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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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This sucks.......

I wrecked my truck yesterday. I had both my brothers with me and their both fine. I was comin up on a curve on a sloppy dirt road and she slid strait off the road over an enbankment and into the tree. I THINK its mostly body damage, so hopefully its not totaled. Ill put some pics up of the wreckage later. Im gonna need for sure a new grille, bumper, hood, drivers side fender, and drivers side headlight assy. It wasnt leaking anything luckily, so i think the rad is fine. Hopefully i can rebuild her better than before. I got alot of hours and alot of money into her already, and i hate to see an old ford die when she still has lots of life left in her. I probly could have drove it home after they pulled it out...............
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 01:58 PM
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sorry to here it john but you can fix it as long as the frame is straight
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:01 PM
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yea i dont think it tweaked the frame. I got the tree just to the outside of the frame on the drivers side.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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dose it still run
so you need a hood left fender grill bumper core suport
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:24 PM
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Hate to hear it. Come on down and I will make you a screaming deal on everything. lol
It is a shame it is so far I could actually fix you up.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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thanks star. It was still runnin after i hit the tree, so i assume it would start and run now.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:32 PM
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What area are you in John? Other than the hood, the rest is plastic, so light enough, and small enough to ship. I suspect there's more of us that have most of those parts you need.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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Im in the thumb of michigan.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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I don't know why but I was thinking you had an 88 anyway, I don't have a 93 front end. lol
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:52 PM
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OMG is that tree ok ?!?!
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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It wont be as soon as i find my chainsaw
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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I don't know why but I was thinking you had an 88 anyway, I don't have a 93 front end. lol
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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oh man i hear ya on that ... shoulda hooked the chain to it and pulled it down the opposite way when you got pulled out !
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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I dunno it was a pretty good sized tree. I hit it with a 7000 lb truck and it just took a small chunk out of it.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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oh what a bummer.
don't worry John.it sounds like you should be able to put her back together from a good parts truck or salvage yard parts.
good luck.
check your local salvage yards for your parts and prices:
car-part.com
 
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