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In Catawba, Wisconsin, 58-year-old Frank Oresnik’s 1991 Chevy Silverado 1500 recently clocked 1 million miles on the odometer. According to Oresnik, the ’91 Silverado has been through four radiators, three gas tanks, and five transmissions – but the engine is still an original. On Thursday night, he began a tearful send-off when he placed the faithful truck up for bid on eBay with a starting price of $30,000.
We have a tremendous amount of respect for Frank for being so faithful to his ride, and we issue him a sincere tip of the hat for such an amazing feat [especially considering it's a Chevrolet]. So it is in a purely humorous vein when we mention that unimpressed Volvo owners would like to point out that Volvo’s have been reaching the 1 million mile mark – sans multiple major repairs – before Chevy was even knee-high to a grasshopper. We support this assertion with the Swedish Speed Demon currently parked in one of our staff member’s driveway, which has never required much more than meticulous routine maintenance, and is rapidly approaching the 500,000 mile-marker.
[Contributing Source: Canoe News]
not just tough, it’s the heartbeat of america
I was just in drivers ed 2 weeks ago, and most of the time me and my partner were driving a ’91 Ford Tempo with 938,000 on the clock.
30,000 $ is not that tearful send-off!!!
As the owner of a vintage Volvo myself, Irv Gordon, whose 1966 P-1800 coupe has made the Guinness Book of World Records, has always been someone I looked up to; however, Frank Oresnik is just as much to be admired, maybe even a bit more, since he kept alive a machine that so many people just would have let go to a salvage yard.
Late models trucks are usually just workhorses, put away when that purpose seems fufilled, or a newer one catches the owner’s eye.
From the looks of Mr. Oresnik’s truck in the photos, he also kept it looking good, too.
If GM was smart, they hire him for some commercials, before the truck gets sold away. It’s one thing to have Bob Seeger do a song about your truck being like a rock, but quite another to have someone who actually owned one prove it.
My 91 GMC is just broke in with 265,000 miles. It also has the 5.7 (350) TBI engine. It`s such a great truck that I am puting new leather interior in it now. It has custom wheels and a bunch of add
ons but the engine is stock all the way. I also own a 97 Tahoe with the 5.7 Vortec and an 01 Tahoe with The 5.3. I have had some fuel related problems with the 97 but they have all been good trucks. The 91 will be hard to beat.
Frank Oresnik, I respect you. I can understand the tearful send-off, and I hope whoever buys the Chevy, takes as much care for it as you did.
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I have a 91 with same color interior- the engine is beast- mine was submerged completely under water (the antenna was all you could see) . so after difficult electrical issues , she was up and running again pretty quick. No where near his mileage though- 150,000.