Looks like I found a toy (totaled, now gone)

[red EOD]

Good call on the weld job...

Just gonna chop and reattach?

Since I don't use that hitch I've never bothered to fix it after I saw that when buying the k5 hahaha. Judging by the quality of the electrical mods done by the fire department guessing it was their install years ago.

Don't know what I'll do yet. insurance will probably take a week or 2 ish to make their determination on whether to fix or total. Bent frame, usually total. Then the offer negotiations.

Assuming it's totaled:
1. Buy it back, chop/reattach frame and build new bumper.
2. Hurry up and finish the crew cab to daily driver status.
3. Buy a different offroad toy/backup.
4. Newer tow rig, make the 82 crew cab the offroad toy.

All are viable options to me that I'll have to think over while insurance does their thing. Both of us have state farm.

 

[red EOD]

Got the word today that the k5 is being totaled, should figure out the $$ stuff tomorrow

 

[Bent77]

Cut it up, make it a crawler

 

[red EOD]

The buy back price is a little under $800 so that's probably what will happen. Make it a trailer queen since it wanders some when driving now.

Picked up a little Nissan 2wd pickup for daily driver stuff, crew cab is getting the air intake built now so it's nearly back to driving status again, so the k5 can fill offroad only status.

 

[78K30]

Glad to hear you’ll be keeping the K5 around! Sorry about the damage, people suck.

 

[red EOD]

Glad to hear you’ll be keeping the K5 around! Sorry about the damage, people suck.

Yea, that asshole dodging the insurance company's calls stalled things for nearly 2 weeks. Both him and his mom (her car). Oh I hate my generation hahaha.

The k5 will be stickin around. Even though the crew cab will be offroad capable and I'm comfy wheelin a rig that size, I don't want to condemn it to my offroad toy yet hahahaha. Plus the k5 can be driven how it currently sits.

First couple things the k5 needs are a new alternator, new radiator (probably go aluminum), cut the rear hitch off, and move the battery off the fenderwell down to the frame. Later on cut the rear frame and shove some 4" C channel back there along with a bumper and a shackle flip.

 

[Truckman4life]

I got in a wreck when I lived in Idaho. I turned left through a yellow and a guy tried to haul ass through in a mustang and blasted my truck. Both ended up getting totaled and they called it my fault. My insurance called the guy for weeks so they could pay for his car and they never could get ahold of him or get him to call back so he didn't get shit.

 

[red EOD]

Update, and not good news for the k5. Insurance upped the offer if I let go of the k5. To keep the truck, it had to be revalued in the state it's registered (Montana). Utah value, just over 3k. Montana value, $450 after buyback.

Signing the papers on thursday and looks like the wrecker is gonna be the main vehicle (unless I grab another cheap toy).

 

[Truckman4life]

That sucks. Another one headed to the boneyard or most likely the crusher eventually.

 

[red EOD]

papers signed and check deposited today, tow truck coming tomorrow to pick it up. If somebody picks it up at auction or finds it at a junk yard the engine/trans are in good shape