A former Ford employee who had lost his wallet over a decade ago found her inside a SUV that ended up in a workshop.
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Chad Volka minnesota mechanic (USA) was replacing the fans of an 11 -year -old Ford SUV. That’s when he withdrew the air box that Volk found that Ford hid a wallet.
Inside the wallet, Volk found the work identity of Richard Guilforda former Ford Motor Company employee who assembled cars at the Michigan factory.
Guilford was located after Volk posted the story on Facebook. “I never wore sweatshirt to work, but I wore that day and had a wallet in my shirt pocket,” he said.
As he leaned over to set up a SUV for 11 years, his wallet slipped from his pocket. “I checked and thought, ‘I lost my wallet.’ So we all left and tried to look. There were 2,000 cars outside and couldn’t find it.”
Then the wallet traveled to a dealership in Arizona and then to Minnesota. And 240,000 km later, went to the workshop of an honest mechanic, who soon took his wallet to a post office.
The money inside Guilford’s wallet was untouched, as well as some lottery tickets and the $ 250 in the present cards he planned to use to buy Christmas gifts for his children.
“I never, I would never imagine this would still be there,” said Guilford. “I’ll have to start scouring cars more often, I think in the engine compartments, and see if I can find something,” joked Volk.
A mechanic from Lake Crystal, MN, found a wallet under the hood of an 11-year-old Ford. Puzzled, Chad Volk looked inside. He found the work ID of the Michigan autoworker who lost it at the Ford plant.
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