Yes another 72 build thread

[my90k5]

Got it in and running, yea!!! I finished around 6:00am this morning. I couldn't get to some of the brackets and pulley's cause I was doing it by myself and had to have it done by today.

Oh well, just some minor wiring and a little painting on the accessories. I'll post some shots later, I have to get ready for work soon.........

[Jtrux]

Nice choice on engine, for the price you can't go wrong. I think you'll be happy. I had one in mine (going 6.0 now) and loved it, never let me down.

[snowblind]

Great progress man!

Your truck looks cleeeeeean.

[my90k5]

Thanks guy's. I'm really liking this motor, much better than that old noisy 305 bad crank embarrassment I was driving. It does overheat but from what I hear throughout the forum is that it could be due to friction being new.

I'll keep an eye on it and keep you posted. I still need to tweak the carb and timing a bit but it runs great.

[VA72C10]

Looks to be in nice shape...I'll be using these pics when I install my weatherstrip

[my90k5]

Yeah, I guess I got pretty lucky on the top. It does have some minor hair line cracks I'll be glassing over. I'm going to replace all the rubber on it after It's painted.

[my90k5]

I'm in the process of looking for a decent mig welder so I can start the body work this winter. May have to sell my rare 72 extreme bend chrome tow hooks to fund the purchase, lol.

[my90k5]

Not much progress lately, just rebuilt my carb.

[1956cameo]

The blazer is coming along nicely!

[VA72C10]

cool. hope you find a dd soon so you can tear into this one and once spring rolls around you can enjoy this thing. They're such a blast to drive with the top off!!!

[my90k5]

Ordered my body mount's from LMC (should be here tomorrow). Once I get the body back on track I can start cutting out the rusted panels and rockers and start welding in new metal. Looking to have the interior done by early summer

[my90k5]

Striping the interior for a complete makeover:



The brown color on the hump and floor is the glue left behind after I pulled the carpet out.



Some rust here and there. Ordered a floor pan and rockers today. The drivers side looked a little rough for me. I have more pic's of the interior completely striped and cleaned, I was really impressed with the minimal rust throughout.

[my90k5]

I'm ditching my headers for a set of 2.5 Ram horn manifolds and a set of dynomax hemi turbo mufflers . I've had nothing but trouble with these headers not sealing correctly.

Currently I have a set of thrust on it and it's just to much noise for me. After stripping the interior out you can really hear all of the noises from the truck you don't normally hear when it's complete.

[BLUE THUNDER]

Those floors are in pretty good shape if you ask me. That's just surface rust. Take a fiber wheel to it and prime/paint it. I'd love to have a floor that clean.

[my90k5]

Thanks Blue for the thoughts. My camera is down right now (battery) so I haven't been able to post any photos. I did sand the floor and there are no pin holes or rust through in the floor.

I used a rust converter afterwards and an encapsulator and my plans are to repaint the enterior anyway. Will post some pics when I get my new camera.

[my90k5]

It's just been to cold to do anything to the blazer so I'm trying to finish up some shop projects I started on.

My blasting cabinet is almost complete -



You can see my welding cart in the bottom corner, I just have to weld up the drawer for it and it's finished.

[dan42]

Spring is around the corner for you guys, so be encouraged - things are blooming out here already and we've had a month of 70 degree weather. Keep us posted with your progress - a fun build to watch. Makes me wish I still had my '71.

[my90k5]

Thanks for the encouragement dan42. I"m excited to just hear about someone having warm weather, lol.

[my90k5]

Did you know that the front and rear carpet strips are the same? I just noticed while I was cleaning them, lol......



The rear one had some rust on the bottom so I roughed up the bottom and applied a rust encapsulator.

[my90k5]

I’m in a dilemma here, I’m about to do a frame off on my 72 Blazer. I thought about doing the original paint and interior but after seeing other colors (classic colors) I’m having a change of mind. I also don’t really like the old truck trany behind a healthy 350, it just doesn’t have the get up I’m looking for so I’m thinking of changing that out to an auto.

I guess I’m really answering my own question here, and yall (in your words) would probably say “it’s your truck do with it what satisfies you, you have to drive it”.

But in the long run would those who have dramatically changed there truck ever want to change it back to original? I really like that medium olive poly though.

Is this common, lol. I’m just an old guy who wants a clean good running proud to show off Blazer and keep the classic look. Ya know?

Should I keep the Ochre?

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by my90k5

I’m in a dilemma here, I’m about to do a frame off on my 72 Blazer. I thought about doing the original paint and interior but after seeing other colors (classic colors) I’m having a change of mind. I also don’t really like the old truck trany behind a healthy 350, it just doesn’t have the get up I’m looking for so I’m thinking of changing that out to an auto.

I guess I’m really answering my own question here, and yall (in your words) would probably say “it’s your truck do with it what satisfies you, you have to drive it”.

But in the long run would those who have dramatically changed there truck ever want to change it back to original? I really like that medium olive poly though.

Is this common, lol. I’m just an old guy who wants a clean good running proud to show off Blazer and keep the classic look. Ya know?


Should I keep the Ochre?

I would say if your not going for an origional restore then why worry about the color or tranny? My opinion is if i buy a truck with a standard tranny its getting changed to an auto eventually, As for the origional color it may be painted a different color.. But its utimatly up to you.

[madkmart]

very nice build what are your plans with it to restore it or build it up

[my90k5]

Thanks madkmart, Should be starting the frame off within a few weeks. I'm going back original, the only things that I'm going to upgrade are the trans to auto (going with a stage 2 700R4) 33 tires factory AC and rear disc brakes. Keeping the original paint and interior. The Ochre has kinda grew on me and I liked the saddle interior. No lift just stock height

[thor]

Sounds like a great plan! Should look great when done, though it already looks good.

[my90k5]

Thanks thor, planning everything out in stages now lol. It's not in bad shape as it sets just the normal 40 year old dirt and grime. Should be an exciting challenge none the less.