I had a '76 w 350/400 and PTO.
Poor thing rotted out, had over 200K on it and was still running fine (had transmission rebuilt).
It sucked in the woods, it was so big.
Cold in winter (too much space for just front heat).
But it hauled my crap and had room for a deer inside.
Could get my camo cold gear on while still seated behind steering wheel.
Was a good vehicle,.
Took out a doe on interstate at about 80 MPH. Hit on frame rail, so bumper grill and hood crinkled. Fender too.
Drove it 50 miles past that to get home ( tire smoked due to alignment screwed up).
Kid was in baby seat in middle of back seat, never even woke up.
Deer was a mess.
Mine was a '73, the last year of the 1 piece fiberglass roof, I think. I saw it on a dealer's repair lot. It had a 327 and a 3 on the tree, the only one I've ever seen on a Blazer. The linkage was worn out and they couldn't get the parts to fix it. I found a floor shift conversion kit that I knew would fit and made them an absurdly low offer. They grabbed it. It had about 100k on it. It took me 2 hrs to install the shift kit and I ran it another 100k. Then I sold it for the same price that I'd paid for it years before. I had a ball with that thing. It seriously needed a 4 speed but by using the low range to get moving sometimes, it never failed to get me there.
