Man pays for new truck with loose change
 

FRANKFORT, Ind. — Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off.

Brant, 70, used more than $25,000 in change to help buy a new Dodge Ram half-ton pickup truck Friday — 13 years after buying another truck with spare change.

"(The old truck) didn't have four-wheel drive, and living in the country, I figured I better get a new one to help get me through the snow," he said.

Brant said he was raised to be thrifty. His father always paid in cash and saved up loose change to take vacations.

Brant has been storing his change for years, and estimated he had about $26,000 in coins for Friday's purchase. In 1994, he bought a Dodge pickup and a Dodge Neon using about $36,000 in quarters.

"As long as you don't put your hands back in the till, it really adds up," he said.

Brant stored his change in coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks over the years, and was escorted by sheriff's deputies as he brought the rolled coins to the dealership.

A Mike Raisor Chrysler Dodge and Jeep employee who sold Brant the truck said the dealership called in an armored car to count and handle the coins.

"No bank wants to take them," Keith Gephart said.

hi, i paid for a candy bar one time with loose change. LOL. all jokes aside, my brother and i bought an antique 1960 something pickup with money from collected glass soft drink bottles (remember those). wish we still had that truck. believe it was a chevy with the stick in the floor. man what a dream truck. thanks stoogedog

That's way cool. :D:D

I remember the old pepsi bottles. Those were the days. Drink your bottle , clean n return for more :D[88]

Not sure if coke did the samething or not. I was always a pepsi product lover. Started on pepsi for many years- got a peptic ucler- switched to Mt Dew [88]

Now , I cant drink any type of dark cola including root beer [88]

Wish stores would do that again.

I still have a scar where I dropped a Coca-Cola bottle like that, and fell on the glass.

on your eye brow spike :P dang coke bottles. They 'll kill you lol

You ever see Gods Must be crazy lmao!

She remembers the olden days. This is why we call her "Grandma". [88][88][88][:x)][:x)]

lol i remember when the gods must be crazy previewed for the first time on hbo. lol only reason i know is cause my grandpa taped it and it was on tape i had when i was like 4-5 years old. said tonights feature presentation coming up next and showed the gods must be crazy. dang i miss the old hbo intro. they need to bring it back.

I remember when HBO first came out. [88][88][88]