Introduction and Truck Acquisition Story

so hey folks that fix it guy here and guess what i got a new truck well at least it's new to me all right so a little while back my friend reached out to me and said hey brian i think it's time that i get rid of the truck i said what like you know first thing went through my head is i think i want to buy it and so i i said hey i'd love to buy it and she said no if you want it it's yours we're gonna give it to you me and the truck have some good history um my friend that passed away a couple years ago this is his truck right um it's an awesome truck i love it i've helped him drive across country twice when he got out of the military i helped him drive it to vermont when he met his wife and they wanted to move to montana i helped him drive from vermont to montana so i mean i know this truck very well i've got some good stories with this truck that comes along with it and so i just want to show it i just want to show it to you today like we're gonna take a look around we'll check it out um there's gonna be a lot of work that comes out of this thing i'm not that fond of being a mechanic but for this truck i'm willing to be a mechanic it's gonna be awesome man so come along let's get to fixing [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right so i'm gonna do this before it really starts downpouring on me here this is a 96 ford f-150 all right xl look at that xl it's been setting the whole pandemic all right my friend had it sent up here for me it's got a couple gas tanks i've heard there's an issue with one we're gonna have to get that figured out you can see a couple of these places right here where some tie downs probably wore in there this this truck bed has been filled up more than a couple of times