In 1970 I was working for Ford in Terre Haute, IN. We gor a transport full of new pickup trucks (made in California). The F-150 over the cab was totaled. The driver was in a close follow convoy from Arizona to central Texas on Interstate 40. The truck in front of the carrier was loaded with medium grit silica sand (no tarp or cover). The carrier driver had no idea there was sand blowing off of the truck ahead of him. The convoy stopped in Amarillo Tx for fuel/food etc, and the driver noticed coolant running off the tractor cab onto the diesel tank. He looked up and saw that the paint had been stripped off of the entire front end of the pickup fogging the windshield to near opacity it wore the grill and headlights to corroded remnants. The radiator had been eaten through the cores. The snorkel on the air cleaner had allowed the filling of the air cleaner with sand. parts of the front bulkhead were 60% gone or real thin. The battery was almost through to the acid. The bed had a bushel of sand in it. We winched it off of the carrier and waited for the regional tech rep, and insurance (truckers company) The decision was made to scrap the truck. I believe a local man purchased it and replaced the cab with a wreck. We never saw the truck after it was towed away. The 150 behind it had to have a repaint and pressure wash. I think it is a cool story, and I was there. Jim
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