Beatin' Up A Pickup Truck.

zxcv · May 27, 2008

Yup, I'm definately not beating up my '07 Silverado, but after the lease is up, I might buy a truck that I could beat up on a little bit.

I'm just wondering if there are certain years of GM trucks that I should be looking at. I want a truck that is cheap to fix and that I can beat up on without worrying that the parts are going to be expensive as heck to replace. I'm assuming that parts on an older truck will be a heck of a lot cheaper than parts on my new truck. Also, durability wise, would it be better to beat up on the '07 instead of an older year truck?

Any opinions or suggestions would be great!

biggjay96x · May 27, 2008

1985 3/4. IMO

D&SYukonDenali · May 27, 2008

1968 C-10.

Most realiable truck I ever owned. Simple and straight foward. No fancy electronics or sensors, just engine and transmission But you need to know how to drive 3 in the tree.

pennzoil29 · May 27, 2008

Anything before fuel injection and these damn sensors. You will definately be able to beat the piss out of them, and have fun doing it. Not much, cost wise to fix them either. If you're mechanically inclined, you can pretty much do all of your own repairs.

slimjim2525 · May 27, 2008

What kind of "beating" are we talking about. 4-wheeling, roasting the tires at every opportunity??

May 27, 2008

In my opinion any truck that you plan using as a beater is going to nickel and dime you to death, been there done that.

gvbhunt · May 27, 2008

Anything with a carubrated 350cid. Those things are bulletproof and easy to come by. So are the trannies strapped to them. Gotta love the good ol' TH350 and 700r4

95Sierra2500 · May 27, 2008

I would buy nothing newer than a 1987 C/K or 1991 R/V series truck if you plan to beat on it. Even the later 80's trucks came with alot of sensors, but even with half of them unplugged/damaged/bad the trucks will still run great. Also, with the insanely durable suspensions on these trucks, they're basically bulletproof. A 700R4 with a 350 in front of it will take you anywhere you want to go. The gas mileage with a set of 3.73's in the differentials won't do you too bad on mileage, either. My parents' old '90 Suburban still gets about 17/18 highway.

BigJayDogg3 · May 27, 2008

Anything with a carubrated 350cid. Those things are bulletproof and easy to come by. So are the trannies strapped to them. Gotta love the good ol' TH350 and 700r4

Not sure of which transmission it had, but my parents bought a used 91 suburban around I want to say 98-99, and it held up great. The only problem we had with it was the transmission went out around 300,000 mi, and didn't have a problem besides the something in the AC leaking, and when we sold it it had around 350,000 miles on it. Every now and again I still see it. Man I miss that thing. But I don't miss the gas bills. It was sold in 2003, and even then the fill up was around $100. Can't imagine filling it up now.

zxcv · May 27, 2008

What kind of "beating" are we talking about. 4-wheeling, roasting the tires at every opportunity??

Haha, just a truck that I can drive hard all year round and have a ton of fun with. I'm pretty easy on my current Silvy, cuz I'm worried about breaking stuff. I was just talking to a dealer and he might consider taking over my lease - I'm looking at a 1976 Chevy Silverado Camper Special - 454 big block, 146,000km for about $9,000. Texas truck, no rust.

BigJayDogg3 · May 27, 2008

What kind of "beating" are we talking about. 4-wheeling, roasting the tires at every opportunity??

Haha, just a truck that I can drive hard all year round and have a ton of fun with. I'm pretty easy on my current Silvy, cuz I'm worried about breaking stuff. I was just talking to a dealer and he might consider taking over my lease - I'm looking at a 1976 Chevy Silverado Camper Special - 454 big block, 146,000km for about $9,000. Texas truck, no rust.

If you want to go to Michigan to get it, they have one there for about half the price, not sure about mileage though.