Filed under: Time Warp, Trucks/Pickups, Auction Action, Etc., Chevrolet
eBay Find of the Day: Frank's "Million Mile" Chevy Silverado
You've got thirty grand and you want a pickup truck, do you A) buy new, or B) hit eBay for a million-mile Silverado. Frank, who had a mild brush with celebrity when the odometer on his truck hit seven-figures recently, would like you to buy his truck. The 1991 Chevy Silverado 1500 is still on its original 350 small-block, though it's chewed up 5 trannies. Frank raves on and on about its remarkable engine and wants it to go to a collector who will appreciate it, but still go out for a ride from time to time. It is an impressive mileage total, but really, who's going to question that a small block V8 is one of the best engines ever? Maintenance has apparently been rather thorough, which is a help keeping any car alive, though we're surprised it hasn't been ravaged by the tinworm. Frank's auction ends in three days and so far hasn't moved beyond its starting bid of $29,999.99. With Employee Pricing back, however, you can get a brand new Chevy Silverado Regular Cab with a short box and zero miles for just $19,899.
Gallery: Million Mile Silverado
[Source: eBay]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Flashpoint 11:35AM (8/21/2008)
The interior smells vaguely of backsweat.
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Vintage 11:41AM (8/21/2008)
HAhahaha 30 grand?! Wow. That guy must have really good pot.
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Tim 11:49AM (8/21/2008)
Naw its the interior plastics that are starting to give off great fumes
MajorGeek 12:36PM (8/21/2008)
You should buy it, having a 1991 truck with a million miles would fit into your political agenda perfectly!
Kingus 1:01PM (8/21/2008)
This guy should be your hero, vintage! Instead you ridicule him. tsk tsk
Vintage 1:13PM (8/21/2008)
Charging MORE for a used vehicle? You guys must be getting pot from this guy, because that's definitely not my style. Get something used and cheap, drive it to the ground..... not get something used, drive it to the ground, then claim it's special and try to sell it for 2x the cost of a comparable new vehicle. That's retarded.
Kingus 1:25PM (8/21/2008)
Still figured you'd at least give him a pat on the back for not dumping his car till the 1 million mark.
Vintage 2:29PM (8/21/2008)
Oh for sure. Props for continuing to fix it. I think I'd rather fix something more interesting/desirable than a boring truck, but whatev. Good job on keeping it on the road.
Donald 11:43AM (8/21/2008)
If it was Toyota backsweat you smelled, you wouldn't be complaining about it.
US backsweat has proven to be just as offensive and staining as imported backsweat, but you'll never see that in a NY Times report. The media is so biased, and the sheeple keep feeding off of it.
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Franz 12:25PM (8/21/2008)
LMAO! Thanks for the laugh.
Geeky1 2:13PM (8/21/2008)
+1
Very nice.
Tim 11:47AM (8/21/2008)
Five trannies? WTF? How is this an achievement?
30,000 large is being a little delusional IMO. This guy must work in GM's management... O bids good luck
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The Talking Hamburger 3:41PM (8/21/2008)
Five transmissions isn't that unbelieveable, assuming that his replacement trannies were probably used. Each 'new' one had to have some mileage and un-rebuildable wear as well.
500 8:40PM (8/21/2008)
A GM vehicle (or any vehicle) going 200,000 miles per transmission? That's pretty impressive.
Yar 11:47AM (8/21/2008)
"who's going to question that a small block V8 is one of the best engines ever?"
One of?
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Mark 12:35PM (8/21/2008)
Yes, One of the best engines made.
Cornholio 1:02PM (8/21/2008)
Yes, one of. There are DEFINITELY others.
Some made with foreign backsweat, even....
freckles 11:59AM (8/21/2008)
very good for him. you can get approx. 2 new trucks for the same price:
http://www.carsdirect.com/build/options?zipcode=34639&acode=USB80CHT271B0&restore=false
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SPG 12:01PM (8/21/2008)
A grand would be pushing it.
The body has it's share of nicks, dents, scratches.
The interior is in pretty good shape.
It would appear this would be a good field or yard truck, but that's all I'd say.
A collector item? Well maybe just the gauge cluster.
P.S. He's going to need the money for a much better toupe.
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Geeky1 12:08PM (8/21/2008)
From his eBay ad:
"There have been a very few to claim that they have achieved a million miles in their car or truck .one, an import, had a new engine swapped in at 375,000 miles, and the owner kept counting the miles, as though he still had the original engine in it! Another one had the head gaskets replaced several times. These, to most of us, are not million mile vehicles."
...and yet, he's had 5 transmissions. How is that any more impressive than having head gaskets replaced?
I'm certainly not discounting the impressiveness of the truck's mileage, but I think the seller-if he actually believes half of the stuff in his ebay ad (and judging by his price, he probably does)-is a touch delusional.
Yeah, it's impressive, and it's uncommon, but... Volvos, Mercedes, Saabs, and others have gone a lot farther than 1m miles, and as far as I know the P1800 that holds the world record for miles covered (at least last time I checked) didn't need 5 transmissions to do it.
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