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1977 Chevrolet Blazer Clean Restoration. Excellent. Never Off-roaded Barn Find on 2040-cars

Year:1977 Mileage:146000
Location:

Oakland, California, United States

Oakland, California, United States

What we have here is perhaps the most beautiful, un-mollested, straight, fire engine red Chevy Blazer you will ever see.  This number matching truck is a true California car, built at the Fremont plant, owned and lived in California all her life.

The Blazer also has the "R" code meaning she has her original 400ci, 175hp power plant.  This is the torque monster if you need to tow your boat.  I can not be 100% sure but I would guess that the engine has been rebuilt at some point because of the high compression as tested.

The car runs excellent as the carb was fully rebuilt 50 miles ago.  The compression checked out high and the drivetrain needs nothing.  Transmission shifts smoothly as you would expect.

Let me start with the vehicle itself.  I acquired the Blazer on trade for several new mattresses I provided for an elderly couple that had just bought a new home that more fit they're slower lifestyle,  According to the 65 year old husband, he bought the car back in the mid eighties for tailgating at SF 49er games.  He said to me, and I have no reason to doubt him, that the car has never left a paved road!  There are no visual signs of the car ever having been lifted or set up for mud.  When I painted the car, there were no dents.  There is no bondo on this car that I know of as the previous paint was clearly dent-free faded original white factory paint!

The truck was then stripped and a two-stage $7500 paint job was put on the car, including the coding of the engine bay, jambs, and interior.  The color that was chosen was a factory Chevy Victory red, the same red you will find on later Blazers and Vette's.  We decided against the correct factory red for 1977 because it was an orangish, dull mess.  The true, fire-engine red of the later Chevy's pop like a Ferrari as you can see in the detailed pics I've included.  The truck looks immaculate and will get thumbs ups everywhere you go.

The chrome is bright and straight.  Perhaps my emotional favorite aspect of this blazer are the factory rally's.  They are five of the original 4x4 wide wheels with new beauty rings and tires.  They make the car look as if it was just bought from the local dealer!  The wheel set alone would fetch you $2.4k if you were to sell them to buy oversize wheels.  A custom lockable rear hitch carrier is implemented to free up rear space inside the car.

Also included (but not mounted) is a very nice powder coated roll bar that you can use or sell depending on what your final use is.  I wanted to truck to be as close to stock as possible so I chose not to have it mounted back after the new carpet kit was installed but again, it will be included in the sale for you to do with it what you want.  The roll bar can be mounted with the rear seat intact.  

The top and truck bed were both armour-plated with black bed-liner to provide years of tough protection.

Let me provide a list to you of everything that is new on the truck.

carburetor
exhaust system
tires
grill
mirror
carpet
weatherstripping (most)
seat covers
roll bar (optional)
signal covers
door handles
floor mats
spare tire rack (with key)
windshield

I've put about $10k into this sweet blazer over the past year to get her to where she is now.

Don't you dare miss this one.

Feel free to call me at 510 432 0500 to ask any questions or to set up a drive if you are local.








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