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Originally Posted by 65truckowner
bought the blazer a good solid ride. It has a chrome wind deflector or something above the back glass on the top. What is it? I will try to get some pic soon
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It's probably an aftermarket or accessory wind deflector to shoot the air down across the back window, both to help keep it clear and perhaps to reduce drag and improve fuel economy. Whether it works or not is up for debate.
Since you didn't get a lot of input, I'll take a shot:
Pros -
It's 90% the same as a '81 - '87 Chevy pickup. Blazer specific parts are available and the shared pickup parts are everywhere (both new and used)
It came with fuel injection, PS, Power disc front brakes, automatic overdrive trans, so it's basically a modern vehicle wrapped in vintage sheetmetal
Earlier versions had a removeable fiberglass top. With a little work you can make yours removeable and have a "convertible" pickup for open air motoring
These vehicles (73-87 Squarebodies) dress up to look real nice
They are durable as heck. My '87 pickup was a daily driver for 30 years and a quarter million miles.
Cons-
Short wheelbase and high CG can make these a bit squirrely, particularly when trying to go straight down the road or during hard braking
Here's the generic info packet from the GM Heritage center for an '86 Blazer. They didn't have one for an '87, but it would be the same except for the addition of throttle body injection (rather than carburetion) and changing the model designation from "K" to "V".
https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/doc...let-Blazer.pdf
(you could refer to the powertrain information from the '87 pickup. It would be the same:
https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/doc...olet-Truck.pdf)
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