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Coolest Things You've Found With Your Blazer?

Old Oct 2, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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I actually didn't find this, my buddy did, but I did help get it running with my Blazer.

On the construction site we found an abandoned 89 Jeep YJ. The starter had been removed/broken so it wouldn't start. I 4LO'd it up a steep topsoil pile with the Jeep in tow (barely felt it ) We got it kickstarted rolling down the hill, and now its his site vehicle.

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Stuck in the mud at night. Had to pull it out with a backhoe lol
 
Old Oct 2, 2012 | 02:42 PM
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I don't think I would assume a vehicle was abandoned just because I found it. Hope you checked with your DMV to make sure it wasn't stolen.
 
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True.
 
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My buddy called the police and they said it wasn't stolen or registered, and that unless claimed within a week, it was his. The starter had failed, which would make sense as to why it was ditched. Why spend hundreds on a 23 year old vehicle with 288k on it? It would be easier to abandon it.
 
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Hundreds on a 23 year old vehicle that runs & you can use as a dedicated off road vehicle? Hell yeah!
As for the DMV - that's the 1st thing I thought of. I thought it would be stolen, bombed around in & left after the fun was over.
 
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why not spend hundreds on a 23 year old vehicle, even with 288k miles, if it runs well..
 
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why do i keep a 1987 blazer that has rolled the mileage over almost 2 times now
 
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Originally Posted by richphotos
why not spend hundreds on a 23 year old vehicle, even with 288k miles, if it runs well..
The clutch is wearing out, none of the gauges work, tires have no tread, reverse makes a grinding noise, no radio, maintenance records unknown.

I kinda meant to say thousands now that I think about it.
 
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Originally Posted by zball94
I need to order a cheap set of gauges for it and drop in a junkyard LSx auto out of a new gm 4x4. Run that on some cheap co-op 32 or 33s until the dana 30s blow up and upgrade to dana 44s.
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I just picked up a set of free axles with matching rims for a sas on my zr2
 

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Is that the moon? lol
 

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