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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 01:54 AM
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I too would like to know what Ford intended all the little pockets on the 40/20/40 seat armrest to be used as. I hang my cell phone charger on the dash hook.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 07:01 AM
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It's to hang your wife's thongs on to dry out on those long trips.
Now that's a quote^
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by high ho silver
It's to hang your wife's thongs on to dry out on those long trips.
OK but why did they put one in the dash of the F-650 that I drive?
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 07:56 AM
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OK but why did they put one in the dash of the F-650 that I drive?
You never know who you will be towing home
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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All this time I thought it was to hang a garter
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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They will handle almost any ladies undergarments!.....
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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and i quote "ALMOST any ladies undergarments" even a ford sometimes struggles hauling some things
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by redford
I still think "pantie hook" is the best use.
FTW!
 
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Old Oct 21, 2017 | 12:30 AM
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I still think "pantie hook" is the best use.
Yuck I hope not since I was fiddling with it... now I gotta go wash my hands lol
 
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Old Oct 21, 2017 | 07:51 AM
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Mental note since I just got my truck and so far have barely figured out the radio... Look and see if there is a panty hook on the dash.

ETA: Finally looked yesterday (29th), I have the hook. Not having any spare panties, I hung a trash bag on it.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2017 | 07:19 PM
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99-00's had a pull-out ashtray there. The hook thingy was cheaper to manufacture and install. I scored an ashtray out of a 99 and fitted it with a 120 Volt receptacle and a USB power point fed from an under-dash converter. Pull it out, plug it in!
 
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Old Oct 30, 2017 | 03:44 AM
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I scored an ashtray out of a 99 and fitted it with a 120 Volt receptacle and a USB power point fed from an under-dash converter. Pull it out, plug it in!
do you have any pics of that setup?
 
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Old Oct 30, 2017 | 10:27 AM
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do you have any pics of that setup?
No pictures, sorry. I hope to do a write-up on the project but right now I am buried in a house flip which has to be done first!
 
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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 05:10 PM
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No pictures, sorry. I hope to do a write-up on the project but right now I am buried in a house flip which has to be done first!
It's been a few years. Did you make a post on the set up?
 
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 10:43 AM
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Figured it was for a trash bag or something and thought it was useless.
so I turned it into a speaker for my VHF radio I mounted in place of the pull out cup holder. Already have cup holders in the center console. Didnt need any more.



 
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