Put mine in a ditch too.

[studeclunker]

Me thinks mebbie I should have kept me mouth shut! Put my own in a ditch this weekend on the way home from Church. Spent the morning in damage assessment. Looks to be very little wrong.

The bed wood is rotten and the left side-wall jumped out and ended up a touch twisted and under the mounting frame. I fixed that today.

A hot wire from the battery was severed and damaged which caused a dead short. Yanked the smoking wire off and stopped that issue. Will have to replace the circuit from the firewall to the breaker (which didn't trip) across to the battery. About six to eight feet of wire.

The battery was thrown out of the tray and punctured in several places. Will have to wash everything on the right side down thoroughly with a baking Soda rinse. The biggest loss is the battery so far.

Front alignment is seriously toed out now. Not sure what to do about that.

Thoroughly ruined the right-rear tire, rim and all.

The hood hinges were bent badly. Had to remove the hood (no noticeable damage to that) to move it. Thankfully I have two parts trucks in Fawn Lodge. '65s both, but the hood hinges are the same... I think.

I'm hoping and praying the drive train wasn't damaged. We sure bounced around and did airs above the ground like a Lipizzaner!

Missed the phone pylon and the Utility pole. The boulder in the ditch got me (I think that's where the truck went airborne and the rear tire died). Yes, the Factory lap belts helped considerably!

Not a good addition to my day...