Noahrob’s 1973 Chevrolet Blazer

Newer Projects and Dooh! Little crack in the frame, passenger side rear shock mount... Temp exhaust, sexy!! Is that crack supposed to be there? Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

The End Well, after more than 2000 hours and more money than my wife knows...it is time to get rid of the "Hater" and move on to a new project... The axles with chromoly shafts were worth some money so I parted out the truck... Getting on the trailer... The final goodbye! March 2, 2008 Link to the new project...coming soon.

Trips, Videos, and "What Not" Last Chance Canyon This was a fun trip, we camped at the Ricardo campground (unfortunately, we forgot our blankets so it was a chilly night in our tent) as our home base and took off into the high desert first thing in the morning... Last Chance Video Hungry Valley - Gorman We met up with a bunch of guys from CK5 and had a great day. We started off at the practice area, but then went driving the local trails, PowerLine Road, and a couple black diamond trails...The lockrite made our life pretty easy, except the whole no turning in 4lo thing! Santa Barbara Local Runs Mud MudAngel MudAngel2 Rocktoberfest 2007 - Red Rock State Park Not all trips end the way you want...but it was still a lot of fun! Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Step by Step - Anti Wrap Bar Here is what I did... 1) Picked a design 2) Got what I needed 3) Fabbed it up This was the kit I bought off some guy. I am pretty sure he got it from ORD. I bought the "RE" joint from Poly Performance and used 2" tube and some scraps for for the cross memeber, but 1.5 for the anti wrap bar itself. Here you can see the ends welded on and things coming together...without a hole notcher, using the grinding wheel took a while to cope the tube. Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Step by Step - TPI Conversion Here is what I did... 1) Remove old engine 2) Replace engine cross member 3) Install new engine mounts 4) New Fuel pump and fuel lines 5) Install the wiring harness First, get out the old engine, took the front clip off to make life easier... Next, let's get that new ORD cross memeber and DIY4X Competition Engine Mounts in... The new fuel pump... TPI engine in the truck... Front clip back on and the engine running with the intake in place... I had to wire up an electric water temp gauge as the mechanical one was possesed by who knows what... All back together and a running like a champ. The electric fans work well, the fuel pump is working...more power. Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Step by Step - New Floors Here is what I did 1) Remove interior 2) Cut out old floors 3) Grind, sand, and wire brush everything that will be covered 4) Paint everything that will be covered up 5) Weld in new floors 6) Grind, sand (I used 100 grit), and wire brush off every piece of rust on the entire tub (lots and lots of work) 7) Wash the tub with acetone (wear gloves) 8) Rust Bullet x2 coats 9) Wash the entire tub with acetone 10) Herculiner x 2 coats First, the way it was... I ripped out the carpet, took out the seats and there was plenty of opportunity for improvement...The previous owner filled the space under the floors with construction foam, which by the way catches on fire if you grind on it too much. The work begins...I cut out the old floors and started welding in the panels I got from LMC truck. Note, I cut out smaller secitons and welded in the new panel instead of just ripping everything out and having nothing to work off of. If I had it to do over again, I would just use sheet metal as the pre-formed panels pretty much suck...I used a combination of "No Rust" spray paint and "Rustoleum" to paint everything that was underneath the floor boards. I figured since I had the floors up it was worth the time to grind all the rust off and paint everything... With the new floors in, I decided to Rust Bullet the entire tub. I bought 1 quart and was afraid it wouldn't be enough so took my sweet time doing the first coat (almost 3 hours!) and lo and behold I had plenty and even threw some away. Moral of the story, unless you are a total slob, 1 quart will do the entire tub of a Blazer, including the tail gate, with two coats. After the Rust Bullet, I applied a really thin coat of Herculiner following the instructions the best I could... And then a sedcond coat and reinstalled the roll cage which had been re-wrapped... Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Progress page... Future Plans 1) Install New Front Seats - DONE 2) Replace Floor Boards - DONE 3) Rust Bullet and Herculine the interior - DONE 4) Install soft top - DONE 5) Cross over steering - DONE 6) Axle Truss and anti wrap bar - DONE 7) 39.5 TSL's on Double Bead Locks (Beadlocks DONE) 8) Sell the Cady 500ci and get Fuel Injection! - DONE 9) Now what??? Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end Videos - http://media.putfile.com/Ira-Little-Hill http://media.putfile.com/offroad-79 http://media.putfile.com/TPI

6) The family cage is finally in the truck. 7) 38"inch tires and hack the fenders. DONE (although I need tomove the axle forward once I get crossover...dooh) 8) Got this bumber off of cragslist and had the KC's lying around... 9) Rebuild Q-Jet from Sean Murphy Induction then added a longer tube to improve hill climing ability. 10) The new floors support the new seats 11) Ford Shock Towers - Had to be trimmed to clear the manual clutch linkage. 12) Soft top...used, but better than nothing 13) Crossover is in with a new steering box and P/S pump. 14) Zero Rates - 1" forward in the front. 15) Re-worked the exhaust after the anti wrap bar...and a new gas tank. 16) New 39.5" Irok Radials. 17) Fabbed up a new bumper for my Warn 9000i winch. 18) Limiting straps. Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Step by Step - TPI Conversion Here is what I did... 1) Remove old engine 2) Replace engine cross member 3) Install new engine mounts 4) New Fuel pump and fuel lines 5) Install the wiring harness First, get out the old engine, took the front clip off to make life easier... Next, let's get that new ORD cross memeber and DIY4X Competition Engine Mounts in... The new fuel pump... TPI engine in the truck... Front clip back on and the engine running with the intake in place... I had to wire up an electric water temp gauge as the mechanical one was possesed by who knows what... All back together and a running like a champ. The electric fans work well, the fuel pump is working...more power. Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Step by Step - Anti Wrap Bar Here is what I did... 1) Picked a design 2) Got what I needed 3) Fabbed it up This was the kit I bought off some guy. I am pretty sure he got it from ORD. I bought the "RE" joint from Poly Performance and used 2" tube and some scraps for for the cross memeber, but 1.5 for the anti wrap bar itself. Here you can see the ends welded on and things coming together...without a hole notcher, using the grinding wheel took a while to cope the tube. Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Trips, Videos, and "What Not" Last Chance Canyon This was a fun trip, we camped at the Ricardo campground (unfortunately, we forgot our blankets so it was a chilly night in our tent) as our home base and took off into the high desert first thing in the morning... Last Chance Video Hungry Valley - Gorman We met up with a bunch of guys from CK5 and had a great day. We started off at the practice area, but then went driving the local trails, PowerLine Road, and a couple black diamond trails...The lockrite made our life pretty easy, except the whole no turning in 4lo thing! Santa Barbara Local Runs Mud MudAngel MudAngel2 Rocktoberfest 2007 - Red Rock State Park Not all trips end the way you want...but it was still a lot of fun! Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Newer Projects and Dooh! Little crack in the frame, passenger side rear shock mount... Temp exhaust, sexy!! Is that crack supposed to be there? Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

The End Well, after more than 2000 hours and more money than my wife knows...it is time to get rid of the "Hater" and move on to a new project... The axles with chromoly shafts were worth some money so I parted out the truck... Getting on the trailer... The final goodbye! March 2, 2008 Link to the new project...coming soon.

