some christmas present...

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 76stepsidechevy

Im pretty sure the kid that hit me was texting or playing with the phone. He never even hit the brakes and he was in between two lanes. I've already had one guy want to buy it after the accident claiming "that would make a great farm truck"... That pissed me off about as much as much as everything else. Ive about had it with people lately.

Yeah I'm not too fond of a lot of people. Again I'm 17 and I don't do any of that stuff. I guess my peers are either stupid or immature and need to grow up. And that's coming from a young person, it's just getting unsafe anymore.

[konakustoms]

That suxxx.....Dont settle until ya get it fixed! Is it a antique yet? didn't look if ya posted a year...if so tell them its a antique and hit em hard and you only want oem parts on it like it was before they hit it!....Heck ya can get enough to get one of these and fix it.......lol (Joking....keep it fair but get payed to fix it rite)

Here is my X-mas gift from my wife!!!

[AntiGov]

Originally Posted by konakustoms

That suxxx.....Dont settle until ya get it fixed! Is it a antique yet? didn't look if ya posted a year...if so tell them its a antique and hit em hard and you only want oem parts on it like it was before they hit it!....Heck ya can get enough to get one of these and fix it.......lol (Joking....keep it fair but get payed to fix it rite)

Here is my X-mas gift from my wife!!!

nice ride

[konakustoms]

Thanks.....I built it for my brother and he is getting a divorce and after I built it for him I have wanted it so bad.........my wife bought it for me from him for XMAS so his soon to be X-wife would not get it.

[AntiGov]

good thinking.......keep it in the family

[konakustoms]

I don't wana jack his thread (it was a bad joke)......this sux for him......Thanks guys. Hope everyone had a good X-Mas!

76Step...... Just keep ur chin up and stand ur ground brother, things will work out!

Your not the only one havin bad luck.......I let my 16 yr old drive one of my collector cars and she drove it all the way to the river to meet us with the "E-Brake ON" and when she pulled up the tire caught fire.......wow I would rather pay for the chevy!!

[cory d]

that really doesnt help defend the steroetypes about women drivers

[konakustoms]

Originally Posted by cory d

that really doesnt help defend the steroetypes about women drivers

It has nothing to do with a girl......My daughter @ 16 drives 800hp street rods better than most men can.......She just didnt release the EBrake.....****z happens.....lol

Sometimes Life throws ya a lemon.....just make lemonaid!

[76stepsidechevy]

Shes a 76... Thats a sick bike kona! one hell of of christmas present too. That T bird looks like a sweet ride too. Sorry about the fire, were you able to fix it ?

[76stepsidechevy]

Ended up with 4800 and a clear title, I think thats fair. I should be able to put it back together better than before and have a little left over for my time and trouble.

[S10Fan]

Originally Posted by 76stepsidechevy

Ended up with 4800 and a clear title, I think thats fair. I should be able to put it back together better than before and have a little left over for my time and trouble.

Awesome! Glad it worked out for you!

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 76stepsidechevy

Ended up with 4800 and a clear title, I think thats fair. I should be able to put it back together better than before and have a little left over for my time and trouble.

Great to hear that this ended okay but still sucks that you have to rebuild your truck.

[76stepsidechevy]

It sucks, but I'll get to build it the way I want and replace a bunch of things that I probably wouldn't of had the opportunity to otherwise. Someone had redone cab corners, rockers, and floors sometime in the past and while it was mostly solid it was a poor job and I'll be fixing that with a newer rust free cab with real gm doors. I'm replacing the old factory rear springs and 4" lift blocks with BDS 6" lift springs all the way around. It had lift springs up front but they may have been for a newer truck or something because they seem a bit narrow for the mounts, so that will get taken care of as well. The front clip was really the best sheetmetal on the truck and luckily that was untouched except for paint. Hopefully it will at least be mobile if I can get a rear end this weekend, im having a hard time finding one with 3.73s like I had so I may end up buying the cheapest 12 bolt ive found and rebuilding it with new gears, bearings, and the carrier from my old one if its useable.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Yeah good luck with your rebuild hope it comes out nice and the way you want. What color you going to paint it?

[76stepsidechevy]

im not sure, I kinda liked the color it was. Kind of a modified version of that light blue millions of these truck were, just a little metal flake added. I guess it depends on what color the new cab I get is and how much I like it. My buddy refered to the truck as "blue" once and the name just stuck so it will most likely be some shade of blue.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Yeah I think it looked great with that shade of blue you had before. Would look cool with hugger orange I don't see many of these trucks with orange.

[76stepsidechevy]

Thanks, it was old single stage paint that was beyond the point of being saved anyways but I liked the color. There was rust peeking through in a few places and I was procrastinating turning it into primer machine but I guess now I don't have a choice lol. I cant really recall a time where Ive driven a vehicle for more than a year or two that didn't wind up in primer for years or half spray paint waiting for real paint.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Yeah, this is my first vehicle and I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I look forward to it. I am most unexpirenced with vehicle paint, but good luck.

[76stepsidechevy]

Its all in the prep work man. take your time, you'll thank yourself for it later.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Yeah I am but in some parts I will have to rush things. I'm and this is the only vehicle I have so it will be a daily driver for work. But will definable take my time on the body work. I don't know exactly where you live but out here in Indiana it is impossible to find parts for these trucks out here.

[76stepsidechevy]

I hear you on the daily driver thing. Ive always worked on stuff while I drive it, its the only way I can stay motivated. Im in CT, theres still parts around but you have to look def not like it used to be. When I was in high school everyone had these trucks because you could get a decent driver for 500 bucks and parts were cheap and plentiful. I still havent found a rear end with the right gears after 2 weeks of looking. Looks like ill be buying one and doing a rebuild with new gears to match the front.

[AntiGov]

glad to hear things worked out pretty good.....lot better than 3 grand.....and getting to keep your truck with a clear title is huge.....have fun and build it your way...

[Car'n'Guitars]

Originally Posted by 76stepsidechevy

I hear you on the daily driver thing. Ive always worked on stuff while I drive it, its the only way I can stay motivated. Im in CT, theres still parts around but you have to look def not like it used to be. When I was in high school everyone had these trucks because you could get a decent driver for 500 bucks and parts were cheap and plentiful. I still havent found a rear end with the right gears after 2 weeks of looking. Looks like ill be buying one and doing a rebuild with new gears to match the front.

If your willing to come out to Indiana I'll keep my eye out for rear axles with 3.73 gears in it. There is next to nothing here just random parts never any parts trucks. More mechanical stuff than anything. My truck has 3.08 gears in it. I often see axles with 3.73 gears out but more towards spring/summer time.

[motornut]

Being happy with the settlement,
it will all work out for the better
best part ,still a clean title

[76stepsidechevy]

Originally Posted by motornut

Being happy with the settlement,
it will all work out for the better
best part ,still a clean title

Thats it man, still a crappy thing to happen but at least now ill have enough to fix the truck the way I want and have some left over to cover my labor. What they were orig. offering barely would have payed for my parts and def not paint. The body shop I had look at it didn't even want to touch it and actually called the insurance adjuster right in front of me and told him it would cost 3 times as much to fix as his quote was.