This reminds me of the heyday of the Auburn auction, 350,000 people on Labor Day weekend. This year was the last. Great job on the K5, inspires me to get mine done and sold, which gives me an excuse to go to Scottsdale.
Hey Paul, I know this is 3 years later, but currently there is a 72 K5 Blazer on Craigs list, built by JK Lanier of Killer Customs and he was nervous about putting his build in Barrett Jackson. I don't know if he was down to the wire like you were, but he is asking $175,000. It's a beautiful build but I'm sure every piece of sheetmetal was not replaced as yours was. I'd love to know what your cost to build was for alll the work you did. You look satisfied with the amount. Good for you.
Hey, thanks for watching the videos. Glad they helped out with some insight for you. Typically if I'm replacing all the floors and replacing lots of panels from rust, it's about 300-600 hours of bodywork and paint at $70 a hour. These builds can get out of control pretty quick if they're not managed correctly. That black blazer I sold for $126k, back then blazers were just breaking the six figure mark so it was a top ten sell at the Barrett. Now people are putting so much time and money, it's hard to tell what the market is because of the different tiers. Stock frame, 6.2Ls, 4L80E, big brakes, frame off restoration with the labor all included with the parts basically starts at $60-80k with you providing the truck, or any vehicle for that matter. If you buy a new blueprint engine, add another $10k on the premium, if you do coilover suspension, add anther $15k if you add a roadstershop frame, add $60k, if you want the frame show room finished add another $12k labor...just depends on what you're looking for. All the blazers and c10, k10s that are bringing over $200k have superchargers, coilover shocks, showroom restoration so obviously they have a lot more invested in the build. Let me know if you have any other questions and hopefully I answered this one without getting too over the top technical
This reminds me of the heyday of the Auburn auction, 350,000 people on Labor Day weekend. This year was the last. Great job on the K5, inspires me to get mine done and sold, which gives me an excuse to go to Scottsdale.
Congratulations, thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for the behind the scenes
It was fun being able to spend some time with you. Congratulations!
Its a master piece
Sweet man. I have a 72 k5 also. In slc.
Hey Paul, I know this is 3 years later, but currently there is a 72 K5 Blazer on Craigs list, built by JK Lanier of Killer Customs and he was nervous about putting his build in Barrett Jackson. I don't know if he was down to the wire like you were, but he is asking $175,000. It's a beautiful build but I'm sure every piece of sheetmetal was not replaced as yours was. I'd love to know what your cost to build was for alll the work you did. You look satisfied with the amount. Good for you.
Hey, thanks for watching the videos. Glad they helped out with some insight for you. Typically if I'm replacing all the floors and replacing lots of panels from rust, it's about 300-600 hours of bodywork and paint at $70 a hour. These builds can get out of control pretty quick if they're not managed correctly. That black blazer I sold for $126k, back then blazers were just breaking the six figure mark so it was a top ten sell at the Barrett. Now people are putting so much time and money, it's hard to tell what the market is because of the different tiers. Stock frame, 6.2Ls, 4L80E, big brakes, frame off restoration with the labor all included with the parts basically starts at $60-80k with you providing the truck, or any vehicle for that matter. If you buy a new blueprint engine, add another $10k on the premium, if you do coilover suspension, add anther $15k if you add a roadstershop frame, add $60k, if you want the frame show room finished add another $12k labor...just depends on what you're looking for. All the blazers and c10, k10s that are bringing over $200k have superchargers, coilover shocks, showroom restoration so obviously they have a lot more invested in the build. Let me know if you have any other questions and hopefully I answered this one without getting too over the top technical
damn thats cool , i been lookin for one to restore for a year now