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Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed.

  

Chevy07 -> Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/3/2008 9:46:11 AM)

Yep that beatiful blazer you guys saw a few weeks ago is now destroyed. A girl ran a red light and I t-boned her, but the police couldn''''t find anyone at fault, because they couldn''''t tell if she was in the intersection when it turned yellow. There was also a witness that said I had the green, but the insurance companies are duking it out righjt now and will most likely have to pay out of our pockets.

Good news: Engine is still intact

Bad news: Frame is bent, needs a new radiator

I already started tearing it apart and will post pictures as soon as I get my camera. But I''''ll be posting pictures as the project comes along, I have to have a car before college.

Before Pictures: http://www.blazerforum.com/m_157787/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#158275

[image]http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2471/dscn1724emuk0.jpg[/image]
[image]http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/8067/dscn1723emnc4.jpg[/image]

  
swartlkk -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/3/2008 9:49:52 AM)

Man that sucks.

Doesn''t look too bad though.  A little time on a frame machine, some new sheetmetal, a coat of paint and it should be good to go again!

Chevy07 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/3/2008 10:01:02 AM)

That''s pretty much it. I pulled off all the fenders and radiator support yesterday, so it''s pretty much ready to go to the frame shop. But finding all the body parts I need is my next challenge. 

davtak -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/3/2008 7:53:40 PM)

Man that stinks. Looks like it was anice blazer. Hey, I checked craigslist in the Tamp area and found an 89 for 450 bucks. Here''s the link. clicky!

djdrew010 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/3/2008 9:09:18 PM)

It doesn''t look bad at all! if you can''''t find that one part you are missing go to LMC Truck. you could build a whole new truck from there cataloge

Chevy07 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/4/2008 11:31:08 AM)

I have more than this done but here are some pics of the tear down. I''ll get better ones next time we pull it out, which will probably be on the way to the frame shop. By the way that''s as far right as it can turn.

[image]http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/6360/dsc01917qc2.jpg[/image]

[image]http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/1036/dsc01918ds1.jpg[/image]

[image]http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/6950/dsc01919ma5.jpg[/image]

curse -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/4/2008 7:25:22 PM)

that was weird, the grill seemed in nice shape but everything around it was destroyed.

Chevy07 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/4/2008 7:59:11 PM)

I know, right? I was shocked at first too.

cliro -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/4/2008 9:26:08 PM)

wow..that sucks

Chevy07 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/4/2008 9:35:15 PM)

I added a link to pictures I took a couple weeks before the wreck in the first post

if6was9 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/5/2008 11:26:08 PM)

That blows! Sounds like what I went through when I was young with a ''73 El Camino. A State dump truck pulled out in front of me. It totaled the El Cam, but we weren''t hurt. Of course it wasn''t their fault, and I wasn''t sited. But I had a totaled El Camino. :( I striped it and sent it to the bone yard. My aunt graciously helped me by another El Camino. Best wishes to get rolling again.

Bigtimefball87 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/6/2008 12:07:47 PM)

You''ll be alright. Once the frame is straightened out and new parts are found, your truck should be fine and ready to go again.

BTW, if you need stock parts go here. www.newgmparts.com

They''ll have everything you''ll need.

Chevy07 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/6/2008 6:19:43 PM)

We went to the junk yard the other day and got a hood, a bumper, a pretty new looking radiator (we decided to take a chance), and a few other little things. We just started doing body work on the hood and fenders today.

djdrew010 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/6/2008 8:54:49 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bigtimefball87

You''''ll be alright. Once the frame is straightened out and new parts are found, your truck should be fine and ready to go again.

BTW, if you need stock parts go here. www.newgmparts.com

They''''ll have everything you''''ll need.


Kind of weird but I just went to that website to look around and they don''t have Blazers from 2000 to 2002

Bigtimefball87 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/6/2008 10:22:21 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: djdrew010

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bigtimefball87

You''''''''ll be alright. Once the frame is straightened out and new parts are found, your truck should be fine and ready to go again.

BTW, if you need stock parts go here. www.newgmparts.com

They''''''''ll have everything you''''''''ll need.


Kind of weird but I just went to that website to look around and they don''''t have Blazers from 2000 to 2002



Hmmm you''re right. I wonder why? It is kind of weird.[>:]

Chevy07 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/8/2008 12:47:43 PM)

Here is a good look as to how much the frame is bent.

[image]http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7659/dsc01921jz3.jpg[/image]

The "new" Body Panels

[image]http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6682/dsc01920rg0.jpg[/image]

Body work

[image]http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8266/dsc01922ma6.jpg[/image]

swartlkk -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/8/2008 12:51:20 PM)

Get that thing to a frame shop and it will be ready for paint in no time!!

*EDIT* - damn apostrophes...

ltown21 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/8/2008 10:39:52 PM)

 man you got lucky! well, luckier than me. When mine was t-boned, it was on the drivers side, both doors were pushed in like 6" and pushed the b-pillar in, and compressed the floor pan and roof. Man, I wish I would have gotten hit in the fender :/ owell

blazin97 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/9/2008 3:00:01 PM)

That sucks after you did all that work to her to get her driving. She will be up and running in no time with that progress.

tkf5651 -> RE: Well, a couple weeks after joining the forum... it was destroyed. (7/9/2008 10:17:17 PM)

I cant believe there was that little body damage, but the frame took the most of the beating. When I bought my parts car, the frame wass in perfect condition, but the whole passanger side body was a disaster.

  

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