The title says it all folks, such a shame here in the auto world today. Let’s not let this golden piece of auto history get crushed! Somebody needs to come take this big girl home!
WOW!!! That is clean. I would rather sink $5000 into that and it would look brand new, and drive it for years than spend $65000 on a new one. Use the $60000 you save and buy a boat, camper, quads. dirt bikes, and whatever to tow behind and have fun.
Also the value of old suburbans are slowly rising. A 1990 suburban in good condition will be worth more 10-15 years later than a 2019 one 10-15 years later
He mentioned in the video it actually wasn't scrapped. They traded a Nissan Maxima plus some change to get the Suburban, so hopefully someone caring will purchase it.
Tommy Tommy *deafBRED* bruh if a 1990s Lexus LS 4.0 L V8 can get 1 million miles, then I bet this beast could probably too. Might take a bit more maintenance and work than a Lexus tho.
@@805NAVE I guarantee it could, the only issue I think this year had was the transmission, but like Jay mentioned it may have already been swapped to a different model trans. Those 350s are dead simple too.
@@DeaFBRED There are more cars with a million on than you might think but not very many people reach that kind of mileage. Few drive that much and maintain their individual car well enough over a 15 - 30 year period.
Up here in PA in the rust belt, that would easily sell for $2500 as clean as it is. Probably more even with those miles. That's nicer than my daily work truck. Lol
@Thystaff Thywill Fluid Film (sheep oil) is a bucket of gold up here. Spray it in the rockers, spray it in the doors, spray it in the quarters, spray it on the backsides of the fenders and all over and inside the frame... Great stuff, just DON'T BREATHE IT.
I had three of these. 1989 I bought with 57,000 miles, ex-school bus, which just meant it was yellow. Being in New York it was rusty when I got it - the tailgate had some rot across it and while pulling on the gap to try to see if I could get the window to work, the window broke, and the whole tailgate fell out of it. The rear body brace was shot, rusted just about completely away. So here I am 75 miles from home and I had to go up the hill in the snow and pull barn doors off a parts truck and figure out how to install them so I can go home without all my tools and crap flying out of the back. I figured it out but it wasn't easy, of three layers of metal in the door frame only one has holes for the hinge bolts. I got a good 40,000 miles out of it though, beat the crap out of it, towed in one instance 7500 lbs behind it, drove it until the driver's front rocker panel was totally gone. Then I pulled the motor and trans to go in a '50 Chevy. The replacement for it was like this one, a 1991, it too had some rust but not as bad. It had 159,000 on it when I got it and it was tired, the guy had been using it to tow a big 8600 lb boat. Even then I drove it all over. The TBI 350 will run about forever if you maintain it. That one I only stopped driving because I got a van. The guy who bought it just wanted the interior out of it, the seats, dash, tilt column, power stuff, to go into a pickup. I also had a 1985 with the 6.2 I got cheap with a bad trans, parted out another one for a diesel 700R4, but never put it together. Which, the correct transmission for this is a 700R4. It's worth noting that some of these have a cable driven speedometer output, the 1989 I had did, the 1991 was electronic. The cable type is a tad harder to find, not that you can't swap them over, but when you're putting one in another car it makes things easier. It should get about 15 MPG give or take. I think even with the miles that would sell quick up here just because it has no rust.
Not a Chevy fan but it's a darn shame to see the last of the 'real' vehicles being DRIVEN across the scales... I've seen bigger hunks of modern junk still on the road that aren't as clean as that...
Hey that’s cool take good care of it to be honest with you my mother had a 1988 350 motor three-quarter ton suburban along time ago when I was a kid and I still miss it
I know it kills me when they have to go I know my friend had 84 El Camino but it had some issues so he decide to get rid of that one You should try to get the El Camino started it’s pretty sad to leave it there
WOW!!! with all the miles this trucks has on it, not to mention its nearly 30 years old and it virtually is rust free, and the A.C and rear window motor still works, Amazing!!!!
@@coreythefam6455 Many, many, many people care about the legendary Jeep Grand Wagoneer. That was the first luxury SUV lol and is rare asf and IS a collector's item.... these things ain't no collectors items, I see these buckets on the road every day where I live
With a 700r4 and 10 bolt rear end, if driven like a granny I bet this thing gets close to 22mpg. Shit, my Honda Accord is only getting 18 right now haha
It's Ders Mane not so with a 400/6,6 small block Chevy and the 401 BBC or 396. . These motors need high gear because they have enough power to pull at low rpms. I never had a cooling problem. They had a lot better pulling power and honesty got about the same mpg as a 302/327 small block Chevy. Some put big bastard cams in them then toss on a 750 double barrel holly carb . I liked to find a small 4 barrel from a Plymouth or mercury mid sized merc comet ☄️ being the better . Tune them in about a half a bumb lower then it’s idling then nudge it a little back to TDC slowly and stop short of TDC . Turn it off start it up to hear I’d starter drags if slow ruff rolling over , retard the timing a tiny bit more then try again. I saw a 62 STUD coupe with a 4.2 I6 out of a Trail Blazer. This young guy put a moderate 70 mm turbo on it . He DYNO it with just shy of 500 hp and nearly that much torque. He is running 10.0? At his local strip with it. He claims it gets great mileage. I got a 78 shot bed . The old 250 is shot and the 3 on the tree is loose and worn out. I been thinking about swapping on out in it. A i6 will our lug a big v8!on a long mountain on the highway. It goes slower down the other Side as well. I want something to work that truck in some firewood cutting, and to pull a trailer with . I want to get a 5 speed out of a 3/4 ton truck a 5 speed . Idk about the turbo yet but maybe some day . I also been looking around for a old 2.8 5speed comero or firebird to do a swap in. Whim he kicks in that factory engine on that lark it makes some sweet music. Kinda sounds German turbo ish. Good luck with your wagon
Your videos are always so awesome. The background stories of cars you tell always fascinate me. The wit and humor you bring to them makes them funny and well worth watching. As well as the bit of sarcasm you throw in. Keep up the great work. I’ll always be looking forward to the next one. Take care.
