Rusty Bowtie
General Category => General Discussion - Intros => Topic started by: Coley on March 25, 2023, 06:23:46 PM
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Hi, It has been a long time off for me to be on here. 2 year ago I went through open heart surgery with 4 bypasses and a valve repaired. Quite an experience. They told me I had had a heart attack, but I never knew it.
6 years ago my wife bought me a 1992 GMC (my initials) Sierra with 159,000 miles on it. I don't usually get an old Chevy until they have over 100,000 miles on them. The last 3 I ran to over 375,000+ miles each. I have been a mechanic for most of my life and am now 80 years old. This old GMC now has over 325,000 miles on and has been one of the best I have had. Illinois rust has just about killed it as far as the cab and box are concerned. The cab only has only one body mount left. I drove this truck without doing anything to the engine except change oil and filter. I hate to junk it, but I found another vehicle that I have been looking at for a while. It is a 2006 Chevy HHR with 229,265 miles on it. Bought it for $500.00 and have been doing front brakes, minor rust repairs etc. The interior is in very good condition. A young lady drove it mostly highway miles for the last 100,000.
We will see how this works out.
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Glad you are doing better Coley, and it's good to have you back. You sure wring the miles out of your vehicles!
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Great hearing from you..thanks for the update. You are getting great mileage out of your vehicles and they are pre-LS engines. You must live in a rural area like me, 20 miles to the city! I once had a 1988 Astro van that went over 300,000 but the body rusted out and being a uni-body the suspension mounting points became dangerous.
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WOW! it sounds like your heart was in worse shape than the '92 GMC. :o Glad they got it fixed in time. Glad you are back with us.
I have an '89 GMC 2500 in the yard my boys & I drove to death still has a good engine & tranny but the rest is coming apart. There is a '99 Yukon that is a good driver yet but the block is broken where the starter bolts on. This summer I gave a '92 Suburban to our neighbors at Tahoe. I hope it got them through this winter. I bought a 2007 Silverado a couple of years ago it has well over 200,000 miles and runs & drives great, All of these are 4x4s and used hard. It is amazing how long these can last and what they will take. Then there is the '70 Blazer that needs some TLC.
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Glad to see you back...and working as you can
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The HHR named the Hillbilly Hot Rod
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Glad to have you back and doing better!