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i have more. but i chose the most revealing ones.

Still so sad. i sat in it yesterday when i moved it to the other side of the driveway via jack. and i got really sad.

looking at a 79 bronco right now.

 

Is the frame bent?If not fix it!Your looking at a fender,grille,lower grill metal,bumper etc. But wouldent you love it back?What happened?

 

WOW, those 93 rims sure don't compliment those 94's...

Sorry to see your loss, but it sure does looks fixable.

Condolensces,
Popa Tim

 

Put a front clip on it and drive it!

 

Talyn that doesn't look THAT bad, will insurance lend a hand on this one? If not, a junkyard can be a great place to start... all your needing is a fender; possibly 2, a grill, bumper, possibly a new hood if it's bent beyond repair. Surely it didn't damage the frame if your windshield is still in tact, you'd think a steel frame would withstand more force than glass.

Sorry to hear about this though, these situations are never fun.
Hope it works out for ya though

 

To me, it looks like the fram may be bent a little, but then again it's only a picture. The front tire on the d-side looks like it's set back a couple inches. If it's not, put it back together! BTW, what happened? Sorry about your loss.

 

Being that it was hit on the corner, you can see the passenger fender bowed out just slightly, which indicates the radiator support moved to the passenger side. If the support bolts didn't sheer, the frame is probably tweaked. But that too is easily repairable by a shop that has a car-o-liner machine or equivilent. One good "yank" would probably do it, and from there its sheet metal replacement time.

You can better tell us if the doors are pulled away from the gaskets on the cab, if so, the frame passed the twisting down the chassis. If not, know that the frame is more than likely salvageable.

Its a shame really, its a nice looking truck. You either just painted it, or take darn good care of it.

 

i noticed yesterday while closeing hte door that i was hit hard enough that it did more then rack the cab, the impact hit the cab so hard that the cab warped sideways so the door dosn't close quite right, minus the fact its racked sideways.

Here goes the list of things.

Fender and stuff bent and smashed into the power stearing box. the whole front needs to be replaced. not a single part is reusable. Woudln't be supprized if the firewall is bent. The frame is bent 4 or more inches, and even bent behind the cab. the front independant drivers side axle, bent. tortion bar bent in half.
the motor holding bracket, bent closer together, the front part, wherever the radiator is behind, that is all bent up also. hood no fenders are reuseable.

Engine still good.


Rims issue, the drivers side ones are my spares, the one has bad lug holes on it.

far as i know those are 91 rims not 93 or 94. Think you better relook into that.
Got a 92 nite over here with the rims like the rear one.

Had to go through lots of trouble to replace the screwed up lug one, cause there such hard to find rims.
The truck is probably fixable to the point of useing it as a mud bogger, but thats it, my friend says i could fix it for 2,000, but i dont think so personaly, with everything that needs to be replaced. STuff ads up quick. A clutch replacement is just 800 in itself. granted i can probably get a clip for about 600 dollars, what about everything else ya know?
STill gotta replace the tire that was damaged in the wreck, i was hit right where the tire starts but she didn't get the rim.

I went ot make a left hand turn, didn't see her, stoped. she steared for me and didn't stop. I wasn't even in the road yet, and she hit me pushed me 10 feet down the road and turned my truck sideways. she was doing 60-70, in a 35 mph school zone, and cop belived a witness, who she knew, that she was doing 35. hahahaha. so pathetic, he was an ahole anyways, one of our so finest cops. who just was there to be a ********. did no investigation what so ever cause he was so behind, cause he can't do his $%&(@ job, and my tax dollars pay for this fa@(*#*? *sigh* will be greatly missed. 91 ford nite 302 with m5od long box. *sigh*

ya, you can straiten the tire right up on this dude, and push it backwards, and it just folds right out. it sooo screwed up, oh ya, stearing bar is bent too. tahts pretty tough to bend if you ask me, being such a non related part to things. but that sucker is bent big time.
i'd have to strip it cab up, re bend frame, rack cab back, straiten cab. replace the passenger side door and firewall foward with everything i can find. Nothing resuable except for most engine parts.