aw man, this video brings back memories of driving an 87 2wd Burb in High school. Like a friggin Cadillac, seats you could melt into and just whisper quiet for an iron monster of it's size. It also has the electric tailgate and that thing was wild. I just need an engine and it'll be road worthy again. Thanks for the great content, Jay!
Nice old thing, wears the mileage well. If I had it I'd get that bonnet (hood) resprayed, try and source the missing external trim bits and then just drive it. Awesome.
While I do give every good car the fair chance of having a new owner and life. If they sit around here too long without being rescued eventually they will end up on that big highway in the sky .... it’s sad but it’s true. As a big car guy , I’m ashamed of some of the things I’ve had to crush...
Since 1990 going off the combined MPG on the window sticker 14mpg, with 338000 miles on it that thing has burned 24,143 gallons of fuel. Between 1990 and now the average fuel cost would be about $1.50. So approximately $36,125 has been spent to drive that thing around....neat!
Built back when GM actually made decent cars and trucks. These things would run forever. My grandfather had a late 80s version with the diesel engine in it for as long as I can remember. Id say 15-20 years maybe more.
Being 1of 7 kids, the suburban was the family vehicle growing up. We had an ‘84 1/2 ton 2WD with a 350 and then a ‘90 3/4 ton 2WD with the 454, and both had front bench and flip-down tail gate with the electric window instead of the “barnyard doors”. I learned to drive on the 454.
My dad has a 98 sierra 2500 that he bought new in 98. Over 300k miles pulling horse trailers up and down the mountain and it still runs great. Hes got 2 porche 911's and an 80s 944, aswell as a brand new cayenne. He still drives the truck everywhere
The flip down tailgate with the roll down window had problems. The window got stuck when rolling it up. The barnyard doors were the solution in the rear.
@@jacobmuench6708 alot of politicians came up with it...they are all to blame...it was also an incentive for people to buy new cars to bolster the economy.
I have a 1993 Suburban that I bought last year from the original owners. The lady that had it before I did was a teacher and so it mainly just took her back and forth to work. It's in really good condition considering its age and I don't think I'd ever want one of the newer 2005+ models. GM has gone to shit the last few years.
Very nice suburban. Sell it do not scrap it. What a amazing find. I love that body style of the suburban. Amazing truck. Going to make someone very happy.
@@UsefulEntertainment yep don't know what's wrong with those dam Texans scrapping classics. I'm a Floridian born and raised. I can guarantee you that we dont do that.....Well mainly because there just aren't that many classics like there are here in Texas.😄
A family friend of ours had this exact truck. I remember riding in it as a kid whenever my dad needed to borrow a truck to haul stuff. Awesome clean truck!!
@@jasonvoorhees6657 f150s are absolutely bull crap the past 20ish years, but Chevy did make an awful interior for their early 2000s trucks, Ford has some pretty nice three quarter ton trucks, and tonners, these days, I hate Chevy's 2020 Silverado and 2020 Blazer and 2020 2500, ugh i hate the redesign, don't even get me started on the new Blazer 😵
Man I would love to have that Burb. Mother had two back in the 90s, Cream and orange and a dark metallic purple one. She always took good care of it, purple one was bought new in the early 90s. Brings back so many memories.
This is how I found my '90 GMC 4x4 1500 Suburban. It had been donated to the local Goodwill. Peeling white paint, crash damage to the passenger front door, flat front tire, 224k on the odometer. It was love at first sight. I took it all apart and had it repainted in Dupont Nason Urethane, in the original white. Scoured the local wrecking yard and purchased a couple rear seats, and took the fabric off them right there in the yard, because that's all I wanted. Had the broken front seats welded and then reupholstered in the original gray material. Added a small tach, trailer brake controller, trans temp gauge, giant B&M finned aluminum trans pan, and matching 11x11 external trans cooler. Converted the a/c (front and rear) to 134a and fixed the inoperative dash flaps. Upgraded to a Delco stereo that takes a CD and has a 5 band EQ, and set it back down on a set of white letter Generals in the stock size. That was 2005 and I still have it. It's been the family road trip machine, ski trip machine (with cables on all 4 wheels when sh!t got serious), kid hauler, and as our child got into high school sports, it became a team vehicle for the XC and Track teams for 4yrs, because we could a total of 9 in it. It hauls the camper, the car tow dolly, and a regular car trailer. Ultimately I did upgrade the original 4L60 with a customer built version, but the engine is original, now with 308k on it. Quiet, smooth, powerful enough, and will get 17mpg out on the highway, if I keep the speed down. Just a big ol' steel box and I still enjoy every minute I get to drive it.
We used these at are bus garage when and if are bus was down or in for service,they were excellent driving in the winter on crapy roads loved them👍😆...
@@CowboyCarCrushing makes sense, those COWBOY CADDIES sold alot in their time frame and all the ranchers bought them new loaded, plus climate keeps em from not ruisting.just interiors and paint gets BAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Went on a family roadtrip in one of those way back in the 80's, was an 86 model kinda like this one not much different. My dad kept calling it a Bus and it felt like one.. Massive amounts of room. That thing is a keeper, that is if you don't mind the fact it's a major fuel pig lol
It’s well preserved! It will be off the lot soon, likely already gone..... That 350 needs a little work. The 454 was far better hauling all that steel - especially when you hook something behind it. I remember 10-12 mpg with the 454 on the highway pulling a trailer. Smooth as butter(s). Thanks Jay.
Jason Robinson YEA.. I WILL NEVER BUY ANY TRUTH F THE NEW GMs EITHER.. HOWEVER., I LL NEVER BUY ANY OF THE NEW SHIT AT ALL. NOTHING WITH ALL THIS COMPUTOR SHIT IN THEM. OLD IS BETTER IN MY BOOK THE MORE SHIT U PUT IN A VEHICAL THE MORE SHIT TO GO WRONG
@@TFD1982 But here is the bright side. It's still a car underneath the hood, regaurdless of how many sensors are in there, it's still basically the same thing.... Just complicated as hell. 😂
That electric rear window on these suburbans is probably the coolest and most memorable feature on these. The most forgettable thing about these suburbans is the gas mileage. LOL.
The electric rear window was problematic, and got stuck when rolling it up. The gas mileage was about 10 to 12 miles to the gallon on the highway as I remember with the 5.7 350 V8. If you chose the 454 V8 gas mileage was even less. Load it down, and pull a trailer, and the gas mileage dropped even more.
Jay Smart oh good, you can have Alfred or my first born child! I’m assuming that you still don’t take Discover? NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH Cause I’m BATMAN!!!!!
I'm not a American car maker fan by any means. I would even pay my respect to this girl. Simple to fix and not made of plastic. A honest SUV for an honest probably blue collar family.
The brine is worse then the salt I think. It trashed my original brakes to the point I just had to do new rotors at 36k, it’s sad, even though I do love snow and snowmobiles 😂
I used to rust check my vehicles every year , the oil helped slow down the rust .now I'm in sc where we dont have to worry about rust or state inspections every year .
What a great old workhouse. You guys in the US will know how much in time n money it'll take to get it back up to scratch but as a work truck n daily I'd love to have it in the UK.
Loved those vehicles. Family had 2. We lived in Michigan so ours were rust buckets after a while, but I'd buy that if one that looked like that now were available.
@@MXguy95 I'd love to purchase the vehicle, but unfortunately I do not have the sufficient money, also I do live in Kansas which make it seem so far from each other. Thank you for the offer though, I appreciate it!
Faded paint isn’t always owner neglect, I know most of those old s10s from the same era lost their clear coat 4 years out of the factory. But a good respray would have this thing looking sharp!
A few years ago bought a 1990 Suburban 2500 Forestry truck. Went thru the ball joints; gave it a great and expensive tuneup. The mechanics told me it was a one ton rather than just a 3/4 ton, 350 fuel injected engine, dual set of batteries, front 3500 lb wench, can be removed and inserted in the rear...manuel windows, heater/air condition all work. I still have it and love it to pieces...keep it garaged when not in use, which is seldom, unless I need power. I think I paid around $1500...bargin in todays world. 2 wheel, manual transmission with compound low. Nothing fancy, built for woods and hairy assed rangers.
there's nothing like driving a square body suburban, ive got a 79 c20 suburban that i saved from a junk yard 5 years ago, i hope someone will do the same with this one, what a awesome looking truck
My dad had a 88 suburban and it got stolen in 2002. The fuckers who stolen the suburban ended up in a serious car wreck. The suburban was completely wrecked and one of the people who stole the truck died in the car wreck. My dad later bought a 85 c10 pickup.
Ok, so it wasn’t exactly scrapped by someone. All I could think up to that point in the video was what IDIOT would scrap a solid rust free running driving Suburban! Whew! Faith in humanity restored. I have a great memory of about 11 of us piled in my art teacher’s then new 87 Suburban to go to an art school tour in Ft. Lauderdale (yes, I’m that kind of a geek) but, it was an overnight trip AND we stayed in an Embassy suites hotel! Complete with pool, sauna , hot tub and....non-alcoholic beer. Oh yes, we were living the life back in the 80’s
I wish my great aunt didn't give up her '87 for cash for clunkers, it had extremely low miles, the only reason she destroyed it is because the tires were rotting... Makes no sense to me, she got like $200 bucks for the complete unit, it was a high trim level with a 454ci two tone blue and black, locking diff 4x4, (sigh)
But hey! She got a couple grand off of a brand new throw-away plastic commuter that probably shit its pants before 70k miles and has been long gone now.
We have a 2005 suburban. Not only is the rust much worse on ours, but in the past 3 months the a/c needed fixed, the windshield seal was leaking, it needed new brake lines, rotors, pads, etc. Not the best for maintenance costs.
Glad to hear this one isn't headed to the scrap heap. That thing looks new underneath! You need to advertise these gems up north here in the rust belt, they'll probably get snapped up quick.
STEVE JONES YEA., I FLY THREE CONFEDERATE FLAGS AROUND MY HOUSE IN UPSTATE NY ONE FLAG IS PRITTY BIG HOWEVER L., I LOVE PISSING OFF THE LIBTARDS IN THE TOWN I LIVE IN. KEEP EM FLYING...
wowsa, that rig would be a solid 5k here in NE with a quick detail and oil change, leave the paint alone and do a satin clear coat............lucky JAY
I couldn’t work in a scrapyard. The whole place would end up at my house.
hey jay where's your sis's JEEP?????????? We need a update vid on it
Right? I'd want to save *everything*.
