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Ride Nickname:
Darlene

Make:
Chevrolet

Model:
Blazer

Year:
1968

Introduction / Overview:
Started the build back in '01 with '72 4x4 Blazer I bought in Northern Nevada, once I started the initial body work found it to be a major rust bucket with atleast 2 gallons of bondo in the doors and forward bedsides/cabcorners.  After moving back to Az later that year the project was put on hold due to getting married, a new job, and starting art school.  After graduating from art school in '04 and having time to myself I began rebuilding the original factory 2wd chassis a friend had given me, after sandblasting and repainting all the suspension components, replacing all bushings, ball and tie-rod joints.  Stripped and enamel painted the frame, scrubbed all brake/gas lines, and went through the rear end.  Found a lesser rusty '70 tub and continued the build. 

Drivetrain:

355 cid SBC, Fuelie heads, 30-30 Duntov set-up.  4 Speed Saginaw. 3.73 open rearend.

Chassis:
Factory 72' Blazer 2wd.

Wheels:

15x7 245x60x15 front, 15x8 275x60x15 rear Lee Radial Gt's

Body:

The Body is a Frankenstien of the junkyard, everything but the tail gate (birthday gift) is original GM metal.  Smoothed door handles and filler hole (installed a fuel cell)  and cut down the doors to match bedsides.  Black Acrylic Enamel with a flattening agent added to give the ol'black primer look, was an experiment that came close but not to the 'Dullness' I wanted oh-well, the red is '72 GMC Fire Red.

Interioir:
Original Blazer seats re-upholstered in the early '90's in Red, rebuild instrumet cluster and smoothed dash. 

Lifestyles:
Builder, Old-School, Hot Rodder, Build-It, Drive-It, Rat Rod