1990 K2500 ext cab short bed-No Rust-$11k-Or Best Offer

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My girl is finally stepping up and wanting a K1500 or K2500 Silverado or Sierra GMT800 for the safety of air bags. There has been numerous things done to her 131k miles GMT400, that has been featured in numerous threads of Shaggy's GMT400 Forum. She has the previous owner's records and all of the paperwork of repairs and maintenance during her ownership and of course since I came on the scene. New headliner and visors material, new exterior light housings-front and rear, Retro Radio install in the dash, new grill, new side moldings, new upper fan shroud....etc. These are considered the light duty 3/4 ton because they are a 2500 series but still have the 6 lug wheels. It has the tow package rear hitch with appropriate plug ins and a trailer brake controller.

It does have the small puff of blue smoke on a cold start and I have the valve stem seals to fix as well as intake gasket set, new a/c clutch-it blows cold but the clutch is getting noisy, lower fan shroud and if I do that work, the asking price will increase but if a new owner wants the parts for free and do themselves, the price will reflect that decision. Tires are good and can go across country, no problem. There is absolutely no rust, even on the body parts. No dents and no wrecks. The 700R4 transmission was replaced a few years back while she has owned it and done by a GM dealer in Wa. No leaks anywhere. Some pics show the old side molding and some show the new side molding.

This truck just made a 712 mile round trip from Eugene, Or. to north of Seattle, Wa. with no problems at all. The old OE radio did not work so I found, thru the GMT400 Forum, a company called Retro Radio and installed a new system in the dash where the old radio was. The OE set up comes with a cassette player/equalizer in the center of the dash and is still there but not hooked up. Most members at the GMT400 Forum, remove the equalizer and make a storage hole in the dash. Numerous threads about that.

The color scheme is a rare combination, from factory. Asking price is $11k-Or Best Offer. The additional work new parts go with the truck. The valve stem work is negotiable. The interior is like new. You can respond here or message me. I am likely leaving out some details and am open to questions. There is a bunch of pics at the other forum, more than what I will post here. thanks for any consideration.

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Well, after all the previous positive comments about my girl's truck and the fact of how good a condition it is in and no rust and close to 120 views, no one wants to even talk about it. Not even in the messaging section, away from prying eyes. I have only listed this truck here and at the GMT400 Forum I belong to.

To help generate some conversation I will be posting it for sale on CL and Facebook marketplace, next week sometime.

I and my girl, are open to cash and maybe even something other of value. This is an "Or Best Offer" after all.

Maybe people just waiting to see what happens in the election.
 
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Here are some pics of the paperwork and there is a manual from the previous owner. The transmission, 700R4, was replaced in 2012 22k miles ago. My own work is well documented in the Garage thread.

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Please see the edited asking price in the first post of the thread. Final price is $11k-Or Best Offer and the additional work parts go with the truck.
 
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The truck is in beautiful shape. Knowing you, it is mechanically sound and then some.

It's the right time of year to sell it. We didn't get much snow in the upper midwest last year. One or two good blizzards should increase demand.

CL is a good listing place since it is nationwide accessible and is included on some car selling site search engines.
 
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CL is the next option I will use to try and sell. This is an edit to what I said would be next, about an hour ago.

My girl does want to try CL first.
 
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This is starting to get awkward. My girl loves this truck and wanted to get something newer with safety air bags but she was not "Gonna just let her truck go for too cheap of a price".

She wants the price set at $11k again and will negotiate down from there. All depending on the valve stem seal work. She said she has watched me bring this truck back up to the condition it deserves to be in and if she doesn't find a buyer at a agreeable price for the seller and buyer, then she will keep it. We have looked for it's replacement and are not finding anything close to the condition of this truck. So....knowing all this, she said it sells for what she says it's worth or does not sell at all. She has had it for approximately 10+ years and loves the Big Brown Beast.

This explains why I am setting the price back at $13k-Or Best Offer.
 
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Well, it took about a month but she bought it for herself. She cannot bear to sell her truck. She is tired of looking for a replacement and dreads the day the Big Brown Beast would drive away. That means even more work for me but I don't mind doing it for her. Sorry if this results in anyone being mad but her wrath and gloominess is a far greater dread on my part.
 

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Well, it took about a month but she bought it for herself. She cannot bear to sell her truck. She is tired of looking for a replacement and dreads the day the Big Brown Beast would drive away. That means even more work for me but I don't mind doing it for her. Sorry if this results in anyone being mad but her wrath and gloominess is a far greater dread on my part.
I definitely regret ever selling my 93 and the last 97 I got I just had no interest in at all because I would’ve rather had the older style interior with the “lazy boy” bench seat for activities :naughty:
To be honest that FB marketplace is the best bet now a days for selling anything as Craigslist has went down the drain from what it once was… I see them OBS trucks selling for a fortune on there
 
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I definitely regret ever selling my 93 and the last 97 I got I just had no interest in at all because I would’ve rather had the older style interior with the “lazy boy” bench seat for activities :naughty:
To be honest that FB marketplace is the best bet now a days for selling anything as Craigslist has went down the drain from what it once was… I see them OBS trucks selling for a fortune on there
Never made it to FB and now I am glad we didn't. Just posted here and at GMT400.com. It was a couple of members there that said she would regret selling the truck. You could tell, as each day went by, that she was dreading the day it might sell.
 
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My girl bought a 2004 Silverado K2500HD today. Has 118k miles on it. I know the vehicle history on this truck. The owner's son is my friend that is a shop owner and the truck has great repair and maintenance history. There is no rust or dents or even scratches. This looks like a showroom floor truck with brand new BF Goodrich K02 tires. I had looked at this truck in July and wanted it at a lower price but with the new tires and her loving the truck, it is now hers.

Now, because of her new truck, she will sell the 1990 K2500 Big Brown Beast. Asking price is $11k Or Best Offer and no reasonable offer is refused.
 
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