Vehicle Description
1977 Chevrolet Blazer Chalet - Serial Number 1221 - Family Owned
Since New: Derrow Chevrolet - Chalet Camper Package - R Code 400ci
V8 - 4x4 - 49k Original Miles (Please note: If you happen to be
viewing this 1977 Chevrolet Blazer Chalet on a website other than
our Garage Kept Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen
some of our many photographs of the camper-SUV due to third-party
website limitations. To be sure you access all the more than 160
photographs, as well as a short start-up and walk-around video,
please go to our main website: Garage Kept Motors.) ... (a)
4-wheel-drive cabin in the woods. Chevrolet Blazer Chalet magazine
advertisement, 1977 The advertising copywriters went on: Did you
ever notice that the toughest places to get to usually turn out to
be the nicest places to stay? Too bad you couldn't have a neat
little cabin right in the middle of it all. With a new Chevy Blazer
Chalet, you've got it. Blazer Chalet also takes care of staying
there (in those nicest places). You take your cabin right with you.
Chalet has a permanently mounted fiberglass-reinforced plastic
camper body over a rigid steel frame. Convertible seats/bunks
provide seating for four or sleeping for two. Among Chalet's many
features are a dinette table, stainless steel galley, LPG stove,
and available heater. And a pop-up camper top allows for over six
feet of head room. Offered here is a rare opportunity to acquire a
1977 Blazer Chalet (serial number: 1221) that has been properly
cared for over 34 years by the same owner family and recently
partially restored. This special-purpose vehicle was built at the
Flint, Michigan Chevrolet assembly plant and delivered to Derrow
Chevrolet, of Defiance, Ohio to be purchased by its owner on
November 7, 1977, just in time for deer-hunting season. Not only is
this unique vehicle in great condition, the sale includes
documentation (build sheet and original window sticker) and the
full packet of literature (including the owner's manual) given to
the owner at purchase. The Blazer Chalet's exterior two-tone paint
colors-burnt-orange-and cream, with striping-were special and
unique to this model. (To see the extensive standard and
optional-equipment listing, be sure to view the window-sticker and
build sheet shown in the photo gallery.) All the paintwork is in
great condition. One of many nice touches: the solid cream color on
the camper body features special striping which matches and
connects to the striping on the Blazer body. These special Blazers
may well have benefitted from added scrutiny during assembly;
body-panel fit is excellent. Chrome bumpers, mirrors, and
wheel-well trim-all part of the Cheyenne package-are all in great
condition. All factory badging-including the front-fender K5 Blazer
emblems, the rear-fender Cheyenne emblems (denoting the highest
available trim level on a Blazer at the time), and the Blazer
Chalet decals on the camper-are all in place. Cabin glass on both
the SUV and the camper is clear and free of cracks; all lighting
lenses are in similar condition (notice how the camper's separate
taillights are identical to the Blazer's). The camper's pop-up roof
works as intended. The normally cargo-area-mounted spare tire (a
Uniroyal Laredo here) is mounted on a special front-bumper carrier.
Steel wheels with chrome trim rings are mounted with Cooper®
Discoverer AT3 XLT raised-white-letter tires. Inside, the interior
is in very nice condition. In the Blazer that includes tan vinyl
seat upholstery, burnt-orange carpeting, tan dash with
Cheyenne-package woodgrain trim, the same trim on the doors with
storage pockets added, even the finish on the Cheyenne dashboard
badge facing the front passenger. The bowtie-branded steering wheel
frames the instrument cluster (with instrument lenses and graphic
markings, including the fluorescent indicator needles, in excellent
condition); the shift lever for the automatic transmission is
mounted on the steering col