Crashed the winter truck

[Rev_D21]

Hit some black ice on Friday causing me to slide right into a building instead of the parking spot I was aiming for. The hood was completely crushed, the bumper and grille need to be replaced. Today my goal was just getting my spare hood to line up and latch. I ended up using hood pins because the latch is destroyed. I couldn't source a bumper for today. I was thinking of stealing the old one off the green truck but I decided against it. I also couldn't source a grille or headlight bucket. This is how I am rolling till spring I guess. I have all of $15 in repairs. The old hood can be seen in the foreground, not much to see.

[Dano]

Dang, sorry to hear Rev, at least you hit black ice going slow and not fast where bad things could've happened!

[seang]

Hate when that happens, Rev. This is one of those things that gets reflected by my sig. No pun intended as my own front end is f***ed.

A few years ago, my truck would come with glamour and it has been on an agricultural downslide ever since. My dad ran into a gas station and crushed the: left front fender, front bumper, cracked the grill and bent the radiator support. I was able to hook a chain between a pine tree and my fender/bumper and pull it out somewhat. I eventually removed both the fender and the bumper and beat them out with hammers, but it is obvious that they were previously f***ed. They are just a little better now. New 4x4 fender is 350 dollars, and I will say that I'm not spending anywhere near that as long as the current one will clear the 31x10.5's I intend to have back on it someday.
Modified by seang at 4:09 PM 3/1/2010

[Rev_D21]

I took the truck to Wegmans tonight. Still drives which is a testament to the build of these things.

On a happier note: I ordered my Hellwig rear sway bar from Summit last night. Too bad it doesn't ship till 3/19. We are down to a handful of weeks till we see the green truck out and about again.

[Desert Rat]

dude, what'd you do that for?

Bummer. At least the truck can be saved.

[RT22]

Junkyards are you best friends for this damage, The local ones here have all the parts needed for those type accidents, good luck on getting the parts cheap

[Rev_D21]

DR: Nothing like using a building to stop a slide

I have decided to transfer the bumper from the green truck. New bumper for the green truck will be here tomorrow, brand new!

[RT22]

Great thing about black is you can pop on used hood or fenders and prime with black and it will look better than any other color primed LOL

[jdansmith]

That sux, don't look too bad though. Parts are still pretty easy to find and you seem to be skilled enough to resurrect it with no problem. A good running truck deserves a face lift.....lol

[lino]

That sucks. Good news is you're ok and there wasn't any serious damage.

[Hooked on 240]

Nice grill delete and bumper mod!!

Glad your ok!

[Rev_D21]

Spent a few hours moving parts around, here's the result.



I am just glad I got things to line back up the way they did. Being a winter truck means it's never going to be close to perfect. That's the old bumper from my 95.

The 95 got a facelift today as well.



Brand new 1-piece bumper, went back to clear lenses. The nice thing about the later 1-piece bumpers is they are already drilled for driving lights.

[Rev_D21]

I know I have a flat.

[lino]

Looks like you did a great job.

[jdansmith]

Looking good! I have some fogs I need to install. Keep the hood pins and make 'em wonder whats under the hood.

[Dano]

Nice, the '95 looks great!