Fun Fact.

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 05/11/2015 at 20:22 • Filed to: None

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When the U.S. Army liquidated their K5 Blazer/CUCVs and C/Ks, lots of small law enforcement departments bought them......... and still have them in service to this day.

greasemonkey235097 > jkm7680 05/11/2015 at 20:30

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It shows that simplicity, and good craftsmanship pays off, would like to see the current Ford Explorer 30 years in service

jkm7680 > greasemonkey235097 05/11/2015 at 20:31

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Ha! That’s a good joke..... Because it’ll never happen. I think it’s a combination of durability, reliability, simplicity and good design that have kept those things running.

Off hand, I know like two or three departments that still are using the K5 actively. One of them used to be only K5s up until 2009 or so when they started buying sedans.

lonestranger > jkm7680 05/11/2015 at 20:36

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Neat!

Fun Fact: Silverado wasn’t a model name until the GMT800 in M.Y. ‘99. It was merely the name of a trim level, along with trims such as Cheyenne, Scottsdale, and Custom Deluxe.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jkm7680 05/11/2015 at 20:37

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M1009 CUCV (Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle)

jkm7680 > lonestranger 05/11/2015 at 20:38

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Corrected, it’s just so natural calling them Silverados.

jkm7680 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/11/2015 at 20:40

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Edited! Thanks.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jkm7680 05/11/2015 at 20:42

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I drove those and worked on them in the Army in the 80s. They drove very nicely and were very comfortable and dependable. I can’t think of a time we ever lost an engine or transmission.

jkm7680 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/11/2015 at 20:43

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That’s pretty awesome!

From my understanding, there’s still a few of them left in Military service. Govdeals has a couple of them from time to time.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > jkm7680 05/11/2015 at 21:26

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My friend has an un molested army green one in Mendocino.

jkm7680 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/11/2015 at 21:28

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Awesome! How does he like it?

Neighbor of mine used to have a drab green ‘Burban. Not sure of the history of it, but it was a pretty awesome truck.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jkm7680 05/11/2015 at 23:15

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I was sort of shocked to see that the one on the Wiki post is an ‘84 model. 30 years is a long time... I was serving with the Hum-Vee was first fielded. I knew a wheeled vehicle mechanic who jumped one of those off of a loading dock.

jkm7680 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/12/2015 at 07:30

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Jeez, haha. Awesome.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jkm7680 05/12/2015 at 08:35

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F$&ing lunatic if you ask me, but the guy is alive and well and I Facebook with him to this day.

JEM > jkm7680 05/12/2015 at 10:03

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Pretty sure there’s still 1 or 2 in service with the Worcester PD here in Mass.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jkm7680 05/12/2015 at 10:10

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I got 126 points for playing JEEZ in Words With Friends.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > jkm7680 05/12/2015 at 13:15

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He won’t sell it!

jkm7680 > JEM 05/12/2015 at 15:39

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Wouldn’t be surprised!