Vehicles may be thought-about tv or film stars identical to actors and actresses can. Consider the DMC DeLorean from the Back to the Future trilogy, the Plymouth Fury from Christine, and the Pontiac Trans Am from Knight Rider. Heck, even the Walk of Fame in Hollywood now has a star devoted to the Chevrolet Suburban simply to commemorate the quantity of occasions that automobile has appeared on-screen.
When Lethal Weapon 2 premiered in 1989, it prominently featured a 1988 GMC Sierra dually pickup that regarded loads like this one.
The Pick of the Day is a 1996 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 4×4 listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Oak Hill, West Virginia. (Click the hyperlink to view the itemizing)
After a prolonged manufacturing run with the Rounded Line (third technology) of General Motors pickups, the “GMT400” platform was launched in mannequin 12 months 1988. This physique fashion introduced aerodynamic options like flush window glass, curved grilles and bumpers, and straighter traces than the Rounded Line. Production continued all the method till 2002 for sure variations of this pickup. Today, the GMT400-era vehicles are generally known as the “Old Body Style” or OBS, and they’re gaining in collectability.
This black Silverado prolonged cab comes from mannequin 12 months 1996. It has a big-block 454cid Vortec V8 below the hood, together with a five-speed handbook transmission sending energy to all 4 wheels. With a drivetrain like that, this truck is a bit of a deadly weapon itself: Online assets state that this truck has a towing capability of 8,500 kilos. To put that into perspective, that’s about the weight of 4 1999 Ford Fiestas.
The vendor states that the truck spent most of its time in Tennessee and the physique is in good form. The grille, marker lights, and cab lights have been changed as a consequence of fading. The tires are additionally new, so this truck is reportedly able to rock and roll at 114,000 miles. “No noises or leaks of any kind, drive it across the country,” the vendor says.
“This truck makes you want to watch Lethal Weapon and pull a house down,” the itemizing concludes. “Only reason I’m selling is I decided I would rather have an automatic. I’m 54 and didn’t like shifting gears as much as I thought I would.”
The vendor is asking $26,000 or finest provide for this Silverado. Driving it would make you are feeling like an on-screen superstar. Incidentally, right here’s a link to the video clip from LW2!
To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Pick of the Day.
