Funny but true.
A friend of mine bought a brand new Maverick (1970), had a clunking sound in the tank.
After about a year of complaining, Ford found a coke bottle in the gas tank.

The fact it had it's filler neck welded in place before the tank was installed made them fix it for free. Coke bottles do not fit in filler necks.
So he said while you're at it, check my door, it has a clunk as well.

They pulled the panel off, found that a bunch of employees has purposely pranked the car, they left clues to at least 10 other places to look for crap they pulled, left hand written on the cardboard liner.

Quote from: Solar on May 26, 2021, 08:01:52 AM           

Funny but true.
A friend of mine bought a brand new Maverick (1970), had a clunking sound in the tank.
After about a year of complaining, Ford found a coke bottle in the gas tank.

The fact it had it's filler neck welded in place before the tank was installed made them fix it for free. Coke bottles do not fit in filler necks.
So he said while you're at it, check my door, it has a clunk as well.

They pulled the panel off, found that a bunch of employees has purposely pranked the car, they left clues to at least 10 other places to look for crap they pulled, left hand written on the cardboard liner.

I used to work for Cessna Aircraft as an avionics rep. My mechanical counterpart had a toolbox full of tools he'd gotten out of new airplanes over the years. Hard to imagine but I even saw one that they'd missed painting the entire bottom of the airplane.
It didn't give you that Mr. Goodwrench feeling when you strapped a brand new factory fresh airplane on your ass to ferry it from Wichita Kansas to Long Beach, Ca.
Nor did it when you saw them literally run from the factory to their cars when that 5 o'clock whistle blew.