R.I.P. to my dear 97 f150

[Skyguns MKII]

I was 3 when my dad bought it new. He drove it, my older bro after him, and then I. After all its been through i cant believe that something as simple as going 15mph and hitting a parked utility truck while blinded by the sun is what put the girl down. I grew up with the thing and honestly i got teary eyed. My father took me to all my little league games in it. Its been through hell and back, paint faded and scratches which we welcomed as character. I drove the old girl everywhere and loaded her countless times. I had countless memories with her as we grew up together.  to my 97  f150

[rpm]

You killed it!!!!

[Skyguns MKII]

 

[kilo2]

Tragic.

[TequilaChaser]

I think the main thing is, Are you ok? no injurys?

looks like the old girl can be fixed from those pictures you posted

[Skyguns MKII]

physically yes, emotionally no  . Nah her whole block has shifted along with the frame and mount. We had to push her home. The rear of the utility truck was higher than my bumper from where i hit it. So it just swiped through everything without a bumper to stop it. 

[TequilaChaser]

physically yes, emotionally no  . Nah her whole block has shifted along with the frame and mount. We had to push her home. The rear of the utility truck was heir than my bumper from where i hit it. So it just swiped through everything without a bumper to stop it. 

rgr, I was going by just the hood, fenders, noseclip  & radiator area. since the bumper looked untouched  figured the frame and engine itself might be ok, in the pictures doesn't look like it got the doors or windshield...

guess not though if it shifted the drivetrain and got the frame as well

is good that you are ok though     

TC

[Skyguns MKII]

rgr, I was going by just the hood, fenders, noseclip  & radiator area. since the bumper looked untouched  figured the frame and engine itself might be ok, in the pictures doesn't look like it got the doors or windshield...

guess not though if it shifted the drivetrain and got the frame as well

is good that you are ok though     

TC

windshield is thrashed do to the compression of it all, radiator crushed, and pretty much everything on the left higher than the bumper smooshed beyond repair. Insurance will already want to total it. The cost just isn't on my side on this one. If i were to fix it it would cost as much as the truck itself.

[Shuffler]

Now you can upgrade to a chevy

[dentin]

Pffft....just a scratch.  repair it, it's only $$.... memories = priceless     

[SilverZ06]

That'll buff right out....

[5anders]

Honestly I believe it's fixable.  Another truck hit my dad head on about 6 months ago in a 01 sierra.  It crushed the whole front end, bent the frame, and the driver side control arm mounts broke off.  Put it on a frame machine, ordered a whole new front clip from the windshield forward, and welded some new control arm brackets in.  Now she is back on the road.  Some of the body lines aren't perfect but they are close enough.  The best thing is after insurance payed for the truck and he bought it back, after parts dad now only has a total of 500 bucks in the entire thing from purchase in 03.  Somehow even though everything on the front was crushed there was no damage to the engine.

[Babalonian]

Now you can down-failnburn-grade to a chevy

fixed

[CAP1]

physically yes, emotionally no  . Nah her whole block has shifted along with the frame and mount. We had to push her home. The rear of the utility truck was higher than my bumper from where i hit it. So it just swiped through everything without a bumper to stop it. 

 judging by the pictures, and what you just said.....and from years of township towing.......i'd have to guess you were a little faster than 15mph.

 that all said....glad you didn't get hurt.

[Skyguns MKII]

judging by the pictures, and what you just said.....and from years of township towing.......I'd have to guess you were a little faster than 15mph.

 that all said....glad you didn't get hurt.

Oh i know, and being a "teen" many people thought i was going faster than 15 as well. However when they investigated the accident itself the evidence was on my side, Neither the passanger nor the drivers airbag was deployed, no skidmarks even made. It was literally 1 min from my house and we knew whose utility truck it was. When i pulled the corner i couldn't see because it was afternoon and the sun was going down and it was perfectly adjacent to my view. Ironically i crashed pulling over trying to avoid it. I didn't even see the utility truck until i was a couple feet away and by then it was too late. Noting on the utility truck broke besides the left taillight and plate frame.