My 1995 Yukon has been loaded for transport

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I just bought a "new to me" 1995 Yukon SLT, 4x4, 2 door. Somewhat high mileage, but looks nearly pristine.

Here's the photos taken this morning while the terminal officer inspected the truck prior to shipment.

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Here's the equipment sticker. Yes, it's a Z71, has a 3.42 ratio diff, and a G80 Posi-traction. It has the towing package, but no indication of a 3.73 diff ratio.

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The color and condition certainly helped sell the truck. I wanted the barn doors, the rest was gravy. I'd looked at these rather heavily when they were new, but didn't buy.

Now I have. When it arrives, in South Carolina, sometime next week most likely, I'll post more.
 

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The color and condition certainly helped sell the truck. I wanted the barn doors, the rest was gravy. I'd looked at these rather heavily when they were new, but didn't buy.

Now I have. When it arrives, in South Carolina, sometime next week most likely, I'll post more.

Mine has the barn doors as well, and while I didn't know it when purchased, I also am a fan of the barn doors. I've had the liftgate vehicles and they're OK, but I'm really becoming a fan of the barn door. .

Hope you enjoy your new ride when it gets there! This is my first GM, let alone a Tahoe, and I'm quite pleased with my '00 so far!
 
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I'm a mixed brand owner. I've had a '75 Blazer full time 4x4 full sized, a '76 Chevy Stepside 4x4 converted from full time to part time (I like the full time better), a couple of Jeep Cherokee wide body 4x4s (one a 360 and one a 401), and a '96 Bronco 5-speed. The F-350 crew cab will be staying in my stable, it's a real work horse, has a class V hitch and good stuff.

My choices based on what I like and what I want at the time. I didn't own all of those at the same time, but they were all interesting in some way.

After I go through the Yukon to check the usual, fluids and function and so forth. Most likely I'll replace the radio/cassette player with a nearly identical Pioneer nav/sat radio unit, nearly dentical to the one I installed in my F-350 pickup. I've come to enjoy sat radio a lot. In dash nav is hard to abandon, too. I reckon I'll acquire one of those pre-modded dash bezels, to make the upgrade easy. The F-350 had an "almost double DIN" bezel which only required a small amount of Dremel work. The unit was a AVIC-W8200NEX. The biggest hassle was joining the wiring harnesses, one for the radio and one that mated to the Ford harness. Once I completed that, the project only required the GPS antennal on top of the dash pad, and the sat receiver antenna outside above the windshield. Running the antenna wire for the sat antenna under the door seal wasn't too hard. The whole thing works well, that's the proof of a successful project after all.
 
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One more step in the process, the title arrived in the mail today, not bad for Saturday mailing. Good condition, too. I think I'll put it in the fire resistant safe, just in case.
 
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My Yukon finally arrived last Friday. Three weeks it took them to get it here.

It appears none the worse for wear from making the trip.

The brake have a very soft pedal, moving way too far to stop the truck as quickly as it should, so a total brake system purge is in order.

Roof console reading/dome lights are inoperative. I'll check the bulbs for continuity and see if the sockets are getting power. Also, the electric left and right outside mirrors don't move.

This is my friend with the truck loaded up to bring to the house.

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beautiful truck! always loved the 2 door SUVs, one of GMs best looking trucks ever....time to LS swap that bad boy :gr_grin:
 

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so sick the green is my favorite of the color options and i prefer the grill on these to the tahoe's. the wheel are really the cherry on top. if your going to dig into the brake project consider a hydroboost conversion
 

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Beautiful truck. I had a green '97 but that GMC color is better. If you are digging into dome light, get the LED conversion kit from ebay for $20, you will not regret it.

Enjoy, and I hope you grow to love the tailgate. I am a staunch supporter. When you take the truck to an actual tailgate and drop the tailgate and sit on it you may agree. You can also roll around somewhere you go slow like at the beach with the rear window popped which is also hard to beat.

Best of luck with it.
 
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I've had SUVs and other vehicles with a tail gate. I intentionally chose my Yukon because it did NOT have a tailgate. When you bend over to place things in the truck, no tailgate is the deal. I've already placed a WeatherTech mat in the back. Barn doors for the win, gentlemen.

I acquired the cheap LED kit from eBay, it's a bust so far.
 

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I passed on a really nice 2 door because it had barn doors. Both have their advantages, just depends on the person
 

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I've had SUVs and other vehicles with a tail gate. I intentionally chose my Yukon because it did NOT have a tailgate. When you bend over to place things in the truck, no tailgate is the deal. I've already placed a WeatherTech mat in the back. Barn doors for the win, gentlemen.

I acquired the cheap LED kit from eBay, it's a bust so far.

The LED lights are polarity sensitive, which I found out the hard way. You may already know this, but thought I would mention...
 

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Nice ride, did you buy it without seeing/driving it ? If it's as good as it looks, you made a good choice . JMHO and food luck with it.
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