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There's a new rig in town...

matuva

Tropical 6.5er
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... and I'll soon be driving it :D

My father in law and I recently bought a 1994 K1500 Blazer. This poor thing was in a really bad shape, the PO just put some fuel in the tank and drove it, doesn't matter it was smoking white as hell and heating.

The diagnostic was severe : blown headgaskets, cracked heads, but luckely, the block was safe.

2 new heads and headgaskets later, + some cleaning, new wheels, few paint job and powder coating, she's alive again.

Next is to repair the leaky A/C circuit loosing refrigerant, some body paint job and inside cleaning..

Some pics :
Engine1.jpg Engine3.jpg
Caramel1.jpg Caramel2.jpg
Engine2.jpg turbo.jpg
 
Nice!:thumbsup: Had a feeling you wouldn't stay away from the 6.5s for too long.:agreed: Looks like you've been holding out on us.:skep: All that cleaning and painting didn't happen over night:D
 
I just painted my fender flares with Duplicolor Bed Armor. They were faded out like yours and its looks pretty good IMO. Just a thought.

Nice truck!
 
Thanks for the kind words buddies :D :D

Yup, pleaseure to come back in the 6.5's world, though I always kept an eye on it in different ways.

Things are recovering slowly, I will keep the little Zuki which has been and still is a very faithful servant, and will now
be back :D
 
Nice!:thumbsup: Had a feeling you wouldn't stay away from the 6.5s for too long.:agreed: Looks like you've been holding out on us.:skep: All that cleaning and painting didn't happen over night:D

X2, welcome back!
 
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