The main ‘55 Chevy featured a 454 engine with aluminum heads, tunnel ram intake and dual Holley carburetors. The transmission was a rock crusher Muncie M-22 hooked to 4.88 gears.

But, if you're absolutely set on a V8 engine, there's only one acceptable alternative to the Suburban High Country 4WD in its class, and that's its very own cousin, the GMC Yukon XL Denali 4WD ...