1990 Chevrolet K5 Blazer: Regular Car Reviews

[@woodbutcher1159]

I have a 1990 Blazer that I bought fresh out of high school. She's been my daily driver for 24 years. 610,000 miles on the original engine and still strong. 100k+miles pulling a trailer. She's been to ver 100 concerts and I wouldn't trade her for the world.

[@AlejandroP1980s]

wood butcher hey they do bad mpg right because of how high they are should I get a 90 blazer or a 95 Tahoe or a suburban or a 95 ford bronco

[@woodbutcher1159]

@@AlejandroP1980s the Blazer is a classic that you would need to be able to work on... Tahoe or burban would be less maintenance. Gas mileage shouldn't be an consideration for any of the vehicles you mentioned...they all get very poor ( 8-12 mpg) according to how you drive it

[@XenomorphLV426]

Nice

[@user-uj3zk2cx8t]

I call bullshit on 610,000 miles

[@Ulfstigandr]

@@AlejandroP1980s the price on broncos is being artificially inflated and out of reasonable price for most. The tahoe is ifs, if your more commuter miles then truck use then thats the better truck. Tahoes are also cheaper then k5s right now, more bang for your buck in a sense. But if your like me, use it offroad and haul motorcycles/parts all the time the k5 with its solid axle and removable top are huge selling points.

[@Spazzycat14]

Damn this truck makes me want to drink a beer and yell about the government overreach while driving to the VA for my pain meds.

[@aaronmacy9134]

@ConcealCarryProtect; Holy fucking shit, you just nailed this thing. This might be the most underrated comment I’ve seen on an RCR. Up here in my hillbilly af corner of the Rockies, that’s 110% of C5 owners and is what I expected to hear about and see when I clicked on this vid, not Mr. GreenDay who owns it. This points out how crazy the cultural differences between PA and the Rocky Mountain states are. The Tacoma vid was the next biggest disconnect for me. That dude/culture is nothing like Tacoma owners I recognize out here.

[@hudsonhawk0016]

🤣🤣🤣

[@weepringle8743]

hooah

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍🇺🇸

[@bryanmartinez6600]

So what does owning a fixed up M998 you bought at government auction say? Don't have one I wish

[@spirosmousouris3908]

Dude, that hair with that goatee and that hoodie? Happy 2008 everyone. GreenBizkitParkRomance is an awesome band.

[@chrisreynolds6391]

RIP Chester Bennington. Too soon.

[@spirosmousouris3908]

@@chrisreynolds6391 yeah, we all miss him

[@klasseact6663]

GreenBizkitParkRomance....well done👍👍

[@bluh654]

more like happy 1999

[@ScottKudo]

2008? Nah man, that hair screams late 90’s, early 00’s.

[@VSigma725]

"Fuel economy? Don't ask!" I can relate to that...

[@BluegrassFilmsKY]

Yeah, that's what my 97 K1500 V8 was like. I do kinda miss it.

[@joshuaadler4259]

@@BluegrassFilmsKY I still want to know how jeep made the 4.0 so fuel innefficient like 19 mpg wtf

[@kainhall]

i have a 77 chevy 1/2 ton.... original 400 small block, 3 speed auto with no OD or lockup TC..... and FULL TIME 4 wheel drive... it gets 10mpg.... loaded, unloaded, headwind, tailwind.... it gets 10mpg

[@kainhall]

@@joshuaadler4259 i get 23 in my 97 grand Cherokee..... and look at it this way..... the modern day pickups with v8s and quite a few v6s STILL only get 18 to 25 mpg

[@joshuaadler4259]

@@kainhall I get 12 at best

[@ziggymorris8760]

One of the best looking trucks of all time.

[@yamahaguy1732]

ziggy morris squarebodys are the best

[@ACG7001]

@@yamahaguy1732 obs fords are the best

[@yamahaguy1732]

@@ACG7001 no personally I prefer a 64-66 c/k trucks

[@j_rivera2007]

based af

[@notherestillnothing]

@@ACG7001 definitely not the best looking, 1st gen blazers and 1st broncos are the best.

[@Elgauno]

13 GODDAMN TRANSMISSIONS.That kinda devotion is impressive.

[@yourfirsthouseinminecraft4531]

Not really when you consider people still take care of rotary engines.

[@zacht9447]

He's been getting shitty transmission

[@johnpossum556]

Looks so high off the ground you probably don't even need to jack anything up to get it out.

[@ninjamaster3453]

Would a Manual have lasted longer? 13 is insane. $3 grand a pop probably.

[@jordanwiley4582]

Doubt that, @@ninjamaster3453. Standard rebuilt 700r4s are around 1500 fora good rebuild. i bet he's been going through junkyard and craigslist 700r4s.

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Instead of making trucks that look like Fords, Chevy should go retro and go back to the square-body style.

[@allothecheekclapper]

Small square trucks arent coming back because of retarded drivers making the government put safety and fuel economy regulations on them

[@Joetechlincolns]

They went to square wheel openings, close enough by GM standards. Lol

[@dcinhere]

But that's exactly what Ford is doing with the re-release of the Bronco in 2020.

[@Countcho]

a big problem is that automakers are building "global" cars now. European standards are much tougher on all the curves and the shape of a car... so thats why we have a bunch of blob cars now

[@dcinhere]

@@Countcho actually its the other way around. There are numerous european cars that are imported that have different more clunky bumpers to meet US crash standards.

[@godwindracing6056]

One last time for 2018, the most anticipated copypasta of the year... [NZ coastline] Welcome to RCR New Zealand. [Isaac waves at screen] We were hosted by Camshaft Software, [Automaton title screen] makers of Automaton, a videogame [Dominion winga dinga] for every gearhead who say [V12 engine in dyno test] “I can make a better car company”. Well, this is your chance to put up or shut up. [screenshot of cam profiling] From cam profiles to [screenshot of fleet marketing] fleet marketing, you do it all [Bryan and Nick walking] and thanks to them, [Nick making notes, Bryan playing with his camera and Andrew chilling] Regular Car Reviews [Ford Falcon XR6] made it to New Zealand, [Toyota Celica GT-Four] the planet’s bonus track. [NZ wave approaches] Sweet as.

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

New Zealand, the planet's bonus track. Sweet ass*

[@lobmin]

Automation* lel

[@daltonsilver9826]

"I wish I had less morals". Damnnn, Fred Durst didn't even realize you roasted him lol.

[@deegan727]

I caught it too. LOL.

[@johncrockett7044]

I don't get it

[@Yixdy]

@@johncrockett7044 don't get what?

[@pjs8269]

Explain this roast please! I dont get it

[@Yixdy]

@@pjs8269 Fred durst is the guy from limp Bizkit, not someone you want to be compared to

[@jm-bn9sy]

"13 transmissions" thats a chevy

[@cellphonelightsaber]

[@P7777-u7r]

Should have manual swapped it That’s slushboxes for ya

[@gmjunky87]

probably improperly set up TV cable.

[@deegan727]

700r4 isn’t the greatest especially with added power. Also a poorly installed trans will ruin a good trans. He should put a fresh 4l80e in and be done with it.

[@P7777-u7r]

@@deegan727 *just manual swap it and be done with it

[@spirosmousouris3908]

Look at you RCR, delivering even in the last day of the year. This is why I like you. Happy new year ppl.

[@codymain2651]

K5 Blazer: The official truck of a midnight PBR and Newports run

[@ricochetey]

Newps

[@Dragunov302]

😂

[@eaglefat9398]

more like Bud light and Marlboro red , this is a k5 after all.. these are men of class

[@jamessawchuk5682]

PBR is for hipsters. Budweiser and Marlboro Reds, or Yuengling and unfiltered Luckies. These are manly men, men who pee outdoors. Men like Ron Swanson.

[@seththomas9105]

@@jamessawchuk5682 I don't smoke, but if I decide to it WILL be unfiltered Luckies. And yes when I can get it Yuengling is like mothers milk.

[@thomas-tk6ce]

2:35 if you look very closely you can see Matt farahs million mile red pick up truck behind the Lexus

[@Hobartthedolphinboy]

I wonder how many windshield notes the dude got before he had to put up the "not for sale" sticker

[@MrJesu84]

Last offer I got for my 77 blazer was $10,000

[@thehumancrumb.668]

@@MrJesu84 bullshit

[@channell11]

@@thehumancrumb.668 A clean one might fetch that much. The older square bodies especially are starting to gain value. Depends on the area, though.

[@afcgeo882]

@@MrJesu84 Pesos. 10,000 Mexican pesos.

[@MrJesu84]

@@channell11 you don't know

[@Schmidt54]

This. This is it. This is the definitive American car. This. This and the Crown Vic.

[@jesushusseinobama]

And they both chew the shit out of transmissions. Much love tho, I have a vic.

[@CoryFarrar]

That is funny because I own a 1984 Blazer (Military version) and a 2006 Crown Vic P71 (former cop car) haha

[@ryano.5149]

The '90 LTD Crown Vic was sweet too. ...and also all steel! At risk of sounding like every dad at every car show ever... "They sure don't make 'em like they used to!"

[@yamahaguy1732]

Alex Castagna idk what was wrong with that guy I’ve had one for 20 years and never needed a new trans

[@afcgeo882]

@@CoryFarrar Yeah... I can smell a wannabe from a mile away and you, sir... you stink!

[@The_Osprey]

I'm pretty sure his band's name is "Private Instigators." It said so on every image shown in this video.

[@skipnick]

holy Freudian slip batman

[@RustOnWheels]

I’ll not whoosh you because that’s lame and childish but there are lots of bands out there where people get confused about the name and if it has a ‘the’ in front. Pink Floyd, Melvins, The The, The Ex… Now go ahead and call my reply mansplaining or /r whoosh all you want, I’m outta here, gotta let the new year in, it’s waiting anxiously in front of my door.

[@TheHeadTaco]

@@RustOnWheels he's not calling him out on whether he says "The" or not, he's saying RCR called them "Private INVESTIGATORS" when it's "Private INSTIGATORS."

[@RustOnWheels]

Talha Mojawalla Holy mouse traps! I must be dyslexic too! 😂

[@RegularCars]

Forcebreak I did done doo

[@linglingjr]

Sounds like "Dom" needs to learn how to read line pressure or have a trans professionally rebuilt. 13 transmissions in 200k miles? You'd think he'd learn he's doing something wrong.

[@SheepInACart]

The something wrong might just be enjoying the car, rather than mechanical. When you put double the factory ponies under the hood, and like burnouts and launches through a factory auto box? Yep, 13 in 28years sounds about right, with most older cars, things can last 50 years or 5 months depending on how you treat them, and I'm not pretentious enough to pretend either choice is the "right" one, its not a rare historic vehicle to preserve for future generations, use it how you see fit.

[@cbh148]

I don’t know anything about GM’s or any US made stuff, but is there a durable-enough manual transmission that the owner could swap in without being a fabrication nightmare? I’m assuming a clutch pedal and brackets could be added with only a hole saw taken to the firewall, like on a 240sx.

[@criley2723]

@@cbh148 Yes quite easily. A t56 is a direct swap for his tranny.

[@Oddman1980]

@@cbh148 I know some of the trucks with that body style had manual transmissions (Four speeds typically) and I knew someone who had a 1990 Suburban with a four speed, so I bet it's a fairly easy swap. The nice thing about GM stuff is a LOT of stuff swaps over without any fabrication at all.

[@DKMreaper]

Ill agree with that, i have a 1990 c 1500 w/ 348k miles on it, 2nd trans in it.

[@jasonhsu4711]

This K5 Blazer was taken care of exceptionally well. You'd expect a 1990 vehicle in Muncie, Indiana (where this video was filmed) or Illinois (where it was registered given the Illinois plates) to have rusted away years ago.

[@timothylikesbeerandbread]

The 4runner episode made me love the channel, the blazer episode made me miss my 89 K5 more than ever before This channel is the greatest source of unique and creative content i love it

[@Dilomski]

Timothy Shearer Yep, 4runner episode is legendary and actually enjoy it even more now when I own a 91 4runner. The k5 is sexy as hell too!

[@joshjodlowski1555]

Wait, Marauder guy also has a K5? Frickin sweet

[@EnriqueGonzalez-qo5hn]

I hope he still owns the Marauder

[@RoundenBrown]

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me...

[@5liter]

Explains why this has been through 13 transmissions. I seem to remember that Marauder being sloppily maintained and taken care of as well

[@jamesherkenhoff6088]

The official car of “Ive been paying alimony and child support since 1986”

[@Dragunov302]

James Herkenhoff 😂

[@gabrielmillien7439]

😂

[@ilovemanunited6179]

James Herkenhoff 😂 I read that in his voice.

[@Chewey43]

@@ilovemanunited6179 who said that? Lol.

[@ztwntyn8]

Lmao, sob that is so accurate

[@nemo5335]

THE K STANDS FOR KILOGRAMS. THE 5 IS HOW HEAVY MY POOPS ARE. I TAKE 12 FIBER PILLS A DAY AND POOP ENORMOUS HEMPEN ROPES

[@clevelandmaker386]

yeah

[@domjfante8140]

BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN EZRA POUND

[@utrak]

GROWN MAN DUMPS

[@fordgalaxie3695]

BIG WASTE PILES

[@hiepphambui3941]

I think this is one of my fav RCR. It nicely balances the positives and negatives of a car, and decides to love the car for the positives.

[@jlang8213]

"Two cars with airbags crashed this year" Where do you come up with these facts!?

[@sneakerfreak2002]

I read about that in a readers digest when I was 13

[@ianpete3986]

It's kinda amazinh tbh hahaa

[@matthewbaquero]

Oh yes. Sadly the new Blazer is a disgrace to the name plate. I thought the S10 Blazer was already too "soccer mom" but I was wrong.

[@CP110]

the s10 blazer chassis had the Typhoon v6 turbo awd is pretty dope, not in the same way the k5 is but dope nonetheless. You right about the new one though.

[@ninjamaster3453]

S10 was an embarrassment. But it did serve as an old man truck.

[@matthewbaquero]

@@ninjamaster3453 Personally I like small pickups and wish they would make a return, but I don't think that Blazer or the new one deserve the nameplate. At least that one had a bit of off road capability.

[@RustOnWheels]

That S10 looked like a Toyota rip off but I know some folks doing amazing custom work on them that’ll make it go and look the part at it.

[@nagasako7]

*booming narrator voice* *and Oh how Mathew was wrong...* *pans camera to new Blazers*

[@cesariojpn]

I need to go to sleep RCR.......damnit.....

[@juvnal]

But you weren't, were you

[@Schmidt54]

10 in the morning here, Mr. Regular prefers Europe.

[@truckernation7886]

cesariojpn Same Brother!

[@ninjamaster3453]

Last day of the year. Come on!

[@Quinns_Cars]

7am in nova scotia!!!+ Who hoodoo backahift over!!!! Time to smoke a J and sleep!!!!!!

[@edwardlewandowski]

Really loved Roman's song at the end. His songwriting and performance skills are evolving into a fine whiskey. This is classic RCR. This is why we watch.

[@ianholmquist8492]

I watch rcr for everything but Roman's songs. The main man there could make a lot more money if he ditched so called roman. And the videos would be better.

[@edwardlewandowski]

@@ianholmquist8492 Roman does a great deal of the writing. He is integral to their success. You may not like his music, to each his own.

[@FranciscoFJM]

@@ianholmquist8492 Yah no, fuck off

[@thatguy3428]

My dad had a 72. Helped him rebuild the engine as much as a young kid could. My sister crashed it into a tree while learning to drive. K5 shrugged it off. Unfortunately it suffered a slow death when the transmission started going. My dad sold it due to financial problems like he did a couple other classics he had hanging around. Brings back memories. Some good, some bad. Such is life.

[@_nomote_]

Houses of the holy is amazing from beginning to end, but it’s no Zep 3

[@truckernation7886]

The Highway Safety Commission has ruled the Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving. /Canyonero!/

[@scowler92]

Canyonero?

[@SuperBlueMoonWA]

@@scowler92 the Simpsons reference I think

[@truckernation7886]

Yep

[@caucasiandebris9180]

36 tons of American pride!

[@dukdo7790]

65 tons of American pride.

[@LoserwinS1]

The only things that kill a square body are rust and neglect.

[@mikederucki]

Loser winS not counting the 13 transmissions?

[@MitchJohnson0110]

My 79 k5 has had the same transmission for 40 years. Still shifts perfect.

[@michaellorah9051]

Don't forget wiring and electrical gremlins..

[@malva9092]

How can we prevent rust?

[@MitchJohnson0110]

@@malva9092 you need to get a full on professional undercoating done if you live in an area near saltwater, or more importantly, if you live in a place that salts the roads in the winter like I do. Most of the K5 Blazers production saw little rustproofing done to the body.

[@froey198033]

I bought a 1985 K5 Blazer in 2001 with 85,000 original miles for $1,900. It had a 305 V8 engine and it was great especially in the snow. I had it for about a year before I got rid of it. I never had a issue with it. I would love to see them make a Blazer like this again not those tiny Trailblazers they came out with. I wanna see a big S.U.V. again.

[@colinjohnston5734]

9:31 so true, hit a van doing about 50 KPH in my 91 and my seat belt broke off from the bench and I bounced off the windscreen/dash but the truck was mostly fine. Bumper was pushed in a touch and the doors don’t open all the way but it looks most fine

[@hudsonhawk0016]

A real treat is to drive the M1009 military K5 variant. It's a bare bones metal floor, roll up windows, noisy smelly 6.2 diesel iron box .

[@afcgeo882]

Treat? More like torture, especially in the summer. You could turn the thin steering wheel a full turn and it would still go straight, but only when you don't want it to. If you hold the wheel straight, it will do a slalom for you.

[@hudsonhawk0016]

@@afcgeo882 lol, I've owed the M1008 and an M1031 one tons. The M1009 is a Cadillac compared to those bone crushers.

[@afcgeo882]

hudsonhawk 001 That’s great! I actually drove them in the service, under actual military maintenance, use and without civilian upgrades.

[@hudsonhawk0016]

@@afcgeo882 I put a Banks turbo and a 700R4 in the 86 M1031, it was a completely different truck. Plenty of power and I could run the truck on the highway without the engine coming through the hood. Lol

[@Alex-je6od]

Still restoring my M1009. Did away with the horrid disintegrating fiberglass hard top for a soft top. Texas heat without AC and the soft top is in safari mode 24x7

[@ErinTurco21]

“It’s had the same body for 18 years? Yea well so has dad” Fuckin lost it

[@Mikeb-NH]

One small benefit of having insomnia and still being up at 4 AM.

[@theeoddments960]

mikeb-NH damn wtf lol same

[@awizzle727]

I call my cocaine "insomnia" too. What a coincidence.

[@mylesspear]

5:32 did anyone notice the “Suicidal tendencies” book in the door pocket?

[@MattyRude910]

I totally hit crtl F to see if anyone else noticed.

[@cefb8923]

His shirt

[@markboomgaarden4679]

Drove an '84 6.2L diesel K5 in the 90's. Working on hat thing taught me tons about trucks. Sold it after the transmission crapped out for the third time. Damn that was a beast to try to push down the road.

[@Robovski]

My best friend had a black blazer in Chicago on the NW side and the wheel literally came off the front passenger after having the tires serviced on the way back from O'Hare one night. I hopped out and got that out of Addison as it nosed down. You were a good driver Jim, thank you for everything, it wasn't your fault that tire came off.

[@no_4259]

I just love these 60-70-80-90s trucks/truck-based vehicles. And I'm glad there is plenty driving around. I can't help but smile when I see one driving down the road, whether they are Ram, Chevy, or Ford.

[@mattmopar440]

And you see Chevy Blazer of today and it makes you cry

[@jclark1693]

NOT A HORSE

[@graumail]

We had a K5 when I was a kid, one of the older ones. It was on large enough tires that my dad had to pick my mom up and place her into the truck. Got about 5 mpg in blue with a white top. Absolutely loved that thing.

[@Spazzycat14]

Makes me proud to work on my old truck. Never buying anything newer than 1995.

[@tapethegrape8195]

I'm 19 and have had 3 vehicles so far not a single one of them were newer than 95 iv had a 95 Chevy Cheyenne a 95 Dodge caravan and now I have a 91 S10

[@panzerschreck5159]

That modern gentleman's hair is green

[@alexiliescu3328]

I'm sure it's just a phase. Either that or his dad fucked a parrot.

[@ninjamaster3453]

Did you just assume his gender? Welcome to 2019

[@hacon4]

@@ninjamaster3453 their*

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

Travis Hill you probably wouldn’t do a donut either..🧖‍♂️

[@RoundenBrown]

Feels like I'm back in 2002, in a good way. Kinda looks like the guy from Smash Mouth.

[@trailrunnah8886]

I'm a squrebody nerd and LOVE this truck! FYI this generation of GM truck is commonly referred to as the "squarebody" by truck nerds. This is one CLEAN K5. I could do w/out the sunroofs or the exhaust tips, and the 4WD def needs to work, but other than that his thing is SWEEEEEET. My dad had a 78 K5 when I was a little kid, and that thing was a tank. It was also a rotted out PO at that time (thanks New England!) but I remember him offroading it or crashing through huge snow piles. I always wanted one. Came close when I was in high school, I bought a beater 73K10 and fixed it up. Wish I had kept it :( They were a dime a dozen when I was in high school (90's kid), it wasn't till later the value started shooting up. I think they're worth the money though, as these trucks will literally last longer than their owners, providing one can keep the body rot at bay. As far as the transmissions, he doesn't specify if these are pro rebuilds, or junkyard transmissions. If they're from the JY, they can be picked up for a few hundred bucks. If they're pro rebuilds, he needs a new tranny guy. These don't have steering racks; the steering box turns a pitman arm which acts on a drag link which turns the drivers wheel, and the passenger wheel is connected to the driver's wheel via a long tie rod. If the ball joints in that long tie rod get worn, the wheels start to move in slightly different directions and the damn thing can be nearly uncontrollable. It happened to my K10. Crossover steering is a very popular mod on these. The rear axle is 1.5" narrower per side than the front. My truck came with wider wheels on the rear to even it out. Some mud truck guys used to say the different tracks were helpful in the mud, as the rear tires followed in slightly narrower ruts and got more "bite". I dunno, to me it looks goofy. Swap in a 3/4 or 1ton rear axle from the same generation van, the rear axle is wider than the pickups and will match the front track. To see a NASTY K5, check out BJ Balwin's. Though, there's not much K5 left other than the body and a section of the original chassis.

[@Bahraini_Carguy]

The K5 Blazer screams 'murica to me

[@ChevyCamaroIsBetter]

ToyGTone well I mean, its American..

[@donniemontoya9300]

I get the same feeling driving my 1985 GMC K20. My dad bought it brand new in 85 and the thing has just been a good honest workhorse ever since. Turns heads every once in a while with it having an iconic sounding 6.2 Detroit Deisel.

[@SteveT44]

Had an 88 K5 until it was stolen, still have it today otherwise. That thing was a beast. I remember after one big snowstorm pulling a bunch of cars (and a Jeep) out of a 5' snowbank. Loved that truck.

[@TexasBulldog74]

I have owned 4 K5 Blazers and they were all badass rides to own and drive. I saw one locally with a supercharged LS3 in it and sounded amazing and the owner claimed 18mpg city... that would be an amazing setup on some 35's. Love the blazer's!

[@alexvsbudder1174]

K20

[@kevaninthe4135]

The irony of "Houses of the Holy" is it's not on "Houses of the Holy".

[@starlightando6890]

And the original Chevy Blazer came out in 1982, 13 years after the K5 debuted

[@gresvig2507]

"I wish I had less morals". Story of my freakin' life.

[@mitchellmcginnis9909]

My dad has a forest green 1972 K5 blazer that my grandfather bought new in 1972. I love the thing. It gets real looks and there is so much space. Feels solid and loose and lax at the same time.

[@edim108]

8:30 That's pretty much what surprised me the most about my S10 Blazer. It's a big car by European standards, but it has a tighter turn radius than most cars on the roads, even ones with shorter wheelbases.

[@pleepler]

Hey, isn't that the guy with the Mercury Marauder?

[@gearheadred]

Yup.

[@fitnesswithsteve]

If I were meeting a guy for the first time and all I knew about him was that he owned a Marauder and a 1990 Blazer, I wouldn’t in a million years expect him to be a green haired, millennial rocker!

[@ninjamaster3453]

He's got a band.

[@pleepler]

No way... how could I miss that chunk of the video talking about his band? And other its and bits. And the plug. Damn, I sure wish I had your sense of attention.

[@paulwoodman5131]

At 11:27 , yep.

[@thelategreatnocoastsaint]

13 transmissions? Do I smell TV cable geometry/adjustment issues?

[@Bob-Sacamano]

You're smelling the burnt fluid of a 700R4 behind a 350hp motor. Then again it is swapped so TV cable issues are likely.

[@dominickdolio2703]

YUP!!! Don’t go to Aamco!!

[@1320fastback]

This x13

[@donniemontoya9300]

I just love the condition of the paint. its gorgeous. I have a 1985 K20, the thing is dented, scratched, sun bleached, and rusted.

[@Roshake77]

I have an assignment in graphic design school where we have to make cover art for a book. I had no idea what to make it for so my teacher recommended On the Road since he knew I'm a car guy. Reading and loving it now and just got the Kerouac reference at the start of the video!

[@antonioederlopezlopez7341]

2:42 thats me looking for a car

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

My name is Gerald

[@jefrey5578]

My K5 was my 2nd favorite vehicle I every owned. My favorite was my Gran National GNX

[@seththomas9105]

Oh. You sold your GNX? Wow one of the rarest muscle cars ever made and you sold it. Damn that s too bad. Hope you got good money for it.

[@GapedCeiling]

i owned one of these for 6 months when i lived in utah. it had a rebuilt sb350 and rusted/missing floorpan and i beat the ever loving shit out of it.

[@Astrophysix1]

I LOVE the blazer, it's so simple, but so rugged, and it just *works.*

[@thomasnew8606]

I had LOTS of fun with my 1990 Chevy "silverado" single cab truck with the 350 engine! Not the blazer but basically the same. and oh ya, I put 3 12inch Kicker sub-woofers behind the seat so I had to have it all the way forward to drive...very (not) safe Sounded great along with the 6.5 inch kicker component door speakers I had also. Good times...good high school times... :)

[@navarreteandy702]

Wait till i get my 78 jimmy on the road...grandpa would be happy..RIP.

[@nicholaswildethethird]

Okay I want to see that judge Judy episode if they actually made it "WeLL Ya DiD MakE mA WhEeLs fALl oFf..."

[@colinmartin9797]

So many memories in the GMC version of this that belonged to my best friend's mom. Burying it in water up to the goddamn hood and still getting out alive, slamming on the brakes and sending a friend in the back flying into the windshield...

[@yamahaguy1732]

Colin Martin the gmc ones are called jimmys

[@Tomgillchevy]

Hard to believe that this awesome truck is almost 30 years old! Great video - thanks for sharing

[@gmjunky87]

As a squarebody fanatic, that is one clean k5!! especially for being from a rust belt region!! Absolutely a beaut!!

[@twotailedavenger]

GM Square Body: The official truck/SUV of Fox News, Budweiser, and the NRA.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

twotailedavenger and having a homemade wood gun rack on either side of the trunk

[@maverickricardo4478]

I put a coexist sticker on mine to be ironic

[@vonhellsing6406]

And a faded Reagan 84 sticker!

[@nickrustyson8124]

And confederate flags dispite being in a Union state

[@cartoonist1975]

That celica to your left when you 1st stepped in the drivers seat ! ! ! ! love to see a review on that body style !

[@goldengod5915]

"I like your cylinder deactivation"

[@corywilhelm9768]

Just really spot on. You guys must have dad's that saw reality go away with technology. Keep these videos coming......you may be young, but you clearly have paid attention.

[@Mindphaser98]

This review really hit home. I've got an '88 with 200,000 miles. It's on its second engine and transmission because the original owners weren't kind to it. I used to daily it, but that wore out it's welcome pretty quick. This truck is a lot more fun offroad than on. Case in point; mine is bone stock, and I've taken it through the woods as the crow flies, crawling over fallen trees (so long as they weren't too big) like they were nothing as I followed lifted XJ Cherokees. Came close to busting the transfer case open a few times, but it was incredible fun and the only reason I keep it around. I spend more time working on the damn thing than driving it. When I do drive it, I get hounded by what I like to call "Squarebody Bros." I get questions and comments from them like this; "Are ya gonna restore it?" "You shouldn't be driving it in the winter, you're ruining a classic." "How much you want for it?" "Don't turn it into a mud rig, you're ruining a classic." It's the Squarebody Bros that tell me I'm ruining my K5 that get to me and is another reason why I don't daily it anymore. I might just turn it into a dedicated mud rig though, much to their dismay.

