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cleszkie · 05-08-2018, 05:28 PM

Let me star by saying that this is not a for sale thread.

Today I picked up some of the best Blazer sheet metal I have ever seen. I bought a package deal that included passenger and driver 1972 Blazer doors, passenger and driver front fenders, and a drivers side rear quarter panel. All came off the same Blazer. Ochre, original paint, only some very minor surface rust. Mostly just patina. Paint shines up nicely I paid a fair amount for the stuff, but well below the street value of all this OEM steel if sold individually. I don't really need the stuff, but it was just too good a deal to pass up. So into the stash pile it goes. The fenders and doors are so nice I might just swap the ones on my Blazer out for them. The doors both have a pretty rad mining/prospecting/developing logo on them from some long gone SoCal high desert company.

**too much stuff** · 05-08-2018, 05:44 PM

Nice! Makes you wonder why they tore it apart?

chevyguy_72 · 05-08-2018, 05:54 PM

I agree was it totaled out on the passenger rear or something? Nice find...

rsavage · 05-08-2018, 06:19 PM

Nice score! Those pieces look superior.

**Sand Wrench** · 05-09-2018, 12:29 AM

Love the logos on the doors! That's some living room quality Blazer wall art right there!

**truckster** · 05-09-2018, 12:35 AM

Some guys have all the luck...

Congratulations on the score.

cleszkie · 05-09-2018, 01:04 AM

I don't know what the rest of the donor Blazer looked like. But the seller had the passenger side rear quarter panel and tailgate on his blazer, and they were just as nice as the pieces I got. He got all the pieces when he bought his Blazer, so he never saw the donor. I imagine the tub was probably really clean and straight too. Probably just blown apart to make more money by selling everything separately.

I only wish I had found this stuff before I put in all the hours to repair my doors and rear quarters.

Tuff Gong · 05-09-2018, 01:32 AM

Great score. I’m really stoked for you. You should do the swap out on your truck and then bite the bullet and get it painted. At least you won’t look like the coolest homeless guy in the world anymore. Lol. All jokes a side, you definitely have one of the top blazers on this site.

68panelman · 05-09-2018, 07:08 AM

Awesome unheard-of find. Mount those doors, they'll fit right in with the camper and gear on your Blazer.

**leddzepp** · 05-09-2018, 10:16 AM

Those parts look familiar

**leddzepp** · 05-09-2018, 10:16 AM

Another

**leddzepp** · 05-09-2018, 10:25 AM

Sellers Blazer

cleszkie · 05-09-2018, 01:21 PM

Leddzepp - Yep. Same parts. The guy lives just a few miles from me. I was watching his craigslist ad for a while, wondering when the stuff would get scooped up. He sold off some of the other stuff, but could not sell the sheet metal because he was wanting to sell it as a package and not piece it out. According to the guy, plenty of people wanted one or two pieces, but not the whole pile. When I saw that the stuff was still available after almost a month on CL, I made my move with cash in hand and a trailer. Timing is everything.

BTW, have you done anything yet with that tranny I gave you? Hope that works out well.

**lks dcvn** · 05-09-2018, 05:49 PM

it was up for less than 10k for the blazer and all the extra parts for awhile - glad to see somebody got the stuff!

**leddzepp** · 05-09-2018, 07:31 PM

Trans is cleaned and painted, ready to go in when I pull the engine for its cleaning and re-seal. I just finished redoing all the brakes. I did bend and twist that van dipstick and install it. Man it is loooooong. I’ll try and get a pic, it comes out all the way past the master cylinder and rests against the side of it. Any further and I could pull it out through the grille with the hood shut

wiggins · 05-15-2018, 05:06 PM

I know you said they weren't for sale but Ive got an ochre 72' that needs new doors and Im about to cut up some really nice truck doors to put on my blazer. You don't have a price in mind?

**Harold Holbrook** · 05-15-2018, 05:13 PM

If you ever go to sell the doors, let me know.
Thanks

cleszkie · 05-15-2018, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiggins

I know you said they weren't for sale but Ive got an ochre 72' that needs new doors and Im about to cut up some really nice truck doors to put on my blazer. You don't have a price in mind?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harold Holbrook

If you ever go to sell the doors, let me know.
Thanks

If I decide to sell the doors, I will post an ad in the Blazer classifieds. As of now they are not for sale. They may go on my Blazer.

scott123 · 05-15-2018, 10:40 PM

Great find.

I bought a 71 once, really , really rough. I got the 'parts' that went with it.

It was the front clip and doors off a 72 ambulance.

The only thing I had to do was cut some patches for the fenders. They had 115V receptacles in the lower back half of the front fenders.

Perfect 1972 sheet metal. That was my lottery. LOL

Great find. And like you said, timing is everything.

