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PROBLEM SOLVED! FOUND A '94 GMC BURB CREAMPUFF.
Thursday nite a little car lot in Everett posted on craigslist a 1994 GMC 1500 Suburban saying it was unbelievably pristine. We called Friday morning, made an appointment and drove the 90 miles down there fully expecting to be disappointed. When we got there we found it was better than described. Paid $4800, probably a little high but we feel it was worth it (after all the **** we'd been looking at for over $6000).
It is bright shiny white, no dents or scratches, tan leather interior is perfect except for a little wear on the driver's seat. Turns out it was one owner, driven less than 6,000 miles a year (126,000 now), oil changed every 10 or so months, several maintenance items performed over the years according to the Carfax (I don't always believe everything on them but its obvious most of it was done). New antifreeze and other fluid flushes just this past April.
It's a 350, 3.73, 4wd (which I didn't want, but can't be choosy when buying used). Has a tow package, Class V hitch never used, trailer wiring tucked up under hitch area as it was from the factory, trans cooler and oil cooler. Engine still has lots of power, trans shifts great, no oil spots under it. I crawled around underneath and couldn't find any damage or obvious problems. Was able to determine it was a 3.73 from the GT4 code someone mentioned.
We prefer the older Burbs, especieally these 92-99's, square clean big boats, so are very happy we found it. Had an '88 454 that we really liked, but not hardly any of those around anymore.
All we have to do is put some good tires on it and go RV'ing.
Thanks for all the advice and comments.
Thursday nite a little car lot in Everett posted on craigslist a 1994 GMC 1500 Suburban saying it was unbelievably pristine. We called Friday morning, made an appointment and drove the 90 miles down there fully expecting to be disappointed. When we got there we found it was better than described. Paid $4800, probably a little high but we feel it was worth it (after all the **** we'd been looking at for over $6000).
It is bright shiny white, no dents or scratches, tan leather interior is perfect except for a little wear on the driver's seat. Turns out it was one owner, driven less than 6,000 miles a year (126,000 now), oil changed every 10 or so months, several maintenance items performed over the years according to the Carfax (I don't always believe everything on them but its obvious most of it was done). New antifreeze and other fluid flushes just this past April.
It's a 350, 3.73, 4wd (which I didn't want, but can't be choosy when buying used). Has a tow package, Class V hitch never used, trailer wiring tucked up under hitch area as it was from the factory, trans cooler and oil cooler. Engine still has lots of power, trans shifts great, no oil spots under it. I crawled around underneath and couldn't find any damage or obvious problems. Was able to determine it was a 3.73 from the GT4 code someone mentioned.
We prefer the older Burbs, especieally these 92-99's, square clean big boats, so are very happy we found it. Had an '88 454 that we really liked, but not hardly any of those around anymore.
All we have to do is put some good tires on it and go RV'ing.
Thanks for all the advice and comments.
