Like some of his vehicles down the road at [Don Dimmitt]'s Salvage, now run by Don's son Steve, grass started growing in and around it.

Linda Clevenger of Bremen knew about the truck and loved the TV show, too, and pestered her friend Don to sell her the truck.

James Clevenger, left, points out some of the work he recently did on Don Dimmitt's 1951 Ford truck -- which actor [Redd Foxx] drove in the TV series "Sanford and Son." Tribune Photos/ SANTIAGO FLORES; Dimmitt, of Argos, stands beside his truck.; Photo: c_Sanfordtruck072406c.jpeg; c_Sanfordtruck072406a.jpeg