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I have a 79 F-250 factory 460 with 79K original miles that was hit while parked. I dont know what to do with it now as I am not a body guy or very mechanically inclined. The cab is in good shape for the year in this area, corners are good, has a small hole in the floor on the drivers side about the size of a golf ball. It was factory rust proofed from the factory so the frame is in good condition. All in all a very solid low mile truck. The interior is in awesome shape. My question is how hard would this damage be to fix or an approximate cost on the repair? If I go to sell it what would be a fair price, it runs awesome and strong and still drives perfect. I am not looking to make money on it just a fair price as someone could slap a bed and drive it. Thanks for any input or anyone in the Western NY area who may have a bed or could repair it at a fair price. No body shops wanted to touch it when I tried to get it estimated for the other guys insurance company.
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It could be driven as is just replace the light aslong as it did not damage the frame. You could take a hammer an pound the bed & bumper out as best you can an drive it an get it fixed later. I would just keep it an fix it. Did the insurance company cut you a check yet? You can check with craigslistcrawler & chasetruck an someof them on here an see if somebody might know were a bed is at or somebody near by that can fix it. It is very fixable. If you was in WV I got a guy bout 1 mile down the road that could fix it in no time an it look like factory.
