Vehicle Description
1972 Chevrolet K5 Blazer 4x4 - Fresh Restoration - 350 V8 with 4WD
- Removable Soft Top - Air Conditioning (Please note: If you happen
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photographs, including a short startup-and-walk-around video,
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Blazer... Best all-around sports vehicle on the road... or off
-1972 Chevrolet Blazer dealer brochure In the early Seventies, when
only men would buy such a vehicle (because, as the copywriter put
it, the wife preferred a car!), the Blazer dealer-brochure went on
to explain what would later be called an SUV: Not just over an old
logging road and through two streams to get back where the big fish
are. But to the office, grocery shopping, the dentist and anywhere
else you need to go. Because that's Blazer. All the comfort and
driving ease of the kind of family car your wife likes. And all the
toughness and utility of the kind of pickup you can use. Offered
here in bright yellow over black, with a black fabric cargo-area
top, is a just-restored '72 K5 Blazer bound to attract attention.
The truck's blend of original form with added comfort and
present-day convenience makes for an appealing go-anywhere sport
vehicle. The newly applied yellow body paint shows the quality of a
professional who knew their way around a paint booth: smooth,
consistent gloss across the body, with no deviations. Yellow was an
excellent choice to capture the fun and adventure Blazers regularly
sought out. A broad, black-painted, lower-body section runs the
length of the truck. The black soft top (with roll-up rear section)
was a dealer-installed option back in the day. The dealer brochure
claimed: Goes up or down in two minutes. This top is fresh and new
with no signs of wear or use. (It's worth noting that while many
Blazers came with a removable hard top, that fiberglass top weighed
roughly 600 pounds.) Chrome bumpers are exceptionally nice; cabin
glass and lighting lenses are clear and free of cracks. The
eggcrate style 1972 grille was arguably the best-looking of the
Blazer series, and nicely frames the blue bowtie emblem. Other
factory emblems-notably including the early-style fender K/5 Blazer
and 8-350 engine identification-remain in place. Aftermarket chrome
wheels (with locking hubs up front) are mounted with Cooper
Discoverer AT3 XLT raised-white-letter all-terrain tires. Inside,
the yellow-and-black theme holds. Body-color yellow paint is
featured on the dash panel, doors, and tailgate; black upholstery
(with diamond-pattern center inserts), door inserts, carpeting,
sport steering wheel, and roof complement the yellow. Upgraded bits
include the nicely incorporated dash vents for air conditioning,
center storage compartment with cupholders, updated gauge package,
and Sony® audio head unit in the factory-radio location. The
truck's automatic-transmission shifter is mounted on the steering
column, while the four-wheel-drive transfer case selector is
mounted on the floor. Under the hood is the venerable
350-cubic-inch V8 wearing red engine-block and valve-cover paint
beneath a triangular Edelbrock chrome air-cleaner cover with red
highlights. The engine bay is exceptionally clean and tidy with all
components-including air conditioning-properly mounted. There are
no indications of damage from too-aggressive off-road driving
styles. The fully restored and upgraded condition of this special
Blazer is faithfully presented from every angle (including from
below) in the more than 145 high-definition photographs and the
short walk-around-and-startup video available at the
GarageKeptMotors site. That said, we always encourage in-person,
up-close inspections by interested parties-or their
representatives-at our Grand Rapids, Mi
