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From: Eldorado Ca. USA
Originally Posted by 79 shortbox
No I Did Not Buy Them I Sold Them It Is Like The Nos Woodgrain Steering Wheel I Seen Go On Ebay For Over 600.00 I Guess Different Strokes For Different Folks On Buying Nos Parts And Like The Person Said You Could Go To The Junk Yards To Get These Good Luck In Finding Them They Did Not Come On Every Truck And Broncos And As Much As Gas Is You Might Have 300.00 Into Them Time You Get Done Looking Feightliner Is Not Ford Cross Breeding I Say Stick To Nos
I do have to say I am jealous that you got $300 on a set of $40 tow hooks.
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Whether some fellow members agree with it or not.Theres a entire cottage industry out there concerning NOS parts.At fairs,car shows and Ebay.Unless someones hording them.Theres probably only 20-30 sets of those tow hooks that remain in the box and are in new codition after being 20-30 years old out there.Depending on when they were made.To me even though there just tow hooks.There like gold to some people that want to put a in new condition Ford original part on their restoration and are willing to pay big for the privaledge.I say good for Shortbox that he was able to get that kind of money.I wish I had a set to sell.I also don't think it's very cool that if we disagree with someone's opinion in here we start attacking ones writing tecnique.Everybody has different styles
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From: WY
Originally Posted by 79 shortbox
No Offense Dirtstrip I Will Capitalize If I Like Anytime Maybe You Need Glasses Should Check It To This
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mwvdub. That is a nice truck. Please tell me that you dropped a big block in it. I'm trying to do a similar project with a 76 highboy. Maybe once I finally get out of grad school I will be able to afford some nicer modifications.
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From: Eldorado Ca. USA
Originally Posted by 79 shortbox
No Offense Dirtstrip I Will Capitalize If I Like Anytime Maybe You Need Glasses Should Check It To This
Good luck, and thanks for trying to play the game.
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From: Spokane, Washington
Originally Posted by 79 shortbox
No I Did Not Buy Them I Sold Them It Is Like The Nos Woodgrain Steering Wheel I Seen Go On Ebay For Over 600.00 I Guess Different Strokes For Different Folks On Buying Nos Parts And Like The Person Said You Could Go To The Junk Yards To Get These Good Luck In Finding Them They Did Not Come On Every Truck And Broncos And As Much As Gas Is You Might Have 300.00 Into Them Time You Get Done Looking Feightliner Is Not Ford Cross Breeding I Say Stick To Nos
and condolon it wouldnt be cross breeding it'd be inbreeding being mercury is owned by ford
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From: Coal Country, ND
Originally Posted by 79 shortbox
Feightliner Is Not Ford Cross Breeding I Say Stick To Nos
So let's look at my truck and what's not NOS, stereo, rear window, wheels, tires, suspension, cam, lifters, intake, carb, air cleaner, oil filter, bumpers, lug nuts, tach, mirrors, pushbar, draglink, ujoints, engine oil, wheel seals, tranny fluid...........oh where to stop
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Well, it's not so much as capitalization and making complete sentences (although it would be easier to read) as it is in deceptive advertising. In that original ebay ad he says " AND I DID A SEACH ON FORD AND THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THE U.S. THAT WAS TO BE HAD LIKE I SAID VERY RARE". Sure sounds like the power of words to get the price jacked up. And then a few days later he "finds" another set and has them for sale. That is why it is hard to believe ALL ebay sellers.
BTW - i've got a set of tow hooks off my 78 F150 - i'm sure they can be found in junkyards more easily than what 79shortbox believes. Any offers on them? lol
BTW - i've got a set of tow hooks off my 78 F150 - i'm sure they can be found in junkyards more easily than what 79shortbox believes. Any offers on them? lol
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When I got the frist pair I purchased two pair the plan was to keep a set my self but decided to see them so I listed them later. and if you think you can find them do a search good luck and for trying to sell your hooks on this fourms that is a no no read the rules
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Oh, OH, we got some punctuation going, that is a good sign. 
Oh, and Mr. Forum Vigilante, we have enough of you already, please put down the baton and step away from the keyboard.
Not that it really matters, but if I had to guess a reason why you decided to list the second set, it would be that you never guessed your first set would sell for so much more money than what you paid for them, and its time to cash in while the market is so hot. It is your stuff, and you are not forcing anybody to buy anything, so more power to you for stumbling across a buyer willing to pay that kinda scratch for tow hooks. Like I said before, I am jealous (seriously) that you found these, and were able to make such a profit off of them.
Oh, and Mr. Forum Vigilante, we have enough of you already, please put down the baton and step away from the keyboard. Not that it really matters, but if I had to guess a reason why you decided to list the second set, it would be that you never guessed your first set would sell for so much more money than what you paid for them, and its time to cash in while the market is so hot. It is your stuff, and you are not forcing anybody to buy anything, so more power to you for stumbling across a buyer willing to pay that kinda scratch for tow hooks. Like I said before, I am jealous (seriously) that you found these, and were able to make such a profit off of them.
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From: Spokane, Washington
Originally Posted by 79 shortbox
When I got the frist pair I purchased two pair the plan was to keep a set my self but decided to see them so I listed them later. and if you think you can find them do a search good luck and for trying to sell your hooks on this fourms that is a no no read the rules