96fleetwood
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Well, I have been looking for the last 1.5 years for a nice Tahoe, preferably enthusiast owned.
I looked at everything from '00 Tahoe Limiteds, '99-'00 Tahoe Z71s, '99-00 Denalis, & '99-00 Escalades. I made a couple offers on some but never reached a deal till 2 weeks ago...
It is a 1996 Chevy Tahoe LT, always a South Florida truck. 2 owners, owned by a Marine Engineer who designs fancy Yachts for the rich & famous.
The chassis has 148K on it but the motor, tranny, suspension, rear, etc only have 33K on them since a full refurbish. When it was refurbished, they beefed up the motor and put a powerdyne supercharger, headers, etc etc. Tranny has a shift kit & is a mild upgrade. Auburn rear, ProComp 6 inch lift, blah blah blah.
I bought it sight unseen, but only after numerous phone calls & email exchanges. I flew down to South Florida on Tuesday, and it was pretty much as described. I took a look at some of his other fine autos/motorcycles and then hit the road with the bad boy truck.
I stopped in Atlanta the first day to visit a buddy of mine and then woke up early on Wed. to make the last leg of the trip. The supercharger came in handy in the Tennessee Mountains.
I averaged 14.5 mpg on the 1,400 mile journey at speeds of 60-70 mph. The Tahoe didn't even flinch, I was impressed! Had numerous thumbs up and people would come up to me everytime I filled up gas just to talk about the truck.
It needs a bit of TLC, but that is my specialty. By the Spring it should be looking pretty good and running even better. I want to find someone who can check the tune and make sure it is not running rich. I might send the supercharger to Powerdyne to change the belt.
Enough rambling.. here are the pics:
It rides much better than the lifted '97 Grand Cherokee I bought last year (it had a Skyjacker lift kit). The ProComp lift kit on the Tahoe and doesn't have the highway "death wobble."
Take care!
-Elias
I looked at everything from '00 Tahoe Limiteds, '99-'00 Tahoe Z71s, '99-00 Denalis, & '99-00 Escalades. I made a couple offers on some but never reached a deal till 2 weeks ago...
It is a 1996 Chevy Tahoe LT, always a South Florida truck. 2 owners, owned by a Marine Engineer who designs fancy Yachts for the rich & famous.
The chassis has 148K on it but the motor, tranny, suspension, rear, etc only have 33K on them since a full refurbish. When it was refurbished, they beefed up the motor and put a powerdyne supercharger, headers, etc etc. Tranny has a shift kit & is a mild upgrade. Auburn rear, ProComp 6 inch lift, blah blah blah.
I bought it sight unseen, but only after numerous phone calls & email exchanges. I flew down to South Florida on Tuesday, and it was pretty much as described. I took a look at some of his other fine autos/motorcycles and then hit the road with the bad boy truck.
I stopped in Atlanta the first day to visit a buddy of mine and then woke up early on Wed. to make the last leg of the trip. The supercharger came in handy in the Tennessee Mountains.
I averaged 14.5 mpg on the 1,400 mile journey at speeds of 60-70 mph. The Tahoe didn't even flinch, I was impressed! Had numerous thumbs up and people would come up to me everytime I filled up gas just to talk about the truck.
It needs a bit of TLC, but that is my specialty. By the Spring it should be looking pretty good and running even better. I want to find someone who can check the tune and make sure it is not running rich. I might send the supercharger to Powerdyne to change the belt.
Enough rambling.. here are the pics:
It rides much better than the lifted '97 Grand Cherokee I bought last year (it had a Skyjacker lift kit). The ProComp lift kit on the Tahoe and doesn't have the highway "death wobble."
Take care!
-Elias
