My new project truck: '99 K2500 Suburban

[OutlawDrifter]

What years and models were the LT1 anyway? Couldn't of been very long before the LS came out?

1994-1996...'96 was the last year they built them. Some had the baby V8 in them also.

 

[Dravec]

For some reason I wasn't getting my notifications on this thread?!

Took some reading to get caught up. I'm a full size B-Body guy, and have been looking for the "right" Buick Roadmaster sedan or station wagon to bring home for a back and forth to work rig. I'd prefer a pre-94 because I like the dashes better (they have a tach included in the cluster) and the engine is getting LS swapped no matter what. Slap some Impala wheels on it and drive the hell out of it!

Good luck on the potential 'burb purchase however. I'd have a fleet of them if I had covered storage for them all!

I've been suffering the same thing with a bunch if threads I watch too. Dunno.
But yeah, the B-Body is the best driving car chassis in my opinion. Had an '85 Olds Delta 88 that I friggin loved. Man I miss that car....

 

[Frank Enstein]

The LT1 was used from 1992 (Corvette only) to 1997. The LS1 came in 1997 in the Corvette.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

The LT1 was used from 1992 (Corvette only) to 1997. The LS1 came in 1997 in the Corvette.

Yeah, I guess I should have specified I was speaking specifically to the B-Body only.

 

[Frank Enstein]

I only mentioned it in case someone is looking for a donor engine. You are absolutely correct on the B body though.

 

[Dravec]

So, got all four of my junkyard control arms fully stripped out, so now I can get them cleaned up, take them to work, get them sand blasted, paint them, and install new goodies.
Now I can finally have my new arms prepped and ready to install in a weekend wrenching blitz

 

[stutaeng]

So, I may possibly have a line on a '98 K1500 Burb. $1000, needs a transmission. Already sent a message to the seller, so I guess we shall see what happens. Would definitely like to have a 1500 for better fuel mileage, and to keep miles off of Elise.

Sadly, an all too common way that lot of these trucks end their lives. I've seen some trucks in really good shape sold like this. Unfortunately, a lot of them wind up getting parted out. Folks have realized they can actually make more money this way.

I got an L59 5.3 from a Yukon XL part out. Same story. Truck was actually in really good shape...blown tranny and the lady didn't have whatever they charge to rebuild it, so she sold it to a friend of her for $1,000.

 

[Dravec]

Sadly, an all too common way that lot of these trucks end their lives. I've seen some trucks in really good shape sold like this. Unfortunately, a lot of them wind up getting parted out. Folks have realized they can actually make more money this way.

I got an L59 5.3 from a Yukon XL part out. Same story. Truck was actually in really good shape...blown tranny and the lady didn't have whatever they charge to rebuild it, so she sold it to a friend of her for $1,000.

Are you talking about the Limited that I got sorta screwed out of?

 

[stutaeng]

Are talking about the Limited that I got sorta screwed out of?

No, just the typical, everyday GMT400/800 that are parted out around the metroplex.

Don't remember the story with the limited...

 

[Dravec]

Junkyard got it in, not as a parts vehicle, but as a complete "builder" unit. I found it less than two hours after it arrived, and was trying to negotiate a deal on it. They forgot to lock it, and by the time I came back the next day, people had already started stipping it. All I got was the cluster and the fog light switch.