My 77 K-5 build

[Displaced_Txn]

Picked it up for 1300 bucks, 1977 k5 with the sb400, with a converted np208/th400 combo  and manual lockout hubs. Had a broken rear yoke, missing driveshaft, and a ton of missing parts but only had a few small spots of cancer on her.

Day I brought it home




got bored and decided to black it out to see how it looked


Then scored some new parts of of cl for $100 bucks.

[Jason S]

The price sounds pretty good, especially with all that came with Blazer.

[Irish_Alley]

cmon need some new pictures. these are old lol

[Displaced_Txn]

Yea, Yea. I'll get some posted up asap. The forum was acting up when I tried posting more last week and have been on the road all week so weekends are the only time its easy to post new pics up.

Finally got the rear drive shaft installed and got a yoke that actually fit correctly( thanks to irish)


Snagged a full wing window assembly off fleabay for 50 bucks


factory tinted windows installed


started fabing up the transfer case selector



then ordered a few more goodies from ebay for it.


Then found a guy selling a harwood cowl hood, door panels, and dash cluster a few hours away so made the trip up to pick them up. also threw a tach and a new grant steering wheel on it at the same time

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Got the ashtray put back in it even though im a non smoker


got the plate cleaned up more after the install

Found a full set of 3pt seat belts on flea bay for 30 bucks shipped and got them installed.


stripped the black off the bumper, put new bezels in it with the factory grille


then installed a billet grille and a set of rampage conversion headlights on it.




night pic of the new lights( also put a hd harness on it at the same time)


then a new rear bumper for 100 bucks and fuel cap


Also snagged some cherry bomb extremes for dirt cheap ( will get mounted further back when the exhaust gets done on it)


got a few more toys installed on it last week at the same time.



and all that I got done on it today was taking the np203 crossmember and extra drive shafts out of it and put under the back porch

and got the blaze green plasti dip off of the rings.

[Engineer]

I would think driving around at speeds over 85mph taking pictures with the driver's door open would be a little dangerous.

[Jason S]

The Blazer is looking much better. 

Engineer, you're posting what I was thinking... 

[Displaced_Txn]

yeah I took the factory cruise control module out of it and put a longer speedo cable on it and now it just sits at 85+ but will be running with my gps mounted for speed. And thanks, still deciding on what tires I want to run on it and if I'm going to stick with 33's or go to 35's for now, and find a heated garage to put the chassis saver on the under side of it and get the monstaliner done on the exterior and interior.

[Irish_Alley]

I would think driving around at speeds over 85mph taking pictures with the driver's door open would be a little dangerous.

look ma no hands
 gets some good tires if you want to go mudding lol. might be able to help out with a garage but i have to see if we have time. right now adding a lean-to on it but the same time that might free it up

[Irish_Alley]

also, looking good

[Engineer]

Haha, yeah just having a little fun.

A '77 Blazer around here would be eaten up with rust by now. Nice find.

[Displaced_Txn]

It's all good. The only rust spots I even found on it were after ripping the carpet out and hitting around with an old ice pick. Have a small hole in the back floor pan area and one on the passenger floor panel other than that haven't found any other rust problmes on it.  That's one reason  I jumped on the deal even knowing that it was missing a ton of parts, engine was all factory even the manifold and q-jet, and came with the np203 and th350 that I sold to make room for other parts.

Irish might hit you up on that deal, still undecided if I want to go black on the interior or a different color of monstaliner, and still need to get a kickdown assembly from a 80s k5 or truck to get put in it to have proper kick down function instead of doing it manually .

[Displaced_Txn]

and the two areas of cancer I still need to get around fixing.



and a crappy video of the cherry bomb extremes, Ill try getting one of it running down the road next weekend when I get home again. and got the squeal taken care of was a loose p/s belt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhq9kLu0qI

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Well the new job makes it hard to find time to work on the k5 now that I'm really only home for a day and a half a weekend and having to take care of anything that needs done, laundry etc.

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no progress on the k5 lately still got to find the time to cut the pan out and find a place to weld in the new one and weld up a few small other holes. The monstaliner can't go on untill it starts warming up.  but have been thinking about bringing one of my other chevy toys out and finishing it up, its alot closer to road worthy than the k5, all it needs is a front drive shaft, new column bearings, and the exhaust hooked up on it.