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Well as most of you know, I've been looking for another truck/suv/4X4 for a while. The work horse F250 that I had for the majority of 382,000 miles was sold last July on a spur of the moment offer. That truck didn't owe me a dime, but it was starting to act like I DID owe it money. So long old friend, it was real and it was nice, but it was never real nice!....
The F150 Supercrew that I was working a deal on for the past few weeks. It was a $3500 truck tops, the owner seemed to think KBB retail applied. It had 164k on it, never had a tune up (and the guy was bragging about that!) and needed shocks, windshield, and some small interior parts......I passed.
Now for the somewhat sad part of this story. A clean one owner 1969 Camaro was sacrificed for this new project ......
I tossed the Camaro on Craigslist a few weeks ago, a lot of calls, request for more info and a few lookers. The F150 was a guy interested in the Camaro. Thursday I get a call from Marc. He is interested and has a 97 Yukon that was bought brand new by his wife's father. He passed, they kept the Yukon....it's fully loaded and only has 94k on it. I'm interested.
Friday, Marc and his wife Kerri come over to look at the Camaro. She loves it, and it is to be her toy (something about her brother having one, and going off to Vietnam and making her the care taker of it)....They brought the Yukon over. This thing is showroom fresh, plus he shows me a folder 2" thick with service receipts (all done at the dealer). He just put a new set of Michelan LTX M/S tires on it ... had the receipt. Carfax backs up the vehicle history.....
We start talking money,. and they understand the true value as well as the history/sentimentalism of the Camaro. In the end, we come to an agreement where we both feel like we got a good deal. Part of the deal was all of the original useable parts go with the Camaro to preserve it's history.
They have a #s matching Cuda, and a #'s matching 69 SS 396 Chevelle. When I take the parts to their house.....WOW, another twist. As I'm checking out his Chevelle, I mention to my wife, "doesn't this look like Todd's Chevelle"? (Todd is/was a friend of mine from high school. He had a #s matching, SS 396/4 spd Chevelle in dark green. I haven't seen or talked to Todd in 10+ years.) Just then, Marc says "I bought this car from Todd, Todd Neisswinder". Holy crap!!!....Small world.
So....onto the new project:
1997 GMC Yukon, fully loaded with 94,000 miles. All of the service records show all maintenance was done per manufacturer,s recommendation. The original window sticker is in the folder.....It seems her dad bought it to pull his boat back and forth to Grand Lake a few times a year, they kept it for the memories of her father.
Gray leather interior, no squeaks, rattles and everything works. Intake gaskets were replaced and the cooling system flushed last spring, plus it has $1200 worth of tires on it. It'll pull the travel trailer and a car trailer and it's darn near the nicest vehicle that I've ever had as a daily driver. It's the 5.7 Vortec (really wanted a newer LS, but out of my price range) with a 4L60E and 3.73 gears. Factory trans and oil cooler.
The plan for right now is to add some 16X8 weld style wheels, new performance shocks and bigger sway bars. In the near future (springtime or so) throttle body spacer, exhaust and cold air intake. And you knew this was coming.....some computer tuning!
On to the pics:
The F150 Supercrew that I was working a deal on for the past few weeks. It was a $3500 truck tops, the owner seemed to think KBB retail applied. It had 164k on it, never had a tune up (and the guy was bragging about that!) and needed shocks, windshield, and some small interior parts......I passed.
Now for the somewhat sad part of this story. A clean one owner 1969 Camaro was sacrificed for this new project ......
I tossed the Camaro on Craigslist a few weeks ago, a lot of calls, request for more info and a few lookers. The F150 was a guy interested in the Camaro. Thursday I get a call from Marc. He is interested and has a 97 Yukon that was bought brand new by his wife's father. He passed, they kept the Yukon....it's fully loaded and only has 94k on it. I'm interested.
Friday, Marc and his wife Kerri come over to look at the Camaro. She loves it, and it is to be her toy (something about her brother having one, and going off to Vietnam and making her the care taker of it)....They brought the Yukon over. This thing is showroom fresh, plus he shows me a folder 2" thick with service receipts (all done at the dealer). He just put a new set of Michelan LTX M/S tires on it ... had the receipt. Carfax backs up the vehicle history.....
We start talking money,. and they understand the true value as well as the history/sentimentalism of the Camaro. In the end, we come to an agreement where we both feel like we got a good deal. Part of the deal was all of the original useable parts go with the Camaro to preserve it's history.
They have a #s matching Cuda, and a #'s matching 69 SS 396 Chevelle. When I take the parts to their house.....WOW, another twist. As I'm checking out his Chevelle, I mention to my wife, "doesn't this look like Todd's Chevelle"? (Todd is/was a friend of mine from high school. He had a #s matching, SS 396/4 spd Chevelle in dark green. I haven't seen or talked to Todd in 10+ years.) Just then, Marc says "I bought this car from Todd, Todd Neisswinder". Holy crap!!!....Small world.
So....onto the new project:
1997 GMC Yukon, fully loaded with 94,000 miles. All of the service records show all maintenance was done per manufacturer,s recommendation. The original window sticker is in the folder.....It seems her dad bought it to pull his boat back and forth to Grand Lake a few times a year, they kept it for the memories of her father.
Gray leather interior, no squeaks, rattles and everything works. Intake gaskets were replaced and the cooling system flushed last spring, plus it has $1200 worth of tires on it. It'll pull the travel trailer and a car trailer and it's darn near the nicest vehicle that I've ever had as a daily driver. It's the 5.7 Vortec (really wanted a newer LS, but out of my price range) with a 4L60E and 3.73 gears. Factory trans and oil cooler.
The plan for right now is to add some 16X8 weld style wheels, new performance shocks and bigger sway bars. In the near future (springtime or so) throttle body spacer, exhaust and cold air intake. And you knew this was coming.....some computer tuning!
On to the pics:
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