Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

TheHoundsman · Friday at 6:27 AM

Good morning all,

I'm reaching out to the classic car community for help locating my dad's old 1979 Chevy Suburban. This vehicle holds a lot of sentimental value, as it was a beloved family car that we had many great memories in growing up.

The details are:

- 1979 Chevy Suburban

- VIN #: CKL169F187287

- Color: Tan and Beige

- 1/2 ton 4WD model

- 350 V8 engine

- Ordered directly from Chevy and built at the Fremont plant

My dad purchased this Suburban brand new back in 1979. We had it for many years before eventually selling it in April 1990. I'm not sure who the buyer was. But I do know that it was titled 6 time in New Jersey after my Dad sold it and the last time it titled in NJ was 2003. I was worried that this most likely ment it was scrapped (it still might have been) but I did confirm with NJ MVC that there has never been a salivate title issued in NJ it.

I've been trying to track down this vehicle's current owner and location but haven't had any luck. I'm hoping someone in the classic car community might have some information or a suggestion on how I might be able to go about locating the vehicle/owner.

I would be highly grateful if you had any ideas that might be helpful with this search. Even the tiniest information could help point me in the right direction. Please reach out if you can assist in any way.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I appreciate any help the community can provide locating my dad's old Suburban.

Thank you all in advance,

Brian

Strick · Friday at 11:45 AM

Welcome in and I wish you the best on your search. If you look in my bio you'll see that I have my dad's 79 Crew that he ordered new and it is similar to what you're looking for. I'm certainly fortunate to have dad's old pickup. Maybe some folks in the NE can help you with this task.

Strickland

TheHoundsman · Friday at 1:01 PM

Thanks for reaching out. I saw the picture in your bio that is the exact color theme for my Dads. I’m still hopeful at this point, we will see how it goes. I know my brother has some pictures of us fishing on the beach with it so I am going to get them and add them to give people a visual.

Strick · Friday at 1:57 PM

TheHoundsman said:
the exact color theme for my Dads.

I had this '81 K20 Sub a few years back. I traded it for the 10K post lift in my shop.

HS

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Keith Seymore · Friday at 2:33 PM

TheHoundsman said:
- Ordered directly from Chevy and built at the Fremont plant

Almost -

All square Blazers and Suburbans were built in Flint Michigan.

The "F" in the VIN denotes Flint Assembly.

Fremont is noted by a "Z" in the VIN.

I started at Flint in June of 1979. I might have seen your dad's Suburban go by.

K

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Keith Seymore · Friday at 2:41 PM

This doesn't help find it - but since you are sentimental:

You could contact the GM Heritage Center archive and order up the original invoice for your dad's truck.

It would show build timing, selling dealership info, pricing and any applicable discounts, and all the original RPO content.

Your dad's name might even appear on the document since he special ordered it.

It was $50 last I knew.

K

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TheHoundsman · Friday at 9:13 PM

Strick said:
I had this '81 K20 Sub a few years back. I traded it for the 10K post lift in my shop.

HS
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They both look great.

TheHoundsman · Friday at 9:15 PM

Keith Seymore said:
This doesn't help find it - but since you are sentimental:

You could contact the GM Heritage Center archive and order up the original invoice for your dad's truck.

It would show build timing, selling dealership info, pricing and any applicable discounts, and all the original RPO content.

Your dad's name might even appear on the document since he special ordered it.

It was $50 last I knew.

K

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This is awesome. I will definitely do that. Thanks for sending it over.

TX87R10 · Friday at 10:05 PM

TheHoundsman said:
Good morning all,

I'm reaching out to the classic car community for help locating my dad's old 1979 Chevy Suburban. This vehicle holds a lot of sentimental value, as it was a beloved family car that we had many great memories in growing up.

The details are:

- 1979 Chevy Suburban

- VIN #: CKL169F187287

- Color: Tan and Beige

- 1/2 ton 4WD model

- 350 V8 engine

- Ordered directly from Chevy and built at the Fremont plant

My dad purchased this Suburban brand new back in 1979. We had it for many years before eventually selling it in April 1990. I'm not sure who the buyer was. But I do know that it was titled 6 time in New Jersey after my Dad sold it and the last time it titled in NJ was 2003. I was worried that this most likely ment it was scrapped (it still might have been) but I did confirm with NJ MVC that there has never been a salivate title issued in NJ it.

I've been trying to track down this vehicle's current owner and location but haven't had any luck. I'm hoping someone in the classic car community might have some information or a suggestion on how I might be able to go about locating the vehicle/owner.

I would be highly grateful if you had any ideas that might be helpful with this search. Even the tiniest information could help point me in the right direction. Please reach out if you can assist in any way.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I appreciate any help the community can provide locating my dad's old Suburban.

Thank you all in advance,

Brian

Best bet might be trying to track down who titled it last and go from there.

TheHoundsman · Friday at 10:44 PM

Keith Seymore said:
Almost -

All square Blazers and Suburbans were built in Flint Michigan.

The "F" in the VIN denotes Flint Assembly.

Fremont is noted by a "Z" in the VIN.

I started at Flint in June of 1979. I might have seen your dad's Suburban go by.

K

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Thanks for that information I clearly read that wrong. You very well may have we were waiting on it so that as a family (Dad, Mom, Brother, Aunt, Uncle and two cousins) could all drive in it to Disney in June 1980.

ali_c20 · Saturday at 12:35 AM

Welcome from Austria. Good luck for your search and keep us up to date.

ali_c20 · Saturday at 1:00 AM

Keith Seymore said:
Almost -

All square Blazers and Suburbans were built in Flint Michigan.

The "F" in the VIN denotes Flint Assembly.

Fremont is noted by a "Z" in the VIN.

I started at Flint in June of 1979. I might have seen your dad's Suburban go by.

K

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Perhaps my K5 too.

TheHoundsman · Saturday at 8:08 AM

ali_c20 said:
Welcome from Austria. Good luck for your search and keep us up to date.

Thanks I am not sure what level of success I’ll have but if noting else it has been fun remembering all the time we spent in that truck and all the memories I had with my Dad.

TheHoundsman · Saturday at 8:10 AM

TX87R10 said:
Best bet might be trying to track down who titled it last and go from there.

The NJ MVC has the name of the person the last time it was titled in NJ (2003) as the very helpful (not being sarcastic) person on the phone told me. She just also explained that she is prohibited to give that information out.

squaredeal91 · Saturday at 9:36 AM

TheHoundsman said:
The NJ MVC has the name of the person the last time it was titled in NJ (2003) as the very helpful (not being sarcastic) person on the phone told me. She just also explained that she is prohibited to give that information out.

dmv cant give out registered owners info unless it was a business that owned the vehicle. I've never done a car fax and always thought my vehicle is too old for that but maybe that would give something?? Or have you tried?

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