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jeffg1010 · 07-24-2013, 01:09 PM

OK... more pics.

I got the door logo installed. It came out pretty decent. To understand what it is all about, you've got to understand where I came from.

When I was growing up, my dad was purchasing manager for Westmoreland Coal Company. The same company that his dad and his grandpa worked for. And Chevy Blazers were the company vehicles that graced our driveways. And when the Blazers service to the company was done, my dad would typically buy the old (well kept) one for my mom to drive. SO, we had about every Blazer color produced up through the early 80's. When I was around 8 or 9 years old (1985). My dads company closed operations in southern WV sending over 500 employees to the unemployment line. (which was a huge blow to a SMALL town) Needless to say, hard times ensued and that was the last full size Blazers we owned. In fact, those times are what shaped my childhood and I had to watch my dad sacrifice a couple classic cars. Which has also inspired my book "The Ones That Got Away" http://www.theygotaway.com

So, anyway... since this Blazer is important to me and my dad. I decided to logo it as a tribute to the Mine Safety Team he was a part of when I was growing up...

the pictures don't bring out the faux-tina very well. You can sorta see it on this one...

Interior starting to come together...

Sam even scored his first trophy at the show we went to this weekend.

07-24-2013, 01:09 PM	#117
jeffg1010 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Mooresville, NC Posts: 2,675	Re: "Project S" - My boy Sam's '72 2wd Blazer -The Red Sled OK... more pics. I got the door logo installed. It came out pretty decent. To understand what it is all about, you've got to understand where I came from. When I was growing up, my dad was purchasing manager for Westmoreland Coal Company. The same company that his dad and his grandpa worked for. And Chevy Blazers were the company vehicles that graced our driveways. And when the Blazers service to the company was done, my dad would typically buy the old (well kept) one for my mom to drive. SO, we had about every Blazer color produced up through the early 80's. When I was around 8 or 9 years old (1985). My dads company closed operations in southern WV sending over 500 employees to the unemployment line. (which was a huge blow to a SMALL town) Needless to say, hard times ensued and that was the last full size Blazers we owned. In fact, those times are what shaped my childhood and I had to watch my dad sacrifice a couple classic cars. Which has also inspired my book "The Ones That Got Away" http://www.theygotaway.com So, anyway... since this Blazer is important to me and my dad. I decided to logo it as a tribute to the Mine Safety Team he was a part of when I was growing up... the pictures don't bring out the faux-tina very well. You can sorta see it on this one... Interior starting to come together... Sam even scored his first trophy at the show we went to this weekend. __________________ Jeff 1972 Blazer CST 2wd- My son Sam's Project "S" Project "S" 1970 Suburban - SOLD "One Bad Burb" Photobucket Album 1986 C30 Crewcab - 63K original miles, original paint Members I have met: mikey531, gcburdic, bashed, burbman69, TonyPieras, Blazester, GCncsuHD, custombuilt67-72, tsnow678, highrpm, PanelDeland, tanman722001, 47thriftmaster, babyblueoval, 68stepbed, JesseWebb, Andy4639, xs-style, TobyArnot, BigOrange, frednoah, brn_agn, k5hart, Graham57a, bhelton, AJohn6, SilverC10, 69CST, '71 Flame, RaceAGMC, Liz, Josh, MattPSU, 68corvair, Chevy350V8, mdeal, ccrorymc, mrhurt73, dmxxpert, Custom68, 84GMC, BionicABs1, BigBlockBurris, Ebfabman, ATP...