Toy to keep me occupied until my future motorcycles arrive. Do a few mechanical projects on it ( I have never done a 4.7 timing belt) when I am done I'll put a rooftop tent on it and flip it to a clueless gen Z as an "overlander".
Will it drive the same? The old man has a 2005 Yukon Denali and it drives like a lumber wagon. Always has but I think that is related to the 20" wheels. These old LX have hydraulic adjustable suspension.. Wonder if that is working. Unfortunately it looks like the LX470s lost both the front/rear diff lockers.
This will likely go nowhere and I'll simply inherit my old LR4 back from my wife/kids and I'll slowly turn it into a bush buggy. Lots of projects on that one.. Wife has been eyeballing Macans.
lol, as a toy, have at it, buy whatever you think is cool and is going to give you the most motivation to tinker with it and enjoy it.
Your dad's Denali should have rear air leveling & GM magna-ride. It's a full frame truck with a torsion bar and a live rear axle, so it has it's limitations, but should still ride very comfortably, even with the big wheels. If someone has by-passed the magna-ride and rear air in favor of the pickup truck stuff - then yeah, it's going to ride like a pickup.