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As a after thought and maybe to late, you should see if you can at least get the FORD letters of the hood as a keep sake. Flat tip screwdriver and they pop right off.
If you can buy it back or get parts after the fact, or can get the heads up on what JY will be its finial resting place. I see a great looking grill shell, insert, headlight bezels, front bumper, bumperetts, park light lens, side mirrors...
Also ck with you DMV but shouldn't the license plates be yours to take and to maybe transfer to another new rig and save you some $ ?
Again, sorry to see your loss.
If you can buy it back or get parts after the fact, or can get the heads up on what JY will be its finial resting place. I see a great looking grill shell, insert, headlight bezels, front bumper, bumperetts, park light lens, side mirrors...
Also ck with you DMV but shouldn't the license plates be yours to take and to maybe transfer to another new rig and save you some $ ?
Again, sorry to see your loss.
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thank you for the well wishes and advice. yes there's still some good parts on the front of it... it'd be a shame to let them go to waste. i'll try and find out where it eventually gets sent.. maybe give my NorCal friends a heads up what junkyard it hits.
yes, truck still had the factory split bench...we were hit so hard the hinge broke and i was laying flat back... but what i didn't mention in my original post... my husband was actually outside and IN FRONT OF the truck when we were hit (spraying starter fluid. we thought it might have been vapor lock). i've already been thinking about how special this particular Thanksgiving is for us..
yes, truck still had the factory split bench...we were hit so hard the hinge broke and i was laying flat back... but what i didn't mention in my original post... my husband was actually outside and IN FRONT OF the truck when we were hit (spraying starter fluid. we thought it might have been vapor lock). i've already been thinking about how special this particular Thanksgiving is for us..
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Minor update for anyone wondering... Hubby just went back to work on light duty this week. He's still sore, and still in physical therapy, but he's mostly OK and getting better every day. The truck is definitely a loss, but is still in limbo atm, and worst of all... The jackass who hit us didn't have insurance.
We'll still get some out of our own policy, but....
We'll still get some out of our own policy, but....
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If you haven't done so already it probably time to talk to a lawyer.
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I had called one within a week of getting home from my one day in the hospital...
The guy who hit us seems to be a deadbeat and went to ground when this went down. AZ license with CA address on it pointing to a mailbox company, and IL plates on the truck, and the pi the lawyer hired to find if the guy had any property to seize couldn't even find him
The guy who hit us seems to be a deadbeat and went to ground when this went down. AZ license with CA address on it pointing to a mailbox company, and IL plates on the truck, and the pi the lawyer hired to find if the guy had any property to seize couldn't even find him
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I had called one within a week of getting home from my one day in the hospital...
The guy who hit us seems to be a deadbeat and went to ground when this went down. AZ license with CA address on it pointing to a mailbox company, and IL plates on the truck, and the pi the lawyer hired to find if the guy had any property to seize couldn't even find him
The guy who hit us seems to be a deadbeat and went to ground when this went down. AZ license with CA address on it pointing to a mailbox company, and IL plates on the truck, and the pi the lawyer hired to find if the guy had any property to seize couldn't even find him
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He presented an insurance card at the scene. Didn't find out till later it was lapsed. He already signed his totaled truck over to the tow company so I can't even touch that. :-/
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But we still have Karma to count on.
Karma: (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
I'm thinking slime mold
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Was sorting through my stuff recently (fixing to move again) and came across a Chilton manual. Except for the crease on the cover it's in great shape. I don't really have a use for it anymore. 
If anyone wants it, shoot me a few bucks to mail it and it's yours.
If anyone wants it, shoot me a few bucks to mail it and it's yours.
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