Mourn with me, Blazer Nation

[AJ4X4TJ]

Desert Tank
Born: sometime in 1970 - August 11, 2007

Mourn with me, Blazer Nation

On Satuday, August 11, 2007 at 8:39AM my Desert Tank found it's destiny. (Do Blazers go to heaven?)

In an off-road show the driver of the Desert Tank lost control in the parking lot (Yes, in the parking lot) and flipped it upside down. I'll let the pictures explain.

Thank God the driver wasn't killed and was able to crawl from underneath the Desert Tank without any scratches.
And for the Desert Tank it is totaled and not worth fixing.

Mourn with me, as i will miss my Desert Tank.

Any suggestions, comment, or encouraging words?

I'm afraid this is my last message since I'm "Blazerless" now.

Thank you all for your time and help in the past and I really enjoyed being a part of this site.

AJ4x4TJ

[71swb4x4]

Wow!! That really sucks. Glad everyone made it out OK.

[vtblazer]

I see skid marks, who was dicken' around with it?

Big tires, high center of gravity, throw in some speed and what'd ya expect?

Sorry for your loss but I see it as a completely unnecessary situation/result.

Someone was horsing around, showing off and being stupid.

[Shock_Me]

Wow dude that sucks!
If it makes you feel any better, I had this one fixed and back on the road in a month...replacing the windshield frame will go a long way.

[bouncytruck]

That sucks. Someone else was driving your just completed rig? You could always search for another and do a tub swap.

We feel your pain.

[jamie72]

its still `worth fixing` imo there not making any more.. looks like someone was doing donuts on pavement? wrong way for it to go..

[1969k10stepside]

Sucks that it flipped but that isn't the type of vehicle to be skidding around on concrete anyway.I agree with Jamie,it can be fixed and isnt a total loss.I see well over $2000 in good parts there.All can be fixed,if it was me and for some reason I was skiddin' around and wrecked it,I would pull the body off,if the chassis isnt damaged,save what I could from the body and start looking for a new body to start over with,not just give up.

[Shock_Me]

At least it didn't have a roof on it at the time...one less thing to try repairing or replacing.

[ABLAZN]

WOW Can you say should of had a roll bar.

[hgs_notes]

That'll buff out.

j/k. It is fixable though.

[bigblackblazer]

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[kyle4381]

They thought it was a 4X4 drifter . OUCH..That sucks..

[tavenner13]

here in texas thatll get you shot

[Jtrux]

Originally Posted by tavenner13

here in texas thatll get you shot

X2

I don't plan on wasting any bullets either, they will all find there mark.

[Yukon Jack]

Man, you got to give us more info on what happened. That is a sad sight indeed!

[lookingtobuy]

"It burst into flames! Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get this, Charlie! Get this, Charlie! It's fire and it's crashing! It's crashing terrible! Oh, my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning, bursting into flames and is falling on the mooring mast, and all the folks agree that this is terrible. This is the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world! Oh, it's crashing...oh, four or five hundred feet into the sky, and it's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. There's smoke, and there's flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast...Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!"

[ABLAZN]

Originally Posted by lookingtobuy

"It burst into flames! Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get this, Charlie! Get this, Charlie! It's fire and it's crashing! It's crashing terrible! Oh, my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning, bursting into flames and is falling on the mooring mast, and all the folks agree that this is terrible. This is the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world! Oh, it's crashing...oh, four or five hundred feet into the sky, and it's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. There's smoke, and there's flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast...Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!"

I guess that puts it in perspective !!!!

[LUV2XCLR8]

and OUCH

[BLUE THUNDER]

dude that sucks. I would make the a-hole driver buy you another or compensate you somehow.

[bouncytruck]

You could make a Truggy.

[69TowRig]

That makes me want to cry...

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Why are the plates removed did ya just sell it to someone new? Sorry for your loss but someone needs an azz kickin...

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Sorry for your loss but someone needs an azz kickin...

Ya think!?

Back when this blazer was first hitting the road and being driven, the owner posted saying how bad the handling and braking were (even saying it was scary), wonder if that had something to do with it?

Big lift w/big tires on 1/2 ton axles and brakes without the correct modification's "DO" cause accidents, there's a lesson to be learned here.

It really bites to see a sweet looking 1st gen on it's lid (with no roll bar especially) but IMHO it still needed alot of work done to the drive-train/steering before it was ever driven on surfaced streets.

Didn't need to happen -

[Big J]

A few parkin' lot dings never hurt no one...... I think I could fix that. I'd just about drive it the way it is, lol..... Looks nicer than mine
Wonder what level of pucker factor the driver experienced or the pucker factor you experienced while watching it go over...... sad sad sad.....

[Yukon Jack]

Man, can Luv call it or what

Originally Posted by LUV2XCLR8

If it ain't a street machine I'd find me a Rollbar cage real soon

BTW, She looks pretty mean w/ the Boggers

That's a quote from one of those above threads.

Course it needs a correction

Originally Posted by LUV2XCLR8

If it's a street machine I'd find me a Rollbar cage real soon