#Lowered obs sierra series
General Motors invested millions of dollars redesigning and engineering the new C1500 and K1500 series and then backed it up with major publicity campaigns that included supporting Gary Sowerby in 1987’s Fastest Transit of the Americas-Tierra del Fuego, Argentina to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, with co-driver Tim Cahill in a 1988 GMC Sierra. The sport truck designation originated with Chevrolet naming the earlier Chevy C10 CST model-CST signifying “custom sport truck.” That said, the C1500 and K1500 series, or OBS as people now seem to prefer, was the Typhoid Mary of the sport truck movement, but it wasn’t enthusiasts who coined the “sport truck” name. Read More: 1969 C10 Front Suspension Overhaul The stock 15-inch-diameter 1988-1998 Chevy C/K1500 wheel and tire does not provide room for larger-than-stock-diameter disc brakes. The C/K series wasn’t the first truck to be offered as a customized special right off the showroom floor … as history reveals, that was the 1956 F-100 right off Ford dealership floors. In the 21st century the name has changed but the game is still the same: guys remain infatuated with the clean lines of the C1500 and K1500 series but the slang name is now OBS (meaning old body style). Take for example back in late 1987 when Chevrolet and GMC, after 15 years of producing essentially the same body style for its line of C10 pickups, introduced the C1500 and K1500, which C10 fans then referred to as the “new body style.” The passage of time has a funny way of changing things. Aldan American’s Gary Nelson used the Bendpak 2 post lift to raise the 1994 Chevy C/K1500 extra cab short bed up to show stock ride height. Naturally since Aldan American is a high-end shock absorber manufacturer they chose to source the latest developments in OBS brake and suspension components to complement their product by using Wilwood dropped spindles and accompanying Wilwood 6 piston big brake kit. With the OBS designation comes a rebirth of interest in the 1988-1998 C/K1500 series and that means in addition to parts than have been available for years there is also a current surge in new products. By John Gilbert – Photography by the Author
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