In keeping with its advert, at the moment’s Nice Price or No Dice Tahoe makes 322 horsepower at its 33-inch mudder tires. Let’s determine if that makes its value a clear deal.

In keeping with the Greek thinker Herodotus and pop legend Billy Joel, solely the nice dies younger. The 2007 Saturn Sky we checked out yesterday was a mannequin that many suppose went to the grave too early, and was fairly good whereas it was round. Our Sky remains to be kicking, and at its $10,000 asking totally 75 p.c of you wouldn’t kick it to the curb. That Good Worth win proved that there’s loads of life after dying.

Talking of dying, we’re not informed within the advert what killed the unique engine in at the moment’s 1999 Chevy Tahoe Sport. Perhaps it was only a wild hair the proprietor encountered that induced it to be yanked and spanked and summarily changed by an LQ9 6.0-liter third-gen LS V8. I assume we don’t have to know when there’s a lot else occurring with the truck in its present, swapped state.

In keeping with the advert, that is certainly one of 1,367 Sports activities manufactured in 1999 carrying Storm Gray paint. I don’t know if that’s a major statistic, however not less than we’re all now prepped for social gathering trivia. One other enjoyable truth offered by the advert is that the freshly rebuilt large block has been imbued with a warmer cam and strengthened valve gear. That’s all apparently good for 322 horses on the wheels with extra in reserve.

The vendor says the swap has about 3K underneath its belt and that the truck general sports activities a stout 173,000. The engine isn’t the one half to have been refreshed alongside the best way. Per the outline, it additionally has new diffs entrance and rear, a rebuilt and strengthened switch case, and a fairly contemporary transmission that the vendor says does simply positive. There are many different ancillary updates as properly, and nothing appears to be like to have been cobbled collectively or neglected. Even the A/C and warmth are working.

The entire thing rides on gold-hued aftermarket wheels fitted with BFG knobbies. The bodywork is clear (besides within the photos the place it’s not) and it seems that all the trim is undamaged. On the draw back, the vendor says that the aftermarket lights don’t match all that nice and that whereas the paint is sweet, it’s 23 years previous and reveals it in locations.

The inside is in respectable form, solely struggling some cracking and splitting on the motive force’s seat squab. Actually, I don’t suppose there’s certainly one of these left that doesn’t put on that as a badge of honor. The headliner is new and there’s some Cadillac Escalade trim sprinkled all through the cabin.

An Alpine head unit holds court docket within the sprint and performs by way of upgraded audio system within the doorways. The inside has been Dynomatted to maintain different sounds down. It additionally has the fascinating barn door again finish.

The vendor says the truck carries a clear title and present California tags. Additionally they say that it’s “kinda loud. And Rowdy.” I feel all of us like that kind of description. The query is whether or not we prefer it $17,000 value.

That’s the asking value which the vendor says is agency. After all, they then say they may go decrease however components of the truck will probably be faraway from the deal. What do you suppose, ought to it go all-intact at that $17,000 asking? Or, at that value is that this a Tahoe that you just’d say ta-ta to?

You determine!

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