hey this is Craig i work in tech data management at Summit
Racing Equipment this is my 1973 k5
Blazer
i didn't find out until i was a teenager that general motors
made full top blazers and jimmies i had only ever seen halftop blazers here in
northeast ohio the moment i discovered the existence of
full-top blazers was when i saw the movie jaws when i saw
chief brody hop into that 74k5 to drive into town
to close the amity beaches i knew i had to have one
i found my blazer on ebay in the summer of 2006.
now it had 67 000 miles and it was 90 percent original
and had been in storage since the early 90s the original owner kept
detailed receipts of everything he ever did to the blazer and not only that
this guy kept a notebook for 20 years every single fuel stop
so he could track his gas mileage after a short negotiation
i landed the blazer for five thousand dollars now the owner did do some
significant modifications under the hood early on
like hooker headers and a mallory unilite ignition system
so this made it easier for me to tear into the motor i added goodies like
trick flow super 23 aluminum heads a summit intake
a summit m2008 carburetor summit multi-spark digital ignition system
summit hei distributor howard's roller cam and lifter valve train
and hedman elite headers the 8 inch steel wheels i added are factory stock
and i bought them while i was still searching for a blazer i always knew
this was the wheel and hubcap combo that i wanted these wheels were hard to find
in 2006 but now summit racing sells em' brand
new mine were painted black and in rough
cosmetic shape when i got them i sand blasted them and painted them
using summits wheel paints and then i wrapped them in
32 inch bfg all-terrains the full fiberglass top is
very heavy it's too heavy for one person to remove
i've lived at three houses in the 14 years since i've owned the blazer
and at each house i've built a ceiling mount pulley hoist
in the garage to lift the top off by myself
the latest version i just built in my current garage uses an electric winch
i love working for summit racing this is an amazing company to work for
and i've been here going on 18 years i started on the phones in customer
service i did that for five years and in 2008 i
was asked to join the technical data management team as a parts photographer
where i began photographing and digitally cleaning up our web images
we know that our customers rely heavily on the images we present at the point of
sale so my job is to make sure that the
images we present are as accurate as we can possibly make them
this is why summit racing was an early adopter
of 360 imaging technology being a car guy
really helps my job because i know what i'm looking at when i'm photographing
parts and also since i came from customer
service i know what customers need to see when they place an order for parts
in addition to still photography and 360 imaging i also do video production as
well i'm a small part of a team of video professionals here at summit racing
who have really taken the initiative to take our video presentations to the next
level in recent years well if you ask me what my favorite
thing to do with the car is it's probably going to be like everybody
else i love to drive this car this is the most favorite thing that i
love to do is just take this thing out on a sunny day
and just drive through the countryside thanks i think that it's an advantage to
customers that summit racing has so many enthusiasts on our staff the guys that
work on our staff are hardcore car guys they know their
stuff and that's going to translate into a
good experience for the customer