Truck

[Charlie_Iliff]

<font color="red"> Are they gonna total it or are you still negotiating with your insurance company. </font>

Fortunately, I was able to buy a new truck before the insurer threatened legal action against Chevrolet. Other wise I might have had to get a Ford, or something.

Actually, USAA sent me a handsome check. At my brother's insistence, I sent it back, which was no doubt a mistake on my part. In due course, they will send another one less 15% for salvage. In the meantime, my brother entertains onlookers by driving it around. The driver's seat's a bit cramped, but everything works.

 

[pajoube]

<font color="blue"> </font> In the meantime, my brother entertains onlookers by driving it around. The driver's seat's a bit cramped, but everything works.

That I would have loved to see. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
PJ

 

[Sedgewood]

Charlie: <font color="red"> Fortunately, I was able to buy a new truck before the insurer threatened legal action against Chevrolet. Other wise I might have had to get a Ford, or something. </font>

Phew! Glad someone learns from my experiences - some days I wish it were me /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

<font color="red">In the meantime, my brother entertains onlookers by driving it around. The driver's seat's a bit cramped, but everything works. </font>

I thought it might be drivable. Just apply a bit of pressure treated here and there and you've got an instant flatbed conversion. Or maybe a rollback PT hauler - the first on the block!

Sedgewood

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

<font color="red">Or maybe a rollback PT hauler - the first on the block </font>

A while back, Bubenberg, who is better at seeking out great toys, er, equipment, than anyone else I know, got me on the phone with these guys:
http://www.rolloff.net/
With their setup, on my custom lowboy truck, and another of theirs on a trailer, I could definitely ride to the poor house in style.

 

[smartguyz]

Man oh man, you guys all crack me up!

After all these months, and being a PT425 owner, I'm feeling like this is just one big family! We sit around and tell stories about Sedge's fire, Charlie's truck, and more... What strange experiences!

Sincerely,

-Rob /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[marrt]

Charlie,

I really don’t see the problem. Where I’m from, we’d put on some new chrome wheels to draw your eye away from the blemishes and call it good. At worst, maybe we would paint the truck with flat gray primer to make the new wheels stand out more.

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

<font color="red"> At worst, maybe we would paint the truck with flat gray primer to make the new wheels stand out more</font>

I think I have about half a can of flat gray from a couple of years ago. It doesn't matter if not all the truck gets painted, does it? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MossRoad]

I think, customarily, you primer the cab or the bed, but never both. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

I thought it was the hood or one fender and the tailgate

 

[Sedgewood]

<font color="red">I thought it was the hood or one fender and the tailgate </font>

Depends which corner you start at, how many are brushing, and where the can runs out. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I must have a few old brushes that didn't get cleaned yet from last time.

Let me know if you need any,
Sedgewood

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue"> I thought it was the hood or one fender and the tailgate </font>

That rule only applies if one of the doors are from a different color truck than the original.

However, it can be over-ruled if the tailgate is from a GMC on a Chevy.