How rare is a 1998 Z71 crew cab?
December 28th, 2009, 7:24 AM
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Put almost 300 miles on the truck this weekend and am still impressed. It must have alot of highway miles because it rides and drives like its got 100k miles on it, not 200k.
January 1st, 2010, 9:24 PM
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Hey guys... Newbie here from Georgia!
To answer your question cb11 that truck is extremely Rare! You are correct it is indeed a Centurion Conversion. Centurion is a company that stretches and transforms new half ton trucks directly from the Chevrolet assembly line into interesting GM prototypes.
See pics of my showroom condition 1997 Chevy Centurion 1500 below!
Here's a little info on Chevy Centurions...
Centurion is the leader in automotive conversions and is well known for their crew cab conversion trucks featuring the most popular Chevy 1500 using 100% GM parts that are warrantied through your GM dealer. They are known for building extremely rare models that few have heard about... or ever seen! The 1997-1998 half ton models are hard to come by and if you do they are still worth a pretty penny! The 97-98 1500 crewcab/short bed is extremely rare so if you own one then you have a needle in the haystack! Centurion Conversions had a very limited production number of these trucks. Aprox every 4 months one was picked off the assembly line and sent to Centurion. After the conversion most seemed to have been purchased by GM employees. The 4wd models were fewer and started just under $40k at $39,975. All GM dealership brochures in the 90's only <!--POLLS--><!--FILES-->offered a standard & extended cab in the 1500 series trucks... however a limited amount of 2500 & 3500 crew cab longbed W/T (work trucks) were available by special order only. Centurion Conversions were bought out by Southern Comfort Conversions 1/24/06...
Good luck with the purchase cb11... and please post some pics!
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To answer your question cb11 that truck is extremely Rare! You are correct it is indeed a Centurion Conversion. Centurion is a company that stretches and transforms new half ton trucks directly from the Chevrolet assembly line into interesting GM prototypes.
See pics of my showroom condition 1997 Chevy Centurion 1500 below!
Here's a little info on Chevy Centurions...
Centurion is the leader in automotive conversions and is well known for their crew cab conversion trucks featuring the most popular Chevy 1500 using 100% GM parts that are warrantied through your GM dealer. They are known for building extremely rare models that few have heard about... or ever seen! The 1997-1998 half ton models are hard to come by and if you do they are still worth a pretty penny! The 97-98 1500 crewcab/short bed is extremely rare so if you own one then you have a needle in the haystack! Centurion Conversions had a very limited production number of these trucks. Aprox every 4 months one was picked off the assembly line and sent to Centurion. After the conversion most seemed to have been purchased by GM employees. The 4wd models were fewer and started just under $40k at $39,975. All GM dealership brochures in the 90's only <!--POLLS--><!--FILES-->offered a standard & extended cab in the 1500 series trucks... however a limited amount of 2500 & 3500 crew cab longbed W/T (work trucks) were available by special order only. Centurion Conversions were bought out by Southern Comfort Conversions 1/24/06...
Good luck with the purchase cb11... and please post some pics!
HOTSANDRAIL
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January 2nd, 2010, 10:18 PM
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I thought about selling it, had a good offer that made it worth considering it, but I like the truck so I think I'm gonna hold on to this one for a while.
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February 14th, 2010, 1:23 PM
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1500 crew cab
i was not aware that these trucks were that rare! i have one!! its a 1996 1500 crew cab built by centurion, im going to try to get a pic on here in a bit but i bough it from a guy in bloomington illinois that had this one, and found another that was red and i belive was a 97
February 14th, 2010, 1:43 PM
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1996 1500 crew cab
we just had our big snow storm up here so the truck very dirty but when this clears out im gonna clean it up to post better pics, but this truck has obviously no had a easy life, previous owner used it for towing, and it has quite a few flaws in the paint... come spring we are finishing the bodywork (truck needs a fender on the drivers side and there is a primer spot on the driver door where it was hit in a parking lot) and paint the truck..