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55-Mile Chevy Squarebody Still Wrapped in Factory Plastic Sells for $100K
- whalesalad 8mo agosuper "dooley" lol wonder if that is intentional misspelling
- Ancapistani 8mo agoNope, I was surprised to learn a while back that both are correct. When Chevy introduced them in 1973, they ran an ad campaign where they called it the "Big Dooley": https://www.vintagepaperads.com/assets/images/CQ0501.jpg https://www.vintagepaperads.com/assets/images/CQ0501.jpg I've always called is a "dually", but the ad is older than I am, so...
- prpl 8mo ago11MPG/7MPG if towing. My Uncle was a traveling pipefitter and had the ‘87. The two tanks were _just_ big enough to make it from Phoenix to Yuma after a miscalculation of where the next gas station would be.
- Ancapistani 8mo agoI drive a '91 GMC half-ton, with a 350 v8. I consistently get 14MPG around town and 16MPG on the highway. I don't drive enough to justify the expense of something more efficient, and it was my grandfather's. I'm content to just keep it in good condition and drive it until it's either unrepairable or one of my kids wants it.
- xnx 8mo agoThis truck might have cost ~$23K in 1988. If that $23K were invested in an SP500 index fund at the time, it would be worth $1.2M today.