My heart is broken….

[padam]

Busted nose, adds character.

 

[MarPar]

Stupid Ferds

 

[Justasgood]

Busted nose, adds character.

Looks like a Pug

 

[Justasgood]

Busted nose, adds character.

But she had a perfect nose and profile

 

[Encswsm]

Where ya'at in Covington? I lived there for years until they shut Avondale down. Lived out by Goodbee. but love me some Chimes Grilled Oysters. oh and the great beer selection too.

 

[ruffcut]

Back in the 1960's I got driven thru a garage door by a 59 Fury that went into gear while my dad was revving it up! I would have preferred it was a bumper and not my knees! Wiped out the garage door too! Ruffcut's saga!
Anyway, sorry to see old iron being injured.

 

[Justasgood]

Where ya'at in Covington? I lived there for years until they shut Avondale down. Lived out by Goodbee. but love me some Chimes Grilled Oysters. oh and the great beer selection too.

Covington Country Club just South if I-12 off 190.

Love Chimes and cold beer!!!

 

[1967coronet]

We had a 70 Torino take off backwards at our shop. It was lined up with the open door, crossed the street and down in the ditch.
Nothing was hit or hurt.
AT on the column ,
We had known about the ford problem but had got lazy.

 

[Basket case]

So this happened: View attachment 1651817View attachment 1651818


Mechanic at my shop left a truck running and somehow it jumped into reverse and smashed my front end.

I now need a new/replacement bumper. Any ideas? Anyone here have one for sale?

Your mechanic needs to find a new bumper.

 

[6BBL Hase]

My front bumper is at Ogden Chrome right now, they can fix you up! Sorry about your car buddy!

 

[davek]

Well I hope everything else is go on the front end. Sorry it sucks.

 

[chargervert]

Good time to add the hidden headlight grille.

 

[Black_Sheep]

I remember them talking about that when we were doing transmissions in tech school. They would just " rattle out of park".
Never had the great opportunity to see it happen in real time though

I don’t remember the specific model, but a ford product popped out of park and partially crashed through the wall of our dispatch office many years ago…

 

[YY1]

My 71 torino could have had that issue, had it been worn a little more.
The floor shifter could rotate a bit clockwise/counterclockwise that felt like it was pivoting on/at the 3 o'clock position.
If you held it rotated counterclockwise (somewhat unnatural unless you were also swinging your legs around to get out) and put it in P, sometimes it wouldn't catch.
The push button on that handle also broke. I ended up putting a handle from a pinto on it.
Not the same design, but worked and was actually less likely to not catch if twisted.

 

[70chall440]

Beat that out, straighten it, body work it and paint it… body matched bumper

 

[Kraig Jorgensen]

Precision Metal works on Trent in Spokane can fix it like new

 

[Justasgood]

Little update. Picked up an AMD replacement and the ole Girl has a beautiful face again!!


Thanks to all for the encouragement and advice.

 

[mopar5150]

Glad it was just the bumper and not down the whole side of the car. Love the black hood.

 

[DeltaV]

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/b...g-label-saved-ford-23-million-vehicle-recall/

The driver's door on my '71 Satellite was totally wiped out in 1978 by my landlord's FORD pickup that backed down the parking lot, jumped the curb missing a shrub and telephone pole before hitting my parked car.

I was unhappy.

His insurance company paid for a good door from a salvage yard and repainted it of course.