![]() We aren’t given any photos of the interior, but judging by the rest of it, I can’t imagine it’s too pretty. It’s rough, and has plenty of surface rust, and I bet there’s a story behind that bent front bumper. If that’s the case, it’s two bolts, two fuel lines, and a blob of assembly grease on the pushrod to replace. (They sure weren’t thinking of fuel economy with that setup.) This truck would have originally been equipped with electronic throttle-body fuel injection, which uses an electric pump inside the tank, but I’m willing to bet that the 383 motor runs off a good old four-barrel carb, and has a mechanical fuel pump. They do tell us it has been equipped with 4.88 gears and locking diffs, which would indicate they had some serious off-roading in mind. The seller says this truck needs a battery and a fuel pump, which I guess means it’s not currently drivable? The ad isn’t clear on that point. It’s a common aftermarket displacement, and crate engines in this size are widely available. Under the aftermarket cowl-induction hood is a “383 stroker” version of Chevy’s ubiquitous small-block V8, which pairs the 350’s 4-inch bore with a longer 3.8 inch stroke crankshaft, for greater torque. This design makes it easy to lift, and this Suburban has in fact been lifted six inches, likely to accommodate the larger tires. That means this 4WD Suburban still has a solid front axle on leaf springs, instead of the newer independent front end of the GMT400. This 1988 model is a V1500 according to Chevy’s nomenclature the C (2WD) and K (4WD) model names had moved to the new GMT400 chassis, but the Suburban (and Blazer) stayed on the old chassis for a few more years. ![]() This big tough friendly wagon on a truck chassis can haul as much stuff or as many people as you’re likely to need, in reasonable comfort and with reasonable reliability. A lot of new parts are listed, and according to the seller, the big New Yorker “hums and purrs and doesn’t give too much trouble.”Ĭhevy’s Suburban has been the solution to almost every automotive problem except fuel economy and parallel parking since 1935. I have a feeling there’s a bit of automotive Stockholm syndrome going on here, but hey, if they’ve been happy with it, we should be happy for them. The seller waxes enthusiastic about this car, referring to it as “she” throughout the ad. This New Yorker has, against all odds, somehow managed to remain on the road some 44 years after it wheezed its way out of the Lynch Road Assembly plant, and along the way, it has gained a fan. Iacocca’s front-wheel-drive wonders were Camrys by comparison. Anyone who complains about K-cars has never struggled with Chrysler’s infamous Electronic Lean Burn system, or had their Volare conk out in the middle of an intersection with a completely dead electrical system because of a faulty ammeter in the dash. And the technology was a series of ill-conceived Band-Aid fixes applied to 1950s technology in an attempt to squeeze just one more model year out of it. Build quality in Chrysler’s plants was essentially nonexistent at this point.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |