Backfire

I’ve enjoyed reading your articles pertaining to late ’60’s to early ’70’s Chevrolet trucks.

I would like to share with you my family’s survivor 1969 Chevrolet Suburban that we were able to purchase thanks to Hemmings.

We were very fortunate to come across this truck during our search for a family hauler, as our growing family no longer sat comfortably in my daily driver ’66 C10! I searched every day for six months for the perfect Suburban, and I got lucky when I found this listed on — it had only been listed for 30 minutes. Upon arrival, we learned that it had been sitting for 10 years, but the truck looked like new inside and out. We bought the truck in July 2019 and are now just the second owners. It was meticulously taken care of since new, always stored in a climate-controlled garage, and has never seen a Midwest winter. During our ownership