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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Milwaukie, Oregon
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1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
Does anyone know anything about the 1989 Chevy "rounded line" regular cab/chassis-cab (R3500 2WD; V3500 4WD)? These were replaced with the GMT400 cab design the next year (becoming the C3500 HD 2WD and K3500 HD 4WD). I actually did see a few of these back then.
The 1989 regular cab/chassis-cab using the 1973-style cab design were quite rare, as most of the sales of that aging design went to Blazers, crew/bonus cabs and Suburbans. Do any of you actually own an '89 R3500 or V3500 regular cab/chassis-cab? ~Ben |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
Yes.
I wouldn't call them rare.
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
Not mine:
http://salem.craigslist.org/cto/5610167746.html http://corvallis.craigslist.org/cto/5609004827.html
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Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed |
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
Just a few 89 R and Vs
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
Only rare square body trucks to me are some of the one year trim levels they made like the wrangler.
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
with the regular cab it came with 3 different wheelbases
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
Quote:
135.5 and 159.5, no longer as a 131.5 true pickup, BUT, 164.5 as a crew.
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
Actually still quite common in the northeast as landscaping trucks, hauling garbage, etc.
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
I'm pretty familiar with them.
But I'm afraid I've forgotten quite a bit. The day I left the assembly plant and joined engineering was the day the staff split into the "new C/K" GMT400 group and the "carryover C/K" group.* There was lots of whispers and intrigue and speculation and choosing sides. My only thought was "please don't send me back to the assembly plant!" K *I had a terrible ear ache and couldn't hear and didn't feel good at all. They must have thought "boy, this new guy is sure a ball of fire". ![]()
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Re: 1989 Chevy R/V3500 Regular Cab/Chassis-Cab
We used to have model charts like this, as a quick reference to help comprehend all of the permutations.
I wish I still had one for the C/K R/V changeover. K
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