Huge doors that sagged. Easily rusted. Just not well made.
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LOL, that was true for just about any 10 year old chevy that I can remember.
Yeah, I’m speaking out asking a victim myself.😎
Yeah, the 10 years to rust is half that in the winter salt laden roads of the midwest.
The decades long chevy sagging doors issue was still going on through the 90s. The door opening resistance (a spring in the upper hinge) was a really stupid design. It puts a lot more strain on the upper hinge bushing, artificially making the heavy door even heavier.
The lower hinge has the actual stops stamped in it. If you let the door swing open too hard the lower hinge stops stresses the lower hinge mounting points on the door and cab, tweaking those areas. (In the early 2000s, I think, GM started using the strap stop system, located halfway between the hinges, and therefore independent of both.)
Here is a guy (7’ tall!) in Iowa showing how to correct the problem, until the door is allowed to swing too hard again....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yNzVbThpEbw