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1971 Chevrolet Suburban Is the Orange Treat of the Week

In the over 100 years of existence, the auto industry completely changed our lives. Everything we do, build and dream about is in some manner connected to automobiles, and virtually all car models ever made contributed to some extent to this reality.
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Photo: Mecum
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The auto industry has its stars too, cars that have contributed more than others, or perhaps more significantly than others. The veteran of this field of activity for instance, is the Chevrolet Suburban, a nameplate so old few are still around to have seen its birth.

In 2020, the Suburban is celebrating its 85th year of life. For every single one of those years, the car has constantly been rolling off assembly lines, a state of affairs that now makes it the longest-running nameplate in automotive history.

The present generation Suburban, presented earlier this year, is of course the biggest, most advanced ever made, but that doesn’t mean older ones don’t have a certain appeal to them. Especially the ones built in the 1960s and 1970s, two of the favorite decades for the custom and tuning industries.

Truth be told, given the incredible lifespan of the model and the millions made, we would have expected to see more Suburbans getting a makeover for the modern age, but that’s not the case. Luckily, from time to time something like this pops up to save face.

The three-door Suburban from 1971 we have in the gallery above is waiting to be sold in June by Mecum during the Eddie Vannoy collection sale. Painted bright orange over a black interior, it’s sure to turn some heads once it hits the roads.

Riding on 18-inch chrome wheels, this Suburban of the sixth generation moves along thanks to a big-block V8 of unspecified power, linked to an automatic transmission, with LED headlights fitted into the reworked front grille lighting the way.

The car is listed for sale with no reserve, and no estimate as to how much it is expected to fetch has been made.
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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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