Progress page... Future Plans 1) Install New Front Seats - DONE 2) Replace Floor Boards - DONE 3) Rust Bullet and Herculine the interior - DONE 4) Install soft top - DONE 5) Cross over steering - DONE 6) Axle Truss and anti wrap bar - DONE 7) 39.5 TSL's on Double Bead Locks (Beadlocks DONE) 8) Sell the Cady 500ci and get Fuel Injection! - DONE 9) Now what??? Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Step by Step - New Floors Here is what I did 1) Remove interior 2) Cut out old floors 3) Grind, sand, and wire brush everything that will be covered 4) Paint everything that will be covered up 5) Weld in new floors 6) Grind, sand (I used 100 grit), and wire brush off every piece of rust on the entire tub (lots and lots of work) 7) Wash the tub with acetone (wear gloves) 8) Rust Bullet x2 coats 9) Wash the entire tub with acetone 10) Herculiner x 2 coats First, the way it was... I ripped out the carpet, took out the seats and there was plenty of opportunity for improvement...The previous owner filled the space under the floors with construction foam, which by the way catches on fire if you grind on it too much. The work begins...I cut out the old floors and started welding in the panels I got from LMC truck. Note, I cut out smaller secitons and welded in the new panel instead of just ripping everything out and having nothing to work off of. If I had it to do over again, I would just use sheet metal as the pre-formed panels pretty much suck...I used a combination of "No Rust" spray paint and "Rustoleum" to paint everything that was underneath the floor boards. I figured since I had the floors up it was worth the time to grind all the rust off and paint everything... With the new floors in, I decided to Rust Bullet the entire tub. I bought 1 quart and was afraid it wouldn't be enough so took my sweet time doing the first coat (almost 3 hours!) and lo and behold I had plenty and even threw some away. Moral of the story, unless you are a total slob, 1 quart will do the entire tub of a Blazer, including the tail gate, with two coats. After the Rust Bullet, I applied a really thin coat of Herculiner following the instructions the best I could... And then a sedcond coat and reinstalled the roll cage which had been re-wrapped... Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

6) The family cage is finally in the truck. 7) 38"inch tires and hack the fenders. DONE (although I need tomove the axle forward once I get crossover...dooh) 8) Got this bumber off of cragslist and had the KC's lying around... 9) Rebuild Q-Jet from Sean Murphy Induction then added a longer tube to improve hill climing ability. 10) The new floors support the new seats 11) Ford Shock Towers - Had to be trimmed to clear the manual clutch linkage. 12) Soft top...used, but better than nothing 13) Crossover is in with a new steering box and P/S pump. 14) Zero Rates - 1" forward in the front. 15) Re-worked the exhaust after the anti wrap bar...and a new gas tank. 16) New 39.5" Irok Radials. 17) Fabbed up a new bumper for my Warn 9000i winch. 18) Limiting straps. Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

Progress page... Future Plans 1) Install New Front Seats - DONE 2) Replace Floor Boards - DONE 3) Rust Bullet and Herculine the interior - DONE 4) Install soft top - DONE 5) Cross over steering - DONE 6) Axle Truss and anti wrap bar - DONE 7) 39.5 TSL's on Double Bead Locks (Beadlocks DONE) 8) Sell the Cady 500ci and get Fuel Injection! - DONE 9) Now what??? Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end

The End Well, after more than 2000 hours and more money than my wife knows...it is time to get rid of the "Hater" and move on to a new project... The axles with chromoly shafts were worth some money so I parted out the truck... Getting on the trailer... The final goodbye! March 2, 2008 Link to the new project...coming soon.

Step by Step - Anti Wrap Bar Here is what I did... 1) Picked a design 2) Got what I needed 3) Fabbed it up This was the kit I bought off some guy. I am pretty sure he got it from ORD. I bought the "RE" joint from Poly Performance and used 2" tube and some scraps for for the cross memeber, but 1.5 for the anti wrap bar itself. Here you can see the ends welded on and things coming together...without a hole notcher, using the grinding wheel took a while to cope the tube. Contents Page 1 Overview Page 2 Completed Upgrades and Projects Page 3 Progress Pics Page 4 Step by Step Floor Replacement Page 5 Trip Reports Page 6 Step by Step TPI Installation Page 7 Step by Step Anti Wrap Page 8 Newer Projects and Dooh Page 9 The end