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Mechanic discovers Ford assembly worker's long lost wallet while working on vehicle
WHAS11 via YouTube ^ | July 26, 2025 | WHAS Staff

Posted on 08/02/2025 5:52:42 PM PDT by thecodont

A Minnesota mechanic made a long lost discovery in an SUV he was working on. He found a wallet belonging to a former employee lost 11 years ago.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: automotive; ford; lostandfound; lostwallet

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1 posted on 08/02/2025 5:52:42 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

I had an extensive ‘little black book’ that had a huge collection of chick names in it, and left it in a phone booth about 1969, I don’t want it back.


2 posted on 08/02/2025 5:55:33 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: thecodont

Good thing he left his wallet or they would never have found him.


3 posted on 08/02/2025 5:57:23 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: ansel12; Lazamataz

Laz found it. He’s still working his way through it.


4 posted on 08/02/2025 5:58:09 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

I wonder if his enthusiasm to finish the list started waning about the turn of the century?


5 posted on 08/02/2025 6:02:46 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

I purchased a leased car (great shape, low miles, certified and the preset stations were several Conservative radio stations) and found three or four gift cards between the driver seat and console towards the back. The dealer had missed it and I have missed it despite vacuuming the entire floor several times over the first year. There was no way to trace the owner so I ended up with about $100 in clothing store gift cards and a couple of restaurant gift cards.


6 posted on 08/02/2025 6:13:14 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Nice, a miniature buying spree.


7 posted on 08/02/2025 6:18:30 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: thecodont

How old was the SUV. Not going to watch the Youtube for the full story.


8 posted on 08/02/2025 6:25:44 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Larry Lucido

lol


9 posted on 08/02/2025 6:27:00 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: thecodont

Sometimes alligator arms and deep pockets at the bar when workers get together after a shift mean some people “lose” wallets.
“I’ll get you next time. Thanks.”

Radio DJ in Detroit said he worked at an auto plant before making it in radio. He said the tradition was, as a matter of honor, a worker had to place a hidden item such as a beer can somewhere inside the panels of every vehicle leaving the line. Joke was the customer would complain of the mystery rattling sound inside the doors or behind the glove compartment.
Big laughs. He worked when the US auto industry was failing and we lost Pontiac (my favorite), Oldsmobile, Plymouth and others to Japanese and German competition gains.


10 posted on 08/02/2025 6:27:49 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Never known Laz to pick and choose!...


11 posted on 08/02/2025 6:27:55 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: thecodont

I rented a Budget truck in California and found a pickaxe and some .25 ACP ammo in the back


12 posted on 08/02/2025 6:29:07 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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Michigan? Edges were assembled in Canada.


13 posted on 08/02/2025 6:29:19 PM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: Larry Lucido

Right, it says he was lost 11 years ago.


14 posted on 08/02/2025 6:30:35 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: thecodont

Only 11 years?

It would have been a real story if the wallet was from the days of Henry Ford.

Or even Henry Ford II.


15 posted on 08/02/2025 6:32:32 PM PDT by x
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

I used to leave gift cards ($10-$20) in rental cars when I travelled. I figured if they did a decent job cleaning the vehicle they would find them.


16 posted on 08/02/2025 6:41:19 PM PDT by azsportsterman
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To: thecodont

Was changing the starter not long after buying my ‘69 SS396 Camaro. As the starter came free from the block a very nice Snap On 3/8” drive ratchet fell from where it was lodged next to the block. I knew the previous owner so I returned it. You can find some cool stuff when buying a used car.


17 posted on 08/02/2025 6:50:15 PM PDT by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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To: thecodont
In my years of having an air suspension business, the Lincolns were my bread & butter. About 2/3rds of the business was mobile repair at a home of place of business.

Working on the Lincoln Towncars, there was a frequent need to access the suspension module which was behind the glove box. The glove box would be emptied and lowered down by unlatching a cable hold. Behind the glove box we would usually find things like lost sunglasses keys and papers.

Once on a location with the customer interested in what I was doing, I lowered the glove box and found a bank envelope about a half inch thick. I handed to my customer and went about my work.

I do not know how much money was in the envelope, but It was enough for him to say: “Don’t tell my wife.”

18 posted on 08/02/2025 6:59:36 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: azsportsterman

That is so sweet of you!!!! I used to leave a dollar in the Bible left in hotel rooms. I opened a Bible from the desk drawer one night and found a dollar between the pages and thought that someone might not only need the dollar but might look further in the book and find hope, healing and love and have done it ever since.


19 posted on 08/02/2025 7:03:04 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: thecodont

Bfl


20 posted on 08/02/2025 7:08:51 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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