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Happy discovery
Hi all! I just got my truck last month and I've been using this site as a learning aid but haven't had much to post about until now. I bought my truck from a local Ford dealer that was using it as the shop truck. It had 237000 miles on but ran great and the price was right so I bought it. Fast forward to this week and I'm digging in the glove box for some reason I don't even remember now when I come across a Jasper sales receipt and warranty card for a new motor! According to the receipt the engine was replaced two years ago at 235000 miles. Lucky, right? One of the reasons I bought this truck was for the solid body and now I find it has a new motor too!
I just wanted to share the good news. What bonuses have you found after bringing a new vehicle home?
I just wanted to share the good news. What bonuses have you found after bringing a new vehicle home?
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From: Sedalia MO
Back in 1998 I had a very thirsty 1974 E-250 460cid work van-that thing would pull any and everything though!! One day while exploring under passenger side dash I discovered a sealed bank envelope with a stack of cash. $96 total; had a $10 that was dated 1954 and several asst. 60's & 70's bills. Newest bill was early 80's so it had been there for awhile.
Also was a sticker on back that read "I traveled the Alaska highway".
I often wondered if that van had actually been that far from the mid west and back again.
The real bonus though was fact that my current wife's ex paid for that van thinking he was showing her he was a "good guy" and might get her back-dude was crazy crazy
haha
Also was a sticker on back that read "I traveled the Alaska highway".
I often wondered if that van had actually been that far from the mid west and back again.
The real bonus though was fact that my current wife's ex paid for that van thinking he was showing her he was a "good guy" and might get her back-dude was crazy crazy
haha
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From: Elk City, OK
When I first got the Red Baron, I was cleaning it out and for some reasoning looked in the glove box. I opened it up and it has a ton of receipts. Score I thought! I start looking through them and found receipts within the last year for an oil change, completely serviced and new pads on the rear brakes, and several other things. The only problem is that they put 10w-30 in it causing low oil pressure. After I put in the correct 10w-40 it went back to normal and I've had no problems with it except for an exhaust manifold gasket. I kinda got lucky with this truck and it's been faithful.
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From: Bitterroots of Montana
All I've found in my used cars have been stale french fries and change. I did find an old McDonnalds Wookie doll in one of my Triumphs.
However, I worked at a used car dealer back in high school, and we would frequently took cars/trucks in trade. The senior guy always got to "clean" the new cars. Best things he found were a bunch of old silver dollars stuffed under the bench of a truck, and a hand gun shoved into the back springs of another trucks seat.
Guess who got to do the real cleaning after the senior guy....
However, I worked at a used car dealer back in high school, and we would frequently took cars/trucks in trade. The senior guy always got to "clean" the new cars. Best things he found were a bunch of old silver dollars stuffed under the bench of a truck, and a hand gun shoved into the back springs of another trucks seat.
Guess who got to do the real cleaning after the senior guy....
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From: Bulltown, MO
All I found in my '76 F350 was a "sticky box" mousetrap with the skeleton of a mamma mouse and a bunch of babies. Hard way to go, even for a mouse.
Dad was a mechanic in a Hudson dealership in the fifties. The guys divvied up the found treasure and he got the toys and comic books because of his young son (me). Mom wouldn't let me have the violent or naughty comics and I got the Tarzan and Donald Ducks. Before I could touch them she would carefully iron each page to kill the germs. I still have a large tin windup boy riding a bicycle from Hudson. I had a good mom and dad. Good luck!
Dad was a mechanic in a Hudson dealership in the fifties. The guys divvied up the found treasure and he got the toys and comic books because of his young son (me). Mom wouldn't let me have the violent or naughty comics and I got the Tarzan and Donald Ducks. Before I could touch them she would carefully iron each page to kill the germs. I still have a large tin windup boy riding a bicycle from Hudson. I had a good mom and dad. Good luck!
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From: Lynnwood Wa.
I took my truck to get it smogged by the p.o.'s mechanic and discovered it has had all new brakes front and rear new rotors new calipers trans and t-case serviced front and rear diffs. serviced.
SCORE!!!
SCORE!!!
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From: Nixa
My brother's girlfriend dad had died, so she sold off is car. A week or so later the buyer comes knocking on her door with a shoe box in his hands.
He asks her do you want these back. It seems her dad, an ex detective had 6 hand guns stashed thru out the car.
She says no you can have them if you want them.
Now she knew that I am a gun nut, so it irritated the crap out of me that she didn't take them back and give them to me.
On another note, we used to go muddin out at Folsom Lake in California. One day after muddin, I ws hosing out my Jeep, and out from behind the roll bar foot comes a coin. I look at it and wipe it off. It's a 1898 silver dollar. I still have the coin. I don't know if it's worth anything,
For those that don't know, befor it was Folsom Lake, It was an old town, that they flooded when they built the dam.. When the water is low enough you can see alot of the old foundations. and some sunkin boats. I actually took some vents off of one those boats and put them in the hood of my Jeep.
He asks her do you want these back. It seems her dad, an ex detective had 6 hand guns stashed thru out the car.
She says no you can have them if you want them.
Now she knew that I am a gun nut, so it irritated the crap out of me that she didn't take them back and give them to me.
On another note, we used to go muddin out at Folsom Lake in California. One day after muddin, I ws hosing out my Jeep, and out from behind the roll bar foot comes a coin. I look at it and wipe it off. It's a 1898 silver dollar. I still have the coin. I don't know if it's worth anything,
For those that don't know, befor it was Folsom Lake, It was an old town, that they flooded when they built the dam.. When the water is low enough you can see alot of the old foundations. and some sunkin boats. I actually took some vents off of one those boats and put them in the hood of my Jeep.
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I found the original window sticker from 1997 in my glove box, folded up inside of the blue case that holds the manual.
According to the sticker my truck was worth about 26,000 when it was new. Other then that just a few receipts for manifold gaskets.
And in the 93 we found out a HUGE family of mice made a home inside the hood, causing the hood latch to not open sometimes.
According to the sticker my truck was worth about 26,000 when it was new. Other then that just a few receipts for manifold gaskets.
And in the 93 we found out a HUGE family of mice made a home inside the hood, causing the hood latch to not open sometimes.
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