needles while I was in there and then bolted it back in...here is a pic (albeit not a good one) from when I was looking to buy it - PO never got the gas gauge line fixed either - :lol: