This Old MILITARY Chevy K5 Is One Of The Toughest Classics Money Can Buy!

[@vinnyc365]

I like that a throwaway line like ''This engine mount is for the Chevy 350 gas motor'' could save people hours, days, weeks of frustration, and a good amount of money.

[@rik999]

Please give us a tour of your fire engine (the mack)

[@richardd7715]

I'll try to do that this week or next

[@YENKOGT]

"Project for my daughter and I" best line... Best father... You rule mister...

[@TomaszbtdZiobrowski]

nice k5, but those fire trucks!

[@joeymccullough2716]

Can’t wait to see what you do with the Dodge! And, to all volunteer first responders out there, “Thank you!”

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

Cool ride. The 6.2 sounds great with duel 2 1/2 inch straight pipe exhaust. Thanks for sharing. Like the firetruck too

[@donellmuniz590]

Nice truck. And thanx for your service. My late mom and sister were EMTs and my late Dad was a veteran and a fire commisioner.

[@B422TMack]

I'm digging the CF model Bulldog ( Mack) in the background.😎

[@morgansword]

love em all. this is why us vets have fun, we take em home

[@regsparkes6507]

One of the nicest body line that GM ever built,...including today's models! Great project! By the way, I wonder, is his daughter going into automotive mechanics?

[@umpireoba]

My ears were disappointed to not hear that 6.2 diesel

[@eggohead4249]

They were the commanders or 1Sg's vehicles, the 1031 was the work truck, and the 1008 was the 3/4 ton pickup...

[@nightbladexxx]

Exactly

[@justinraystyles3537]

Upstate south Carolinian Here!😎👍

[@willb3018]

Looks like a fun rig. Love it.

[@dhfd200]

Yes would love a tour of the fire apparatus

[@estarszak]

When I was in the Army Reserve we called that an 880. Tough trucks

[@justingross2167]

880 is the dodge truck

[@AlexBrooks1988]

I want that truck

[@dillondurham8692]

My civilian 84 6.2 took that sbc motor mount as well

[@kevingross6417]

You have great taste in vehicles. Love the CUCV and Mack CF

[@williamevans461]

I absolutely love CUCVs

[@bigdaddyvince182]

Beautiful truck 😍

[@mariarusso8239]

Hi Vincent how are you doing today. I hope you are safe and in good health.

[@zoefaith120]

South Carolina baby!!!!!

[@oscarbear7498]

I have this truck and it's been stopped for 10 years in my ranch

[@StealthDonut1]

We had a few of these in my TALCE units (AF) back in the 90's. Most often we'd have them as movers around the flightline/tarmac and to move equipment about. Our came wired for UHF/VHF radio use (they'd have a "shark fin" antenna on the roof) and low level headlights for night navigation. The big diesel under the hood provided plenty of power for what we needed. I'm interested in owning one myself as they were very reliable, and I'd like to make it as stock as possible, but outfitted for our operations on airfields. Do they still sell these as surplus?

[@jeffreypinder9398]

I've got a few miles in those trucks in the mid 80's

[@LuisDelaroa]

Nice project I just got an 84 that I have no idea how do I wire it to start it it has the 24 V there anyway we can maybe get some pictures on the wiring I’m in California

[@tylermitchell4407]

Need a video on that old Dodge

[@richardd7715]

I'll try to do it this week

[@tylermitchell4407]

Richard D awesome sounds good 👍

[@Rolatnor]

Looks good

[@NOWAY-jw3iq]

Take the center plastic cap off the steering wheel and but a nickel between the center nut and the metal circle around the center steering wheel nut. And when you turn the lights on the horn will blow. Lol

[@kevinrichards3288]

I very seldom see any of those second generation Chevy K5 Blazers & GMC Jimmys on the roads nowadays, especially those ex Army M1009 units.

[@musicman6887]

Nothing better than a suzuki swift 2011 to go offroad😎💪🏼💪🏼

[@overdriven77]

Hey, viewer from Bosnia and Herzegovina here. You know, you don't see a much of old american pickups and SUV's in Europe, but I've seen a couple of K5 Blazers here and I assume they were all a military vehicles used during the war here in the 90''s. Now I always wondered one thing. What are those "sockets", "plugs" or what ever they are called on the front grille in between the headlights? Was it used for hooking up some equipment?

[@05EVORS]

Passenger socket is Nato jump start plug to take power from a tank or jeep...starter/glow plugs are 24v the cab is still 12v...the 2nd alternator ONLY recharges the starting/glow plug battery. The Right side thing is infra red light to illuminate the 'bridge plate' for european theatre to let bridge guards know the weight before crossing 200+ year old bridges

[@overdriven77]

@@05EVORS Thank you very much for the answer!

[@05EVORS]

id have the inner door panel off in 5 minutes and push that dent back out!

[@16driver16]

Reliable, yes. Toughest, no. This would need a dana 60 and 14 bolt and some lower gearing/lockers to be the toughest truck you could buy.

[@dominicsantelli5053]

he said " One of the toughest..." not "THE toughest" look before you assume

[@16driver16]

@@dominicsantelli5053 I know what he said and its WRONG with the 10 bolt thats in the rear of that truck its nowhere near one of the toughest trucks. A truck is only as tough as its weakest link and this one has a link made of glass, its like when they were dumb enough to rebuild the trans in the comanche rather than toss it in the garbage and go with any one of the much better options

[@mattlane2282]

@@16driver16 Yeah clip axle... yuck

[@16driver16]

@@mattlane2282 I love Chevy, and its still a terrible axle, i prefer the suspension on the 1/2 ton trucks, too. Fixing its as easy as swapping in the 14bolt full float with new u-bolts and conversion u joints(unless your lucky and get the heavier duty driveshaft too) and bleed the brakes, then youd have a true tough truck.

[@justingross2167]

The m1008 pickup version had the 14 bolt rear but at 4:56 gearing about 55-60 the 6.2 was screaming

[@jeffroW0331]

Nice rig 🇺🇲

[@dominicsantelli5053]

hey love it, just two questions, one, what happens if it rains, two, would you and your daughter ever be willing to sell?

[@MCMXLVI]

Can anyone help me with the driver side alternator belt size/number? And the group number and manufacture for the original batteries?

[@NatureRecycleFlorida]

cool truck and some other cool fire trucks

[@NorthernUtahDashcam]

I like it. But I would never put Honda seats in an American vehicle. Just because.

[@richardd7715]

I would have loved to put some new Chevy seats in it, but those Honda seats fell in my lap and worked out pretty well.

[@NorthernUtahDashcam]

Richard D I can see that. It’s just a personal preference. When I had my K5 the original seats were bad too in blue vinyl.

[@Alex-je6od]

someone stole your pintle hitch!!! Looks like you have a (one) new alternator, new screw-on fuel filter (vs the old cube filter), new wiper motor + pump. Oil cooler lines are older looking, and will likely fail sooner than later.

[@scottstrang1583]

I didn't know DD was involved with that 6.2l diesels. Makes sense, though. Didn't GM still own DD back in that time?

[@detroitdiesel-vu3ig]

The last Detroit Diesel motor developed under GM was the 60 Series but yes, GM asked Detroit Diesel to develop this motor for their light truck division and they’re awesome little motors

[@jakemonster001]

Nice Blazer but how much for that fire engine?! :D

[@cmadk3423]

Cool truck! Needs a SM465 manual transmission.

[@richardd7715]

I was looking at a 5-speed for it. As soon as that transmission issues, that's exactly what I'm going to do.

[@05EVORS]

Or a 700R4 with manual valve body and an Art Carr cable shifter mounted anywhere you want. The company Advance Adapters that makes the Atlas T Case in CA makes the 700R-NP208 32spline adapter. This way you dont have to mess w the special TV cable bracket on the Injection Pump and it will make you feel like you have a manual w manual shift/OD

[@LordNotlek]

What is a good price for those old blazers

[@frankgarcia8901]

They are selling me one like this don't know if I should buy it. How are this 6.2 Diesel engines?

[@Kenya-Kikuyu]

What the mpg

[@timf2279]

Who knows just keep filling up. It's more of a drive around town vehicle than interstate cruiser, however it does well on the freeway. About 15 to 20 on the highway depending on speed tires ext ext.

[@Warriorbob-im5py]

These did not proceed the humvee, the humvee had been in development for years and was introduced earlier the same year as the Chevy CUCV program. The thinking was the humvee would be far to expensive for everyone to have so the Military wanted to expand the cucv program with GM replacing dodge. The intention was to use the gm CUCVs as stateside vehicles and even rear support vehicles in forward areas and units actually deployed with a specific need would use the humvees. However maintenance, supply and storage of spare parts of so many different vehicles proved to be a logistics nightmare and actually cost more as well the vehicles themselves proved to be very unreliable in theater and so the program was largely scrapped. You still see some modern civilian trucks used by the military but it’s largely for range control type stuff.

[@timf2279]

Don't forget the CUCV II and the LSSV.

[@dinospomino9611]

You are so lucky

[@flight2k5]

Nothing tough about these. They’re just a blazer 🤣😂

[@dominicsantelli5053]

I'm sorry?

[@flight2k5]

@@dominicsantelli5053 did did I studda?