Should i buy a k5 blazer

Spend a little more up front and get a "better than average" blazer. It may take you a little while to find it, but they are out there. I've had 3 with another one on the way and I've been lucky and got really nice onces. Take your time and look around. Craigslist is good, but eBay typically has better quality K5's listed, not always, but usually.

Stay away from anything that has been "wheeled or mudded". This might piss some people on here off, but if your wanting a good reliable driver, then you dont want something that someone has purposely tried to tear up or or beat on.

They are out there and not that hard to find if you set your mind to it and look daily. Paint and body work is NOT cheap unless you know someone or can do it yourself. Personally I like the TBI blazers. The TBI system on these trucks is very reliable and will give you a lil better fuel economy.

Try to find one that's had some restoration on it. Maybe a recently rebuilt motor, new front end, maybe new interior parts. Yes, it's fun to do a few minor "fix-ups" on them, but it all costs money. My point is, take a lil time and find one you'll be totally happy with from the start, don't buy with known repairs needing to be made.

Keep in mind, everyone thinks their blazer is "super nice and clean" when it comes time to sell it, but in actuality alot of them are rusty turds. Stay away from blazers that have been hacked up with mismatched parts. If it's got a 9" lift on it running 36"" swampers, most likely it's been used off road alot and at the very least the front end will be shot from those monster tires. Spend some time looking around and you'll know a good one when you see it.

Good luck and welcome to the site. I would say buy a good body Like said pay a bit up front and get it clean as little rust as possible. The rest on the K5s is really good. With a deezle or a would be the engine of chaoice.

The TBI is really simple once you know how the parts work. Thanks Trevor for the input. I definitily don't want to buy a beat on Wheeler. I will keep looking and if I see something I like, I'll ask all your input on it.

Living in California, I think I may have to deal with a bit of rust when buying, but I'll definitely try to avoid it or have it be minimal. TBI sounds like the way to go Thanks again to everyone for their input I hope I can find something this summer. Actually living in California is a benefit to you in terms of rust. There are an abundance of rust free K5's in California. Just stay persistent and keep looking. Check craiglist, eBay, and truck trader daily. The good ones usually don't last long when they get posted for sale.

You need to have cash in hand and be ready to load up and go when you find one. So secondly, the K5 Blazer Concept is electric. So this puts a damper on the return of the new Chevy K5 Blazer. But this program does allow enthusiasts to purchase new engines for classic rides. But if fans made a petition that got Ford to allow more trim options to be available with the manual transmission in the Ford Bronco , maybe they can sway Chevy into bringing back the K5 Blazer too.

Chevy says that if enough people are interested, then it will provide pricing and ordering information for the concept. It's all steel and iron construction, dual live rear axles, and sporting of only two doors are things that have fallen out of favor with what American manufacturers think the public wants to buy.

In a way though, that only adds to the appeal of the K5, because you're bound to never see some of its unique quirks ever again. Happily, though, the fact these trucks were built so tough means there's still plenty of them still out and about on American roads.

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On an average car life-cycle time scale, the first generation K5 Blazer was gone almost as soon as it arrived. For just three model years from to , this generation Blazer was built right alongside muscle car greats like the Camaro , the Chevelle, and the Nova.

The Blazer came with many of the same engines that you could find in these muscle cars. Like the venerable 5. A Dana 20 rear end gave the Blazer part-time four-wheel drive and was used to great effect by the US military as well as regular civilians who all raved about how simple and easy the truck was to maintain. With such a small production run in comparison to the second generation Blazer, it's no wonder these first-gen trucks are worth a fair bit more than newer examples.