Turtle's 66 short fleet

[TheTurtleMan]

I had this posted on another site that I just joined, but after finding this site I am moving here. WAY better here. LOL

Here is a pic of my 66 I got about a month ago.

Done a little bit to it since this pic. Been having fun and had lots of plans. Well yesterday I took her down town to go out to eat. Had about 5 cars of friends behind me, including wife and kids. "Had to take two cars for an event we were at". LOL. Anyway the truck has a fairly hot motor in it. As I turned onto the main strip of town I desided to show off and roast up the tires a bit. Did a pretty good one and my friends behind were impressed how good it runs. Anyway as I did that right by an outside hamburger place there were lots of people watching. Well anyway I had slowed down and was just at a cruise speed. Then for about 2 seconds it started to shake for a bit then it got crazy. My head hit the roof as the truck shot to the moon and then came a crashing down. Scared the living crap outa me. I got it on the side walk and everyone behind me and all the people at the burger joint came running over and said" WOW, the was the coolest thing I had ever seen". Well, glad I could entertain all you guys. LOL. Well the studs on the left ft wheel had broke and the tire roled under the truck. It was pretty bad. Waisted the tire, ft fender, bottom door jam and the door. Dont know how dad the ft end is yet. Kinda bummed now. Not really excited to be having more work to do after I just got this truck. But atleast no one got hurt.

This is the aftermath..... Still pretty bummed...

[63 & 64 Bowties]

Welcome to the forum Turtle. You made the right choice switching.
That looks like some serious damage there. But, if you need advice, this is the place. And, maybe you can give others advice too.
Now, let's get to work on that thing.

[REDNOSE65]

Welcome aboard from Texas. Don't be down about it man. Look at it this way nobody got hurt. Everything that was damaged is replaceable. The same thing happened to me in my truck years ago only it was my rear tire that fell off and I wasn't showing off...

BTW~ Good choice of truck. Now get on it!!!

Keep us posted.

[TheTurtleMan]

Thanks guys. I actually bought a 76 stepside short bed to part out for my truck. I'll be asking lots of questions because I'm not sure how i wanna build it yet. Hopfully I'll have te soon to start on it. Lol
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[bubba327]

Welcome to the club .. From Star Idaho
Bummer about your truck . BUT it is just metal and can be fixed and nobody got hurt.
You might think about about disc brake upgrades while you have repairs to do to the front end.

[NCD1966]

man that sucks. I did kinda the same thing with my old camaro. broke all the studs on the driver rear. luckly i was going only 25 mph. I had some drag lites with some 28x12.5x15s MT ET streets. luckly all i messed up was the rear quarter and cost me a tow. Sacred the crap out of me and my buddy that was with me.
Now since you posted this i think ill have to buy some ARP studs for my 66 stepside

[Captainfab]

Well that sucks.....kind of embarassing when something like that happens when you're showing off. At least no one got hurt and it is repairable. Did this happen in Hayden?

[TheTurtleMan]

It was on Sherman right next to Rogers ice cream. Lol.
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[TheTurtleMan]

Here is my 76 I got to part out for my truck.

[DPowers]

Welcome to the site- most guys don't have quite so eventful an introduction.

[protrash64]

from AZ. Nice way to get some projects started for yourself...you'll get it fixed up.

[Captainfab]

I might be interested in some of your leftovers, depending on their condition. I'm putting together a '76 K20 for a DD.

[HSkinner]

Hey bro, the bottom line is nobody got hurt. I spent the weekend in the ICU with my 11year old after her and 2 friends hit a fence post made out of a rail road tie on a 4 wheeler at about 25mph. She ended up with a broken neck, lacerated liver, fractured skull and multiple lacerations. Believe me when I say that I had alot of time this weekend to think about how much worse things could have been. They life flighted her on friday and miraculously she ended up leaving the hospital sunday night. She was driving the golf cart for me monday afternoon, in a neck brace, (bad idea),while I played a little golf and I kept thinking that I very easily could have buried my kid that weekend. That particular weekend I'd have burned every truck I own to avoid seeing my kid like that You'll get your truck fixed...

[TheTurtleMan]

Sorry to hear bout that HSkinner. Hope thing get better for you guys.

Only update I have on my truck is that I havnt had any time at all to really do anything on it. LOL. Got bout 2 1/2 more weeks and then things might slow down a bit.