Minnesota mechanic finds Ford assembly worker’s long-lost wallet while dismantling 2015 Edge, then tracks down owner

A mechanic in Minnesota has gone above and beyond after finding a Ford assembly worker’s long-lost wallet in the engine of a 2015 Edge, and tracking down the original owner to reunite him with his leather cash holder.

We’ve all done it.

Keys, wallets, phones, there are so many things to remember, and we’ve gone home without the full set of three at least once.

But imagine if your long-lost wallet appeared through your letterbox 11 years after going missing. That was the case for Richard Guilford.

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Ford assembly line worker reunited with wallet after 11 years traveling in the engine of an SUV

When it comes to cars, a trip to the garage often makes your wallet much lighter.

For one Ford assembly line worker from Michigan, one of his many days in the factory saw his wallet completely vanish.

For 11 years.

But in a heartwarming gesture, Richard Guilford has been reunited with his long-lost wallet thanks to a mechanic in Minnesota.

Guilford revealed that this was the only day that he wore sweatpants to work, tucking his wallet into his shirt breast pocket, only to notice later that it was missing.

With thousands of cars to check through, he couldn’t find where the wallet had fallen.

That was until he got a notification on Facebook some 11 years later.

While repairing a Ford Edge cooling box, Chad Volk found a wallet sitting pretty on top of the internal system, which contained an employee card belonging to Guilford.

So the mechanic tracked down the owner through the power of social media and had his wallet shipped back.

The Ford Edge was originally built by the assembly worker in Michigan, before heading off to a dealership in Arizona.

A decade and 150,000 miles later, it – and the wallet – had traveled from the South West to the North of America to land in the garage of the mechanic in Minnesota.

“It’s well-traveled currency,” joked Guilford.

That’s one way to reward the most brand-loyal drivers in the US.

Faith in humanity restored

Not only was the wallet restored in full, but it was also still in its same state, with £250 worth of gift vouchers that he intended to use for his Christmas shopping that year.

It also still had the cash inside, proving that there are a few kind souls left among us.

The two men even came face to pixelated face through a video call, highlighted on WHAS11, where they bonded over the moment and shared a few laughs over the engine grease-infused story.

Ford employees have been on the opposite end of the delivery spectrum of late, too, even the pinnacle of all of the people working for the US company.

CEO Jim Farley might not need much in the way of missing wallets, but he has been hand-delivering new Mustang GTD cars straight to the door of special customers like Jay Leno.

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