---
title: "The Market Value of This $87,500 1970 Chevy K5 Blazer Went Up 157 Percent Since Last Year"
description: "Classic truck prices, this is tower. You have been cleared to absolutely take off."
date: "2020-09-09"
modified: "2020-09-09"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/36306/the-market-value-of-this-87500-1970-chevy-k5-blazer-went-up-157-percent-since-last-year"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "blazer"
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "vintage"
---

# The Market Value of This $87,500 1970 Chevy K5 Blazer Went Up 157 Percent Since Last Year

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2020/09/1970-Chevrolet-K5-Blazer-CST-4x4-1.jpg>)
*\<em\>www.thedrive.com</em>*

February of 2019 was a strange time. Everyone thought [the $35,000 Tesla Model 3](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/26698/at-long-last-tesla-officially-launches-long-promised-35000-model-3-with-220-miles-of-range>) was here to stay, and that a tastefully modified [1970 Chevrolet K5 Blazer CST 4x4](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-chevrolet-blazer/>) was worth about $34,000. Nineteen months later, the everyman's Tesla is but a memory, and that Blazer? According to a [*Bring A Trailer*](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-chevrolet-blazer-2/>) bidding war that wrapped up Tuesday, it's officially worth almost $90,000.

Indeed, this Blazer—which didn't even meet its reserve when originally listed on [the infamously spendy auction site](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/35060/whats-the-next-car-to-really-blow-up-on-bring-a-trailer>)—is a nicely resto-modded example, though it wasn't hard to see why it failed to sell back in 2019. Its unoriginal paint and extensive modifications made it a tough sell to the numbers-matching crowd, whereas its conservative modifications limited its appeal to those seeking novelty or flex factor.

https://youtube.com/embed/-Lr7_vYNwWk

Nevertheless, [some classic trucks' values seem to have since gone through the roof](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32767/for-sale-26-mile-1990-chevy-454-ss-pickup-still-rocking-its-factory-plastic-wrap>), and this Blazer was no exception. Without changing hands, and with a further 1,000 miles on the odometer, the same Blazer that failed to meet reserve at $34,000 instead soared to a final bid of $87,500. That's 257 percent of its 2019 price, and a shock to *Bring A Trailer* commenters, many of whom are befuddled at the Chevy's sky-high valuation.

![message-editor%2F1599682039085-15958992339e7003b83dd47552941021-correll-blazer-scaled.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1599682039085-15958992339e7003b83dd47552941021-correll-blazer-scaled.jpg>)
*1970 Chevrolet K5 Blazer CST 4x4, *Bring A Trailer**

Shockingly, though, this Blazer is far from the most expensive to have sold even this year. In April, a 1972 Blazer heavily reworked by famed custom car shop Ringbrothers [collected an unprecedented $300,000](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/33168/1972-chevy-blazer-k5-restomod-that-sold-for-300k-has-to-be-a-record-breaker>)—also from a *Bring A Trailer* bidder, who paid 7.5 times the price of the site's previous record-holding Blazer. Going by what appears to be happening to the prices for vintage off-roaders, now may be the time to pull the trigger on the International Scout you've been eyeing. Because if you don't, some dirty, *dirty* financial speculator may.

*Got a tip? Send us a note: tips@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)