You should treat it like a spec sheet...great conversation piece...then again Im kinda sentimental that way
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I've been moving my old silver truck from one shop to another. 79 F-250 2wd 460 c-6 explorer. In many many peices.
I ran across an old coffee cup that I'd found sandwiched between the bed and the gas tank when I took the truck apart. It's one of those little paper cups like you can get from coffee machines. On one side it has two shoe-prints and the motto "Watch your step, Falls can hurt". On the other side it has the ford oval with fancy script lettering.
I'm the third owner, the second was my step-dad who bought it in 1981. So, I'm pretty sure the cup is original factory issue. Sorta cool when you think about it. Somebody comes back from coffee-break while assembling my truck, sets their coffee down and bolts a bed on top of it.
Anybody else find one? Or anything else equally cool.
I ran across an old coffee cup that I'd found sandwiched between the bed and the gas tank when I took the truck apart. It's one of those little paper cups like you can get from coffee machines. On one side it has two shoe-prints and the motto "Watch your step, Falls can hurt". On the other side it has the ford oval with fancy script lettering.
I'm the third owner, the second was my step-dad who bought it in 1981. So, I'm pretty sure the cup is original factory issue. Sorta cool when you think about it. Somebody comes back from coffee-break while assembling my truck, sets their coffee down and bolts a bed on top of it.
Anybody else find one? Or anything else equally cool.
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wow and i thought i was lucky. i pulled my carpet a year ago, found no rust a build sheet and penny from 1976. was still a little shiny. must fallen out of someones pocket.i have heard that during breaks the assemblymen would take lunch and even naps in the cars they were building. cool find man
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It also came with the bill of sale, etc from when my step dad bought it, the orignal papers(owners manual, warranty info, etc), and the window stickers. Pretty amazing when you think that it was a work truck for the first couple of years and then a farm work-horse until I bought it in 95 or 96. No build sheet though. I think they got stuck in the seats, and the original seat is one of the few peices I didn't get.
The best part is that there is NO rust whatsoever from the cab forward. However the bed was so bad I just threw it away.
The best part is that there is NO rust whatsoever from the cab forward. However the bed was so bad I just threw it away.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 29-Dec-02 AT 11:06 PM (EST)]My brother and I once found an old Hires Rootbeer bottle (one of the little 5 cent ones) in the rear fender well of a '39 Ford. My brother was sort of tubbing the car, and had just broken open the original welds!! It was cracked but in one piece. I've heard many similar stories, but this was the only time I actually saw one! Think he still has it.
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Probably one of those "at assembly" improvisions for shimming when in a bind. 
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HeathDaily ---
I didn't find anything UNDER my bed, but I found something IN my bed that would be of interest --- about a year ago my soon-to-be wife set a styrofoam cup down in the back of the bed as I was preparing to leave her house in Macon to back to MY house in Rome, Georgia (several hours drive up I-75). It was a large cup - 32 oz size and was almost empty. She forgot to pick it up as I left and I got back my home to find the cup STILL sitting upright - nothing sticky was on the bottom....it's just the old '74 rides as smooth as silk. I have a 98 Ranger that would have completely LOST that cup...
I didn't find anything UNDER my bed, but I found something IN my bed that would be of interest --- about a year ago my soon-to-be wife set a styrofoam cup down in the back of the bed as I was preparing to leave her house in Macon to back to MY house in Rome, Georgia (several hours drive up I-75). It was a large cup - 32 oz size and was almost empty. She forgot to pick it up as I left and I got back my home to find the cup STILL sitting upright - nothing sticky was on the bottom....it's just the old '74 rides as smooth as silk. I have a 98 Ranger that would have completely LOST that cup...
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