Model Identification: Notes

1986 GMC Suburban C2500, 5.7 M, StandardSECTION Notes
NOTE: For the 1988-91 model years General Motors manufactured two (2) different truck models; the "R" & "V" models (similar to the older 1973-1987 model trucks), and the new "C" & "K" models. The new models use the old model designations except for payloads (Was: C10/15, Now: C1500). From 1992 all trucks are new design "C" & "K" models.
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