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July 21, 1994
Grosse Pointe News
Chevy S-Blazer is always
Here's a little story about
Paul and his excellent adventures
in a Chevy S.Blazer.
The former Grosse Pointer,
now of Columbus, Ohio, bought
his 2-door 1987 Blazer used,
with something between 50,000
and 60,000 miles on the odometer.
"I love this thing," he said
while In the area recently to
"I like to take It off-road.
Once I went across a field - I
wasn't supposed to be there -
to do some fishmg, and got
stuck. I mean really stuck.
Even the 4-wheel drIve
wouldn't get me out So I had
to walk to the nearest home for
help. 1 had my son Enc With
me; he was crymg and upset.
The people III the home tele-
mud as If it were a toy. 1 gave
the farmer $50 and figured I
came out way ahead. A trespassing
ticket would have been
$80, and a professional towing
service might have run $200."
Paul loves hiS fishmg partner,
the S-Blazer We don't fish
And we don't do any off-road.
mg, at least not mtentlOnally.
And we loved It. too
The Chevrolet S-Blazer retains its truck personality and abilities while offering comfort. visibility
and conveniences like power windows and remote keyless entry.
Visit his mother. The blue-and- phoned a farmer who brought Come September, Chevy
silver two-tone 4x4 still looked over a piece of John Deere dealers will have the re-styled
smart, even after the adventure equipment That thing Just S-Blazer, bll11ton the chassis of
he then detailed. plucked the Blazer out of the its re-deslsmed 8-10 Pickup in-
Further
Chevrolet
adventures
geared, two-speed Powerghde whIle RICk's wife brought thcir
and that probably wouldn't sllver.blue Caprice wagon over
work"
and pulled into the empty park-
"Is this for sale?" he asked ing space beside the Bel Air. In
This guy was intrepid. We were only a few minutes, the cables
sitting in the parking lot, hood were attached, the starter
open so everyone could see how sounded and the engine tIred
badly cracked Its red paint has up It wasn't purring, it was
Another amazing adventure: become, we were unable to get runnmg very rough, but it was
an evening at the Macomb the Chevy started and he asked running. Might be a stuck
Mall when RICk helped get the if It's for sale. valve, someone suggested.
'54 Chevy up and running. We "It's always for sale," we an- We were relieved. We proba.
had gone to Sears to replace a swered "Figure it's worth bly wouldn't try to get to Ed.
24-year-old Kenmore washing $3,1100, maybe $4,000." Right. die's Dnve-In that evenmg.
machine that no longer was The car's not runnmg and Rick suggested we go home VIa
willing to spin the clothes to we're pumping him for four GratIOt instead of 1-94. En
remove water. Thirty minutes grand. He liked the car, he route the engme began to purr
and $480 later, we clImbed said, examimng the loose and again. All the dials indicated
back mto the bt:l Air and floppmg rubber weather strip- things were good: the battery
turned the key. There was a ping that's coming away from was charging, oil pressure was
gJ.oaning. The starter moaned, the dnver's door. OK, the temperature was Just
the engine would not catch. "It needs pamt," he observed. nght and there ~ the
D.ck rem:$'x ed the aU"~tet: ~d _"You nught. t.hink about a new --~"., , '--iE!"~~
Inspected '"the choJfif!'t~. - batte1'y," he adde8'. . ~e""WO"und ~
thing was OK; the car just "Six-volt or 12-volt?" he at 8:40 p.m. . "'~ 'ble;:' we
would not start. Then Rick and asked. It still has a SIX-voltsys- thought, that someone like
his wife wandered over. tern, the way It came from the Rick took the time to come over
"Great," we thought. "They are factory 40 years ago. Do we and offer hIS experience and
coming to ask what year It is, have jumper cables? Would it help. At one point we would
or what's wrong. We know be possible to jump it with his have given him the Bel Air, he
what year it is and we don't Chevy Caprice wagon? Our liked it so much. He didn't
know what's wrong." trunk is clear of junk - and tlunk much of our price, and
But Rick was way ahead of cables. It's probably OK to zap went on mto Sears without exus.
"I owned a '53 BUlck," he the battery long enough to get changing telephone numbers
said. "We used to be able to get the car started. Best we can do is stop to help
It started by puttmg it in drive RIck called to a young guy someone else sometlIDe soon.
and pushing it. That was with 50 feet away. Yes, he had ca- And hope we bump into Rick
Buick's gearless Dynaflow auto- bles. Amazing. He unloaded and his wife again. We're rematic
transnussion; this is a them for four total strangers, considenng the pnce.
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