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  Glenn Viveiros's 1977 K-5 Blazer

New Paint and Trail Pic's!

This is my 1977 K5, I call her the Beast, as in beast of burden.  She is required to fill multiple roles.  Daily driver, grocery getter, family station wagon (on occasion, I have a wife and 2 sons).  I also do some serious wheeling with her.  I don't care for mud, but hay, everybody has their own cup of tea.  Follow along as I show you the things that I have done to her already and as I upgrade her to be a better wheeler and daily driver.  

I have done quite a bit to the old Beast already, if you have been following along in the Chevy section you will have seen my trip to Tellico and my Crossover Steering conversion.  I have been very busy on the old gal, lots of stuff to write about and lots of modifications to show.  I have done all the work to the Beast myself, except install the gears.  I dont have the special tools or experience to install these correctly, so I paid the experts to do it for me.  In addition to the mechanical work, I fabricated  almost all the items on my K-5.  The bumpers, the spare tire carrier/gas can carrier.  The winch cradle and the racks in the rear to hold everything down.  I have also fabricated a new cross-member with 1/2" thick skid plate for the transfer case.  

• 350 4 Bolt main eng. with Quadrajet carb.

• Sm-465 Granny Low 4-speed Transmission (6.55 to 1 unsynchronized 1st gear)

• Np-205 transfer case, with modified shift linkage to get 2 wheel drive low range.

• Dana 44 Front axle with Lock Right Locker and 4.56 Genuine Gears.

• G.M. 12 Bolt Rear axle with Detroit Locker and 4.56 Genuine Gears.

• Rancho Rs9000 shocks Model number 9012, at all 4 corners on custom mounts.

• 36x14.5x15 Interco Super Swamper TSL Radials.   5 of them (gotta have a good spare)

• 15x10 Alcoa Forged Aluminum Classic Wheels

• Custom Crossover steering system ( the stock setup was not cut out for heavy wheeling)

• 4" Rear lift, by flipping the stock shackles and using 87 K-5 rear springs that I modified and rebuilt.

• 4" Front lift, Tuff Country 4" EZ ride front springs. 

• Poly bushings.  Body, Leaf spring, Shackle, not to mention Transmission mount, and Motor mounts.

• 4.5" Poly bump stops at all 4 corners.

• Custom Fabricated Front and Rear Bumpers/Front has Warn HS9500i winch.

• Custom Fabricated Rear Swing Away Tire/Gas can Carrier.

• Custom Rack in the Bed, bolts to the rear seat mounts, holds my Toolbox, Winch Box, Welding Box, Cooler.

• Large Action Packer loaded with parts and fluids.

• Custom Rack on the right hand side of the bed that holds the 60" High Lift Jack, Shovel, and Lug Wrench.

• 195 amp Hehr Power systems alternator and Power Arc II on board welder.

• Remote Fender mounted Starter Solenoid.

• 2 Gauge Fine strand Battery Cables.

• 1100 Cranking amp Battery.

• 2"x3" 11 gauge Rocker Panels.

• Fender wells and other body panels trimmed and re-welded for clearance.

• Hand Throttle on the gear shift lever.

• Custom Fabricated clutch and brake pedals, guaranteed not to slip!

• 60/40 Split Bench seat out of a 1997 Chevrolet Silverado Extended cab Pick-up.

• Tom Woods Heavy Duty Driveshafts.

• Off-Road Designs Longer stronger Front Shackles.

• Explorer Pro-Comp extended Stainless Steel Brake Lines front and rear.

• Roll bar behind the seat welded to body in 6 places (soon to be a whole cage, stay tuned!)

• 5 pt. R.C.I. Racing harnesses for Driver and Front seat passenger.

• First Aid Kit

• 2 On Board Fire Extinguishers.

• On board Air with 12 gallons of air storage.

• Rancho RS9700 Duel remote shock controller.

• Cobra c.b. with weather channels.

I have other modifications done, but allot of it is not really worth mentioning.  I will be doing some major upgrades on her in the near future, Including Body work and a Paint Job, for those of you who are screaming UGLY so keep checking back and feel free to email me with any questions you may have.

Glenn R. Viveiros

Project links

• Tellico 99 in a K-5

• Crane Ignition

• Crossover Steering

• Bulletproof Spring Perches

• Custom Expanded Metal Grill

• Moser Axle Shafts

• Custom Rocker Knockers

• K&N Filter Overhaul

• Currie E-Z Deflator

 

coming soon

• On Board Air

• Rancho 9700 Duel Shock Controller

• Full Roll Cage

• Herculiner Tub Lining

• HEHR Power systems Power ArcII on board welder

• T/A Performance 12 bolt axle cover

• Flex A Lite Electric Fan

 

 

 

If there is an article, or a product that you would like to see reviewed, or a modification that you have questions about, please email me and I will do what ever I can to get what you want.

 

 

 

For more info please email: viveiros@inetnow.net

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