2003 Chevrolet Silverado HD 3500 Crew Cab Big Dooley [GMT880]

2003 Chevrolet Silverado HD [GMT880] in Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York, Movie made for TV, 2006

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Author	Message
AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-11-25 18:02
Baube ◊ 2016-11-25 20:48	2003-2006 dually
eLMeR ◊ 2016-12-09 05:32	Baube wrote [...] dually This option was promoted as Big Dooley in Chevrolet's literature. Here, it also has a Crew cab. This generation of 3500s used a HD chassis, meaning a GMT880 platform code.
Baube ◊ 2016-12-09 05:34	i always thought it was a nickname given by the customers and to be honest, i totally forgot how it was called when i wrote it ...
eLMeR ◊ 2016-12-09 06:03	It's an official (nick)name: it appeared at least from 1975 onward (I didn't really search in 1973 and 1974 brochures) and was used at least until 2010: (2010 brochure excerpt) 2012+ brochures (I didn't find a 2011 one for now) use apparently only DRW.
Baube ◊ 2016-12-09 07:03	thanks for the info.... wish they had the same imagination to find a decent name to the truck before 1999...
Truck_Guy ◊ 2019-08-19 18:54	eLMeR wrote 2012+ brochures (I didn't find a 2011 one for now) use apparently only DRW. 2011 brochure still uses Big Dooley, 2012-2014 use the term Dually and 2015-current brochures use DRW(Dual Rear Wheels), like GMC (as well as Ford and Dodge/RAM) have done for decades. I'm kind of sad that Chevy did away with the little nickname. http://www.auto-brochures.com/chevrolet.html