Bought my 2002 2500HD back after stolen, on tv, and wrecked lol

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i purchased my old 2002 2500hd regular cab long bed back from the guy i sold it to last year. he had loaned it to one of his other friends, and that guy drove it to 7-11 and left it running while he went in for coffee early in the morning. someone jumped in it and was taking off, loaner guy notices and jumps in the bed as it was being stolen. the thief tried to shake him by swerving back and forth at 80mph plus as police cars chased them. loaner guy finds a 2x4 in the bed and breaks out the back window and puts a choke hold on the driver/thief until he passes out. not until then did it dawn on loaner guy that hmmmm now no one is driving, as they hit a telephone pole dead center on the nose of the truck at aprx 45-50. threw loaner guy into the floor board and hurt him pretty good. so the police were chasing them, and local news chopper caught up to them and filmed it, i guess its good that no one died. that was in january, fast forward to 2wks ago and i bought it back for $800. it still starts, runs, and drives as it should. no fluid leaks, no weird noises. its a 2500hd so it is a lq4 6.0 4l80e 14 bolt truck. i bought it back to basically tear the motor and trans out and put in my 71 k30 suburban. but as i took off the bent up bumper, grill, core support, hood, so on... the frame is not bent. it did not even puncture the radiator or ac condensor. as the radiator was still holding fluids just fine, and ac still blew cold. but both the radiato and condensor were bent up, so off they came. at this point im just going to put a new core support, new 2007 classic HD grill, new 03-07 headlights, new 2007 classic HD hood, and new 03-07 front bumper, new radiator, new condensor on it and drive it. pic1 is when i owned it before. pic 2 is the crash damage. pic 3 is after all damage parts are removed. it did not even push the fenders into the doors, or break the windshield. it actually took the hit really well.

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i still have the hd aluminum wheels and 35" bfg's that are in pic 1. they are in the shed. i will have to dig them out and remount on the truck now lol.