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crsgmc · 10-23-2018, 12:04 PM

I have owned both. I had a standard cab and bed automatic 1975 and I am now rebuilding a 1996 short bed standard cab manual. The 75 was a gas hog. No matter how you tuned it up and drove economically it at best would get 11 miles per gallon on the highway. The 96 is amazing, getting a solid 22 miles per gallon. It should be noted that the 96 does not have air, and is a base model as well as a short bed making it hundreds of pounds lighter. I don't like the computer stuff but the horsepower and mileage is hard discount. My choice would be 96 to 98.

10-23-2018, 12:04 PM	#7
crsgmc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Carpenter, Wyoming Posts: 83	Re: 73-87 vs 88-9? I have owned both. I had a standard cab and bed automatic 1975 and I am now rebuilding a 1996 short bed standard cab manual. The 75 was a gas hog. No matter how you tuned it up and drove economically it at best would get 11 miles per gallon on the highway. The 96 is amazing, getting a solid 22 miles per gallon. It should be noted that the 96 does not have air, and is a base model as well as a short bed making it hundreds of pounds lighter. I don't like the computer stuff but the horsepower and mileage is hard discount. My choice would be 96 to 98.