This 1990 Chevrolet Silverado threw me off at first, as the mid-section appears to be sagging – usually a tell-tale sign of massive rust issues to contend with. However, it would appear my fears were not accurate, as the truck looks remarkably solid underneath and is attracting a fair amount of bids. This K1500 model is said to have just under 60,000 original miles and is listed here on eBay with bids to $4,000 at the moment and no reserve.
This era of Chevrolet’s bread-and-butter pickup truck is picking up steam in the hobby vehicle market, owing to its classic looks, rugged construction, and overall reputation for reliability. The color scheme here is one I can’t recall seeing all that often, as most of these K-series are usually red with a gray two-tone, or a solid white or black. The copper paint job works well here, as does the red pinstriping.
GM interiors of the 80s and 80s were never anything to write home about, but the truck cabins somehow just worked better. I suppose it’s because you expect a truck to be completely bare-bones and simple inside that you’re not put off by the hard plastics and lack of features; quite the opposite, really, as you don’t want to find a ton of gadgets and electronics that could fail and potentially strand you. These pickups are a far cry from what now passes as modern-day luxury liners with a pickup bed.
So, talk to me about the sag: my eyes don’t deceive me, right, that the cab and bed appear to be at odds with each other? The underside looks good, but it also has that veneer of being coated with a material that makes it harder to discern what is rust and what isn’t. Who knows – but I doubt it’d be seeing the active bidding it’s seeing if bidders thought rust was lurking underneath. The seller claims this is a one-owner example equipped with V8 power, air conditioning, and a “rare” plush cloth interior. For a parts hauler or a cheap hunting rig with some modest upside, it seems hard to go wrong here.
rear cab mounts are toast
right on the money, I had some one make me big washers mounts were just rusted in the middle around the rubber done.
Pretty crunchy all around the lower part of the cab and around all the wheels.
Yes, body mounts.
Dealt with similar with an AM General Postal, CJ/M38A1 based. The front body mounts were gone, and things shifted, and metal twisted to conform…ever see a “droopy-ear’d” Jeep? Front body mounts, force the front fenders down, while their other anchor point, the radiator shell, doesn’t move. So the fenders bend down.
It appears nice but there’s potentially serious damage underneath.
Fishy
Salt water fishy …
Jumped or severely overloaded
not enough structural element here to even warrant a discussion… zero in on the crossmembers, lower side of the bed, all the areas of the bottom have been hit with a spray bomb of tar like crap to disguise how rotten this really is.
Looks to be a typical eastern or upper midwest salt belt truck that never once had it’s bottom cleaned.
If the misaligned cab and box aren’t a strong enough indicator, take another look….look up real close to those bottom shots;
total crap wagon with shiny paint, semi clean interior and well manicured engine bay.
Run Forrest, Run !
Should have been sprayed with oil underneath in 1995. Damn the EPA
Your eyes do not deceive you! This looks like something I would have flipped back in the day, as a teenager with no real bodywork skills
I’ve got one these k 1500’s 1991 garaged it’s entire life. 17,000 miles Still has the tires it came with new.
I have a box of Flutie Flakes in the back of my cupboard. I feel a little less dumb now for not having eaten them.
This is very rusty, and very poorly repaired. Rattle canned over loads of barely sanded body filler at the rockers, cab corners, door bottoms, and all 4 wheel lips. The frame is pretty bad too, sorry…
These frames were prone to bending. Even during transport. Overloading only made it worse. Was a known condition that was signed off anyway.
Brake petal appears to have 160,000 miles on it. The rest of the truck appears to be about the same.
After all the rust issues the colors are funky,so what’s left?
I can’t tell if its the cab or the bed broken mounts maybe a bent frame someone is in for a lot of work
Sorry to say Jeff but it might be time for new glasses if you think underside looks good.
jeff the under the side shots clearly show done rear cab mounts and wipe on rocker and cab corner repairs. can’t tell if its bondo or glass based. but there is a couple grand in just the bottom of the cab at a weld in rust shop. the rest of the interior i would buy at that mileage. the seat and the steering wheel don’t show enough wear. even the brake pedal pad is not worn out and peeling off on the bottom right.
she ain’t a bad looker and from up here in rust hampshire, she would get fixed up and run. ours are rusted way worse
Another Dave. While it’s held up better than some…Dont drive this one over the railroad tracks hard.
That’s a deal, there’s a 1993 for sale locally in WI for $19,000 with 197,000 miles on it. But the body lines are inline.
I’m amazed at what is being sold. Looks like a Craigslist type deal.
I would agree on that one, I’ve had some fairly rotten cars trying to be passed off as ‘one owner’ or ‘recently parked’, or my personal favorite, ‘only 75,000 miles’ on a vehicle with no digit on the odometer for the hundred (or two), and the driver’s seat looks like an old hound dog has been using it for a bed, the lower right corner of the brake pedal looks like a grinder has had ahold of it… gotta be careful bros, the pictures don’t always show the full scene, but the truck featured here looks fairly crispy underneath, the shot rear cab mounts should be your dead giveaway… to coin a phrase, “here’s your sign”
Run, Forest, run (away from this truck!)
Got one I’m fixing now rear cab mounting rubbers and bushings. Plow truck,rough use and easy to fix!
I have a ’90 Z71 that my dad bought brand new. My trucks cab mount mounts, if that makes any sense, the steel part welded to the frame that supports the rear cab mount & also the front bed mount rusted away when the truck was less than 20 yrs old. I have seen that happen to 2 other trucks. Seems like a bad batch of steel. That truck which looks like a Scottsdale with it’s black bumper. As far as I know the Silverado’s had chrome bumpers. Has the original Goodyear Wrangler TD’s which was a good pulling tire that came on most of the 4×4’s of that era & has not been available for at least 15-20 years. The 88-92,93 ish gmt400 trucks were some of the best most reliable trucks gm ever made. Mine has 325.000 miles & my original TH700R4 Bruce Jenner pulled an Amber Heard & s#@; the bed. Original engine, rear end.
That odometer definitely has telltale signs of being rolled back. I don’t care what the Carfax shows. Using HTML that could easily be modified. I’m always leery whenever I see crooked numbers on the odometer
I guess I don’t know the market because I can’t believe that bag of rust bid to $4,800 and sold.
I have a 1992 w/93k which I purchased new garage keep rust free. GMC 2500 8600 gvw 4×4 350 v8 Sierra white tow package compared to this POS It should be worth about 12G’s LOL 😂