
1969 Chevy K5 Blazer
Owner/Builder
Specs
ENGINE
- 1969 Chevy 350
- Steel crank
- Speed Pro 10:1 Pistons
- High-volume oil pump
- Comp Big Mutha Thumpa cam
- Cloyes gear drive
- Comp retro fi t roller lifters
- Holly Street Avenger 670 carburetor
- Professional Products polished aluminum intake
- GM HEI ignition ¡ Stainless Block Hugger headers
- Summit electric cutouts
- Flowmaster 40-series mufflers
- Billet Specialties engine pulleys
- Aluminum water pump
- Dual electric fans
- Champion radiator
- GM 100 amp alternator
- GM TH400 transmission
- Jeg’s 2800 RPM stall converter
- TransGo shift kit
- Transmission work by Rodney Hall of Rodney’s Body Shop in Tullahoma, TN
SUSPENSION
- Frame was boxed, notched, Z’d, smoothed, and painted.
- GM truck power rack and pinion steering with GM disc brakes
- 2.5-inch Mcgaughy’s drop spindles.
- Triangulated Thorbecke 4-link
- GM 12-bolt rear, 3.73 gears and Auburn Locker
- Disk brakes on all four wheels
- Ride Tech shocks on all four wheels
- Firestone 2600 pound bags on all four wheels
- Dual Viair 480 compressors
- Big Red valves
- Steel braided 3/8-inch lines
- 5-gallon reserve tank
WHEELS & TIRES
- Red Hipnotic Roxstar rims, 20 x 8.5 in front, 22 x 9.5 in the rear
- Nitto 255/35-R20 front, 265/35- R22 rear
BODY & PAINT
- Full-time roadster
- Windshield chopped three inches
- Sheet metal caps on the doors
- Tilt-forward hood
- Custom grille and smooth pan
- Rounded rear corners
- Louvers in the welded tailgate
- ’39 Ford-style Devil Face taillights.
- PPG base/clear, Scarlet Red and White Diamond
INTERIOR & STEREO
- Shop: Tullahoma Seat Cover and owner
- Two custom buckets, rear bench seat, and matching door panels
- Black vinyl with white ostrich inserts
- Custom center console with Dakota Digital gauges in a chrome surround
- Billet Specialties wheel on a Flaming River column
- Pioneer AVH-P4200 DVD head unit
- Two Massive Audio amps
- Four 6.5-inch Cerwin-Vega component sets
- Two Pioneer Champion Series 10-inch subs.
- Two Optima Red Top batteries