very cool, wanna see pics of the Parts trucks, the Full Size Blazer is def a dying breed

 

I haven't picked up the 74 Jimmy parts truck yet. Maybe in the next week or so. The guy that has it sitting in his woods is delaying things a bit. I am not really sure why... I am offering him more than it is worth as scrap short steel.

 

The cooling system service is complete. The temperature stays more consistent now, but I definitely need to get the shroud fixed. The 3" BL has put the stock fan way out of alignment in relation to the shroud. I think I am just going to try and find a set of electric fans and wire them up to a thermostatic switch.

Just filled up the fuel tank on this thing for the first time since September (30 gallon tank). $70 later... DAMN! It is fun though! Works out to 8.5 miles per US gallon. Not too bad for a 30+ year old truck running on 33x12.5 tires.

 

Tailgate #2 is in the garage right now. I just picked it up for $60. Power window with all the internals which is a lot better than the other tailgate I picked up for $50 back in October. That one was only the glass and the tailgate. No internals at all. Still GM sheetmetal though.

Anyway, pics of the new tailgate:

 

looking good, now you just gotta find the time to put it all together

 

Figured I would throw this into my build thread and just link to it from the "how much do you have into your Blazer" thread.

Lets see if I can get this right:
'74 K5 Blazer driver - $500
High back seats - $100
Set of GM doors - $100
Hooker headers - $125
Hooker dual exhaust kit - $160
1990 2wd 'Burb parts truck - $250 (dash swap, engine swap, wiring swap, etc)
GM full rear quarters - $150 (cut off of a mid-80's truck including inner/outer wheel wells & inner fender)
14-bolt full floater from a '73 3/4 ton truck - $FREE!! (stowed it in a hedge row 12+ years ago)
3/4 ton 10-bolt front axle - $30 (will take off the spindles on out to get 8-lugs on my D44)
8-lug 15x10 rims - $20 for the set
Used fuel tank for an injected truck including pump & sending unit - $35
New, never installed swing arm rear tire carrier - $35
Rust free tailgate - $50 (gutted)
Cooling system service - $50
Oil change - $30
Rust free complete power tailgate - $60 (working power window ready to bolt on as is)

So the running total right now is sitting at around $1700. It will take around $150 worth of new sheetmetal to fix up the rockers and floors in the front, but other than that, I have everything else that I need (aside from a D60) to finish this.

I will be picking up a '74 Jimmy as another parts truck in the spring for $150-$200 depending on the current owner. This will give me the parts to convert the doors from the 'Burb over to full convertible use. Not to mention all of the stainless trim that is currently in the Jimmy! It will also give me another frame and top to work with while I am out enjoying my K5!

My plans are to refurb the frame from the Jimmy, mount the 1ton stuff under it, possibly do the 52" spring swap in the front get the steeing box from the 'burb setup on it and cross-over steering in place. Start working on the doubler setup (NP205 from the Jimmy with my spare NP203 range box). Fix up and paint the top to match the final body color I'm going for (Catalina Blue was the original color of the truck and I'm going back to it). Then when the time comes, just swap the body over onto the "new" frame.

So, not including my time, taking a rough estimate for paint supplies to be in the neighborhood of $1000 (I won't pay for paint labor either - gotta love friends with booths), allowing $500 for the transfer case stuff I want to do, $1000 for rims/tires when the time comes, and adding in another $1800 for scope drift, the total projected cost should be right around $6000 for a finished truck. And that should be aiming high!

Now if I could only get time to mess with it! LOL I gotta stop fixing things for other people!

 

x2 on finding time. dang people want you to work on their stuff when you want to work on yours.lol
do those 1 tons bolt right up, im looking at doing a 3/4 ton swap because i know those will bolt right up if i can get a good deal on a set.

 

If you find a 14BFF from a 3/4 ton, the spring perches will be set at 42.5" which will bolt right in under a 1/2 ton. There is no benefit to getting a 3/4 ton front end as it will be the same as your current axle just with 8-lug outers so you don't gain strength. I'll be swapping over the 8-lug spindles from a 3/4 ton front axle onto my D44 initially unless I can find a D60 between now and then.

But lets keep this about my truck.

 

yea no problem, sorry to get off topic kyle, just curious.

 

sounds like you are gonna have a nice build when done. i am currently in the process of starting full rebuild of my 89 burb. your burb donor doesnt happen the have a good factory limo tinted rear passenger quarter window by chance ?