So now what? Here in Michigan there is no-fault insurance. Since I don’t have collision coverage on an “antique” truck it seems that I may have to pay for someone else’s mistake. Had it been an ordinary old pickup would have been bad enough, but this truck is “special”. Now I managed to pry out the old taillight housing and replace it with another spare I had laying around. But it looks horribly out of place. A body shop that I stopped at said they could replace the chrome Mojave taillight assembly, but I really wonder what the quality will be. They say they can bump out the crumpled metal, but I wonder how long it will last. And I wonder if I will be the one that will have to pay for all the damage, when I only stopped to make sure the kids could get on the bus safely.
As sad as this day was, I have to admit my amazement. Two tons of Suburban crashing into my old Toyota at 50-60 mph and, really, the damage was minimal. Truthfully there was more damage to the Suburban that my old truck. There is a cage that forms the housing around the taillight and it’s plain to see that held its own as the damage does not extend past it. The marker lens got scuffed up, the topper molding also got a rash, and the worst is the chrome tube bumper took a hit. I doubt there is any way to fix the bumper, but I can live with that. Looking at it in more detail it seems the thing to do would be to replace the fender skirt; that seems to be the part that is corrupted the most. Then the box panel would be bumped out to fit and refinished as new. I wonder if any of those body parts are still out there. For now I have to wait until the police report is finished and then I can see if anything else can be done to restore the Mojave back into shape. 5/18 is a dark day in SR5 history.
That was really a one of a kind blog article. It is very fascinating. When would be your next post? I am really looking forward on reading it.
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