Unlike vintage Broncos, Blazers came in both four-wheel-drive and two-wheel-drive. The 2wd versions have been the subject of numerous custom rides over the years. Where else can you get a full-size vintage cruiser that can be lowered, hot-rodded, and has a removable hard top? This 1971 Chevrolet Blazer has had quite a few modifications but will require a little more work from the new owner. It can be found here on eBay with a current bid of $10,000. Located in Smiths Station, Alabama, which is south of Atlanta, this Blazer looks like a really fun project. Take a look at this summer stunner.
The engine is a 350 backed by a 4-speed transmission. The engine has the typical hop-up goodies and it appears that it also has had the fuel system addressed. You can see the power brake booster on the firewall, which is a nice option. The seller says there is some work that needs to be buttoned up, but overall, it doesn’t look too bad. The ad says it will “drive around and load on a trailer” which is great.
I’m not sure if the air system is permanently installed in this location or if it is just a mock-up for function. There aren’t too many hiding spots in these Blazers to tuck major components like this, but unless there is going to be a cover over the cargo area I would clean up this install a bit.
You can see in the photos some obvious rust issues with the body. Hopefully, not too much work is going to be needed for rust repair, but it appears there might be. Overall, I’m not sure what to make of this project. There has certainly been a lot of work done, but there is also a lot of work to go. What do you think? Is this one worth five figures? Are you going to be a bidder?
Have experienced the amount of rust that can attack a Blazer in a short period of time. Eight months off the showroom floor our Blazer’s bottom of the right door fell out due to rust. Absolutely nothing but bare metal on the back side of all the painted panels but the hood. Took two months and an almost total removal of everything but the cowl and rear fenders. That said, this rig might be past repairing unless you are a gluten for punishment. Plenty of body parts available if you’ve got the time and money.
Also… Interesting installation of the panhard rod, or track bar for you NASCAR fans. At that angle any elevation you choose will try to shift the rear axle to the right. They are supposed to to be parallel to the ground in their neutral position to be effective.
At least it has the round wheel wells. I had a ’75 as my DD from ’77-’90. The flat wheel wells rusted away.
My dad loved Blazers of this era, but I can attest to the rust issue. Besides the creampuff ’72 I ran directly into a tree while he watched, I recall a ’70 whose bedside fell off when I put the tailgate down. Good times.
I like these allot , but they are not an inexpesive build. If you know that and you really want one, I think 10 K is fair. If you want this truck nice and you don’t have to have everything done, it will still be a 40 K build. Same old story you have to pay to play.
$10k is the minimum price for a Blazer or Jimmy these days whether 2wd
4 x 4.But this does need everything and $40k won’t do it unless you have some skilled relatives.Try 60-80k dependng on driveline.Market is hot and not going away though,6 figures at resale time !
Takes a lot of bread to be a gluten for punishment…
fright pig.
This beauty looks like it was patched together by a bunch of drunken hobos. Yikes!
Someone needs to put some lipstick on this blazer and just maybe it would be worth half the bidding price.
Well, this one definately has rust in the typical Blazer places – and even then we haven’t seen a close-up of the windshield frame either. Thing is with these trucks is that there are so many sheet metal pieces sandwiched together and cavity protection is NON-EXISTENT from the factory. This means that when rust starts to show on the outside the feared steel worm has enjoyed nesting inside between the layers for decades so it’ll be much, much worse than what shows.
IMHO people buying these K5s for this kind of $ cannot possibly know just how much work is ahead to fix this one. I foresee this one needing full replacement of inner/outer rockers, torque boxes, front/rear lower door jambs, LH front floor, rear cargo floor just for starters. On the RH upper quarter where the top normally rests there are even chunks that are completely GONE!
As one who bought one when these were still available for pocket change I can testify they are indeed great, fun vehicles – but even I don’t think they are worth the $ some seem to be willing to pay. There are MANY other vintage rides out there you can have just as much fun with. Luckily for the seller he now has a decent amount of $ to rather spend on his (hopefully much better) Desoto longroof
“…What do U think?…”
total restore.
Love the boxy styling almost as much as my same era bronk. One of the sweetest auto mag pic I remember from the era showed one w/o top from behind, above. Looked like 10 mi of plush rug. This guy’s got the wrong idea but plenty time & $ can fix that. U can make a new bronk from nut/bolt thru “everything else” (I mean everything, the 3 or 4 I did 20/30 yrs ago ruinned me for rest0mod due 2 ths). Not sure bout these but as cheb, probably (camaro/k5; stang/bronk).
Have fun, B safe AND productive !