That's a bad run of luck ! . Good thing you didn't loose the tongue at highway speeds , things could have been a lot worse .Them old 60s chevy trucks are made of some metal , not like the china junk and plastic of today's trucks . 3 years ago i was at a gas station and both my kids stayed in my 65 chevy 1 ton with a 5.9 cummins while I was putting gas in a stump grinder we rented . Dummy me left the key in the ign. and my son reached over and started it . It was in 1st gear and started up and starting ramming a 2004 chevy truck that was parked at the pump across from me ,before I could get in it and shut it down . All it did was scratched the paint a little on mine but did 1800.00 in damages to the other vehicle . Luckily no one was hurt or injured . Not installing a neutral saftey switch on that old truck was not a smart choice on my part .
