The six hour trip ends up taking close to eight hours, but we got there. We hooked the '59 on its trailer to the Suburban and loaded the Escalade on the trailer behind the truck. We discovered in the process that the Apache had been loaded on the trailer with only about 300lbs of tongue weight for a ~7000lb load so we rearranged a few things to get the tongue weight up.
Another 7+ hour drive back (2:30am), and we got to my friend's farm to stop for the night and look things over. We stopped fot gas and snapped one of the pics below at the truck stop. The duramax converted suburban 2500 pulled the 58 and the crew cab 2500 pulled tje escalade.
We figured the fuse blowing was from the harness getting pinched somewhere in the accident. So it shouldn't be too hard to get fixed and be able to drive the Escalade the rest of the way home. I climbed under it to discover that of the six body mounts for the cabin, three are torn completely off, two are bent beyond recognition, and only one is actually holding on right. Additionally, the left rear spring mount (at the top) is completely torn off and the whole thing has been riding on the four-link and the air-ride shocks. The receiver hitch was bent and a couple of its welds were cracked. The body moved enough to smash the right rear fender against the tire while it was still moving. The windshield buckled and cracked, and the whole body was twisted top to bottom enough to keep the hatch and doors from opening and closing right.
Long story short, it suffered catastrophic damage in the accident. It was a miracle that it held together during the accident and even more of one that it got him back into the states safely. We are finally home and getting some rest before we decide what to do next.
