How rare are/is this truck? Reno CL not mine

[MusicMan70]

Again not mine, but I've always had an interest in odd or not typical trucks.
I searched some of the posts and found this was a one-year only?!

I like that it appears to be original/low mileage/four speed/4wd too!
Not usually my cup of tea, but nice to have...


http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/3080191752.html

[BabyBlue]

Standard Cab Dually's? I'm pretty sure they are not just single year, and I have seen several for sale up here in NY. The last one had 70-80k orig miles, was white, no rust and had AC, PW, PDL, TILT, and CC...so it was a fully loaded truck and they dropped the price twice on CL. Think it sold for somewhere in the realm of $3500-4500. West coast you don't really need a 4wd, especially in Reno, and without options...I'm not really banking that he'll end up with $4500 in his pocket, maybe $3000 if it is exactly as he says it is.

[J.C. Corbett]

If you want, I can go take a look at it for you, but as far as rarity, not at all. They're all over out here, in good shape. That does look like a nice pickup, though.

[Outlaw87]

No rarity in that truck, but in my opinion, two wheel drive single cab duallies are much cooler than the way more common crew cabs.


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[AntiGov]

a single cab dually is not rare.....but an 88-91 single cab square dually is much harder to find......

[Outlaw87]

Originally Posted by AntiGov

a single cab dually is not rare.....but an 88-91 single cab square dually is much harder to find......

I know they made square body til 91 for the suburbans, blazers, and crew cabs, but i thought that in 88 the single cabs were the new CK design.

[MusicMan70]

Thanks BB and JC for the info and offer to check it out. Can't get any more projects till I sell my Riviera anyways.

[mud slut 350]

maybe not rare ive seen one so far here locally and man i love the single cab short bed duallys man they just look tough as hell! wish i had one but i dont think the wife could handle me having another rig lol im at 3 now after selling one off recently.

[broey]

I dont think there is such thing as a rare square. maybe one is harder to find, but not rare. they made them for too long.

[Outlaw87]

Originally Posted by broey

I dont think there is such thing as a rare square. maybe one is harder to find, but not rare. they made them for too long.

Exactly!

Rare is finding a good looking woman that cooks and cleans and lets you do what you want.

I'm just kidding!

...but seriously.

[86454k30]

Considering the 88 was the first year of the NBS trucks, the only way you could get a standard cab "square" body truck was if you bought a 4wd dually or a cab and chassis truck.

I would say that truck is pretty rare.

[broey]

if you had to make it, its not rare. its custom. thats like me saying my truck is rare because its got an aftermarket interior.

[88Jimmy4x4]

4 speed, 4wd, dually w/gas engine.....I would buy it, lift it and drive the heck out of it, thats a cool truck

[obijuan]

thats extremely rare. 88 plus regular cab square bodies are very few and far between. mostly only cab and chassi, i have never seen an 88 standard wheelbase. in all my years lol

id like to see the title..

rare and desirable are two different things.


its rare that i crap my pants, its not too often desirable.

[rwhit57]

That looks like a solid truck, and doesn't look all beat to crap like most of them I've seen. I haven't seen a 4x4 like that around here in a long time. Even 2wd single cab duallys just don't seem very plentiful anymore, I think they've all been worked to death, maybe they aren't real rare but finding a decent one isn't easy.

[GM72K10]

1988 they made both styles of single cab dually 4x4 pickups so It is the LAST year for a square body pickup truck. ALL others (square body anyway) that year (88) were cab/chassis, crew, blazers or suburbans.

[Keith Seymore]

Might be "rare" for the 1988 model year but we built several million of them in the previous 15 years that were essentially the same....

K

[special-K]

Yep,pretty rare. Of all those above who have commented that it's not rare,how many '88 regular cab V3500 pickups have you seen in the last 24 years? And Reno sits close to the Sierra Nevada. I think 4wd would come in handy at times.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by special-K

Yep,pretty rare. Of all those above who have commented that it's not rare,how many '88 regular cab V3500 pickups have you seen in the last 24 years?

Enough to last a lifetime.

Remember: we built one a minute, 40+ hours a week, in four assembly plants, 50 weeks a year for over 15 years.

As a result I am of the mindset that there are no rare C/K/R/V trucks.

K

[AntiGov]

i think the "rare" they are refering to is its an 88 when things were changing....how many single cab dually 4x4 did they make 88-91 ? got any idea keith ?

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by special-K

Yep,pretty rare. Of all those above who have commented that it's not rare,how many '88 regular cab V3500 pickups have you seen in the last 24 years? And Reno sits close to the Sierra Nevada. I think 4wd would come in handy at times.

Yep, it snows in Reno, although doesn't hang around too long. Trying to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains though is a whole different ball game they get snow measured in "feet" Won't even let you pass in a 2wd unless you have chains. 4x4's are iffy without chains.

Alot of people excited about this truck? I like the blue on blue combination, but it probably has a sbc though. Not the kind of engine I'd want in a truck like that.

[broey]

basing rarity off of the year seems silly when they made the truck for as long as they did. square bodies are the longest running body style of truck chevy ever made. to pay a premium for a square because someone is claiming it to be rare seems like a waste of money.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by special-K

Yep,pretty rare. Of all those above who have commented that it's not rare,how many '88 regular cab V3500 pickups have you seen in the last 24 years? And Reno sits close to the Sierra Nevada. I think 4wd would come in handy at times.

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Enough to last a lifetime.

Remember: we built one a minute, 40+ hours a week, in four assembly plants, 50 weeks a year for over 15 years.

As a result I am of the mindset that there are no rare C/K/R/V trucks.

K

Ok,let me change my question...Of all those who have commented that it's not rare,how many '88 regular cab V3500 pickups have you who didn't work for GM at an assembly plant seen in the past 24 years? And to those who did work for GM,how many have you seen on the street in recent years...and in the condition of the truck in question?

Originally Posted by broey

basing rarity off of the year seems silly when they made the truck for as long as they did. square bodies are the longest running body style of truck chevy ever made. to pay a premium for a square because someone is claiming it to be rare seems like a waste of money.

Rarity in the automotive world is generally based largely on vintage. I don't think the truck is being sold for a premium. Seems like a great deal for $4,500. Maybe part of the rarity is that it's pretty darned unmolested. That's what I look for. You can see the same type truck selling for twice or more that price because someone re-painted,lifted ,chopped,cut,glued,and screwed their personal touches all over it. It's kind of rare to find a 24 year old truck with only 67,000 miles on it,too. It also goes towards adding to the value.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by special-K

Ok,let me change my question...Of all those who have commented that it's not rare,how many '88 regular cab V3500 pickups have you who didn't work for GM at an assembly plant seen in the past 24 years?

I suppose I'm a bit jaded in that regard....

K

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by special-K

. Maybe part of the rarity is that it's pretty darned unmolested. That's what I look for. You can see the same type truck selling for twice or more that price because someone re-painted,lifted ,chopped,cut,glued,and screwed their personal touches all over it. It's kind of rare to find a 24 year old truck with only 67,000 miles on it,too. It also goes towards adding to the value.

Now that's a quote I relate to 100%. So hard to find something that hasn't been molested, I'm always willing to pay more for something like that.