Hello and thanks for the add. The last GM truck I owned was a 98' standard cab long bed that I special-ordered as a strip-down version with the only option being the "bright" package (chrome grille and bumpers). It had the 5.7 V8, 5-speed manual, 3.73 gears, bench seat, crank windows and rubber floor. I loved the thing for it's honest simplicity. I had it for about a year before I took a job at Chrysler that included corporate lease vehicles from the fast-feedback program. I sold the chevy in 99' and for 17 years I've been driving decked-out Ram pickups and generally liked them (the newer ones with the ZF 8-speed in particular) but I always remember that old bare-bones 98' Chevy. Early this year I left Chrysler and moved into a differnet field of work, which made me a bit of a free agent as far as the make of truck I could choose. I happened to be in Texas for work recently and came across a bare-bones 09' Silverado for sale on Craigslist. It was an extended cab 4x4 completely devoid of options other than...chrome bumpers and grille. It had hand-crank windows, rubber floors, steel wheels and a mechanical transfer case lever. Perfect. The thing was so clean and pristine looking inside and out that I was literally shocked to find that it had 230k miles on it. But it ran and drove nice, didn't leak anything and sounded good, so $9k later I was skipping my flight back to Michigan and driving my new old truck home. The PO traveled around the southwest as a independant natural gas salesman and clearly took good care of it, as it really drives like it has 30k miles. But the inescapable fact is that it has 230k miles, it did consume over a quart of oil on the trip home, and it's got nowhere near the grunt of the Hemi-powered Rams I've been driving since 03'. I figure for the price I got it for, I can afford to replace or rebuild the engine, so I plan to start trolling the forums for advice as I'd like to freshen the driveline up and maybe upgrade it a bit so that it's at least in the same league as the newer trucks, power and torque-wise while still being reliable enough to go 200k+ miles.