I just joined the 88-98 club, picked up a 1997 C3500 quad cab dually, 6.2 turbo diesel, everything works, needs tires, an oil change soon (it's 3000 since last) and a tranny flush sometime soon too (it's been a year or so since the last one, probably needs one within 10K more miles at least). I bought it so I could reliably pull big things, car trailer mostly, planning on getting into SCCA club racing next year and need a good tow vehicle.
Did I get hurt bad at $5500? I looked for a better deal but all the other trucks in this league/year range/mileage range were running 7K+.