The Pick of the Day is a 1991 Chevrolet Suburban R1500 Silverado listed by a Georgia dealership on ClassicCars.com.
Imagine having a sweet tooth and becoming the newest employee at a gourmet bakery that offers delights you’ve never tried before. The second you walk through the front door, you start sliding down a slippery slope. Before I started working for the Collector Car Network, I had certain automotive tastes and a list of dream vehicles. It wasn’t that long after I signed on that those tastes evolved and that list expanded. That’s why you’re seeing this 1991 Chevrolet R1500 Suburban right now.
Introduced in 1935, the Suburban is the longest-running nameplate in automotive history. For nearly 20 years (1973-1991), it looked mostly like this seventh-generation model: a two-box design with a square jaw and strong, simple lines bent around enough interior space for three rows of passengers or a combination of people and lots of luggage and gear.
Obviously, this specimen is different from its siblings in a few ways. Time has certainly given the Smoke Blue Metallic and Summit White body a unique and rugged patina, which has been clearcoated so all that visual history is preserved.
Somewhere along the line, this family-hauler received a lower-body makeover in the form of new wheels and suspension hardware. It’s been dropped five inches, C-notched, and equipped with 2.5-inch lowering spindles and two-inch front drop springs. A set of white 20-inch Detroit Steel wheels with low-profile 245/45 front and 275/45 rear tires have been tucked under the wheel wells.
Aside from those changes, which give this Suburban a slick custom look, this people-mover seems largely untouched. There have been some updates here and there, such as new headlights and shocks and a fresh headliner, but there’s no mention of anything major being done to the 350ci V8 or four-speed automatic transmission.
The same goes for the Blue cloth interior, which offers power windows, a tilt steering column, cruise control, power steering, air conditioning, and captain’s chairs in the first row.
You don’t see too many Suburbans of this era out on the roads these days. It’s even less likely you’ll see one as cool as this example, which would look great as a sort of party bus for fun weekends with friends and family or as a promotional vehicle for a speed shop. If you want to see it in your driveway, it’ll take $20,995 to make it appear there.
Click here to view the listing for this Pick of the Day on ClassicCars.com.
Source: www.classiccars.com