Be taking a car home everyday.
Half of this stuff is at Jay's house. lol
Me to I hate seeing old stuff being crushed
This car really deserves a nice paintjob and it would look fabulous
WOW!!! That is clean. I would rather sink $5000 into that and it would look brand new, and drive it for years than spend $65000 on a new one. Use the $60000 you save and buy a boat, camper, quads. dirt bikes, and whatever to tow behind and have fun.
Also the value of old suburbans are slowly rising. A 1990 suburban in good condition will be worth more 10-15 years later than a 2019 one 10-15 years later
jwarehouse1 A MEN TO THAT STATEMENT. 🌞
Trick is not to waste on all that and be happy
Boy someone got their monies worth out of this one, what a beautiful ancient beast. The modern buffalo lol
OMG FACTOR CHALK MARKS and Numbers on frame whenit was on the ASSY line upsi9de down
I'm not even a Chevy guy and I'm sad to see this scrapped
He mentioned in the video it actually wasn't scrapped. They traded a Nissan Maxima plus some change to get the Suburban, so hopefully someone caring will purchase it.
@@JRobert111111 those hadlight are 40 bucks APIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lion's Den then what are you then?
Dont worry, thats why Jay posts this,someone will get it
Those headlights come apart and you can replace the bulb. It's a sealed beam with a separate halogen bulb. Used to do it with my 94 Camaro.
For the mileage, this is insanely clean. Someone needs to buy it and get that odometer to 1 million!
hahaha 1 million? ..that Wouldn't Make it A Car anymore But a Time machine 0_0
Tommy Tommy *deafBRED* bruh if a 1990s Lexus LS 4.0 L V8 can get 1 million miles, then I bet this beast could probably too. Might take a bit more maintenance and work than a Lexus tho.
@@805NAVE I guarantee it could, the only issue I think this year had was the transmission, but like Jay mentioned it may have already been swapped to a different model trans. Those 350s are dead simple too.
@@DeaFBRED There are more cars with a million on than you might think but not very many people reach that kind of mileage. Few drive that much and maintain their individual car well enough over a 15 - 30 year period.
@@101Volts I Have A 1984rv... and Two 1990 trucks.. the 1990 trucks have over 250,000
No way this is getting crushed.
I hope not
Any chance this is still available?
@@christimm394 Probably not. He doesnt even work at the scrap yard anymore.
@@Aspra seriously? Jay doesn’t work there anymore?
@@bigluke121vevo yup. works a mechanic shop now, flips cars too.
The old school trick of turning the air cleaner cover over to get more air...haven't seen that in a long time!
I did that on my 70 GMC 350. I LOVED the sound it made when you stomped on the gas!
I did that also on a few cars when I was younger.
Geoff Davies sad thing is it's missing the piece of plastic that makes the truck ram air so you wouldn't have to do that
Id done it to all my squares. Actually works
Hot air is low density, its actually worse, but sounds gooder:)
Up here in PA in the rust belt, that would easily sell for $2500 as clean as it is. Probably more even with those miles. That's nicer than my daily work truck. Lol
MMGJ10 up here in pa you would drive it into the state and the dam door would fucking fall off from even being here
@Thystaff Thywill Fluid Film (sheep oil) is a bucket of gold up here. Spray it in the rockers, spray it in the doors, spray it in the quarters, spray it on the backsides of the fenders and all over and inside the frame... Great stuff, just DON'T BREATHE IT.
@Thystaff Thywill It's the first time I heard of Cerakote, thanks! Looks costly but if you wanna get the best, there you go.
That'd go for $4000 to 5000. here in Buffalo, NY as it sits. That thing is clean!
Here in Michigan, that's $3500 - $5000, easily.
Wow! That's an awesome vehicle! I hope it goes to a good home to get clean up and fixed up.
I had three of these. 1989 I bought with 57,000 miles, ex-school bus, which just meant it was yellow. Being in New York it was rusty when I got it - the tailgate had some rot across it and while pulling on the gap to try to see if I could get the window to work, the window broke, and the whole tailgate fell out of it. The rear body brace was shot, rusted just about completely away.
So here I am 75 miles from home and I had to go up the hill in the snow and pull barn doors off a parts truck and figure out how to install them so I can go home without all my tools and crap flying out of the back. I figured it out but it wasn't easy, of three layers of metal in the door frame only one has holes for the hinge bolts.
I got a good 40,000 miles out of it though, beat the crap out of it, towed in one instance 7500 lbs behind it, drove it until the driver's front rocker panel was totally gone. Then I pulled the motor and trans to go in a '50 Chevy.
The replacement for it was like this one, a 1991, it too had some rust but not as bad. It had 159,000 on it when I got it and it was tired, the guy had been using it to tow a big 8600 lb boat. Even then I drove it all over. The TBI 350 will run about forever if you maintain it. That one I only stopped driving because I got a van. The guy who bought it just wanted the interior out of it, the seats, dash, tilt column, power stuff, to go into a pickup.
I also had a 1985 with the 6.2 I got cheap with a bad trans, parted out another one for a diesel 700R4, but never put it together.
Which, the correct transmission for this is a 700R4. It's worth noting that some of these have a cable driven speedometer output, the 1989 I had did, the 1991 was electronic. The cable type is a tad harder to find, not that you can't swap them over, but when you're putting one in another car it makes things easier.
It should get about 15 MPG give or take.
