Rolled
 

Today was a bad day! A tire blew on me and I lost controll and rolled my 70 LWB. Luckily I had the lap belt on at the time, and escaped with only some bruised knuckles and a sore shoulder. As for the truck, the cab roof is flattened out, but the doors, bed, front clip and frame are still straight (as they were before). The front window is trash, but the back window actually poped out and landed in the bed in one piece!:) I'm still a little shaken. I hope to have her back in service soon though. I am thinking I'll probably have to do a cab swap. I'll see if I can post some pics later.

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glad your ok ...but we want to see pictures.

really...very happy to see your alright !!

:wop:

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definitely the last thing you want to hear someone doing to their truck (short of having it crushed!)

sorry about your luck, but glad you're ok. look on the bright-side: Cab-off restore just became very easy for you! :D don't forget to save your glove box door and VIN plates. ;)

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You are OK, that's all that matters.
You been to the doc to get checked out yet?

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So sorry to hear about your bad luck, glad you are OK. How fast were you going ? What kind of tire was that ??? Front or rear ??? Low pressure or old tire ? Just in case that info might help prevent someone having problems. Wish you good luck getting it fixed.

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Glad to hear your Ok...Sorry about the truck but as Shifty said it gives you an excuse to do that cab off restore ;)

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just chop the top off and drive it the rest of the summer.

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OK, as promised, here are some pictures. These first two are maybe 20 minutes after. I just happen (as I almost always do) to have my camera with me
http://wkinsler.com/truck/rolled1.jpg
http://wkinsler.com/truck/rolled2.jpg

Really, the most damage was under the hood. 1 mount was already bad, plus they appear to have been the original mounts (they look like two metal "palms" with a slab of rubber between them). So, that didn't help either: broke the LH manifold, fan ate a nice gash into the radiator, shift linkage popped off at the tranny.

here is a few pics after I got it somewhere I could work on it:
http://wkinsler.com/truck/rolled3.jpg
http://wkinsler.com/truck/rolled4.jpg
http://wkinsler.com/truck/rolled5.jpg

The only glass that isn't reusable is the windshiled. The driver's side door has an area at the back just above the lock where it has crushed in, so I doubt that door is repairable. The other door looks very fixable and very reusable.

Here is the chaos in the engine compartment:
http://wkinsler.com/truck/rolled6.jpg
http://wkinsler.com/truck/rolled7.jpg

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you should write a FAQ thread on how to do a 'chopped top' in 10 seconds.... did it roll back on the wheels, or land on the roof?
im glad you walked away with no damage. and can make jokes about it now...

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I'm glad you're ok!

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About 60-65, the tire in question was a uniroyal in rear has some dryrot on the outside side wall, good tread and OK pressure. Tread seperated first, then blew. Didn't help I was on a nice banked curve at the time and it wanted to hop around in the rear.

I actually thought about that. Until I can get another cab, and have it ready to go on, I'm just going to put in a new (or used) windshield, and a piece of plexiglass in the back window. I spent most of the day Sunday straightening the cab out enough to put a windshield in, and flattening out the back window opening for plexiglass.

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Dude, you are lucky, dam lucky.
If it woulda landed on the roof hard instead of a light roll....
I need to go inspect my tires.

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It actually landed on the wheels and the engine was idling!!!!

I actually feel a lot safer now driving one of these trucks, but don't want to go through the experience again!!

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Glad that you walked away from that one. Pretty amazing how little is hurt on the truck! Thank goodness for heavy gauge steel, they certainly don't build them like that anymore. Sucks to loose the daily driver for a while, but definately gives you a great excuse to do some restoration work, and make any upgrades you've been considering.

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Thanks!!!

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:eek: WOWSERS, man you are lucky, but all things considered the damage is not that bad ;)

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Glad you're ok. You can probably thank that tough ol' gal though. It's not the first time I've seen a roll-over on here that nobody got seriously hurt. These trucks are tougher than hell. Once again, glad you're ok and have fun with the rebuild.

I can't believe that exhaust manifold:jdp:

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Holy cow man, thats just crazy. Glad you walked away with no serious injury. Good thing it was a solid old truck.

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I agree, sounds like a good idea :)

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Glad your ok though, horrible thing to go through, but atleast you made it out fine!

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Some polish and you could buff that out:lol:

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glad your ok i never had a single uniroyal tire that did,t shed it's tread haven't run one in over 20 years and won't no matter how free it seems

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i bet it had one nasty exhaust leak!

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If you do this just make sure you install a roll cage... or if you rolled it again you could lose your noggin.:rolleyes:

Glad you made it out just a little scraped, and glad the truck made it out pretty well too.

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that sucks majorly! hope you get your truck goin straight and fine as the day it rolled off the factory (no pun inteded) and I'm glad you're okay! Reminds me of a truck we have up here in the impound lot... it's a nice lookin 69-72 4x4 longbox, almost everything on that truck is straight and fine... except that the entire cab has been FLATTENED almost level with the top of the box, no joke. I have almost never seen a vehicle flattened that bad, especially not a 67-72, with their greatly designed crash abilities (and trust me, my brother works in a Wrecking company, with Salvage Yard attached, and I've seen lots of vehicles with all ranges of damage to them, in about every kind of accident you can imagine) But I'm glad that the truck isn't totalled, wrecked too badly, and that you aren't either! And good look with getting that truck back on the road!

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You should lower your next truck to help prevent that. j/k

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now is a good time to chop the top.. Glad your ok

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That will be a story to tell for many years. Thank goodness you didn't get hurt badly!

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Glad your ok! That's amazing, there appears to be no damage to the side of the truck at all???!!!!

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Hey glad your ok, where did it happen at?

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Dont report it to the insurance company, They will total it in a heartbeat, then want to sale it back to for more than they gave you for it.
Glad to hear your'e ok. I'm amazed at how well the old girl held up.
Bet those F trucks cant do that, built chevy tough.

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I doubt he had full coverage on it, beaters are kinda hard to insure like that.

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Highway 51 about 1 mile west of the Cimarron River by Mannford

Next truck?!?!? heck, with another windshield and some new tires, and a few other things, its going back into daily driver status. She won't be pretty, but she will wear her battle scars proudly until I get another cab for her!!!

Seriously, though, alignment and new tires all around before I get her back on the road! Then I'll worry about everything else!!!

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Where do you live? I may have a cab you could cut up.

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Perkins, near Stillwater. Truck is in Mannford. PM me.

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bummer on the truck , good that you wasnt serously hurt . one queston ,is gas tank in the cab , was thinkig about changing mine but if they can take a rollover and do well ....could be better than a rear hit ? glad your okay ..........

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To bad about the truck. Thank goodness you were wearing your seatbelt, it could have been much worse.

Jeff

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My take is, you are WAY more likely to get rear ended than to roll over, and in todays lawsuit happy world, if you pour gas on someone from a relocated tank, or burn some one from your relocated tank... your're screwed.

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OMG, don't tell me that cup AND cupholder stayed in place?!!

Seriously though, glad you are OK!! Trucks can have parts replaced, but arms and legs don't bolt back into place that easily.....

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Glad that you and your truck aare ok.......Now you have an excuse to use headers