What about the '99's aren't they the same?? Mine looks the same anyway, bought brand new, was saying to my son that maybe I should restore it rather than buy another old car. 

That  will make my 1990 12,000 km survivor GMC Z71 worth LS6 money lol

In my opinion these are the absolute best trucks GM ever built especially the 1996 and up 5.7 vortec engines. Good fuel economy lots of power and all the creature comforts you would ever need. I look for these trucks all winter while in Florida and good ones are hard to find.  Regular cab short box fully loaded 2 or 4 wheel drive ae already at a premium price. The best looking truck ever!

Al

73SC wrote:

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What about the '99's aren't they the same??

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 Think the Burb's and crew cabs kept the old body until 2000,thinking even the 3500 model. Someone can correct me if wrong...just going from memory which aint that great!

Taylor55 wrote:

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In my opinion these are the absolute best trucks GM ever built especially the 1996 and up 5.7 vortec engines. Good fuel economy lots of power 

 

Al

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I actually had an old time mechanic arguing with me tonight that he thought the engine in my Suburban was bad and it should have been a 454, the 350 is just too weak he was saying. I told him he was an idiot. 

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 Gotcha, here's a 1999 GMC Sierra.

 

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 I've got this generation '99 - 06. I've got an '06.

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I agree, I think the 97 we have now is likely my most favourite pickup of all the ones I've owned (even though it had the diff apart today to get all new side bearings, pinion bearings and axle seals...) One of the diff side bearings was pretty much shredded. It had been making a bad noise for a number of weeks already.

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 The rear end in my 97 Burb was bad and my brothers 98 Silverado puked once and is noisey again

youre still not convincing me that the new trucks are better ,yes the older units are harder on fuel 6.6 were never known for high mileage , but the work they do is impressive, for the record the new ls 6.2 are worse, older trucks are still trucks like they are suppose to be, rough.

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towing that with a half ton?

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I would worry more about stopping

I remember being a big 454 SS & W/T 1500 fan. The W/T 1500 was a 90s version of a stripped truck. They were US only until about 1992.

GM would roll out a new generation of truck but kept some of the fringe models on the old platform. Remember the 1988 (March '87 intro) 1500-2500-3500 being sold alongside the previous generation Suburbans, Blazers, Crew Cabs & straight rail chassis-cabs through 1990 (R & V series trucks vs. C & K series trucks). C50 - C70 Mediums changed for 1990. I still have the brochures from Robertson (Old Reliable) on the Danforth, & Herron in Mississauga.