We now have a little Suburban & a big one

[Dsuupr]

I took home a near perfect condition 1989 Suburban last night. The vehicle is almost identical to the brochure for 1989.

We wanted something that we could go 4-wheeling in and use to tow, which originally was going to be a Bravada. My wife found this Suburban which was owned by an elderly couple since new.

It has only 82,000 miles and included tons of records. Supposedly they only used the 4-wheel drive 3 times when it snowed here in the PDX area.

The truck includes;

1. Silverado package

2. Power Windows / Locks / Tilt / Cruise

3. Rear and Front A/C

4. Roof rack

5. AM/FM CD player

6. 3rd seat

7. Front bucket seats

8. 350 cu in engine with a 4 speed automatic

Here are the pictures promised. 1989 Suburban V1500 Silverado & 2006 HHR 2LT

Edited July 16, 2006 by Dsuupr

[z28luvr01]

Very nice truck. Just a word of advice though: get an auxiliary tranny cooler installed on that 700R4 ASAP. That tranny isn't nearly as capable for heavy hauling as the old Turbo 400 that they used to use in the trucks.

[76ChevyTrucker]

Z, I could argue that, but I won't, more times than not the 700R4 (and later 4L60E) transmissions don't handle heat too well, also if you do tow a lot with it, don't let it into overdrive, keep it in third, that way you won't burn the tranny up near as fast.

[caddycruiser]

Sounds great--I've never been in a vehicle that felt like it could take more of a beating than my friend's old '89 Suburban with 300k on it! Tank, in every way, is the only way to describe it and makes our newer one feel like a minivan.

Edited July 14, 2006 by caddycruiser

[Sixty8panther]

So what's the little Suburban? You guys have an HHR too?

[Dsuupr]

So what's the little Suburban? You guys have an HHR too?

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We just picked up a new HHR 2LT 2 weeks ago.