Check out Kurt & Barbara Tape's 1959 Chevy Suburban which is powered by a 2000 LS1 engine with Sanderson headers, only at Classic Trucks Magazine. ... Kurt And Barbara Tape's '59 Chevy.

Since 1935, THE Chevrolet Suburban has defined the full-size utility wagon. ... got a V8 option in ‘59 and added a sleek new four-door body on a 119-inch wheelbase for ‘61.

In 1967, Chevrolet stretched the Suburban’s wheelbase by a foot to 127 inches, same as a single-cab pickup with an 8-foot bed, giving it proportions that are now so familiar.