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09-05-2010 03:30 PM |
Hi-Tech redneck from Nebraska
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1283723749 http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1283724352 Real trucks are built, not bought!
With that said, bought a 96 chevy blazer for 400 bucks, sight unseen. the people i bought it from were friends of the family, they told me it had some body damage and didn't feel like putting the money into the truck, and they would drive it from their house to my house, which was about 45 minutes. so i figured it shouldn't be that much damage then.
At the same time i owned a 94 GMC Jimmy 4x4. so i figured if it was too much damage then I would take the interior out of the 96 blazer and install it in my 94 jimmy. ( Interior was wearing out in the Jimmy) or fix up the Blazer and sell the Jimmy.
So finally the Blazer showed up in my drive way. Passenger side smashed in, windshield was shattered, hood was bent, and the roof buckled right at the luggage rack.
I decided to keep the blazer and sell the jimmy. I had already worked the kinks out of the jimmy, drove it up and down the Rocky Mountians when I live in CO. So I wanted a new project and new adventures, changing from OBD1 to OBD2, changing systems from MAP to MAF.
After a few years, from the body shop to leak repairs, to changing out the exhaust system, I had this in pretty good shape. still has minor issues but runs and drives like new, if not better. I replaced all 4 ball joints with MOOG parts and installed Bilstein shocks and it rides like a dream. I'm currently working on a ram air set up for the 4.3L motor. future mods include 6" lift, bigger tires.
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