Hand pulling back fender liner to show rusty body mount and bush…

Here's why the body slid during the impact. Not only does it have a body lift - several bolt heads pulled thru the cheapo washers, allowing the bolts to bend & the body to slide around on the frame. A slightly harder impact (or rollover) could have separated the body from the frame, which would have opened the fuel tank (among other fun things).

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Owner caption April 2006 · Photo 1272 of 6546