I passed my driver’s test in a 79 Blazer. The cones to parallel park between looked so tiny.

Makes me wonder if it was a real option or juse the least of the 88’s assembled and marked as 89’s. My 2004 Silverado was built in November of 2003 so I’d bet its possible what was actualy meant to be an 88 was put together in Jan of 89 and sold as an 89.

OIC my typo, I meat to say 5 speed. Bro had the 89 2.5 5 speed, data had an 84 2.0 4 speed 2wd then an 89 2.8 long bed, then a 93 4.3L 4x4. My mother had a 86 2.8L two door blazer then a 94 4.3 4x4 4 door blazer (remember they didn’t get the new body until a 95 while the trucks changed in 94 so both their s10’s were…

The early 89’s had it, we had a family of 4 with 4s10’s. My brother had an early 89, I suppose maybe left over parts from the 88 run and not an official option. I had the 5 speed, could hit 28mpg if I drove easy. It was 250 miles between myself and my family when I was in college and I could fill up the tank on a…

in the 88/89 years you could still get the tech4 2.5 with 4 speed and 4x4. It was a very base model bench seat and no rear bumper.

I had 1988 with 4x4 5 speed and the 2.5L Tech4, the 4x4 4 cylinder combination was even more rare, wanted a baja though but I got mine in 1991 for around 5K from someone who bought it at acution and couldn’t title it in MD because the cat was removed.