"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 04/30/2019 at 14:10 • Filed to: Squarebody is best body

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at my heart strings.

When I was growing up, there were a couple of elderl y spinsters who lived in the house across the street. Their daily driver was a Chevy Celebrity, and then later a Buick Century. The other vehicle in their garage was a bei ge Suburban more or less exactly like this one, that almost never left the garage.

Even as a kid, I used to dream of the day I could maybe buy that cream puff from them. Yes, even child Shop Teacher was much more interested in Squarebodies with dog dish hubcaps, than I was interested in Ferraris. It’s just how I’m wired.

Look at the bottom of this thing!!!!

If I could afford it, I’d drop a stack of 50-hundreds in their lap.  I’m quite sure that would do the trick.  Alas, I just have my memories of the one my neighbors had.  One day in middle school, I saw it parked on the street with Colorado plates on it (I grew up in Illinois).  They had given it to a nephew.  I was super bummed.

shop-teacher > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 14:18

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Link is case of kinja.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/445585826246729/

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 14:22

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That thing is super clean.  If I had an extra parking space, maybe.  

HammerheadFistpunch > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 14:31

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Aside from the 2wd (for me) and the saggy headliner there is a lot going right with this one. That being said, I never want to drive a square body burb again. I’ve had my fill. Rougher riding than the body suggests (somehow) and steering worse than early disney green screen movie scenes. To say nothing of brakes that changed their left right bias at random and air conditioning that was more a suggestion.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 14:34

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If the inside is as clean as the outside, that’s a solid NP. Good squarebodies are getting hard to find and pricey.

TheRealBicycleBuck > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 14:39

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My hang-gliding instructor had a blue one outfitted with racks for carrying gliders on top. It was completely lacking in the air-conditioning department and was miserable to drive or ride in, but it excelled at carrying a bunch of pilots and their gear up the mountain.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 14:41

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ooooo....that’s a hop skip and a jump away from me. Too bad my pockets are empty. Still want one of these eventually, I grew up with one as our camper tow vehicle that we affectio nately called the bus since it was two tone yellow and white.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 04/30/2019 at 15:09

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Gotta love the two-tone paint jobs on these.

shop-teacher > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 04/30/2019 at 15:11

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It’s very clean, although the dash pad has multiple cracks. That’s just an LMC truck catalog away from b eing fixed.

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 04/30/2019 at 15:11

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My cousin had a ‘79 K30 dually that I didn’t find too bad in any of those departments.

benn454 > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 16:41

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Oh man, it's a big block too. UHNF.

Tristan > HammerheadFistpunch 04/30/2019 at 16:44

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That thing must have been h aggard... It's been a long time since I've spent seat time in a square Burb, but I used to log a bunch of miles in them. I always thought they rode and drove nicely enough.

HammerheadFistpunch > Tristan 04/30/2019 at 16:51

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It was actually in great shape.  Its just the nature of the beast.  

shop-teacher > benn454 04/30/2019 at 17:05

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Yup.

ranwhenparked > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 22:15

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Oh man, I worked at a summer camp in college that had a blue ‘87 Suburban High Sierra 2WD with the big block, I loved driving that thing around. I understand they got it for free, ran it for about 10 years, and sold it for $3,000, even with faded paint, some rust, and a dented bumper.

Just had the substantial  feeling of something that would last forever if you took care of it, lots of metal, minimal fragile plastic, minimal electronics.

shop-teacher > ranwhenparked 04/30/2019 at 22:20

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Nice!

ranwhenparked > shop-teacher 04/30/2019 at 22:23

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Some people, not me, but some people, would roll up behind a group of kids walking in the road, drop it in neutral, and rev the engine and scare them out of the way.

I mainly just  used it to run errands to the bank or lumberyard or take people to the hospital during Norovirus outbreaks,

shop-teacher > ranwhenparked 04/30/2019 at 22:24

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Oooffff, norovirus is brutal.