Photography Courtesy USPS
2030 GRM $2000 Challenge sub-class
The United States Postal Service has chosen Oshkosh Defense's Next Generation Delivery Vehicle to replace the long-in-the-tooth Grumman LLV—replacement process that's expected to take place over the next 10 years.
As the current LLVs are phased out over that 10-year timeframe, they could potentially be sold via government auctions to the public. That means you.
Why would you want an LLV? Perhaps because you're weird like us (one of the most viewed threads on this site asks where to find an LLV for sale), or maybe because it’s powered by the venerable Iron Duke four-cylinder engine—the same powerplant found in the Pontiac Fiero, Chevrolet S-10, and a number of other late-'70s, '80s and early '90s GM products—and the performance possibilities are endless.
At any rate, if you got your hands on an LLV, how would you modify it? We’d love to see one show up to our $2000 Challenge or even the Ultimate Track Car Challenge.
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2030 GRM $2000 Challenge sub-class
"LS swap it" is the first thing that comes to mind. It may be a cliche, but it's a cliche because it works. And because, since it's based on an S10, there should be plenty of parts available to do this. Some other possibilities:
Fun fact: The current LLVs were produced from 1987 - 1994. The first digit of the vehicle number relates to the year it was built. So, the model pictured was produced in 1989. Now, use that knowledge to see how old the truck in your neighborhood really is.
In reply to John Welsh :
I'm going to have to pay extra attention when the mail comes by to find that out.
Thanks for that fact. 
Didn't the man who's office is oval mandate that all new govt vehicles have to be electric? Including these mail trucks?
Holy crap, they're only 2700 lbs
S-10 chassis , so swapping it to 4wd should be almost a bolt-in thing. LS swap while you're at it..........the ultimate overlanding vehicle? Maybe not.
That thing is just begging for some kind of motorhome conversion.
Of course it's already been done
https://www.lsxmag.com/news/delivering-the-goods-ls-powered-usps-mail-truck-with-anger-issues/
You'd need to cut like 20" out of the height to get it challenge legal :P
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