This would be a collection of paperwork relating to General Motors trucks made during the years 1969 to 1991. Originally conceived as a repository for sales brochures for the full-size ("K/5") Blazer, it's grown into a much larger set of sales paraphenalia, magazine ads, articles, reviews, service information, and other printed material. You'll now find information on the following makes, models, special editions, conversions, etc. Obviously not all models are available in all years nor do I necessarily have paperwork for every model in every model year. I'm also starting to collect technical information, such as wiring diagrams, and service information for the military version of the GM pickups and utility trucks, the CUCV ('Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle'.)
Note that, as in my Blazer history, I use "model years" wherever possible (dates of publication are of course real dates :) In short, the model year generally started a few months before the calendar year began, so that you could buy a "1974" Blazer in 1973 -- and this is why the paperwork is often printed waaay in advance.
Click on a year on the left side to start viewing stuff!
Well, somebody's got to!
Seriously, vintage paperwork is often a tremendous information resource. Here you can find information such as:
If you can't find it, dig deeper.
I've added keyword search capability. Currently I've only indexed the years 1969 through 1976, so bear with me as I index the rest (it's a LOT of typing, as I generate a keyword list by reading each page and manually entering the keywords!) Click Search in the upper left!
I've recently changed navigation on this site, due to the sheer number of items available. Most items are grouped by model year, with Chevy and GMC paperwork listed together. I've split 1977 up into three sections: Chevy and GMC, and the Product Training manual given to dealers for their salespeople. There's also groupings for magazine articles for the Blazer (see below), stuff about the Blazer Chalet, and various catch-alls at the bottom.
These three section of Blazer magazine aarticles are scanned from the (out of print) Motorbooks title Chevy Blazer: 1969-1981. Therse are number of "period" magazine articles; as such, don't take them as the gospel truth from the mouth of GM; on the other hand, it's interesting to see what industry pundits had to say about our trucks, when they were new.
If the navigation isn't self-obvious, I've put together a small primer on how to get around.
If you find a broken link, please shoot me an email and let me know what needs to be fixed.
Why these particular years? These are the years for which the Blazer/Jimmy top was removable, in full or in part. Other vehicles are included because they're similar to the Blazer/Jimmy, or because they're covered in the same literature.
There's also a brief history of the Chevy Blazer (and GMC Jimmy) name, and the model years and differences of all the variations.
Besides the sales brochures and magazine articles, there's also an informational page dedicated to the rarest of the rare and strangest of the strange, the 1976-7 Blazer Chalet / Jimmy Casa Grande pop-up camper versions.
Likely, no. I've gone through a backlog of stuff to scan, so I'm essentially up to date.
As I've been doing this for a few years now, I've used multiple scanners and software packages to scan items. You'll find variation, therefore, in the end result. I've tried to keep file size and image resolutions within reasonable limits, so that the files download quickly and are easily read, but I've had to balance that against keeping them legible. And, lots of these things are decades old, and dirty, and three-hole punched, and ... it's a labour of love sometimes just trying to make it come out readable :D
If you do find a specific page that is illegible, let me know and I'll go dig it up, and see if I can help.
While I generally own only one copy of each item you see, I do sometimes have EXTRA copies, which I would be very happy to sell, to support my habit. Email me for specifics.
There are a great number of web sites dedicated to selling automobilia in general, and specifically auto literature. You might do a web-search for "auto literature", or try some of these sites. I've not bought from all of them, so don't take these as recommendations; they're just places out there that sell brochures etc.
You can also search on Ebay (watch prices, though, sometimes they're very high, and sometimes they're way cheap). Here are some sellers I've bought from:
If you're looking for information on the various GM special editions of these trucks, check out either of these sites:
Other stats: over 300 pieces of literature, over 2900 pages, totalling over 380MB (at fairly high compression :)