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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 12:31 PM
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BEWARE: Wives and auctions

Saturday we went to an auction and this is what the better half bought.

78 F150 460 9inch





Seems to be the worst of the rust


Original AM radio


Work starts with cleaning all the mud dabber nests.


Even a few extra parts.
She saw it and bought it. Even though I'll be doing most of the work, I think she did alright.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 12:35 PM
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Your wife ROCKS!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 01:57 PM
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LOL, she got any sisters?
Nice score! Looks largely unmolested, but thoroughly neglected. Last registered twenty years ago!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 01:59 PM
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Your wife ROCKS!
X2! Nice score (both, the truck and the wife)!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 02:00 PM
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i think you owe her few nights on the town,
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 02:09 PM
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That cactus smasher is definitely a nice "extra part". If you don't plan to use it, I'm sure it would only take about 1.7 seconds or less around here to sell it.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 02:42 PM
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That cactus smasher is definitely a nice "extra part". If you don't plan to use it, I'm sure it would only take about 1.7 seconds or less around here to sell it.
I SAW IT FIRST@!!!

Lol
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 04:41 PM
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I rest my case, lol.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 06:29 PM
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I rest my case, lol.
Spot on.... yup.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2018 | 07:19 PM
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We are not considering on letting the "cactus crusher" go anywhere at this time. It does have the bolt on light tabs, which from what I've read was a Ford thing.
The first thing is to get it running. The oil dipstick showed waaaaay to much oil in the pan. Radiator was bone dry. That leads me to believe a gasket went or something cracked.
Then all the brakes.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2018 | 06:19 AM
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Hay Arkansas stay outa Missouri and away from my good deals. lol JK. Now seriously X100 on the cactus smasher and the tabs and if you flip it over and it has the Marchal lights you just double scored. Take the wife to dinner, her buying and old Ford truck beats a shopping trip to the mall any day.

Look at it this way she, could of got the one with the camper shell ALSO....
 
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Old Mar 13, 2018 | 01:50 PM
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77&79F250, I got good news and bad news. After reading your post I went out and checked. Good news, they are Marchal lights. Bad news, one complete, one not.
That camper shell is on the bed of our parts truck.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2018 | 01:52 PM
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Almost forgot part 2 of that auction is April 7th. And we are planning on being there.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2018 | 01:59 PM
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whats the auction company? maybe i'll head down there, on the way pick up a girl, & see if she can score a deal like that
 
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That'll be a sweet ride once restored!
 
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