Copart Find....Does Anyone Recognize It

[ambryatim]

Ummm was over at Copart looking around just a little bit ago and saw this!!!!!

http://www.copart.com/c2/homeSearch....SEARCH_RESULTS

Do any of you know the story or who owned it???

[71swb4x4]

Looks pretty nasty. There even appears to be an Ipod laying on the front seat. I wonder if the person driving survived? It's weird they wouldn't have grabbed the Ipod once they made it back to look at the truck.

[ambryatim]

I thought that was the remote for the stero at first. Man, I dont know. What ever they hit, they hit pretty dang hard. Did you see where the bell housing on the tranny was still attached to the engine but the tranny was gone??

[dwcsr]

it just show how poorly these were built in regards to safety. less that 2 miles,,,, must have been very fast miles.

[sgtusmc]

Totally fixable...I'm sure the paint will even buff out...lmao Sad to see it in that condition tho.

[soupernova]

Looks like the fun ended at 17 miles. Thats how many miles that are on the odometer. Hope everybody involved is ok.

[bobinbc]

I think that's 1.7 miles...short trip ended very abruptly. I hope the driver recovers.

[MrSinister]

wow ...looking at how bad steering wheel is bent and the floorboard damage it would be a miracle if anyone could have survived....but I really hope i'm wrong

[blackdiesel]

looks like it made it to the train crossing, then died.

[Alvin]

"how far are we going?"

"right to the scene of the accident"

[enick72]

wow that looks nasty is right. not much to salvage

[jimig1]

looks like the starting bid is $35. the bed looks like it is ok that would be worth it and the rest you could sell for scrap and maybe get $150 for it

[Indian113]

That's Sad, Looks like some nice parts went into it before the wreck!!

[ambryatim]

Upon looking at the photo's more closley it looks like it hit a tree....look at the front end photo's and you can see how the front is kinda rounded out by the headlights. Still, that is a terrible thing to happen.

[T Hilde]

I would treat that like I would James Dean's car.........get very far away.

[OrrieG]

Drive 1.6 miles and find the recently finished truck runs really fast.

Drive another .1 miles and find the brakes still have issues.

He had to hit hard to get that old metal to deform that much. No obvious blood splatters on the steering or dash so maybe he got lucky. I'd say there are usable parts on it, especially if it has a 4 link, after market tank, etc. Looks like a nice dash cluster too.

[entourageguy]

might be he never had the speedo hooked up. The 1.7 could be from factory.
It sure hit something hard.

[T Hilde]

Maybe throttle stuck? See big tree, oh $h!t Jump out and get some road rash.
Mighty oak - 1 Classic truck - 0

[jw4580]

Im guessing that maybe it was parked and something hit the truck. I dont see any glass on the floor, but the front windshield is gone.

[63 & 64 Bowties]

Let me ask a dumb question....
What's Copart? Never heard of it. I looked around a little. Don't see any details at all on any vehicles except where they are. Repos? Insurance totals? The owners aren't involved in the auction?

[dwcsr]

The crushed area is the same size as a bridge support.

[bitchin85]

seeing that it has no carpet, and there is no trim for the windshield(there wasnt one in before the crash), and no radio and just steely rims, ill bet/hope that he just had it painted or something and he had it parked in the street or on a trailer and someone nailed it.. hard

also i dont see a hole big enough for that motor to come out of after it was all said and done.. i dont think it had a motor when hit.. ive broken bell housings in half like that before so its not necessarily from the wreck..

i could be wrong tho..

[Russell Ashley]

Maybe it was on a trailer being hauled somewhere and came off of the trailor. That wouldn't explain how the steering column got pushed up like it is though. Either way, I hope the best for the owner.

[Houston54]

You have to make it whoa before you make it go.
Not much there to salvage. Hope the driver made it out.

[Dan Bowles]

Funny, We didn't have the motor hooked up or a wiring harness on my son's '54 but we had full brakes all the way around...there's a reason for that stuff! And good straps on my tie down to the trailer when transporting it around...