born,” Baker continued. “I had a RPM-built
faceplated T56 and then decided to ditch
the factory Optispark ignition for a cam/
crank sensor setup and decided to use MS3
Pro as an engine management solution. I
started learning how to tune and mess with
timing myself. I did a lot of pulls trying to
work the bugs out. One thing I must say is
building custom cars has taught me to have
an insane amount of patience. Almost every
time I tried to make an event the past
couple years something catastrophic hap-
pened. The first Street Car Takeover in Indy
my clutch started going and the second
one my transmission pump burnt up and
the convertor started locking up while
trying to race for 1320Video. Besides the
little issues, we had a lot of fun with the
‘Spool Bus’ and the motor lasted a good
five-years of beating before the bearings
let go. Sadly, it was going to cost more to
fix than to jump on the LS bandwagon so
I bought a forged 6.0 when I picked up the
new project, ‘Spool Bus 2.0’.”
When STREET/RACE Magazine first laid eyes
on this new-and-improved version of
‘Spool Bus’ at Street Car Takeover India-
napolis, we had no idea this was an entirely
new chassis. What we originally thought
was a paint job and new turbo set up ended
up being quite the change up the original
yellow Blazer. Besides the shape of the
body, the ‘Spool Bus 2.0’ has an impressive
list of improvements that makes this one
of the most unique Chevy Blazers in the
world.
“The current ‘Spool Bus 2.0’ is a completely
new truck from the former yellow version,”
says Baker. “The yellow one was a 4×4
chassis on some old torsion bars that got
pretty sketchy. While I was at a military
school, I stumbled across an abandoned
project hotrod in Ohio this guy was selling,
and it couldn’t have been more perfect. I
picked up the new Blazer and it had a tube
chassis with a chrome moly cage, Strange
8.8 rear