[@Shockwave-ob2tx]

An '89 model hit my '85 Escort, from a standing stop, while I was passing in front of it at a two-way stop, on the left rear quarter-panel, spun the car about 200 degrees, the right rear wheel rim hit the concrete curb, popped it over that after chipping the concrete and bending the rim, leaving the car almost completely off the street. I was amazed then, and now, that the car didn't flip. Did absolutely nothing to the K5's bumper. I still remember that guy's name, and I've hated Blazers ever since.

[@russelljohnson1303]

Lol

[@darrenjackson9646]

Only 13 transmissions? Tell him I'll trade my '99 Ram 1500 for it! It's had 15.

[@zalcan3620]

My 98 played the guessing game on wanting 2nd or not for awhile but it's original trans lasted to 290k

[@michaellorah9051]

Really? My 99 Taurus SHO has only gone 4, and it's a Taurus.

[@ninjamaster3453]

@@michaellorah9051 manuals lasted longer. We had a 1989 and 1991 with yahama engines both 5 speeds.

[@michaellorah9051]

@@ninjamaster3453 the 99 SHO only came with automatic. I've been thinking about aytempting a manual swap, but it would probably be more money and effort than it's worth.

[@darrenjackson9646]

Mine was originally bought and used to tow a fifth wheel. For the first 14, come to find out, the dealership hadn't actually connected up the heavy duty cooler that was installed so they were all warranty repairs within the first 50k miles. Then the 15th was my doing after I bought it at 65k, did the transmission service with the wrong filter and blew it up on a long highway pull.

[@Lazarus7000]

This generation of Chevy trucks is, without question, my favorite. Coincidentally it's also the precise cross-section of the availability of luxury features like power windows/locks/seats, air con with the last bastion of traditional features like butterfly windows, manual transmission availability even in the utility bodies (allegedly foreign markets and fleet sales could defy this) fully metal construction, etc. A 1970s platform updated to the 1990s. The pickups had already taken the newer, modernized form by the late 80s, but the Blazer, Suburban, and Heavy-Duty pickups stayed with this body style until '91, delicious anachronisms of 70s zeitgeist in the era of the Taurus and the design imperative that everything had to start looking like it was excreted from some terrible orifice. Seeing a car like this on the road is like getting back small-portrait notes in your change. "Ah" you think, "real money." Before the change that set everything on its ear. Before "they" ruined it.

[@cpufreak101]

You are right about foreign markets, the Silverado actually retained a manual transmission in the Mexican market until 2013 (however it was only on the V6 base model)

[@Lazarus7000]

@@cpufreak101 Yep, I have a '13 and the manual talks about a stick. I asked the dealer and they said that was the last year.

[@cpufreak101]

@@Lazarus7000 oh nice, well guess you now know where it was sold in stick haha

[@Lazarus7000]

@@cpufreak101 Yep, the dealer only told me that a special order would have been vaguely possible. Some day I would like to swap in the 4+low+OD box that got into the last regular USDM stickshift trucks. And a Gear Vendors De Normanville overdrive as well so I can have a Mad Max-style knob on the stick, 24 total speeds.

[@nickrustyson8124]

@blackandgold51 But why? It would be a over 20 year old body at that point, even then the GMT-400 isn't bad, they are just like Square Bodies but not going to cost you a arm and a leg for almost 50 year old garbage

[@jontribble9593]

I know it’s been a few years but where can I listen to this band in 2022?

[@thejohn6912]

This is probably the cleanest RCR I’ve ever watched and I think it shows just how good he really is at writing reviews

[@doofino]

SRV died in a helicopter crash. Btw.

[@jackhartenstein4097]

Thank you! It always makes me mad when people get that wrong!

[@VaRaBlurr]

I see k5 blazer I click

[@makiravila7751]

Now you need Ramcharger, and a Bronco ❤️

[@lucahieveryone.460]

My first car was a 1979 K-5 rusted out free hand me down in 1993 with more miles than you could imagine. I loved every moment in that truck.

[@Anonymous-oy7os]

My first truck was a 78 K5!! Second was a 2 door Tahoe. Also had a TBSS. I love Blazers!! You can literally back up into a normal car with a K5, destroy/total the other car, and only have a small dent on your bumper... I mean, that's what i heard. Best car for a young man.

[@riccibranham5447]

I really need a playlist of RCR on Spotify so I can sheepishly smile at my coworkers at my factory job... Please make this happen.

[@SuperWooba]

10:12 "Look at him! I bet he porks no handed." LMAO!!

[@hambrabai1256]

13 Transmissions over the years, my crap dumpster F150 went through one transmission in 479,000 miles before the second engine blew up. Didn't think you could detonate that many 700R4s that quickly.

