Z71 Question

[rcm9364]

I was curious and a google search didn’t yield any useful results. Does anyone know the first year Z71 was available on 3/4 ton and 1 tons? Has it been available on them as long as the 1/2 ton?
My dream truck, basically a unicorn, is a four door, single rear wheel 1 ton (4x4 or Z71) with a 454 and a standard transmission.
If you have a picture of said unicorn, drop a pic!

 

[evilunclegrimace]

Buy some gas shocks and throw on the skids plates and call it good.

 

[deej-79]

This, the z71 on this body style truck was almost worthless

 

[98chevy2500SS]

The GMT900 ('07-'13) was when they started adding the Z71 package to 3/4 tons. I forget when they started it on the 1 tons. Basically all the Z71's had was the aluminum diff/transfer case skid plates, Bilstein gas shocks, and bed side stickers. There really wasn't much different between the 4x4 and Z71 of this era, as in, it's super easy to fake one lol.