I think even with the miles that would sell quick up here just because it has no rust.
Not a Chevy fan but it's a darn shame to see the last of the 'real' vehicles being DRIVEN across the scales... I've seen bigger hunks of modern junk still on the road that aren't as clean as that...
I have too in my area.
Our Escalade is basically a Chevy Tahoe I love Chevrolet
Not a fan of the old school styling but the engine definitely sounded good
Please don’t Junket those have been one of my favorite vehicles for a lot of years Wish I can drive it
I agree my dad owns that style but it's a 89 Chevy r3500 it's so pretty
Hey that’s cool take good care of it to be honest with you my mother had a 1988 350 motor three-quarter ton suburban along time ago when I was a kid and I still miss it
Nice my dad also has a 85 el Camino it hasn't moved since 2005
It sucks to see old Chevys go
I know it kills me when they have to go I know my friend had 84 El Camino but it had some issues so he decide to get rid of that one You should try to get the El Camino started it’s pretty sad to leave it there
WOW!!! with all the miles this trucks has on it, not to mention its nearly 30 years old and it virtually is rust free, and the A.C and rear window motor still works, Amazing!!!!
Right
I'm a ford guy but I respect the Chevy Suburbans
Crystal Mund you better respect it. was the best suv in the day
I respect Suburban's Also I do like this one.
@@coreythefam6455 no just no..... the jeep grand wagoneer and cherokee were a thousand times better
Cameron Peralta no one cares about those! My heart is in those older Chevrolet trucks and suburban, and their collectors items
@@coreythefam6455 Many, many, many people care about the legendary Jeep Grand Wagoneer. That was the first luxury SUV lol and is rare asf and IS a collector's item.... these things ain't no collectors items, I see these buckets on the road every day where I live
What a beautiful truck. I would buy and drive it in a heartbeat.
it;'s teh HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA
I had 3 of these Suburbans and they were so fun cruising the backroads of Northern California.
If you watch Motor Week/retro This beast got better mileage then the H2.
Corbin Greiner between 9mpg, up to 18mpg, 22 on best case scenario. Still better than my trail Blazer. It only makes 16mpg.
Yeah but real man drive the 454 and and ask money for fuel everywhere he goes
Corbin Greiner wow really! I hadn’t seen that one yet
With a 700r4 and 10 bolt rear end, if driven like a granny I bet this thing gets close to 22mpg. Shit, my Honda Accord is only getting 18 right now haha
It's Ders Mane not so with a 400/6,6 small block Chevy and the 401 BBC or 396. . These motors need high gear because they have enough power to pull at low rpms. I never had a cooling problem. They had a lot better pulling power and honesty got about the same mpg as a 302/327 small block Chevy. Some put big bastard cams in them then toss on a 750 double barrel holly carb . I liked to find a small 4 barrel from a Plymouth or mercury mid sized merc comet ☄️ being the better . Tune them in about a half a bumb lower then it’s idling then nudge it a little back to TDC slowly and stop short of TDC . Turn it off start it up to hear I’d starter drags if slow ruff rolling over , retard the timing a tiny bit more then try again. I saw a 62 STUD coupe with a 4.2 I6 out of a Trail Blazer. This young guy put a moderate 70 mm turbo on it . He DYNO it with just shy of 500 hp and nearly that much torque. He is running 10.0? At his local strip with it. He claims it gets great mileage. I got a 78 shot bed . The old 250 is shot and the 3 on the tree is loose and worn out. I been thinking about swapping on out in it. A i6 will our lug a big v8!on a long mountain on the highway. It goes slower down the other Side as well. I want something to work that truck in some firewood cutting, and to pull a trailer with . I want to get a 5 speed out of a 3/4 ton truck a 5 speed . Idk about the turbo yet but maybe some day . I also been looking around for a old 2.8 5speed comero or firebird to do a swap in. Whim he kicks in that factory engine on that lark it makes some sweet music. Kinda sounds German turbo ish. Good luck with your wagon
Don’t crush this gem. This really is classic; paint it detail it and keep it
Seems to run and drive fine, put a drivers Seat in it and sell it
Your videos are always so awesome. The background stories of cars you tell always fascinate me. The wit and humor you bring to them makes them funny and well worth watching. As well as the bit of sarcasm you throw in. Keep up the great work. I’ll always be looking forward to the next one. Take care.
Cool truck! It must be saved.
How much I need another one I own 2 now I'll come pick it up
I got a 1990 high top for sale lol
@@tthatggguy how much I'm in Illinois
Mine has a 454 in it
@@taxfreefamiliac.e.o8631 ya so does mine
Thats actually not as bad as I thought it would be considering the mileage!
luv Jay's hi tech repairof dash gauges SMACK the POOP outa it !!!!!!!!!
@@gertraba4484 lol I do as well.
Met a guy last week who has a 93 with 754,000. Hoping my 99 will make it that far, 100k down, 654k to go!
That thing is solid weres the rust at? If that were in Wisconsin it would have rusted away by now.
Agreed. And if it were in the UK he wouldn't be driving it, he'd be sweeping it up with a dustpan.
Very true
dude I would never scrap such a perfectly good working car
Who else actually stood up. I did
Yes, I did as well
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you guys for the patriotism
I did
aw man, this video brings back memories of driving an 87 2wd Burb in High school. Like a friggin Cadillac, seats you could melt into and just whisper quiet for an iron monster of it's size. It also has the electric tailgate and that thing was wild. I just need an engine and it'll be road worthy again. Thanks for the great content, Jay!
