Ummm, lets see. A free Carfax report, a 4Runner (from Mom), some Oakleys, a Dell computer (from Dad), a little Matchbox stock car with a box of Cheerios, Nascar Thunder 2003 for PS2, my tuition and rent, 9 HBO channels for 6 months......I love college.

 

88 Subaru GL 4 door. (only free to start off....must spend $$ to make work)

10' fiberglass boat

4Runner driveshaft

Chest waders

 

http://www.slickdeals.net

Mostly coupons and rebates type of things but something really coolpops up every now and then.

 

Lets see... I got a '85 Celica, an '83 Bronco (I paid a little for that one, like $100) , an '86 Mustang 5.0 (Bad a$$ car!!!! too bad I killed it ) Plus my '91 4Runner. The only one I still have is the Runner.

 

Had to revive this thread after the last couple of days. I thought I was going to have to break down and buy some steel for a fund-raising project, but I managed to score much more than I needed last night - that should save the Patrol a few bucks. Recently I've also picked up a set of steel shelves for a friend who just bought her first home; a 10" power miter saw (needs some work, but it turns); a half-dozen blades for my new saw; 2 electric motors for my home-built welder project; discharged fire extinguisher for a future CO2 tank; a Master Mechanic 2-drawer tool chest (needs new latch); lots of misc. steel for testing my home-built welder (someday) and for building my custom bike rack; and a spare propane tank (1/2 full!). I'm sure I could have gotten more a few weeks ago, but I was too busy to scrounge around during move-out week for all of the college kids.

 

Free: ISR mod, speed vision digital stopwatch, Speedvision AM/FM radio walkman, Diff breather mod (rear).

The speedvision stuff was free at a car show, and the 4Runner stuff was laying around my garage (in sorted drawers of course )

 

Back in the spring of 2000 i replied to an ad from ARB of Seattle.
They needed a 3rd generation 4runner to try out the Toyota Prado bumper.
So i dropped off my '97 4runner and the next day i went to check it out.
It fit pretty good. Tim from ARB shook my hand and said thanks. The bumper was mine for free

 

I just got a free (1) year subscription to ShotGun News..

 

doink, my bud here in ga. gave me a free 3 ft. long firestik. what a great guy.

 

Hm.. lets see here
I got a 633mhz computer from family member, 10$ for a K&N FIPK kit for my truck that I'm gonna take out soon because of water being too easy to get to it... probably sell it on ebay, 2 small ammo boxes and one big one, free 2 years of maxim and stuff because of the free stuff forum here.

 

Dude that's sweet. You just smoked all of us.

 

Hey Todd-

Do you still own that vehicle? I think I saw you a couple weeks ago driving on 15th in Seattle, you were heading towards Ballard and I was drooling over that bumper, since I hardly ever see anything other than stock 4-runners around? Sweet find!

 

I've been blessed with a scrounging gene and have scammed quite a bit of cool free stuff.

I got a 91 Geo Tracker 4wd Convertable for almost free - cost me $20 from a good friend who was tired of the thing. It drove fine. I had to rebuild the manual hubs (they were frozen engaged), replace some front axle seals (i wonder why?), replace the shocks and struts, and eventually did a top-end job on it. I loved that little thing and beat the piss out of it. I sold it last spring for $1800. Of course I split the profits with my bud who gave me the thing.

Got a nice piano for free. I just had to haul it to my house.

I got a cool motorycle for free. A 1963 Honda CA95. I plan to restore it eventually. For now I ride it around about once per year.

Stuff is good . . .

 

I got a free laptop from my buddy who didn't want it any more. It's only a P166 with 80MB of RAM and a 10GB HDD, but it's perfect for engine tuning/monitoring. That's all I use it for.

And... *Puts on Flame Retardant Suit*

I got a 1st Gen TRD S/C that needs a new Keyway and Pulley. It's not a complete kit either as it needs hoses, a belt, idler pulley, etc. But other than that it's perfect. It was taken off a truck due to a warranty claim since the keyway wore out and the nose drive pulley was rattling. Jay gave it to me.

It's been sitting in my storage shed for about 3 months now. I don't have the money to invest in installing it because there are some other things that need to go on the truck first, like headers. I wouldn't dream of installing the thing without headers and the fuel upgrades. So, there's at least $1000 or more that will need to be spent to install this "free" S/C.

Don't hate me because I'm beyooteefull.

Dr. Z

 

I always get free advice

I worked for a company that had a huge dumpster, used to always throw away stuff. I picked up 3 huge wooden desks, about 4 4'X6' dry erase boards that I gave to my Mom's school.

 

I got crabs for free once. I didn't like them so I got rid of them.

 

I found me this cool Toyota emblem, it popped right off this guy's truck (with the help of a screwdriver, and it only put a few scratches in his paint). I gold plated it, put this bling bling chain on it, and now I wear it around my neck!

 

try a local biker bar, you can pick up alot of stuff there for free. the only catch is, you'll be paying for it the rest of your life.

 

You wouldnt happen to live in Germany by any chance would you?

Or, you are just reading from this thread.

 

You tell me!