Scott

05-08-2018, 05:28 PM	#1
cleszkie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Ana, CA Posts: 2,191	Killer Score Let me star by saying that this is not a for sale thread. Today I picked up some of the best Blazer sheet metal I have ever seen. I bought a package deal that included passenger and driver 1972 Blazer doors, passenger and driver front fenders, and a drivers side rear quarter panel. All came off the same Blazer. Ochre, original paint, only some very minor surface rust. Mostly just patina. Paint shines up nicely I paid a fair amount for the stuff, but well below the street value of all this OEM steel if sold individually. I don't really need the stuff, but it was just too good a deal to pass up. So into the stash pile it goes. The fenders and doors are so nice I might just swap the ones on my Blazer out for them. The doors both have a pretty rad mining/prospecting/developing logo on them from some long gone SoCal high desert company. Attached Images

05-08-2018, 05:44 PM	#2
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,694	Re: Killer Score Nice! Makes you wonder why they tore it apart? __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

05-08-2018, 05:54 PM	#3
chevyguy_72 Vintage Evil Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Broomfield, CO Posts: 956	Re: Killer Score I agree was it totaled out on the passenger rear or something? Nice find... __________________ Current Rides: Vintage Evil - 72 Chevy C10 (Always a work in progress) Vintage Evil Build Thread EvilK5 - 71 K5 Blazer Evil Twin - 2006 Suzuki M109R EvilDmax- 2018 GMC 2500 Denali Duramax

05-08-2018, 06:19 PM	#4
rsavage Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Alden NY Posts: 2,705	Re: Killer Score Nice score! Those pieces look superior. __________________ 1961 C1 Corvette 1959 El Camino 350 TPI, 9" 4 w disc 69 Blazer K5 - sold July '20 2021 Durango RT 5.7

05-09-2018, 12:29 AM	#5
Sand Wrench Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Garnett, Kansas Posts: 279	Re: Killer Score Love the logos on the doors! That's some living room quality Blazer wall art right there! __________________ You ever have one of those mornings where you wake up owning more trucks than you did the night before? 1972 K5 1972 K10 1967 K20 bucket truck

05-09-2018, 12:35 AM	#6
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,796	Re: Killer Score Some guys have all the luck... Congratulations on the score. __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson

05-09-2018, 01:04 AM	#7
cleszkie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Ana, CA Posts: 2,191	Re: Killer Score I don't know what the rest of the donor Blazer looked like. But the seller had the passenger side rear quarter panel and tailgate on his blazer, and they were just as nice as the pieces I got. He got all the pieces when he bought his Blazer, so he never saw the donor. I imagine the tub was probably really clean and straight too. Probably just blown apart to make more money by selling everything separately. I only wish I had found this stuff before I put in all the hours to repair my doors and rear quarters.

05-09-2018, 01:32 AM	#8
Tuff Gong Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 3,178	Re: Killer Score Great score. I’m really stoked for you. You should do the swap out on your truck and then bite the bullet and get it painted. At least you won’t look like the coolest homeless guy in the world anymore. Lol. All jokes a side, you definitely have one of the top blazers on this site.

05-09-2018, 07:08 AM	#9
68panelman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Delaware and Long Island, New York Posts: 3,450	Re: Killer Score Awesome unheard-of find. Mount those doors, they'll fit right in with the camper and gear on your Blazer.

05-09-2018, 10:16 AM	#10
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,981	Re: Killer Score Those parts look familiar Attached Images __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

05-09-2018, 10:16 AM	#11
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,981	Re: Killer Score Another Attached Images __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

05-09-2018, 10:25 AM	#12
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,981	Re: Killer Score Sellers Blazer Attached Images __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

05-09-2018, 01:21 PM	#13
cleszkie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Ana, CA Posts: 2,191	Re: Killer Score Leddzepp - Yep. Same parts. The guy lives just a few miles from me. I was watching his craigslist ad for a while, wondering when the stuff would get scooped up. He sold off some of the other stuff, but could not sell the sheet metal because he was wanting to sell it as a package and not piece it out. According to the guy, plenty of people wanted one or two pieces, but not the whole pile. When I saw that the stuff was still available after almost a month on CL, I made my move with cash in hand and a trailer. Timing is everything. BTW, have you done anything yet with that tranny I gave you? Hope that works out well.

05-09-2018, 05:49 PM	#14
lks dcvn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 4,338	Re: Killer Score it was up for less than 10k for the blazer and all the extra parts for awhile - glad to see somebody got the stuff!

05-09-2018, 07:31 PM	#15
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,981	Re: Killer Score Trans is cleaned and painted, ready to go in when I pull the engine for its cleaning and re-seal. I just finished redoing all the brakes. I did bend and twist that van dipstick and install it. Man it is loooooong. I’ll try and get a pic, it comes out all the way past the master cylinder and rests against the side of it. Any further and I could pull it out through the grille with the hood shut __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man



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05-15-2018, 05:06 PM	#16
wiggins Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Deep East TEXAS Posts: 453	Re: Killer Score I know you said they weren't for sale but Ive got an ochre 72' that needs new doors and Im about to cut up some really nice truck doors to put on my blazer. You don't have a price in mind? __________________ Preserving American History one truck at a time.

05-15-2018, 05:13 PM	#17
Harold Holbrook Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Garden City , NY Posts: 489	Re: Killer Score If you ever go to sell the doors, let me know. Thanks

05-15-2018, 10:40 PM	#19
scott123 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Middleburg, North Carolina Posts: 469	Re: Killer Score Great find. I bought a 71 once, really , really rough. I got the 'parts' that went with it. It was the front clip and doors off a 72 ambulance. The only thing I had to do was cut some patches for the fenders. They had 115V receptacles in the lower back half of the front fenders. Perfect 1972 sheet metal. That was my lottery. LOL Great find. And like you said, timing is everything. Scott

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