Nice old thing, wears the mileage well. If I had it I'd get that bonnet (hood) resprayed, try and source the missing external trim bits and then just drive it. Awesome.
Wow couldn’t believe how clean the underbody of that Suburban was! Thanks for sharing.😎
NO WAY ARE YOU CRUSHING THAT
Watch the whole vid 3/4 the way thru he said it's for sale
While I do give every good car the fair chance of having a new owner and life. If they sit around here too long without being rescued eventually they will end up on that big highway in the sky .... it’s sad but it’s true. As a big car guy , I’m ashamed of some of the things I’ve had to crush...
Jay Smart is it still for sale?
Jay Smart can you post a video of car crushing
Since 1990 going off the combined MPG on the window sticker 14mpg, with 338000 miles on it that thing has burned 24,143 gallons of fuel. Between 1990 and now the average fuel cost would be about $1.50. So approximately $36,125 has been spent to drive that thing around....neat!
Built back when GM actually made decent cars and trucks. These things would run forever. My grandfather had a late 80s version with the diesel engine in it for as long as I can remember. Id say 15-20 years maybe more.
GM cars in 1990 save it from the Caprice and the B bodies were something you would just get away from
Being 1of 7 kids, the suburban was the family vehicle growing up. We had an ‘84 1/2 ton 2WD with a 350 and then a ‘90 3/4 ton 2WD with the 454, and both had front bench and flip-down tail gate with the electric window instead of the “barnyard doors”. I learned to drive on the 454.
My dad has a 98 sierra 2500 that he bought new in 98. Over 300k miles pulling horse trailers up and down the mountain and it still runs great. Hes got 2 porche 911's and an 80s 944, aswell as a brand new cayenne. He still drives the truck everywhere
The flip down tailgate with the roll down window had problems. The window got stuck when rolling it up. The barnyard doors were the solution in the rear.
It's sad to see a suburban in that good of shape in the junkyard
That would make a very interesting CarFax report.because of the very high miles
As if miles alone are interesting?? Single owner never in a major accident, wow how exciting...
Damn that’s so clean! Someone should restore it.
Absolutely needs to be saved! What a straight and solid Suburban! Ready for another 330k miles!
It hurts us gm guys to see that happening to a classic. Got a love them square body's
I strongly dislike Obama, he came up with CFC
@@jacobmuench6708 alot of politicians came up with it...they are all to blame...it was also an incentive for people to buy new cars to bolster the economy.
Real man's suburban, not bad I reckon someone will buy it.
I have a 1993 Suburban that I bought last year from the original owners. The lady that had it before I did was a teacher and so it mainly just took her back and forth to work. It's in really good condition considering its age and I don't think I'd ever want one of the newer 2005+ models. GM has gone to shit the last few years.
The 2005+ GM trucks are still better than the 1997+ Ford trucks.
What a beauty! I'm all over in the UK and love watching these. Wish I was over there to buy some of them!
That makes me miss my old 89 suburban body looks pretty clean on that one
Sweet. Had a 1990 454 all options. Still miss it.
fudge, I wish this was in Socal... Epic
Very nice suburban. Sell it do not scrap it. What a amazing find. I love that body style of the suburban. Amazing truck. Going to make someone very happy.
These get scrapped often here in North Texas. Seen some real nice ones in the yard
I don't know what's wrong with you Texans, you state scraps everything!
@@UsefulEntertainment yep don't know what's wrong with those dam Texans scrapping classics. I'm a Floridian born and raised. I can guarantee you that we dont do that.....Well mainly because there just aren't that many classics like there are here in Texas.😄
@@ClassicRideSociety lol I see. It amazes me the stuff you find out there
@@UsefulEntertainment yep, a 2 door 71 lemans just came into the yard with an edelbrock intake still on it.
@@ClassicRideSociety shit box or is it nice?
A family friend of ours had this exact truck. I remember riding in it as a kid whenever my dad needed to borrow a truck to haul stuff. Awesome clean truck!!
This was before GM hit rock bottom
I like my "rock"
Also also funny you should say "rock" 90s Chevy trucks were tough as balls, and "like a rock" is stained into my memory forever
Gm never hit rock bottom ford has many times
@@jasonvoorhees6657 f150s are absolutely bull crap the past 20ish years, but Chevy did make an awful interior for their early 2000s trucks, Ford has some pretty nice three quarter ton trucks, and tonners, these days, I hate Chevy's 2020 Silverado and 2020 Blazer and 2020 2500, ugh i hate the redesign, don't even get me started on the new Blazer 😵
Man I would love to have that Burb. Mother had two back in the 90s, Cream and orange and a dark metallic purple one. She always took good care of it, purple one was bought new in the early 90s. Brings back so many memories.
My next car to restore. 87-91 350V8 suburban. Nice truck man!
I bought an 89 4wd. 94k miles. White. Silverado. Barn doors.
