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Chevrolet Pick Up 1500 – light American pickup truck with a V8 engine from 1989: 2,540kg gross vehicle weight, 764kg payload
The Pick Up 1500 belonged to the lightest series in Chevrolet's pickup family, built in the US in huge numbers as a work and everyday vehicle for trades, farming and private use, and ranked among the best-selling vehicles of all.
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The eight-cylinder engine is recorded without a displacement figure. With a gross vehicle weight of 2,540kg and an unladen weight of 1,776kg, a payload of 764kg remains. Wheelbase and width are 2,990mm and 1,900mm respectively, figures consistent with a pickup cab with a short load bed.
Vehicles in this series were built with rear-wheel drive and a ladder frame, which makes them robust against overload but less comfortable at the limit than a unibody passenger car. The open load bed behind the cab allows for bulky cargo that would not fit in an enclosed van. In Europe, such US pickups usually run as imported vehicles and remain correspondingly rare, which affects parts sourcing and routine maintenance.
When buying a US pickup of this age, checks include rust at the frame, load bed and wheel arches, the condition of the rear leaf springs, the tightness of the axle differentials and, on eight-cylinder engines of this generation, the carburettor or ignition system and cooling system. Since parts usually have to be imported in Europe, repair downtime is correspondingly longer than for a European vehicle.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Chevrolet Marque Pick Up 1500
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