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iluvmy72 · 06-14-2003, 05:57 AM

I had a wreck last week.......someone hit me from behind and I slammed right into a truck with a ball in his hitch sticking strait out about a foot and a half.....So now my bumper is in a V-shape twards one side and has major frame damage on the front....the guy who hit me drove off without stopping and my insurance wanted to total it out and I said hell no......so now I got 400 dollars from them and that's it......Now here's my question.....I'm not sure but the body does not look to be damaged at all......it looks like it's just off allignment because of frame damage.....or am I wrong that something else got bent....I do plan on changing over to a short bedframe but what should I look for as I take her apart?

JoetheMobster · 06-14-2003, 07:55 AM

Here's something for the Hit & Runners: (you will get yours!)

VTKidder · 06-14-2003, 08:14 AM

Uh....I think you pretty much know what's going on. If you can see the frame damage, and it's nasty, toss the frame and get a short one, unless you're hell-bent on keeping an original numbers matching truck. Sounds like you aren't. From what I've seen, short 2WD frames are everywhere, and you can usually score one for a couple hundred bucks; I towed mine home behind the pickup for $200 with 4 wheels and tires. If you were ambitious, and had a short box ready to throw on, I'd see no problem with doing the swap in a day, and being back on the road. Unbolt the cab, and rad. support and move them onto the new frame as one unit, toss the bed on, run the wiring, and the real tough part, if you want to call it tough, is to drop in the engine and tranny and connect up / bleed out the brake system. My .02 is to get a new frame and build that sucka back up!! I'd also hire the A-Team to go find that a-hole! Seriously, you don't want these guys on your tail!! Keep us posted on what happens.

JoetheMobster · 06-14-2003, 08:47 AM

Ya know...I would figure T would have neck problems today, from carrying all those friggin chains!! I love watching the A-Team re-runs!

**old Rusty C10** · 06-14-2003, 09:42 AM

you may have popped the mount on the rad support by the side wihch favors the damage you may have to either change the rad support ifya get a new frame or repair the one ya have

Project1970 · 06-14-2003, 10:48 AM

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Originally posted by JoetheMobster
Ya know...I would figure T would have neck problems today, from carrying all those friggin chains!! I love watching the A-Team re-runs!

Nah, but judging by how crazy he got (can you say dancing on the desk?) when he was on the Conan O'Brien show, it looks like they've been cutting circulation to his brain

(I mean that in fun...I should mention that the studio audience was likewise going insane...I've never heard a late-night audience get anywhere near that loud!)

knucklebuster · 06-14-2003, 05:06 PM

Does Mr. T have on a leather G-string!!!?

Longhorn Man · 06-15-2003, 12:19 AM

Slightly off topic here...but dude, you either need a new insurance company...or a better policy. $400 is a slap in the face. I don't care if your truck is a huge steaming pile of ford dung, a running truck is worth more than 4 bills in any state on any day.

06-14-2003, 05:57 AM	#1
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	Nasty Wreck.....need info I had a wreck last week.......someone hit me from behind and I slammed right into a truck with a ball in his hitch sticking strait out about a foot and a half.....So now my bumper is in a V-shape twards one side and has major frame damage on the front....the guy who hit me drove off without stopping and my insurance wanted to total it out and I said hell no......so now I got 400 dollars from them and that's it......Now here's my question.....I'm not sure but the body does not look to be damaged at all......it looks like it's just off allignment because of frame damage.....or am I wrong that something else got bent....I do plan on changing over to a short bedframe but what should I look for as I take her apart?

06-14-2003, 07:55 AM	#2
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	Here's something for the Hit & Runners: (you will get yours!) Attached Images __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

06-14-2003, 08:14 AM	#3
VTKidder Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vermont Posts: 996	Uh....I think you pretty much know what's going on. If you can see the frame damage, and it's nasty, toss the frame and get a short one, unless you're hell-bent on keeping an original numbers matching truck. Sounds like you aren't. From what I've seen, short 2WD frames are everywhere, and you can usually score one for a couple hundred bucks; I towed mine home behind the pickup for $200 with 4 wheels and tires. If you were ambitious, and had a short box ready to throw on, I'd see no problem with doing the swap in a day, and being back on the road. Unbolt the cab, and rad. support and move them onto the new frame as one unit, toss the bed on, run the wiring, and the real tough part, if you want to call it tough, is to drop in the engine and tranny and connect up / bleed out the brake system. My .02 is to get a new frame and build that sucka back up!! I'd also hire the A-Team to go find that a-hole! Seriously, you don't want these guys on your tail!! Keep us posted on what happens. Attached Images

06-14-2003, 08:47 AM	#4
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	Ya know...I would figure T would have neck problems today, from carrying all those friggin chains!! I love watching the A-Team re-runs! Attached Images __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

06-14-2003, 09:42 AM	#5
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	you may have popped the mount on the rad support by the side wihch favors the damage you may have to either change the rad support ifya get a new frame or repair the one ya have __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

06-14-2003, 05:06 PM	#7
knucklebuster Failure is NOT an option! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: greenwood s.c. Posts: 811	Does Mr. T have on a leather G-string!!!? __________________ House payment or truck parts?????.........why does life have to be so complicated? 1969 Chevy Shortbed Fleetside 1969 Camaro ps pb a/c(drove in high school now it's just a yard ornament,but it's next on the list for resto) 1990 Ni$$an hardbody( daily beater that has been really beaten!) 1999 Grand Am GT(wifes ride...never buy a pontiac!!Trust Me)

06-15-2003, 12:19 AM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Slightly off topic here...but dude, you either need a new insurance company...or a better policy. $400 is a slap in the face. I don't care if your truck is a huge steaming pile of ford dung, a running truck is worth more than 4 bills in any state on any day.



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