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| | | | Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 319 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 319 | It's been a 2-week nightmare but my truck should be delivered tomorrow. I'd just completed a nut-&-bolt restoration w/minor sorting left when it came time to make our move to OR. The trucking co. made a mess of everything and it will now be delivered by a different company that's taken over the transport.
I just got a call from the driver who says there are footprints all over the hood - Adidas - and it's stuck in that middle position. He can't get the hood open but it also won't latch fully closed. A tug and it pops up to that middle position.
He's winched it on his truck (dead battery) and will deliver it, but then what?
Has anyone had this issue? Suggestions for solving? I'm wondering about a Sawsall to go through the gap and cut the latch mechanism, then replace it with a repop. Would that work??
A VW guy trying his hand at a '59 LB fs. Lots to learn, but it's about the journey.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 Gas Pumper | | Gas Pumper Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 3,399 | I wouldn't sweat it yet. Wait until you get it back to see what's happening for sure. I would do just about anything before taking a sawsall to my precious truck. Good luck at your new home! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 863 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 863 | I hope you have photographs of the condition of the truck before transit. Check the truck over good when you receive it from the transit company and make notes of all damage. While in the possession of the transit company, they are responsible for reasonable care. If they have created the damage and caused problems with your truck while in their possession, they are responsible for the cost of repair and parts to bring it back to the condition in which they received it. If the transit company is reputable you shouldn't have any problem. If not, be prepared to contact an attorney. When they arrive with your truck, TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS and take notes. I've been there before. Transit driver scratched a high dollar paint job on a 1958 Chevrolet that I use to own with his belt buckle. He claimed not, but I had before and after transit photos which did not go in his favor. That scratch cost the transit company well north of $2000.00. Don't know, but I'm sure the driver is no longer employed by that transit company.
I send my best to you and look it over REAL GOOD!!
Tim
"Pay attention to the details! It ALWAYS pays off."
1949 Chevrolet 3100 Series 1/2 ton Pickup
1964 Chevrolet C10 (Ol' Yella) (SOLD)
1958 Chevrolet Biscayne 2 door (SOLD)
1970 VW Beetle
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