Bound to happen sooner or later

I'm not concerned whether my hood gets painted or not. I just want my truck like it was before it was crunched.

I know how to do paint and body work myself. I sanded, smoothed out and painted my hood with a rattle can all for under $30. The only reason I didnt break out my spray gun and air tank is because I dont really want to paint it green. I want to repaint the whole truck. Just havent decided on a final color yet. When I part from my carrier (12 - 24 months from now) I want to have my name and logo on the side of the truck. Problem is,. I havent worked out exactly how I want it to look yet. Color schemes etc. When I do,.. thats when the truck will get painted.

That and its very possible I may end up selling this truck or trading it in. So as long as they put it back the way it was,.. pay for my down time. I'll be fine with that.

I'm not looking for a pay day. Thats bad karma.

Hurst

 

LOL,.. I passed 3 of them in Va and hugged the left side of my lane as I passed.

Hurst

 

I dont know how it is with commercial insurance and trucking. Back in 93 or 04,.. I had an old 74 Capri I was using as a $100 beater. It had a different colored fender and hood from a previous accident from the guy I got the car from. It also had some primer spots on the roof. It was a good running $100 car. I usually spend more than that on lottery tickets when the jackpot gets big.

So anyway,.. I was sitting at a light in the right turn lane when this old geezer dragged his bumper down my door and front fender. They ended up repainting the whole car,.. I turned around and sold the car a month later for $1000. Then bought a Honda GSX 750 NightHawk. Had a lot of fun with that bike. So sometimes you make out good. And as then like now,. I really wasnt expecting a whole lot. My dad said they would probably total out the car. But you could also get your whole car painted for $100 back then. A Macco Supreme was only $300.

Hurst

 

My wife had a 96 Mustang Cobra. We had some stupid money in that car. She got T-boned by a lady that ran a red light. They totaled the car and offered us $7200 book value. My wife hung up on the insurance agent. He called back and said "I think we got disconnected". My wife said "No,.. I hung up on you" 'Click".

Fortunately we had receipts for everything. Paid $14k for the car and almost another $15k on top of that in it. We settled for $14k and they let us buy the car back for $800. Parted it out and got almost $10k back out of it.



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Hurst

 

Thats true. It cost me $600 in paint and materials to paint that Cobra in the pics above. And that was factory Ford Crystal White with a 2 part base coat and 2 coats of clear. I spent a week solid rubbing it out until I was finally satisfied.

Hurst

 

My truck looks like a hoopty. Doesnt bother me a bit. Its reliable,.. it makes me money and thats all I really care about. Even if they repainted the whole truck,.. its still a 2005 Columbia. You cant polish a turd. I call my truck Fred. My wife calls it 'The Pug". LOL

Truck has been a trooper though. I honestly cant complain. For what I paid for it and what I have in it, compared to guys with much newer trucks and the horror stories they tell me about how much they have in them. Oh hell no,.. I am very content with my hoopty.

Besides,.. I have some really nice toys at home to play with when I want to show off.

Hurst