This is how I found my '90 GMC 4x4 1500 Suburban. It had been donated to the local Goodwill. Peeling white paint, crash damage to the passenger front door, flat front tire, 224k on the odometer. It was love at first sight. I took it all apart and had it repainted in Dupont Nason Urethane, in the original white. Scoured the local wrecking yard and purchased a couple rear seats, and took the fabric off them right there in the yard, because that's all I wanted. Had the broken front seats welded and then reupholstered in the original gray material. Added a small tach, trailer brake controller, trans temp gauge, giant B&M finned aluminum trans pan, and matching 11x11 external trans cooler. Converted the a/c (front and rear) to 134a and fixed the inoperative dash flaps. Upgraded to a Delco stereo that takes a CD and has a 5 band EQ, and set it back down on a set of white letter Generals in the stock size. That was 2005 and I still have it. It's been the family road trip machine, ski trip machine (with cables on all 4 wheels when sh!t got serious), kid hauler, and as our child got into high school sports, it became a team vehicle for the XC and Track teams for 4yrs, because we could a total of 9 in it. It hauls the camper, the car tow dolly, and a regular car trailer. Ultimately I did upgrade the original 4L60 with a customer built version, but the engine is original, now with 308k on it. Quiet, smooth, powerful enough, and will get 17mpg out on the highway, if I keep the speed down. Just a big ol' steel box and I still enjoy every minute I get to drive it.
Now that’s nice that truck deserves a paint Job! And some new high performance parts
That's a pretty sweet suburban indeed. Great bones to build off from there. Impressed 😎
WANT!!! but i live in Scotland :(. But still WANT.
We used these at are bus garage when and if are bus was down or in for service,they were excellent driving in the winter on crapy roads loved them👍😆...
Man that thing is clean. It would sell for four grand the way it sits.
5k at the swap meets here in NE
Y'all need to take a trip Dallas. 6 maybe 7 hundred bucks. Their still out there.
Wow that’s pricey! This one is going by the road for $1,500! Clean title !
In ohio you can hardly find them in half as good a shape as that one, most of them go for 3 0r 4 grand east especially that year.
@@CowboyCarCrushing makes sense, those COWBOY CADDIES sold alot in their time frame and all the ranchers bought them new loaded, plus climate keeps em from not ruisting.just interiors and paint gets BAKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Went on a family roadtrip in one of those way back in the 80's, was an 86 model kinda like this one not much different. My dad kept calling it a Bus and it felt like one.. Massive amounts of room. That thing is a keeper, that is if you don't mind the fact it's a major fuel pig lol
I have a 1990 2500 Suburban as my daily driver I love it! That's definitely too nice for a parts truck
It’s well preserved! It will be off the lot soon, likely already gone.....
That 350 needs a little work. The 454 was far better hauling all that steel - especially when you hook something behind it.
I remember 10-12 mpg with the 454 on the highway pulling a trailer. Smooth as butter(s).
Thanks Jay.
I don't like GM anymore but I would drive that.
Jason Robinson YEA.. I WILL NEVER BUY ANY TRUTH F THE NEW GMs EITHER.. HOWEVER., I LL NEVER BUY ANY OF THE NEW SHIT AT ALL. NOTHING WITH ALL THIS COMPUTOR SHIT IN THEM. OLD IS BETTER IN MY BOOK THE MORE SHIT U PUT IN A VEHICAL THE MORE SHIT TO GO WRONG
@@michaelcipperley5129 you gotta have a degree in fuckin rocket science to fix up a newer car nowadays. 😂
ChanMan 2802 yeah I worried what I’m going to get my self into when I become a mechanic
@@TFD1982 But here is the bright side. It's still a car underneath the hood, regaurdless of how many sensors are in there, it's still basically the same thing.... Just complicated as hell. 😂
ChanMan 2802 got that right
I did as you said Jay I stood up and took off my hat and also told everyone in my house to take a moment of silence.
That electric rear window on these suburbans is probably the coolest and most memorable feature on these. The most forgettable thing about these suburbans is the gas mileage. LOL.
The electric rear window was problematic, and got stuck when rolling it up. The gas mileage was about 10 to 12 miles to the gallon on the highway as I remember with the 5.7 350 V8. If you chose the 454 V8 gas mileage was even less. Load it down, and pull a trailer, and the gas mileage dropped even more.
That has to be one of the cleanest surburbans I've ever seen
1990, the year I graduated.. starting to feel old
Bought a 90 GMC Suburban a few weeks ago with the 454. What a beast!
Will that be cash, check, credit or soul?
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We accept all forms of payment ☠️
Jay Smart oh good, you can have Alfred or my first born child! I’m assuming that you still don’t take Discover?
NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH Cause I’m BATMAN!!!!!
I'm not a American car maker fan by any means. I would even pay my respect to this girl. Simple to fix and not made of plastic. A honest SUV for an honest probably blue collar family.
It’s cleaner underneath then my damn 2016 truck after 3 lovely New York State winters 🤬
BraaapAttack IKR I hate road salt
I know used to live in cny , I dont miss the salt and brine they used on the roads
The brine is worse then the salt I think. It trashed my original brakes to the point I just had to do new rotors at 36k, it’s sad, even though I do love snow and snowmobiles 😂
BraaapAttack Jesus😂
I used to rust check my vehicles every year , the oil helped slow down the rust .now I'm in sc where we dont have to worry about rust or state inspections every year .
I'd buy it if I were closer - This is a true classic Chevy Truck, reminds me of the 1977 GMC Sierra Grande I once had and regret ever getting rid of!
That is in really good shape
What a great old workhouse. You guys in the US will know how much in time n money it'll take to get it back up to scratch but as a work truck n daily I'd love to have it in the UK.
That thing sounds amazing!!!! American muscle as y'all say lol 💪
Loved those vehicles. Family had 2. We lived in Michigan so ours were rust buckets after a while, but I'd buy that if one that looked like that now were available.
Daaaaamn!!! Rebuild or sell like is and the costumer will restore it!!
I would love to have that Suburban, it's just in such great shape!
