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During a build, we all find interesting stuff that’s been hidden away for decades. There are of course the usual things (coins down in the cab corners, weird farm equipment fittings, etc.) but every now and then we find something really interesting. I was working on my doors the other day and I pulled off one of the panel covers and saw that it had a heavy cardboard backing which I figured was the factory sound proofing:
When I was moving the items aside, I saw the other side of that cardboard sheet:
A little bit of googling revealed that this logo was from a long defunct store in Swift Current Saskatchewan. Some board members may recognize it (we tend to be in the age group that remembers really old stuff!).
I figured I’d ask what other interesting/historical items have you guys found while tearing apart one of these trucks?
Here is a registration that was in the glovebox of the '49 F3. It had been registered as a 1950. When I got the truck it had been sitting in a junkyard for over 45 years.
Here are a couple things found in the '51 F2. There is a hotel key card - old punch hole style from a local hotel that was closed down in the early 1980's. There is also a 'Big Mac Attack Club card, which expired in February 1977.
I haven't heard of a Big Mac Attack in a long, long time.
I bought my54 from Grandpa in june 1977. One of the first things I did was open both doors and hose out the cab. There was all kind of dust, seat padding, farm dirt, straw and hay chaff in the cab.
The first fix up thing I did was take the truck to an upholstery place to get the seat fixed. The original seat fabric was torn, the horse hair padding was falling out. Grandpa had put an old carpet runner over the seat held in place with binder twine. The shop covered it with brown vinyl. That was summer 1977. I got the truck painted and fixed up in 1998-99. I didn't do anything to the seat since it was in good shape.
I got a new bed and repainted the truck, in Spring 2016. The seat was now in bad shape. The vinyl cover was still in good shape but the padding was falling out and several springs were broken.
While the truck was in the body shop I took out the seat. I tore it down to the frame. I cut off the old vinyl. I was surprised when I saw what was written underneath the vinyl.
Stauffer is my last name. So from 1977 to 2016 I was sitting on a STAUFFER seat!
I bought my 55 F350 in April of 2016. It was very stock. I was the third owner. The original owner owned a fruit farm and orchard in North East, PA in Erie Coiunty. That family sold the 90 acres, buuildings and trucks and equipment to the 2nd owner. He didn't use it much.
When I got it home I, of course, cleaqned out the glove box. Among the pencils, pens, screwdrivers and various coins were two neat pieces. One piece was the instructions from the Ford Motor Company showing the proper hose connections for heater hoses in 6 cylinder and OHV engines.
The other neat piece I found in the original owners manual. It was an fruit order for Mrs. McArthie.
I found a 90 day factory warranty in one of my trucks.
As I go through my truck fixing things I find stuff 20 year old me did to it when I tore it apart to restore it. Sometimes I wonder what I was thinking.
My wife was surprised when I brought my truck project home, lol. She knew I was getting a truck. Did not understand it was a "project"
Does that count?
While chemical stripping multiple layers of paint off the delivery doors, this gradually appeared (Parker's Bakery). It halted my painting process for weeks while trying to decide to preserve this patina or continue to strip it to bare metal! Meantime, I searched high and low for this bakery to learn more. ...Eventually I stripped it to bare metal
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