Featured on AutoHunter, the net public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 1987 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado 4×4.

Rugged, truck-based engineering made the unique Blazer a favourite amongst outdoorsy individuals for its go-anywhere, haul-anything functionality. As we speak’s instance takes the already-potent chassis and amplifies it with a 2.5-inch Professional Comp lifted suspension, BFGoodrich all-terrain tires, LED lighting, polished aluminum valve covers, and a customized exhaust system. In all, the upgrades whole over $18,000 in receipts. This modified SUV is now being provided by a dealership in Seattle, Washington. The public sale ends this Friday.

Since 1969, the Blazer identify has been a part of the Chevrolet household, and it has spanned a variety of sport-utility automobiles throughout that point. Some have been primarily based on full-size vans, others (just like the S-10 Blazer) have been compact vans, some have been crossovers, and the most recent iteration which simply went on sale earlier this 12 months is a fully-electric car that shares battery structure with the Cadillac Lyriq, the Honda Prologue, and the Acura ZDX. For sure, the Blazer has come a great distance in its 50-year-plus historical past.

The 1973 by means of 1991 Blazers (and, by design, the equal GMC Jimmys) have been primarily C/Okay-Collection pickups, simply with smaller dimensions. Some fashions – significantly the sooner ones – got here with a detachable convertible prime. The 1987 mannequin featured at the moment reportedly acquired over $3,600 in current paint work in addition to a $500 window tint job. It’s also upgraded with LED lighting, chrome aspect steps, and a trailer hitch, to not point out a shiny set of polished aluminum Mickey Thompson 17-inch wheels. 

Wanting on the CARFAX historical past, it’s no marvel this rig is so rust-free: Whereas the report doesn’t begin till 1996, it reveals long-term southwest-region possession in Nevada and Arizona. Curiously sufficient, there was registration issued in June of this 12 months in British Columbia, however a brand new proprietor reported simply two months later in Seattle the place the car stays at the moment. It’s enjoyable to piece collectively each car’s life story, and this truck most likely has an attention-grabbing one to share.

Plush inside provisions have been sourced from a later-model Common Motors car with captain’s chairs, and the cabin is properly appointed with energy home windows, energy steering, a tilt steering column, air con, cruise management, and a Kenwood audio system. In spite of everything, simply because a car is able to roughing it doesn’t essentially imply the motive force must do the identical.

The public sale for this 1987 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado 4×4 ends Friday, November 17, 2023, at 12:15 p.m. (MST)

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