I have been wanting to start a build thread for my truck a while now so here it goes...last fall I picked up my truck which is a 1995 Chevy K2500 with the 6.5 Diesel (I know most dislike but so far has treated me decent) and the 4l80e trans. As long as I can remember I have always wanted a regular cab long box truck. I searched a while for a decent OBS K2500 or K3500 but they were always plow trucks with salters or had 200k+ miles on them so I essentially gave up for a while and that's when a good friend gave me a call. He works at our local GM dealer and sees many vehicles come in on trades especially with the 2015+ body style getting older and having more used on the lots so people trade in their older vehicles. The rule they go by is if its older than 12 years or over 200k miles they get shipped to auction no matter what the condition is. All he told me over the phone was I have a truck down here I think you'll like so after work one night I stopped down and took a look….this is how I first saw it….
At first glance I got excited it had the 2 big holes in the bumper which meant it was a diesel and was a RCLB with no plow mount!!! I also noticed it had the Silverado package which I thought was kinda unique but the best part was it only had 143k miles. It was a little rusty but nothing that couldn’t be fixed.
So after talking with a sales I knew since I showed interest in the truck they were gonna make me pay for it, they wanted $3000 which isn’t really that bad but the picker in me had to negotiate...long story short I got it for $2200 out the door and I feel I did pretty good. However while we were negotiating they gave me the name and number of the previous owner who is an 82 year old farmer hence the rear DMI bumper. He ordered the truck new from that dealership in February of 1995 and recieved it October 1995. The truck was then taken right down the road and had the DMI bumper, brush guard and topper installed. The truck was always serviced at the dealership so it has all the records, down to every oil change! I then met him at Fleet Farm and he showed me his new 2016 Chevy 2500HD Duramax. He gave me the build sheet for the truck and what was gonna be the window sticker for it. So I knew that truck was definitely coming home with me. I saved it by 2 days because if I wasn’t going to purchase it they were gonna use it as their shop truck cause it was a solid truck and I'm sure the poor thing would have not had a easy life.
Day I went to pick it up...even had it in the "Showroom"
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At first glance I got excited it had the 2 big holes in the bumper which meant it was a diesel and was a RCLB with no plow mount!!! I also noticed it had the Silverado package which I thought was kinda unique but the best part was it only had 143k miles. It was a little rusty but nothing that couldn’t be fixed.
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So after talking with a sales I knew since I showed interest in the truck they were gonna make me pay for it, they wanted $3000 which isn’t really that bad but the picker in me had to negotiate...long story short I got it for $2200 out the door and I feel I did pretty good. However while we were negotiating they gave me the name and number of the previous owner who is an 82 year old farmer hence the rear DMI bumper. He ordered the truck new from that dealership in February of 1995 and recieved it October 1995. The truck was then taken right down the road and had the DMI bumper, brush guard and topper installed. The truck was always serviced at the dealership so it has all the records, down to every oil change! I then met him at Fleet Farm and he showed me his new 2016 Chevy 2500HD Duramax. He gave me the build sheet for the truck and what was gonna be the window sticker for it. So I knew that truck was definitely coming home with me. I saved it by 2 days because if I wasn’t going to purchase it they were gonna use it as their shop truck cause it was a solid truck and I'm sure the poor thing would have not had a easy life.
Day I went to pick it up...even had it in the "Showroom"
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