Now I get it! I just got home from a 5400 mile round trip from my home here in the California desert to eastern New York state, and on this long trip I saw maybe 5 of our trucks.... I see more than that on the average day here in my town. The oldest vehicles I saw much of was late 80s pickups, and they already had lots of rust on them, far more than is on my 57 suburban which sits outside. I never realized it was that hard to find a rust free body part but now I understand. And then the real reason people dont bother to come out here and get rust free parts is because it is a heck of a long way! I just have one question- how come nobody back there has a garage? Where I live we have sunshine 350 days a year, and I have a garage! I dont know how you guys do it........ I guess I am pretty lucky, the main problem here is dried out rubber seals and sandblasted windows. Anyway, now I understand why some people freak out about parting out good trucks........
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57 suburban(sitting in the driveway), 2 69 C20 longbeds (sitting in the field ) and a 2003 8.1 Suburban
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