Project Super Duty

[Blown F-150]

Truck was just found. Now the real fun begins!

I don't know if I will be able to look at it for a couple of days since it is Christmas tomorrow. The cops figured it was stolen to steal other things since there was a hitch in it.

God only knows what they did to that poor truck.

[Too Stroked]

Oh boy, this is going to get interesting! I'm sure if the truck could talk, it would have more than a few tales for you. I hope it's pretty much OK and you can take it home with you.

[Kitzy]

Woohoo!  If nothing else, you get closure.  As much as it sucks that it happened, it just makes it that much worse not knowing where it ended up and what happened to it. 

[sscully]

The good news, they found it.

The bad news, they found it.  It could be a mess now. 
- I don't know how CAN insurance companies are to deal with on this.

[Rollingrock]

The good news, they found it.

The bad news, they found it.  It could be a mess now. 
- I don't know how CAN insurance companies are to deal with on this.

Yup, I would be curious to see it unless it was stripped.   

[Blown F-150]

Still waiting for the truck to be released. Can't expect them to be very quick with the holidays and such.

[GreyMichFX4]

Glad the police got it back for you!

[Blown F-150]

I was finally able to retrieve the truck today. They pretty much gutted it, lost about a G in stuff. It fired up, ran a little rough though. I went to put it in gear and the shifter was busted, so it wouldn't go into gear.  I had it towed to the "fix it" place where the insurance agency said it had to go. They aren't open till tomorrow, so hopefully they can get to it quickly.

Other than the drivers door lock and the key not going into the ignition, no visible damage that I saw. I'm curious on what is up with the shifter, probably why they ditched it when they did. Thankfully they didn't steal any gauges and the tires were still in great shape. The interior was really, really dirty, some stains on the carpet.

[Kitzy]

Sounds like it could have been worse.  Hopefully you get it all straightened out quickly enough.

Tapatalkin...

[Rollingrock]

I hate bad people

[Too Stroked]

Glad to hear you finally got her back - and that she's not a total wreck. Could the shifter issue be related to them breaking the ignition lock to steal it?

[Rollingrock]

I don't know how I would react here, I felt pretty violated with my 2 break ins...I almost wouldn't want my truck back if it was stolen given the condition I had it and the one you got it back in. 

I wish you the best of luck but man, you are taking this way better than I ever would have. 

I can go from cool and calm to freak out in under .004 seconds. 

[Blown F-150]

I went to the shop to have a look at the truck. They had it pretty well cleaned up and no more damage was apparent. The tow truck driver that originally picked it up and brought it to the city impound disconnected the drive shaft and also the shifter so no one would accidentally try to drive it. The bad part is, he should have put it all back together once it got to the yard. I would have been able to drive it out.

So at this point, it just appears to be an ignition tumbler and driver's door tumbler to get it drivable. I was just looking through some pics that I took and it made me wonder if they stole the spare tire as the tire irons were pulled out. So I will have to confirm that.

I am hoping to get it back tomorrow and get on the road first thing Wednesday.

I still don't know why they stole the Owner's Manual

[Too Stroked]

To me at least, it sounds more and more like you may have gotten off pretty well on this one - if that's actually possible. I really do hope it all works out for you!

[Kitzy]

Yeah it doesn't seem so bad.  Time will tell as you drive it some whether it's running right and if there are any signs of excessive abuse.  You may find little things start to bother you more than they normally would because you're always going to have that violated feel in the back of your mind and wonder if that is the reason for any issue.  And probably  wonder what issues may creep up next that may stem from this. 

I know when my truck was recently broken in to it really bothered me to know that someone was going through my stuff.  Not sure how I'd feel if I knew someone was actually out driving my truck. 

Maybe they just chucked the owners manual out the window when going through the glove box looking for other stuff.  If I'm stealing a vehicle, I'm probably not taking the time to put everything back.

Tapatalkin...