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Offline 82Shortbed

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My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« on: December 25, 2008, 10:54:44 pm »
Used to be a FUN ride.  78 K20, 355, Granny Gear 4 speed, 4.11 gears, sittin on 39s.  Went up Aetna Mtn in Tiftonia, TN, got OFF the mountain and started to get back on the main road, hit a mud puddle that was knee deep....first pic was when it was intact....the rest will follow.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2008, 10:57:23 pm »
Here it is after he put a 3 in Body lift on it
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2008, 11:00:20 pm »
after taking the fall.....
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2008, 11:08:32 pm »
That sucks man I hope everyone involved was alright.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2008, 11:11:40 pm »
Another shot after takin the fall...luckily no one was hurt, 2 of my friends were in it, and one landed on the other when it toppled, a cell phone got drowned, and my friends were both sore the next day, they had to climb out the driver side window, which warped the steering column and/or wheel.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2008, 11:13:57 pm »
Tow truck pullin the truck on out, this took a while!
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2008, 11:16:57 pm »
Out free......  I'm gonna take more pics of the truck now, its at my friend's house on jackstands, he says the tailshaft broke on the transmission, and it leaked oil out into the creek it landed in.  The front end is bad bad bad, the sway bar is warped bad, tie-rod ends are a scramble, and i hate to know what else is damaged.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2008, 08:27:51 am »
That sux, but at least their ok.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2008, 09:02:36 am »
geez loo like shes in pretty bad shape. how many times they roll it?
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2008, 09:50:27 am »
Ouch.. Glad to hear everybody is ok though.

Hopefully you guys had fun wheelin' that day at least!
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2008, 09:58:49 am »
Well it looks like he has a good parts truck now. Body lifts suck. You can see how far the body shifted in those pics.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2008, 11:55:42 am »
It just rolled onto its side, then when my friends climbed out it rocked onto part of the cab then rolled back down, he wants to fix it, but its not worth it IMO.  He'd need a whole new cab and everything.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2008, 12:12:22 pm »
If its not worth rebuilding salvage what you can and build another. Got to be enough worth saving.
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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2008, 09:36:44 pm »
sucks bro!

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Re: My friend's 78 K20.... after rolling it.
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2008, 12:22:00 am »
WOW That was a Great Looking truck :o :o :o :o By any chance you know where he got that front Bull Bar with the side extensions???
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