I may be trading my '72 El Camino for '70 Burb?

[jacklee]

Hi All - I may have the chance to trade my '72 El Camino for a '70 Suburban. I don't know much about the Suburbans; but, have always liked them and hoping this trade will go through. I was poking around your site trying to learn a bit about the Burb and thought I'd ask a couple questions:

- does anyone know how many '70 Burbs were produced?
- is it hard to find parts for them?
- what's a typical (if there is such a thing) '70 Burb in good driving condition, good body, 350 worth?

Thanks for any and all advice.

Jack

[vectorit]

Welcome to the best place on the net to learn about burbs!

I had a 68 elco for many years, and I have a soft spot for the early elco's


Being that you are familiar with tough rust issues of an elco, you should fit right in with the burb family.

What model 70 burb do you have? C10, C20, K10, or K20?

The 4x4 versions are the lower production models, but in my opinion all of the early burbs are special. Since production numbers have little to do with their values, solid rust free burbs are valuable in their own right since many lived hard lives.

Tell us more about your burb, and be sure to share some pictures!

[eyebuzz]

Welcome!

Just saw this site on production numbers for all Chevy trucks: http://outintheshop.com/prodnum.html

Parts are easy to find - many new parts, used parts - under the hood stuff is real easy. There are some stuff that is not around - various body parts - get the LMC catalog and look closely - you can see some trim stuff and various body panels aren't available, etc.

I'd say a nice running minimal rust 5-10K. You see some steals from time to time - but I think that price range is about right. And 10-20K and up for REALLY NICE.

[jacklee]

Thank you both for the great info.

Now the other guy seems to be backing out of the deal...just when I was getting pretty excited about it. Might have to start shopping around for another one.

[1971BB427]

Saw a ton of 67-72 Burbs and trucks at the Portland Swap meet last weekend. Crap was selling for asking prices of $3200-$3500, and decent average fairly rust free Burbs were in the $4,500-$5500 range. Really clean ones were asking $12,000 or more.

[jacklee]

Good info. Thanks.

[suburbman72]

suburban parts are really easy to come by out here where i live i have owned a few of them along with some pickups my next one will be a blazer tho lol. a price is hard to say without seeing it but nada guide says a nice restored 70 gmc suburban blue books for around 40,000 but it just depends i bought mine for 500 bucks looked terrible but ran great and drove wonderfull after a change of tires lol but i love my suburban its the greatest cruiser iv owned