 

My Friends 93 Lightning looked just like that when he T boned a supura about a year ago, Messed the driverside up pretty bad didnt touch his fiberglass hood at alll. but any way, he had to replace the radiator support, radiator, some steering, fenders, inners as well and it knocked his cab 3* off sit from his mounts and couldnt open the drivers side door up all the way, well it wouldnt shut right either, it hit so hard it pushed the ears of the frame right through the front bumper and bent the drivers side ear in. I think it took him around 26 hundred to get everything put back together. He had a friend that painted it for him so he got a discount on paint. The wreck was determined a No Fault by the Police just because both of them was driving wreckless when it happened. The funny thing is both of them was goin to one anothers house when they hit in a sharp curve. Neither of them was hurt, just minor cuts and brusies, the Supra was totaled out but the Ford still roams the roads... True story BTW

It sounds like it did bout the same thing to your truck, If you have any ?'s I can ask him what all the frame shop had to do to fix it and see if you really wanna go ahead and fix it...

 

Tayln,

Just because the cop on the scene agreed with the witness doesn't mean that he's correct, nor that its over.

Your insurance company is going to send out an inspector to review the damage. These inspectors are generally very experienced, and not only will look at your truck but probably also the intersection where the accident occured, and make their own determination. Having been a vol fire fighter for a fair portion of my adult life, I have seen a lot of accidents in my day and its obvious to me she didn't "tap" you at 35 miles per hour. Not having the truck with three feet of my nose, I'd only be guessing her actual speed, but it was much more than 35. Your insurance inspector will agree with this.

If you go the insurance route, your insurance company will make their determination of fault, responsibility, and recreate the accident on paper, and if they determine its not your fault, go after the woman's insurance company.

It actually might be fixable for less than you thing... keep in mind that labor rates the body shop gets from the insurance company is signficantly less than your local mechanic gets. To straighten the frame, the engine comes out anyway, and its by far easier to repair/replace things like power steering pumps when the engine is hanging from a crane than it is when the engine is in the truck.

For example, my local mechanic (darn good one too) hits everyone for $75 an hour. The local body shop I've used in the past gets only $45 an hour from my insurance company. Also, when you take your truck or car to the shop, they often charge book rate, meaning if some fancy book they have says the job will take 10 hours, you'll get hit for $750 in labor at the above rates. Whether it takes them longer, or less time than the book. Most good mechanics have been doing this long enough that they can do jobs faster than the allotted book time. Guys like you and me with hand tools and nothing but a creeper, well, take much longer than book time The final point to make is that often body shops are negotiated with by your insurance adjustor. Most body shops start off with one price, using all ford parts for everything. Fenders, hoods, even bolts. The insurance adjustor often will go "no way" and demand they use taiwan restamped fenders which are "darn close" but not a perfect match. A fender from Ford might be $400, and the taiwan equivilent is about $55 shipped to the shop's door.

The other thing to consider is the "nite" and "lightening" trucks do share sheet metal with the "regular" trucks, so don't expect any body shop to spend extra money for those parts. They will use either Ford "regular' sheet metal or the taiwan stuff and drill the special holes for the emblems that are slightly different. This also lowers the price.

Just some random thoughts... hope you don't mind.

 

i can do all the work myself.
i have no fault insurance.

to much has to be replaced.
and frame is bent 4+ inches. that going to be really tough to straiten.

so no insurance money cause it was claimed my fault.
she gets no isurance money either because no tickets were handed out.
also.
I dont have full coverage.

I also paint. so i can fix the truck myself. but the damgage is to extensive.
pluss all the crank case oil just droped right outa it.
I'm still thinking about repairing it, but I duno i fi wnat to invest the time to have a truck that wont be the same.
I talked to a friend who is a mechanic, and he syas he will probably not be able to align the front end properly after the ammount of damage that was done, even if everything is replaced.
haveing your frame bent is the biggest problem.
If it wasn't bent, it would be driveing again.

 

Talyn, I sent you an email. Its sad that the cop couldnt do his job, and what was the witness watching?????

 

we feel your pain!!!!!! but maybe you can start new project and build it bigger and better. hope to see some new posts with pic's if that what you decide to do.
good luck

 

i'm lookin at a 79 bronco right now.

 

Take em to court! Once you establish that the driver and the witness knew one another, the credibility of the witness will be in question. Try to toss the words "Perjury" and "Obstruction" into any conversation that the witness can hear.