When GMC rolled out the GMT400 platform in 1988, it was a
monumental upgrade for the Sierra lineup. The fully welded frame,
new engine options, and one-ton dually configuration gave the
Sierra 3500 a fifth-wheel towing rating of up to 19,000 pounds, a
number that made commercial buyers and serious haulers take notice
immediately. The 1989 model was only the second year of that
platform, and this example has lived its entire life as one of the
cleanest representatives of it. Finished in Light French Blue
Metallic and Silver Metallic with a blue pinstripe, it is a color
combination that defined the era and has aged extremely well.
Under the hood is the 5.7 liter V8 backed by a four speed
automatic. The 5.7 was the standard engine in the 3500 lineup, a
proven and durable unit that GM had refined over decades of truck
duty. It pulls with quiet authority and has never been asked to
work particularly hard, which is evident the moment you look at how
this truck has held up.
Inside, the grey cloth bench seat is in original condition and
looks exactly the way a truck with this kind of mileage should. The
interior is clean, correct, and completely unmodified, which is an
increasingly rare thing to find on a truck this age.
The number that defines this truck above everything else is 23,626
miles. That is barely broken in for a one-ton GMT400, a platform
that routinely sees 300,000 miles when properly maintained. Clean,
low-mileage examples of this generation have been climbing steadily
in value as buyers recognize that the GMT400 dually represents the
last era of the truly simple, fully capable American work truck
before complexity and emissions equipment changed everything.
Finding one in this color, this condition, and with these miles is
not something that happens by chance.
Please call or email us today for more information.
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accurately and with integrity. We also welcome third party
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