Vehicle Description
1985 GMC K1500 - Wyoming Truck - Short Box 4x4 - 350 V8 - 4 Speed
Manual (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this 1985 GMC
K1500 on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's
possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the
truck due to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access
all of the more than 145 photographs, as well as a short start-up
and walk-around video, and a link to the GMC's
accident-and-damage-free, low-mileage Carfax history report, please
go to our main website: Garage Kept Motors.) A good truck can be
the start of a long friendship. �€" Period GMC Pickup Truck
magazine ad headline Hagerty characterized the attractive design of
these GM pickups this way: Whether Chevrolet or GMC, the General's
third-generation, 'square-body' trucks were a dramatic departure
from the company's previous efforts. The third-gen models featured
squared-off front and rear fascia, subtle body contours honed by
wind-tunnel testing, a more accommodating and ergonomic interior...
a style decades ahead of its time. Offered here is a perfectly
maintained, time-capsule 1985 GMC K1500 Sierra Classic short-bed
4WD pickup in white over dark red. A Wyoming truck, the GMC has
traveled just 41,296 miles to date. That's fewer than 1,150 miles
per-year on average. Its excellent overall condition shows how
owner pride, attention to regular servicing, and restrained-use
mileage can result in a virtually timeless vehicle. The exterior
white paint shows beautifully on every surface, with no indication
of fading or other damage. Indeed, the truck appears much as it did
the day it was driven out of the dealer showroom 36 years ago. (To
best assess the quality of the paint and trim finishes, be sure to
view the close-up photographs of the car in the accompanying
gallery.) A full, black-hard-plastic cargo-bed liner is installed
to protect that area of the truck. There is no noteworthysign of
body damage anywhere; the truck's front grille and tailgate are
perfect. Chrome front bumper and rear bumpers are in excellent
condition as is the truck's cargo bed. All emblems and
identification-including the front GMC grille emblem, front-fender
Sierra Classic model-designation emblems, and the GMC logo emblem
on the tailgate's brushed-metal trim piece-are properly in place.
Lighting lenses (including on the quad headlights) and cabin
glass-including the sliding rear window-are perfectly clear and
undamaged. Factory 15-inch steel wheels with chrome trim rings (and
front locking hubs with rear 4x4-labeled hubs) are mounted with
Hankook® Dynapro outline-white letter LT235/75 all-terrain tires.
Inside, the solid as new theme continues. Literally every surface,
every control, every aspect of the interior fully merits that
description. The very attractive, patterned, long-wearing dark-red
fabric and vinyl seat upholstery deserves special attention; its
lightly textured design is a particularly appealing style to the
present day. The black GMC-branded steering wheel frames the
classic, square-design, brushed-metal-trimmed GM truck instrument
cluster. Air-conditioning and heating controls are slide-levers. An
upgraded Kenwood® audio head unit is mounted in the factory-radio
location (with slight damage in the mounting-area trim). Even the
indicator needles on the instruments appear brand new. The shift
lever for the stock 4-speed manual transmission is floor-mounted
alongside the transfer-case selector lever. Cabin floor carpeting
is protected with rubber matting. Under the hood, the venerable
350-cubic-inch GM V8 has been maintained in a clean and
well-ordered engine bay. All components are correctly mounted, and
no modifications are evident. In the same way, viewed from below,
the truck's chassis is complete, original, and undamaged. As a
Wyoming truck, only expected surface rust is present. Again, there
is no sign of damage of any sort. All build tags and VIN markings
are present and unal