Jonathan Chrysler for the age and the miles this thing has held up extremely well, minus the paint
Save that Suburban..... looks too nice to get scrapped... and I like older chevys that are actually decent (before GM's quality went to Shit)
GM's quality never went to shit fords did
@@jasonvoorhees6657oh yeah what about the 2019s
@@jasonvoorhees6657 lol.
Hollup, why in the world someone will scrap nice squarebody suburban that runs and drives??? Mad!
That baby still Rocking
someone near me is selling their '90 suburban, I want to know what he's selling it for; that's a real nice one, especially with nearly 340k miles!
Nick_NT $1,500 cash , clean title and you can drive this baby home
@@MXguy95 I'd love to purchase the vehicle, but unfortunately I do not have the sufficient money, also I do live in Kansas which make it seem so far from each other. Thank you for the offer though, I appreciate it!
Man that thing is solid, love these old square body gen trucks
Hey Jay what are y'all asking for it? It'll go nice with the 1983 G10 I just got💪
MrDmagic88 $1,500 clean title and you can drive it home !
@@MXguy95 would you be interested in trading it for a 1990 Honda Prelude SI 5 speed with 4 Wheel Steering?
@@MXguy95 can you give me your contact info and location? Im in NC
I would totally rock that as a daily driver and I drive a Camry. Hope she gets a good home.
Jay sure sounds great for a 338,000 mile vehicle. Someone has taken pretty good care of it.
Doesn't look like it from the outside.
Faded paint isn’t always owner neglect, I know most of those old s10s from the same era lost their clear coat 4 years out of the factory. But a good respray would have this thing looking sharp!
@@MXguy95 I think that if needed you could always drop another 350 in it. They were great engines.
A few years ago bought a 1990 Suburban 2500 Forestry truck. Went thru the ball joints; gave it a great and expensive tuneup. The mechanics told me it was a one ton rather than just a 3/4 ton, 350 fuel injected engine, dual set of batteries, front 3500 lb wench, can be removed and inserted in the rear...manuel windows, heater/air condition all work. I still have it and love it to pieces...keep it garaged when not in use, which is seldom, unless I need power. I think I paid around $1500...bargin in todays world. 2 wheel, manual transmission with compound low. Nothing fancy, built for woods and hairy assed rangers.
Sounds beautiful, I’d daily this
there's nothing like driving a square body suburban, ive got a 79 c20 suburban that i saved from a junk yard 5 years ago, i hope someone will do the same with this one, what a awesome looking truck
I am not a Chevy guy, but I would even feel dirty crushing it.
Lee Majors are you a Nissan guy?
These southern trucks, man... so damn clean! Mine is 16 years newer and there's not a single square inch of paint left on the underside... only rust
Save it please!.i never say please but now i do.So please for the love of god!,save dante's peak childhood suburban.
Well you definitely where raised pretty shitty
No manners?
My dad had a 88 suburban and it got stolen in 2002. The fuckers who stolen the suburban ended up in a serious car wreck. The suburban was completely wrecked and one of the people who stole the truck died in the car wreck. My dad later bought a 85 c10 pickup.
This things too nice to scrap imo.
Its cleaner underneath than my 04 which also has no rust
Ok, so it wasn’t exactly scrapped by someone. All I could think up to that point in the video was what IDIOT would scrap a solid rust free running driving Suburban! Whew! Faith in humanity restored. I have a great memory of about 11 of us piled in my art teacher’s then new 87 Suburban to go to an art school tour in Ft. Lauderdale (yes, I’m that kind of a geek) but, it was an overnight trip AND we stayed in an Embassy suites hotel! Complete with pool, sauna , hot tub and....non-alcoholic beer. Oh yes, we were living the life back in the 80’s
I wish my great aunt didn't give up her '87 for cash for clunkers, it had extremely low miles, the only reason she destroyed it is because the tires were rotting... Makes no sense to me, she got like $200 bucks for the complete unit, it was a high trim level with a 454ci two tone blue and black, locking diff 4x4, (sigh)
What a dumb bitch.
Things people would do for a little money
But hey! She got a couple grand off of a brand new throw-away plastic commuter that probably shit its pants before 70k miles and has been long gone now.
@@yates656 who told you!?
We have a 2005 suburban. Not only is the rust much worse on ours, but in the past 3 months the a/c needed fixed, the windshield seal was leaking, it needed new brake lines, rotors, pads, etc. Not the best for maintenance costs.
At 7:40, "or u can drive it the way it is",; hell yeah, where do I go to come pick it up...
Glad to hear this one isn't headed to the scrap heap. That thing looks new underneath! You need to advertise these gems up north here in the rust belt, they'll probably get snapped up quick.
300k that engine is just broke n in. wish yall was closer id snag it up. love them old irons
300k and it is just been ran in. I am going to have to go with bullshit there buddy. It is an American built car.
STEVE JONES I LOVE UR CONFEDERATE INDICATER
@@michaelcipperley5129 thanks
@@timsmith854 my point exactly its well built
STEVE JONES YEA., I FLY THREE CONFEDERATE FLAGS AROUND MY HOUSE IN UPSTATE NY ONE FLAG IS PRITTY BIG HOWEVER L., I LOVE PISSING OFF THE LIBTARDS IN THE TOWN I LIVE IN. KEEP EM FLYING...
Wow, rocker panels on an old Burban. Have not seen that in some years as they are all rot boxes here in ct. Very nice restoration candidate
I'm in CT too
wowsa, that rig would be a solid 5k here in NE with a quick detail and oil change, leave the paint alone and do a satin clear coat............lucky JAY
If you own it would have rotten to dust