Almost looking like it has a shadow of a right left rear door, or where a door should have been, this 1972 Chevrolet Custom/10 Suburban is a three-door vehicle. Well actually, five doors if you count the two rear “barn doors”. The seller has it posted here on eBay in Puyallup, Washington, there is no reserve, and the current bid price is $2,100 with three days left on the auction.

Ahh, there we go, two side doors as they were meant to be. Most of you know that the Action Line era sixth-generation Chevrolet Suburban had two doors on the passenger side and only a driver’s door, for a total of three passenger doors. It was kind of the same safety idea as early minivans only having a sliding door on the passenger, or curbside, so a rear-seat passenger wouldn’t just barrel out into traffic on the driver’s side. In case you were wondering, the seller says that the springs have been heated to lower this Suburban, but new springs can be purchased from the seller. They say it rides rough as it is now. They have owned it for 11 years and have driven it all over the Pacific Northwest, and the west, in general, even down to Southern California for a car show.

Chevy made this generation for model years 1967 through 1972 and you can see the “patina” on this example. The seller refers to it as “perfect patina”, but some of you may disagree with any patina (i.e., surface rust), especially when a vehicle like this could look so nice with a fresh Medium Olive paint job, after fixing the rust and other body issues, of course. You can see the two “barn doors” here, but there was also a liftgate/tailgate model. Hagerty is at $6,500 for a #4 fair-condition example, just as a general reference.

The patina continues inside, which is usually not a good thing. The steering wheel probably wouldn’t pass a safety inspection in any state where they do such things. Just about every part needed, including factory-looking seat fabric, is available in a number of aftermarket catalogs, so buy cheap and plan on spending a lot on parts and then spend a lot of time tinkering. The seats need major help as does everything else inside. What a head-turner you’ll have when it’s restored. Or as the seller says, don’t restore it, just get it working well and drive it as is.

The engine isn’t a small V8 as most folks would have wanted, it’s Chevy’s 250-cu.in. inline-six, which had 110 hp. That’s not a lot of power but the three-speed manual and column shifter will make for an interesting and somewhat fun drive nonetheless. This one runs and drives well but could use a tune-up, the last one was a decade ago. Given how open the engine compartment is, I would think that a couple of hours is all it would take to put in new plugs, wires, filters, etc. With power steering and power brakes, this thing is more luxurious than it would appear from the exterior or interior and it would be fun to tinker with when it isn’t gathering crowds at local car shows. Would you restore this one, take the restomod treatment even further, or get it working great and drive it as is?