Finally bought a Tahoe!

[96Fleetwood]

Well, I have been looking for the last 1.5 years for a nice Tahoe, preferably enthusiast owned. I bought a 1997 LS Tahoe last year, but sold it 4 days later for a nice $2,500 dollar profit.

I looked at everything from '00 Tahoe Limiteds, '99-'00 Tahoe Z71s, '99-00 Denalis, & '99-00 Escalades. I made a couple offers on some but never reached a deal till 2 weeks ago...

It is a 1996 Chevy Tahoe LT, always a South Florida truck. 2 owners, owned by a Marine Engineer who designs fancy Yachts for the rich & famous.

The chassis has 148K on it but the motor, tranny, suspension, rear, etc only have 33K on them since a full refurbish. When it was refurbished, they beefed up the motor and put a powerdyne supercharger, headers, etc etc. Tranny has a shift kit & is a mild upgrade. Auburn rear, ProComp 6 inch lift, blah blah blah.

I bought it sight unseen, but only after numerous phone calls & email exchanges. I flew down to South Florida on Tuesday, and it was pretty much as described. I took a look at some of his other fine autos/motorcycles and then hit the road with the bad boy truck.

I stopped in Atlanta the first day to visit a buddy of mine and then woke up early on Wed. to make the last leg of the trip. The supercharger came in handy in the Tenessee Mountains.

I averaged 14.5 mpg on the 1,400 mile journey at speeds of 60-70 mph. The Tahoe didn't even flinch, I was impressed! Had numerous thumbs up and people would come up to me everytime I filled up gas just to talk about the truck.

It needs a bit of TLC, but that is my specialty. By the Spring it should be looking pretty good and running even better. I want to find someone who can check the tune and make sure it is not running rich. I might send the supercharger to Powerdyne to change the belt.

Enough rambling.. here are the pics:












It rides much better than the lifted '97 Grand Cherokee I bought last year. It had a cheap ass Skyjacker lift kit. The ProComp lift kit on the Tahoe rides pretty good and doesn't have the highway "death wobble."

Take care!
-Elias

[TSS]

NICE Tahoe. I had a '99 LS and an 01 LT Autoride. Great trucks, both of them. I still think the OBS is much more pleasing on the outside than the NBS or NNBS. Check out fullsizechevy.com. Good site...not as good as this one, but still good.

Todd

[96Fleetwood]

Thanks! I will check out that forum shortly.


I forgot to put up these two pics:

[Jesda]

GMT400 rules

[Cadillacboy]

Congrats , it's really big truck lol

[Rolex]

That's a great find on an awesome truck. It's getting about the same mileage SCd as my truck that's NA.

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

GMT 400 FTMFW!!! My favorite line of trucks ever!

I wonder how that Supercharged 350 compares to the Vortec 454 in terms of power and fuel economy.

[RightTurn]

Very, very nice! Those pics bring back memories; I owned a '96 'Hoe. (Also check out Tahoeforum.com)

[gary88]

Awesome! My first car was a '93 Blazer. Basically a two door version of that, but with the older style interior.

[Night Wolf]

You passed within 3 minutes of my house! Right off I75 in middle Georiga. Next time drop a line if you are around the area...

Nice Tahoe tho.... does the supercharger make it quick or is it still a bear to move around with the bigger tires? Now you gotta get it all nice and muddy

["G$"]

Originally Posted by 96Fleetwood

That is an awesome picture. Good Job.

[Destroyer]

You bought the hillbilly delight, lol. Nice looking truck man!. Its gotta move out pretty well with that supercharger. How much did it set you back?.

[96Fleetwood]

Thanks! I joined the Tahoe forum

It isn't fast by my standards, but does move pretty well. The Powerdyne supercharger is belt driven, so it is pretty quiet.

The funny thing about this Tahoe is it looks "hillbilly," but has some $$ upgrades like the custom wood steering wheel and kickass stereo.

I have a little over $5K in it right now (he was asking $7,500 obo), expecting to put at least another $1K to bring it to my standards. I might put some Denali front bucket seats and put a cloth rear bench for the dogs.

I hope it can tow the Fleetwood...

[LS1Mike]

Very cool truck man! Good luck with it. Should tow no problem.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by 96Fleetwood

Thanks! I joined the Tahoe forum

It isn't fast by my standards, but does move pretty well. The Powerdyne supercharger is belt driven, so it is pretty quiet.

The funny thing about this Tahoe is it looks "hillbilly," but has some $$ upgrades like the custom wood steering wheel and kickass stereo.

I have a little over $5K in it right now (he was asking $7,500 obo), expecting to put at least another $1K to bring it to my standards. I might put some Denali front bucket seats and put a cloth rear bench for the dogs.

I hope it can tow the Fleetwood...

Just joking about the "hillbilly" thing. If thats hillbilly then sign me up!. Definately an intimidating vechicle.