'99 Chevy C1500 Suburban LS - "The Bus"

[southsidesmoka]

You must be registered for see images attach

The Bus, about a year after acquisition. Purchased in 2019 for $2500. I am the FOURTH owner of this beauty. Somebody, the seller I'm assuming, tried to roll back the odometer and screwed it up, permanently. The title and the odometer read around 171,000 when I got her, with an annotation on the title that the odometer reading is incorrect. She's got around 242,000 miles on her now, according to the odometer. I'm thinking it's actually that plus another 100,000. A 24-year-old truck with less than 300,000 miles? That sounds suspect, to me. In addition, I had to have the timing chain replaced right before this pic was taken - that, usually, DOES NOT happen under 200,000. Anywho, she's got plenty of stories to tell...and many memories to make! I am pleased and honored to own this diamond in the rough! More details and pics coming soon. Thank you, kindly, for your time.

 

[RichLo]

Sorry to hear about the shady seller rolling back the ODO but there are ways to get an approximate mileage. Somebody has to sit in the drivers seat for every mile on a vehicle so you can check how bad the drivers seat wear is, how worn down the brake pedal and gas pedal are and how bad the steering wheel is.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

My '99 Burb has 215,000 and change on it(of course not driving it, since it was in the shop and still has a couple issues has helped there!). I was trying to not put too many miles on the crew cab(since it only has 126,000 and is 2 years older!). But I gotta get to work somehow....

 

[southsidesmoka]

My '99 Burb has 215,000 and change on it(of course not driving it, since it was in the shop and still has a couple issues has helped there!). I was trying to not put too many miles on the crew cab(since it only has 126,000 and is 2 years older!). But I gotta get to work somehow....

I stand corrected, good sir. Vehicles 20+ years old can have low mileage. As for The Bus, I drive...a lot. I transport myself and my better half to work. Additionally, we have four young adult children who always needed rides; until we got them a ride of their own. That was one of the smartest moves we ever made... right up there with buying Suburbans (The Bus is technically The Bus reincarnated - she's my second of this model year.)

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

I stand corrected, good sir. Vehicles 20+ years old can have low mileage. As for The Bus, I drive...a lot. I transport myself and my better half to work. Additionally, we have four young adult children who always needed rides; until we got them a ride of their own. That was one of the smartest moves we ever made... right up there with buying Suburbans (The Bus is technically The Bus reincarnated - she's my second of this model year.)

Something else we have in common: my current '99 Burb is the second one my family's had. First one was bought in 2005 to replace the '84 square body Burb that was stolen. I think that one had under 100K but don't remember, we put a LOT of miles on it before it got totalled in late 2012 with close to 250K. My dad drove that one every day, taking my brother and I to work and running errands. You can put some miles on a vehicle quickly in greater Houston, Texas area, cause it's so big.
After this truck was wrecked, we looked at the Burb we have now, but didn't get it right away. Dad found the Denali and we decided to get it for the DD, and buy the Burb for weekends, swap meets and other stuff we didn't want to use the "nice" truck for. So the first 4 years we had it, didn't use it much....then the newer vehicles developed serious problems that got them parked. And the ol Chevy kept a going....
My crew cab was bought new to be a "farm/ranch" truck, and I bought it from the grandson of the original purchaser. They didn't put many miles on it even then. After grandpa passed, they really didn't drive it much, and decided last summer that they needed to sell it. The truck has had a few issues, mainly due to the first shop that "fixed" the hydro boost unit and didn't do a good job with the replacement. But now that's fixed, and with the new cap and rotor I installed last week, it usually idles so smoothly you have to look at the tach to be sure it's running!
I need a covered vehicle for a couple of shows this weekend, so my next day off is going to be used putting the Burb back into service. Hopefully this year, I can have both trucks running at least 95% of the time....

 

[southsidesmoka]

You must be registered for see images attach

Not sure whom else here enjoys music as loud as I do...I play electric guitar, as such, I'm no stranger to volume. Here's my current amp rack located on the back of The Bus's third-row seat. Pardon the mess of wires - 'tis a work in progress.

Top left is my subwoofer amplifier - a P1000X1bd. Top right is my full-range amp - a P600X4 - pushing all four doors and rear headliner speakers. On the bottom, my capacitor, which takes some of the strain off of my battery when there is a lot of current being drawn.

Speaking of current, I've replaced the stock Delphi 90-amp alternator The Bus came with several times: I tried an ACDelco 140-amp alternator for a short while which proved short on power; then installed a PowerMaster 225-amp alternator which I never had problems out of. The PowerMaster was in service for about two years until recently when I upgraded to a MechMan 400-amp alternator due to ongoing audio system upgrades.

I suppose that's all...for now.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

You must be registered for see images attach

Not sure whom else here enjoys music as loud as I do...I play electric guitar, as such, I'm no stranger to volume. Here's my current amp rack located on the back of The Bus's third-row seat. Pardon the mess of wires - 'tis a work in progress.

Top left is my subwoofer amplifier - a P1000X1bd. Top right is my full-range amp - a P600X4 - pushing all four doors and rear headliner speakers. On the bottom, my capacitor, which takes some of the strain off of my battery when there is a lot of current being drawn.

Speaking of current, I've replaced the stock Delphi 90-amp alternator The Bus came with several times: I tried an ACDelco 140-amp alternator for a short while which proved short on power; then installed a PowerMaster 225-amp alternator which I never had problems out of. The PowerMaster was in service for about two years until recently when I upgraded to a MechMan 400-amp alternator due to ongoing audio system upgrades.

I suppose that's all...for now.

Looks good! Money no object, I would have a more powerful stereo in my trucks (if for no other reason, when I have to be next to some dope who wants to crank their all-bad -words rap next to me in traffic, to show what proper Texas music sounds like!) The factory single disc player and radio/cassette deck in the Burb works most of the time, if played too long in really warm weather it shuts off. The crew cab has the radio and cassette deck but the deck doesn't work. No disc player, but I have several units from the yards that look like they'll work once installed. It's just going to take a weekend off with nice weather (that I'm not trying to do 16 other things) to swap stuff out..... This weekend is raining and next weekend I will probably be in Alvin helping my friend with the move....but my goal is to have new tunes in by mid April for our trip to Lone Star Roundup. If weather permits I want to take the crew cab with tables and parts in the bed, and merch in the U Haul trailer.....