Sad Tale - Part II

[Art Lawrence]

Well, the saga continues.

The (unnamed) insurance company inspected the truck and decided to take possession. The current owner offered to either purchase the truck back, or offer a bid on my behalf. Well, as insurance companies are wont to do, they rejected the offer, called a tow truck and brought the truck to some unknown location.

Fortunately, I have contacts in the auto business in the area and will locate the thing. The idea is that it was towed to a scrap yard.

As soon as I locate it, I will call the yard and chat with the proprietor.

Many thanks to those who (1) expressed sympathies and (2) provided leads on motors. Both are sincerely appreciated. If the junker declines to sell at a reasonable price or is hard over on parting the truck, I'll post here again. This is taking years off my life.....

Best to all,

Art

[Green Dash]

It's unfortunate that insurance companies can't see beyond the dollar value of a truck with a bad engine. I wish you the best of luck in getting it back into caring hands.

[Mack458]

Art, best of luck to you in finding and purchasing the truck. I would hope that the scrap yard owner will see your passion and work with you to obtain the truck. Thanks for your efforts to save the truck. Mark

[Gmerrill0516]

Keep us posted on the status. Maybe if we all put our heads together we can locate a good truck for you at a reasonable rate. As things go with my project, by the time I get done making one run I'll have enough parts for a couple more...I'm going to have a bunch of stuff to send down the road.

Greg