See each build: the light blue '72 · the silver '72 · the '84, for sale
The K5 Blazer is the truck we've built more of than any other. Three have rolled out of the shop so far: a silver '72 kept as a classic driver with a refreshed 350, a light blue '72 with an LS3, a 4L80, and billet everywhere you look, and a frame-off '84 with a 480-horsepower LS3 that's for sale right now. Same truck, three completely different scopes. That range is the point of this page.
We work on both generations. The first-generation K5 (1969–1972) is the short, removable-top truck most people picture, built on the C/K pickup chassis. The second generation (1973–1991) is the square-body, which shares its bones with the K10 pickup and takes a lift and a big tire better than almost anything from its era. We're a family shop in Pelham, Alabama, about twenty minutes south of Birmingham, and we take in Blazers from anywhere in the lower 48.
New to how a build goes? Start with how it works. Looking at an LS swap on its own? See engine swaps.
Keep the small-block. Refresh the engine, sort the suspension, fresh paint, a clean interior, modern gauges. A Blazer you drive every weekend without thinking about it.
Our silver '72 is this build: refreshed 350, Fox shocks, custom interior panels, Dakota Digital gauges.
Modern drivetrain in a truck that still looks right. An LS, an overdrive automatic, disc brakes, air conditioning, and a suspension that doesn't wander. The body and the character stay.
The '78 K10 we built on the same chassis family is the closest example: 6.2 LS, Deaver, BDS, and Fox underneath.
Frame-off. Everything comes apart, the chassis gets blasted and painted, and the truck goes back together with the drivetrain, suspension, brakes, interior, and details chosen piece by piece.
The light blue '72 and the '84 are both this build, and no two parts lists are the same.
Every build is billed on time and materials, so none of these is a package with a fixed price. The parts you see on our finished Blazers are the choices those owners made, not a standard list. We'll scope yours around your truck, your budget, and how you plan to drive it.
Refresh or rebuild the original small-block, or swap in an LS. Our LS Blazers have run LS3s with a 4L80 and a 4L60E, Atlas and billet transfer cases, and vintage-style intakes that keep the engine bay looking period. Transmission and transfer case get matched to the engine and how you'll use the truck.
Deaver leaf springs, BDS components, and Fox shocks are the combination we keep coming back to on these trucks, with Skyjacker lift springs and a RedHead steering box on the '84. Wilwood four-wheel discs when the power calls for it. Wheel and tire packages from stock-look to 35s on beadlocks.
Rust repair where these trucks get it, panel replacement where it's past saving, gaps set before paint. Rotisserie paint on frame-off builds so the underside is as finished as the body. Billet grilles, emblems, and sequential taillights if you want the details to match.
From custom door panels and leather roll-bar covers on a driver to a fully custom package with leather on every surface. Dakota Digital gauges, Vintage Air or Restomod air conditioning, custom stereo, power steps, wood cargo floors. Stitched in-house.
No. Our silver '72 kept its 350 and it's a better truck for it. If you want the original small-block sound and simplicity, we'll refresh or rebuild what's there. If you want modern power, fuel injection, and an overdrive, an LS is the usual answer. Both are real options, and the cost difference is real too, so it's one of the first things we'll talk through.
Some. The 1969–72 trucks are rarer and parts for them are harder to find, so originality tends to matter more to their owners. The 1973–91 square-bodies have a much deeper aftermarket and share most of their chassis and drivetrain with the K10 pickup, which makes lifts, big tires, and LS swaps more straightforward. We've built both, and the first conversation is about which direction fits your truck.
Blazers commonly rust in the rocker panels, cab corners, floors, tailgate, and around the rear wheel wells, and a removable top means water has had decades to find its way in. We can't tell you how bad yours is from photos alone. Once it's at the shop and apart, we'll show you what we found before we quote the metal work.
Yes. We take in Blazers from anywhere in the lower 48, and the build runs the same way: photos and a call first, then the truck comes to Pelham, then weekly updates while it's here. The nationwide restoration page covers transport and what to expect.