Category Archive: Cheapskate Blazer, XL Tech Stories
Bottom Dollar Blazer: Episode 8 – Rolling on the Rustoleum
Hey, kids, it’s been a while since I’ve provided an update, but the Blazer project is coming along nicely. Using the techniques I picked up from Hot Rod, from the...
Project Cheap 10: How To Build A Gear Jamming, Budget Minded, Classic C10 In A Month With Our Pals At American Powertrain
(Words and photos by American Powertrain/Matt Graves) – Let me start off by saying all this is Greg “Snaps” Schneider’s fault. Greg works for Ridetech as owner Bret Voelkel’s...
Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 4: Off to the body shop
As you’ve probably seen the last few weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of prep work on the Blazer to get it ready to head to the body shop. It needs new rockers, new doors and a bit of work to the...
Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 3: Starting the Bodywork
When last I wrote and you read, I had fixed up a bunch of the mechanical issues on the ’79 Blazer, to make sure it ran ok, and could stop safely without killing myself and all those around me....
Video Bonanza: The Sound And Fury Of Bad Ass Diesel Air Starters – Loud, Proud, And Scaring Old Ladies For Decades!
(Words by Greg Rourke) – Cranking over big diesel engines takes a lot of power. Plants of 850 plus cubic inches and over 15:1 compression are common in semi trucks. Imagine trying to spin...
Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 2: Fixing Mechanical Stuff
The first order of business with the ’79 Blazer I wrote about in last week’s episode was to start cleaning up everything, understanding what the issues were so I could get it running...
The Bottom Dollar Blazer Project: Resurrecting a Yankee K5 Blazer From The Creeping Death
I have always loved the K5 Blazer, but I have two problems: (1) 99.9 percent of the K5s available have been treated to hockey puck lift kits and chrome directional wheels. (2) I’m cheap, and...
Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
It was all going to be so perfect. We were going to re-ring one cylinder in Goliath’s 292ci straight six and then it would be off to the shop to have the rotted cab floors repaired. That pipe...
Project Goliath Update: The One Cylinder Rebuild, Part One
The great thing about having a couple of project vehicles beating around here at BangShift.com is that our pain and suffering gets to become your entertainment! This is the first of a two-part story...