FRANKFORT, Ind. -- Frankfort resident Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher.
But it's his passion for saving quarters and gold dollar coins that's really paid off.
The 70-year-old used more than $25,000 in change Friday to buy a new Dodge Ram half-ton pickup truck.
That purchase comes 13 years after he bought another truck using spare change.
Brant stored his change in coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks over the years.
He said he got so much change by using vending machines at Chrysler in Kokomo, where he works.
Brant was escorted Friday by sheriff's deputies as he brought the rolled coins to the dealership.
He said he was raised to be thrifty. His father always paid in cash and saved up loose change to take vacations.
I save my change too but I deposit it once or twice a year. I would hate to have to roll $25,000 worth at once. I usually have about $200 a year. I'm not sure from this article if they mean he uses the vending machines to change dollars into change to save or that he eats candy, chips and pop from machines so gets change.
I'm sure we've all heard the tip to always break a bill and save the change. This is a great tip. But I really try hard not to eat out or use the vending machines and I charge groceries and other purchases.
For a while I was also saving dollar bills but it's hard to find change at work unless I go to the cafeteria.
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