Perhaps the public would never have learned about the existence of these Chevrolets if they had not been put up for auction on Yahoo in Japan. According to the description, only four such Chevrolet Suburbans were produced (so claims the owner, but how many there actually were is a mystery). What they were intended for is not entirely clear, but foreign colleagues from motor1.com believe that the SUV limousines were used as airport transfers – carrying passengers from terminals to planes and back. Experts are also scratching their heads over who built these unusual machines.
As for these specific examples, the golden-beige Suburban was produced in January 1983, and the gray-blue example in July 1987. Both SUVs are equipped with a 7.43-liter V8 and automatic transmission. How they ended up in Japan is unclear, but in any case, the cars were not originally intended for this country, as they have left-hand drive.
Both the one and the other Chevrolet Suburban are priced by the owner at 1 million yen each, which is equivalent to just over $9,000. At the same time, the SUVs require a huge amount of work: their bodies are covered with extensive corrosion, and in some places they are completely rusted through. And that's not counting "little things" like peeling and cracked paint.
