Blazer Chalet

[\\'anderer]

Here is another one for sale, I found on recycler.com. this one is in so. ca.

http://www.recycler.com/recreation/d...arch_zip=92262

[77blazerchalet]

Wanderer,

Yes indeed, that one is still available, I forget what the price was a few months ago, maybe over $2,000. A while back, another of my fellow Chalet owners forwarded two color photos of it (below), the back view confirmed my Chalet's stripes had been altered. Doug W. & Aaron S.'s Blazer Chalet web site has an automated buy & sell page ( http://www.blazerchalet.com/cgi-bin/buysell.pl ), although it doesn't always indicate ones that are sold. I believe the "Thomas Sisneros" one is also still available - see: http://www.chieftain.com/classifieds...4&ls=10&lmt=10 the 11th item on page 2 of that link, the owners were kind enough to email more photos of it to me just last Sunday......

I try to keep a good eye out for these, and help the sellers with web links that would let their potential customers know that there is a small 'support group' of us that can help out with questions, restorations, parts swapping, vintage owner's manuals, all that good stuff. I've still got various questions of my own, I'm no expert on Chalets yet.

[CLynn85]

One that just popped up on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevr...QQcmdZViewItem

[77blazerchalet]

Thanks for keeping your eyes peeled for wherever these are. The more people we have looking around for 'em, the better off we are. Were you able to get near the one you spotted back in Oct for a photo?

Meanwhile, I didn't get a chance to mention one that popped up briefly in cars.com, one of the members of our Chalet owners forum (see post #20 in this thread for the link) fortunately lives nearby and was able to get the photo below - the web ad isn't there anymore so I've reproduced it here, some expire quicker than others: $1,000, CHEVY Blazer K5 Chalet 1977, New tires, Only 5k mi on New 350 engine, $1000. 916-334-6274 Listing Source: Sacramento Bee, 12-22-06

It would be a heckuva chore to put the roof back on......

[CLynn85]

Nah I haven't made it back up there yet, but I'll try in the spring.

You should start a registry for these things.

[77blazerchalet]

Carl,

Much appreciated, if you do get up that way, ya never know what you might discover by checking it out in depth. Keep your eye out for the GMC Jimmy Casa Grande version, too, only supposedly 225 of those made between '76 and '77. Through a recent internet search, I dredged up a 'vehicle list' at a sportscar forum site where the guy claimed to own one. Sure enough, he still does. Pic below, seems to have a Jimmy color scheme we-all weren't aware of before.

3-15-2008 Edit: the owner confirms it was repainted from the original beige/burnt orange standard color scheme for '76s....

[77blazerchalet]

Nah I haven't made it back up there yet, but I'll try in the spring.

You should start a registry for these things.

Done! ....., but not quite, I'll add more as we-all find more. Quit my last job, starting a new business in a couple of months, but in the meantime I had time to put together the "mother of all spreadsheets" for every Blazer Chalet & Casa Grande I could dredge up, with photos to ID 'em or distinct descriptions so they can't be confused with others. My list is up 125 so far. Sure would like find the current whereabouts of old descriptions such as....

.....this one: At this brochure & magazine scan site http://brochures.slosh.com/index.shtml?chalet scroll down the left column and click on the Treasure Search link. Anybody seen the Chalet in that article or know the owner Ken Doe? The most noticeable features are the Cepek tires, driving lights under the bumper, evap cooler on the roof, black fender flares, and Egyptian icon decorations in the interior. After an extensive google search, I can turn up nothing on the publisher of Treasure Search, Ken Doe or find out anything more about the magazine other than a couple of back issues for sale on eBay. It isn't published anymore (?) According to the article, Ken's primary treasure hunting area was southern California.

That magazine article is currently our primary source for the "1,780" total production figure for Chalets & Casa Grandes, which leads me to wonder how Ken Doe knew that. I have leads for two other former Chinook Mobilodge top management guys, we will get to the bottom of the absolute total production figure eventually....

[franks71vw]

Just wondering but Looking into building a K5 blazer with a cummins 4 cylinder diesel in it. I was going to go with a small pickup and a camper top but though the K5 would be much more stable and I could use it as a pickup (small but non the less) and put a camper like the chalet. Question here is who makes camper tops for the K5 blazer now n days? With a trailer behind me I think I can carry a good amount of equipment with me..

[Mobryan]

I think your best bet would be finding something used, or using a FWC Hawk for a base. It would be narrower then you need, but that would help with COG issues. You could probably build some drawers to fill the gap between the side of the camper and the side of the Blazer for the back, and fuel/water tanks to fit between the camper and blazer box up front.

No pass through that way, though


Matt