Pictured, Ronnie MCurdy poses next to his new van after reaching an agreement with CMT. Photo by Justin Elbert.

McCurdy was selected to be on Trick My Truck this past summer and was hoping the show would fix his aging handicapped-accessible van.

The McCurdy’s needed to buy the 1994 GMC Rally Van after Ronnie broke his neck in a diving accident and was paralyzed from the mid-chest down.

Soon after his relationship with Varuna Films started, McCurdy’s luck started to change.

What ensued has been an almost yearlong battle to fix a wrong McCurdy claims was perpetrated by the film studio.

McCurdy said that Varuna Films told him they were going to “trick out” his handicapped-accessible van, and make it more reliable and give it a remodel.

According to McCurdy, the van he got back was not mechanically sound to drive on the road and was painted like a “circus vehicle.”

In a joint statement by Ronnie and Sueann McCurdy, the pair said they have “finally wrapped up all the loose ends” surrounding their nomination and appearance on the show, which aired March 28.

In the statement, the McCurdys said that three men, Kelvin Locklear, Rob Robinson, and Ryno, from K&L Customs stepped forward to fix the situation. K&L Customs was the auto shop responsible for doing the overhaul on the McCurdy’s van for the show.

The statement went on to say that, together with the Shriners, the three men raised the money to buy the McCurdy’s circus-themed van. The Shriners will take ownership of the van as part of the deal.

“After extensive phone conferencing to come up with an acceptable resolution, those three decided to have Rob fly to Texas to present us with a settlement check,” they said. “The funds from this settlement check were to cover them buying back our 1994 van, with the funds to go towards our purchasing the van that was so generously loaned to us by Turnkey Trailers.”

Greg Holcombe, who nominated Ronnie McCurdy for the show, said he is “pleased with the final outcome.”

“It’s a good deal,” he said. “Our whole goal was to get Ronnie and his family some good reliable transportation. That has finally happened.”

Ronnie McCurdy said that he now wants to “trick out” his new van.

“We will be responsible for making our own conversions to the van,” McCurdy said. “We are looking forward to ‘tricking out’ this van exactly as we want it."

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