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Old 07-05-2014, 10:44 AM
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Nows your opportunity to buy the macho grande...

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Old 07-05-2014, 03:33 PM
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This is a 1973 GMC (same as Chevy) Suburban Sierra Grande, known to many as the "Macho Grande." This is the Suburban you've seen in Episode 8 and Episode 25 of the show called "Roadkill" on the Motor Trend channel of YouTube. Search "Roadkill Episode 8" on YouTube and you'll see a lot of footage of this truck. I should make it clear that this sale is from a private party, and not from Roadkill, Motor Trend, or the parent company, TEN. The truck is a two-wheel-drive 3/4-ton with a 454 big-block engine and a TH400 automatic transmission. It runs and drives very well, with all the mechanical stuff functional. According to the previous owner, who had the Suburban for 20-plus years and used it daily, it has 350,000 miles on it, and the engine and trans were rebuilt long ago. The engine has an Edelbrock carb, Edelbrock Performer intake, and Tri-Y headers that are probably Thorleys. It has enough minor oil leaks to leave a drip the size of a quarter overnight and it smells like burning oil when you drive it because it's on the header. The exhaust is in really good shape. The truck has front and rear air that is cold, though the front fan only barely blows. The previous owner changed all the air-conditioning hoses front to back. The cruise control also works. Since I have had it, I've installed a new alternator, plug wires, plugs, radiator, and brake pads. It also has 33-inch Mickey Thompson ATZ radial tires with maybe 3,000 miles on them and lots of meat left. The most annoying thing is that it will kill the battery overnight if you leave it connected, and I have not been able to find the draw. It has a trailer hitch and a trailer brake controller, and you can see in the Roadkill episode that we used it to tow a '55 Chevy from Los Angeles to Oregon and back. The rear springs are saggy, but it works. We got 10 to 7 mpg towing. The interior is pretty torn up, but the door panels are good. The body is amazingly rust-free; you can see a little orange bleed-through in the photos, but it comes off with Comet and a scrubby sponge. There's no rot-through anywhere. The body does have a lot of little dents, which you can see in the photos. The paint is all original except a very old touch-up on the driver door. Overall, this is a great daily truck as-is, and could be made even better if the front a/c fan would blow hard. I'd drive this cross-country right now. The only reason I'm selling it is that the fleet is just too large and expensive to store.


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Old 07-05-2014, 04:16 PM
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That would be a good candidate for a 4-53 repower.
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Old 07-05-2014, 04:53 PM
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The most annoying thing is that it will kill the battery overnight if you leave it connected, and I have not been able to find the draw.
Oh no prob. Will you take $5000?
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Old 07-05-2014, 05:13 PM
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crappy old suburban, was on tv once, so worth 30 times what it should be, right?

i mean, all those crown vics from "bad boys" are worth 30k a piece right?
even the wrecked ones are certainly worth 3x scrap value, stands to reason
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Old 07-05-2014, 09:11 PM
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Beater suburban for >4K. 2wd to boot. Uh huh.....
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Old 07-05-2014, 09:27 PM
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Somebody wants $3500 for this one:

4x4 Suburban 1964

Makes that '73 look like a great deal.

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This heap of junk can be yours for only $6500:

http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/4526075803.html
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Old 07-05-2014, 10:11 PM
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Somebody wants $3500 for this one:

4x4 Suburban 1964

Makes that '73 look like a great deal.

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This heap of junk can be yours for only $6500:

1972 GMC SURBURBAN
The two and three doors bring a premium no matter what shape they're in. Pretty rare.
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Old 07-05-2014, 11:14 PM
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If you ever wanted to:

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That series cracks me up. Somehow I stumbled upon the Raunchero Alaska or Bust episode and got reeled in. Now I'm all caught up and am eagerly awaiting the 4th Friday for the next episode.

The Mucho Grande has definitely put in its time!
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Old 07-06-2014, 04:53 AM
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Beater suburban for >4K. 2wd to boot. Uh huh.....
I care about this about as much as the NRA cares about all those dead children
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Macho Grande? Doesn't Starbucks have them on special this week?

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