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haha ive been around joe, just been busy man finally graduated highschool and all that good stuff! sorry i missed the meet i was wantin to go, but i got caught up

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Well no progress pics on the truck unfortunatly but figured i would post this. My dad was headed to work about 1:45AM on friday when he noticed two high beams headed toward him at a high rate of speed, he jerked the wheel to the left but it was too late. He got hit in the right rear part of the bed by a County Sheriff that was headed to a call with no lights on and in the Northbound 2 lane highway headed South... Thank God it didn't kill him that night! The truck rolled 3 times before landing back on its wheels. He just had a bad bruised shoulder and some scratches and wasnt wearing his seatbelt.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...dtruck/034.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...ruck/050-1.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...dtruck/025.jpg

Notice the first car toward top of the pic, thats where the cruiser stopped..
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...dtruck/073.jpg

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Man that's crazy, glad your dad made it thru without any major injuries. Did the deputy loose control or was he drunk.:lol:

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Daaaaannnggg! Your Dad was unlucky by being in the wrong place at the right time but EXTREMELY lucky to have survived, for the most part, unscathed.

So what was the reason for the sheriff going the wrong way at a high rate of speed?

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:lol: Well you see thats what we have running around out here with guns! :lol:
She got a call and just turned around thinking it was just a 2 lane highway, but it was actually a 4 with a grass center median, Funny thing is is she turned around at an intersection where she could have just went the right way.. And to boot is she had been up since 9Am that morning... yeah she is in a bad spot at the moment..

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see, a woman driver that was the problem:lol:
im glad your dad is okay

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That's insane! I'm glad your dad survived. I'd be tearing some new assholes.

Best of wishes to everyone.

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Thanks guys yeah im glad too!

Yeah you know if you or I would have done that we would still be in jail for it... I have a feeling its going to be a long fight over this, just hope he doesnt get screwed over in the deal.

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WOW!

Glad to hear that your dad's ok.

If he's the litigious type- he could be well on his way to having a new truck for each day of the week.

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Yeah he wasn't mad until reality set in and he lost a truck that was paid for and or he could have been killed because someone wasn't paying attention.

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Dang man! Glad everybody is okay..

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Scott,
Glad your Dad and the deputy are okay.
Could have been a whole lot worse. Tell your dad to get someone to represent him and not try to handle this on his own....

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Thanks David, Yeah he has a meeting today with a lawyer so we'll see how that goes.

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Glad to here ya Paw was ok!
Any word on the Depuity that hit him. Or was it one of those Good Ole' Boy hush hush deals.
http://www.amazing-animations.com/an...s/police22.gif
http://www.amazing-animations.com/an...policecar2.gif
Got 2 love those corrupt Good Ole' Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hopefully the po po doesn't try to sweep it under the carpet. I hit an officer going 70+mph through a red light in a low visibility intersection. I was going the speed limit (35). My vehicle moved about about 15 ft after the impact, and his was 200+ feet down the road. Because his lights were on, I was found at fault. It did not matter that he never slowed down, or that the intersection was at the top of a hill, so I could not see him until he entered it.

I would find out if the officer had a dash cam, and request a copy of the footage.

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Thats a good idea i never thought about that...
She was completely at fault and admitted to it to all the officers on the scene they have everything in the police report about it too, she had been on duty for more than 18 hrs they blame her for being fatigued and just not paying attention. Luckily a lady and her husband were behind my dad and saw the whole thing and are willing to go to court for him if possible. What sucks though is his shoulder is still hurting him really bad. I have a feeling he will get screwed over most of the way through this but id like to hope not.

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Figure out how to make it public. Call a news station and get them to do a story. Community pressure is a beast.

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News station would put the heat on the Sherriff to do something!!
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Man, that was a nasty wreck - glad to hear he came through it okay.

Mac. :smoke:

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Yeah we have thought about that too, but they are wanting to make sure nothing comes up wrong with him before he signs on the dotted line because then its too late.

Thanks Mac.

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Keep the pressure on them. For my accident they gave me this whole speech how they would do this huge investigation and an accident computer simulation to determine the fault. When it was all said and done the police report was less then a half page and basically said his light where on and therefore it was my fault.

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actually thats cool i didnt know thanks

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Do i smell some thanks and rep points..? :lol: :metal:

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thats true my brother got hit 10:30 p.m. he had green light cop had no lights or siren spun him 5 times stopping 1/4 block away his floorboard of the 71 was only 8" wide he fought them a year got 1,500 for the truck keep the truck & hopital bills paid that was 20 yrs. ago but they aint changed

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Damn!
Yeah but if the table was turned he would own half of a paved highway somewhere..and they would want their money asap. I just hope it works out for him.

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Glad he's doing good, hope everything works out. Any progress on the truck?

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No not since our OK Meet, i need to but im taking 2 90's model chevys and trying to make one good truck, so i have parts scattered everywhere at the moment :lol:

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I know what you mean, I haven,t worked on my 59 in about 8 months. I worked out of town from October to March (Vegas it was nice). Then with all my overtime money I decided to Procharge my Corvette. Now I bought a 60 Chevy shop truck. And of course i can't leave things alone. I'll be getting back on it as the weather gets a little cooler.

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I'll second that. I dropped off his sand blaster and there was an engine block laying in the middle of the driveway......... :mm:

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It's easier to find things if they are scattered around instead of all being stacked on top of each other in one place! :lol:

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:lol: You should see it now, i have 2 90's model trucks torn apart to make one good truck, both have front ends off them and im going home now to see if i have a notice from the city to move them :lol: :lol:

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:lol:, pics brother.............. pics.

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man that was 20 yrs ago im jus sayin tell your dad fight em tooth n nail & good luck btw your truck (on trailer) is so close 2 my mods its my screensaver mines fleetside bbw tho yours is killer n a lot farther along than mine

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:lol: you got it..

Yeah he is.
Thanks man appreciate it :metal:

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Scott,
How's your dad feeling?
Hope everything's okay....:metal:

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He is doing good, he has therapy for his shoulder/back 3 days a week but he is getting better slowly. Thanks for asking.
Do you guys have this crappy heat that we have here too? it was around a hundred or so today..

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Well since you asked for some pics of my mess Travis.... here ya go ;)

Parts from this one... (and drove it home;))
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...ruck/004-3.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...uck/0052-2.jpg

Going into this...
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...uck/0032-2.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...truck/0012.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...uck/0062-2.jpg

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Now where did the blue truck come from? And what happened to the core support for the green one?

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hmm if you part this out lemme know

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Scott bought the blue/white one cheap and even drove it home.

he is using the good parts from it to fix the green one, those pics were in the process of swapping the driver's fender and core support

which one?
I believe he is going to part the blue/white one out....what do you need?
I'm up for a road trip south:metal:

sorry Scott, not trying to take over your thread ;)