[@chaplaincrabtree6881]

It's called, old clutches and no shift kit.

[@scofield117]

Yeah when your bolting used 700r4 transmissions up to a crate engine with about 100hp more than the 700r4 was ever really ment to handle, things won't last long.

[@darrenrussell3695]

Yeah he's a fucking idiot

[@kievanrus9434]

Pretty easy to blow up 13 700r4s if you dont understand the TV cable and the fact you need to keep its adjustment and geometry correct. If you hook one of these up without a pressure gauge you're nuts.

[@yamahaguy1732]

Darren Russell yeah lol he can’t even make 4wd work right

[@pmckinlay653]

Woo! 8:45PM on the Australian east coast! Thanks Mr Regular!

[@jimmyjet07]

I had a 79 K5. Champagne gold farm truck with a lift kit much like this one. I could make moves on the sheer force of ugly with that beast. No running boards. I'm 6'0" and the door handle was at eye level. I used the door pull and steering wheel to vault myself inside. It was wonderful. There's nothing - NOTHING! - more liberating than owning a truck that you love but at the same time don't give a crap about. I didn't polish the fenders. The interior was musty and the floorboards had a few holes. I needed a daily for living in the Vail Valley and this monster was PERFECT.

[@patrickmclaughlin3484]

Most blazer owners acknowledge 3 body styles. the 69-72 which has the 67-72 truck body and fully convertible top, the ever coveted 73-76 full convertible square body, and the 77-91.

[@markwilliams2620]

Stevie Ray died in a helicopter crash. Stll another great guitarist murdered by heavier than air vehicles. Damn you Orville and Wilbur, DAMN YOU!!!!! PS: Dom, props for the Suicidal Tendencies gear!

[@afcgeo882]

All vehicles are heavier than air.

[@seththomas9105]

@@afcgeo882 Not Blimps, Zeppelins, or hot air/gas balloons. Classified as lighter than air.

[@afcgeo882]

Seth Thomas They are only classified as that because of the gasses they are filled with, which greatly reduces their density. Otherwise they are much heavier than air, I assure you.

[@seththomas9105]

@@afcgeo882 WHAT?!?! Yer shitting me....

[@iron1349]

Dominic? Illinois? Band? Is this the same guy with the Maraduer?

[@defmech]

late reply here, but check out the segment at 11:25

[@Sodom_and_Gomorrah]

It is.

[@fitnesswithsteve]

All GM did was put one of these in a giant vat of soy for 29 years and PRESTO!!! They had the 2019 Chevy Blazer!

[@SoI_Badguy]

God damn that hurts

[@cpufreak101]

That was funny yet sad, because I think they might have also dropped some estrogen into that vat too

[@launch4]

Somewhere in Australia: Don't sell Blazers here, wonder what he meant... (Searches 2019 Blazer)... Oh god why.

[@wanderingman8921]

@@cpufreak101 That's what soy is.

[@matthewlemon4208]

I love the "this year in history" type facts. THANK YOU KEEP UP GOOD WORK!

[@harryrupertus2075]

Had an 84 K5 and it was my favorite vehicle I ever owned 👍🤘 wish I never got rid of it.

[@anatolyFct]

5:30 "Just another life in the day of a K5"

[@Hemojang]

"Just another life in the day of a k5" dyslexic lol

[@sndwav2049]

I figured I wasn't the only one who caught that. LOL!

[@Tex84]

LOL Glad I'm not the only one paying attention!

[@dominick253]

They had to have put in used transmissions to go through that many.

[@catfish552]

I wonder how many used POS transmissions you gotta buy before you decide to get a good one.

[@benn454]

@@catfish552 At least 12, apparently.

[@フォグマシン]

Dude looks like some my teenage / early 20s friends in the 90s / early aughts. Love that these guys still exist.

[@ryansmith7974]

This truck a very looking good Blazer. I was brief owner of an 1980 Jimmy with a Target Master 350 crate engine. It was hell to drive on the freeway. And when i sold it I lost money but my next vehicle was a 83 Tercel 4WD wagon so I came out alright.

[@Wbfuhn]

No vehicle should ever have to go through that many transmissions. The only way a vehicle goes through that many transmissions is bad shift changing or terrible quality gears and parts.

[@catfish552]

He also has parts from "over 60 different cars" crammed into his Marauder. Don't really have a lot of faith in the guy, TBH.

[@cpufreak101]

My best guess is that he just keeps putting in the factory original automatic which wasn't meant for the beefier V8

[@eaglefat9398]

its a known bad transmission yet he kept putting in junkyard replacements which all had the same problem and to his surprise they all broke, imagine that smh, he probably spent over $6,500 on cheap replacements if he would have just had it professionally rebuild with revised parts it would have only cost him $2,000 and he would have had a bulletproof transmission that he could count on.

[@theepicyoutubization]

It appears that youve realized chevy