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Offline Sartobuilt

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The Rebirth
« on: November 21, 2010, 10:16:50 pm »
After 5 long years of sitting since the accident I just picked up a doner truck to fix mine. Its a 1980 SRW one ton 4x4. Factory bucket seat and tac.

Last week I tore it down.........





Today I brought the old truck out and started the tear down and bag everything up.




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Offline zieg85

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2010, 10:19:36 pm »
Nice project, keep us posted
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Offline Sartobuilt

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2010, 10:23:20 pm »
Some more pictures
















All of my new suspension parts will be here next week. The frame will be blasted shortly.......
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Offline topp

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2010, 10:43:31 pm »
How'd you trash that truck?
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Offline beastie_3

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2010, 02:17:24 am »
I like the band-aid...
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Offline Sartobuilt

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2010, 09:09:46 am »
Quote from: topp on November 21, 2010, 10:43:31 pm
How'd you trash that truck?

It got wrecked doing back to back pulls. The other guys foot got stuck on his gas pedal and he flung my truck into a telephone pole. I only had the truck put together for about 5 months and 3000 mi. It really sucked!!!! No full coverage and his insurance company wouldn't cover it. :'(
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Offline imsuchaman55

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2010, 09:46:48 am »
beautiful truck, Its a shame it was wrecked soo bad, and from someone elses carelessness. Im looking foward to seeing the pics of it fixed again
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Offline former520

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2010, 07:22:34 pm »
Quote from: Sartobuilt on November 22, 2010, 09:09:46 am
Quote from: topp on November 21, 2010, 10:43:31 pm
How'd you trash that truck?

It got wrecked doing back to back pulls. The other guys foot got stuck on his gas pedal and he flung my truck into a telephone pole. I only had the truck put together for about 5 months and 3000 mi. It really sucked!!!! No full coverage and his insurance company wouldn't cover it. :'(

I have to know what the adjuster said when you explained that accident!  Bonus points if it was an outsourced call center and you had to explain what it was!

Sorry you wrecked your truck, I am not surprised the insurance didn't cover it.  I never knew 'hitching bumpers' was anything more than an urban myth, but I can't think of anything good coming from it.  At best you tear up your truck, at worst an accident like yours or hitting a person standing around. 

Good luck with the rebuild.  It is a very nice truck.
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Offline 80stepsideguy

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2010, 09:37:17 am »
Sorry to see a sweet rig get bent up like that.But now the rebuild is on.At least you can start with a great foundation, tear the frame down, blast it, paint it, and install all your running gear, and give it all a new lease on life.But these 4x4 LWB rigs are beginning to wear on me more n more.Maybe i should look into a lwb in the future for a new build..

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Offline Sartobuilt

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2012, 10:26:57 pm »
Well Ive been to busy with working on the truck to update...........ITS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just need to get a rear bumper. I'm looking for a factory chrome step bumper.



There are alot more pictures on photobucket.
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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2012, 07:47:29 am »
     It looks great, so are you ready to go out and do back to back pulls again.   :o
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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2012, 08:19:10 am »
I'eseen tug-o-war competitions before.  most of them at fair grounds.  I've seen a lot of nice trucks break doing them as well.
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Offline Sartobuilt

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2012, 09:07:15 am »
Quote from: bake74 on January 21, 2012, 07:47:29 am
     It looks great, so are you ready to go out and do back to back pulls again.   :o

LOL yes I am, Look at the rear hooks, I have them mounted so the strap will fall off if there is slack in the strap....... I finall realized why the other guy did what he did. After we were done pulling and my truck was sitting in four big holes in the ground. I asked him to pull me out, as he was pulling me back I was in reverse, after i was out of the holes I backed up a little bit to put some slack in the strap to disconnect it. Well he was still going forward and when he felt a tug he assumed that i was trying to pull him again. So that's when he floored it. I was still in reverse so when I got flung forward my foot stabbed the gas hitting him and causing his foot to get stuck on the gas. And I went for a ride.......IT WAS FREEKING CRAZY. It took a long time to figure out what exactally happened.
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Offline Jason S

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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2012, 06:54:22 pm »
Very nice.

I really like the color.   ;D



Where did the aluminum sliding rear window come from?
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Re: The Rebirth
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2012, 09:25:50 pm »
Nice truck. :)

But this is why I pull a sled. if anything goes wrong the sled operator locks the brakes. In 25 years I have never seen a truck wrecked pulling the sled......Now tractors, that is a different story.  :o

Oh, and BTW, those Dana60 Spicer lockouts on that green truck's front axle are worth their weight in gold.
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