Let's take a walkaround of this 1992 Chevrolet S10 Blazer with a Vortec 4.3L V6. It's for sale for $8900; email me at rareclassiccars@yahoo.com if interested.
I miss the sensibly sized compact trucks of the eighties like this one. Many, maybe most, of the trucks you saw on the road during that decade were small like this (as were the cars). Several friends, family members, and coworkers had compact trucks during this era, my father a late eighties Nissan pickup, my boss a mid-eighties Chevy S10 pickup, a roommate a mid-eighties Mitsubishi pickup, and a friend a mid-eighties Mazda pickup.
I bought a new 1992 S10 pickup in 1992. It was an “ad special - 3 at this price”. Nicely equipped with the 2.8, 5 speed manual, rally wheels, A/C, AM/FM cassette stereo, map lights, interval wipers. It was the “Tahoe” package. $7995. I drove it for 10 years and 101k miles. Sold it for $5k. It had a different grill than this Blazer. Also different cloth upholstery. Colors were the same. Biggest issue I had was when the heater core ruptured while I was on the freeway. Dumped coolant all over the floor! Other than that, it was a great little truck. Built in Shreveport LA.
That's an extremely nice S10 blazer! I'm a car guy through and through, but the trucks and SUVs of the 80s and 90s were truly fantastic vehicles. Ford, GM, AMC, and even Chrysler all delivered some of the best SUVs ever made during this era. I resent the fact that the current auto makers swapped out simple and small light duty truck based SUVs for tech stuffed crossovers. These were roomy and dependable vehicles, especially given their external dimensions.
I really enjoy your channel because you show the best examples of these vehicles. I get to deal with them in the absolute worst condition so it’s great to see what they should look like.
Wow, that Blazer is clean! And it has a very nice interior -- I like the fabric. The basic packaging of this vehicle, the 1984 era Cherokee and the original Explorer was quite good in each. These were very popular here in California when they were new, and very seldom seen here these days.
Getting in one of these today it's shocking how narrow they are. They have good leg and headroom but the truck itself is just not very wide. I rode in these all the time as a kid and teenager and never thought about it, but getting in one today it really is amazing how small they are. I'm refurbishing a '93 right now with my son. Fun project. Great trucks!
I loved the square body S 10 platform. I ordered a 1983 S 10 silver over black rally wheels cloth bucket seats 4 speed with console 2.8l. Never any issues and looked very nice
Nice rig. My sister and her husband bought my niece an '88 Tahoe trim S10 Blazer 4x4 that had lots of options and low mileage as her first car when she started college. She loved that thing.
My father had the 2-door version of this car, maybe 1988 or 89. These cars still look good and you're right, it is a very compact car compared to today's monster trucks. Please do more reviews on classic SUVs and trucks!
