What's the coolest thing you found in an old car?

[kentucky]

I was doing a little cleaning on the coupe today and found a handful of change. There was some wheat pennies(42, 48, 44), a Canadian penny from 43, and two mercury dimes, 1918 and 1943. They were right under the driver's seat and I didn't look real close so maybe I'll find some more. What have you all found? coins, lighters, guns, bodies...?

[29EHV8]

A hot horny girl.

Seriously,I bought a 48 Merc pickup a few years ago.I was driving my daily which was a nice 48 merc pickup.I got the other one to build.I also had been hit in my daily and it fucked the grill.I got the one home and it didn't have a grill in it.I started lookin the truck over.I looked in side under the seat and guess what I found!Seven grillbars!And a Eddie Meyer Hollywood two pot intake with 2 97s on it!....Shiny

[kentucky]

Damn! I'll trade you 6 vintage coins for the intake and carbs http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

My wife got a little hot when she saw my car but it wasn't the good kinda hot http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[burger]

I found a stromberg 48 and a *perfect* set of Guides in the bed of my '31. Other than that I guess my best score was an ancient bag of weed that was probably older than I am.

Since we're already off-topic, let me side-step a little further and tell a funny story about how I got that car. The seller was a complete dick during all parts of the sale. We agreed to a time & date for pick up, but wouldn't you know the dildo wasn't home when we showed up with the rollback. I wanted the car pretty bad so I gave him another shot. The car was being stored under his deck, so while we were pulling it out, his dog walks overhead and takes the biggest piss right on his head. My dad and I couldn't stop laughing at the guy! I guess it was better to be pissed off than pissed on!


Ed

[malaguena]

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I found a stromberg 48 and a *perfect* set of Guides in the bed of my '31. Other than that I guess my best score was an ancient bag of weed that was probably older than I am.


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heh, reminds me of when I found a couple roaches in the back ashtray of the V-dub I bought. Ya I know, I mentioned an import, a (gasp) v-dub here.

[k9racer]

Other than buying cars and parts at my shop I go to Police impound auctions. The local junk yards dont bid on any thing over 30 yrs old except for scrap metal. So I am about the only bidder on old shit. The list on things found are drugs ,fire arms ,human body parts{not cool},{Plomb tools best find}lots of cheap tools and a few good ones and some jewerly, small change,one car had almost 400 lbs of no 1 copper in the trunk.

[desertratrodder]

I got a 9mm pistol from under the seat of a car I bought at the POLICE impound. I get happy when I find tools, and I found 3 $50 bills in a bank passbook under the carpet of a 69 Torino. The passbook was dated 1969, and the bills were crisp. The guy must have bought the car new and stashed the $$ there for???
It made a 300 dollar car a little better of a deal.
And now I pull all the carpets out of the cars I pick up.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[gettingreasy]

I found a dead squirrel that wasn't very dead, boy was he pissed when I held him up and woke him from his winter sleep.
-Jesse

[hotrod54chevy]

my dad got a 57 chevy from a guy once and stuffed in a vent were a pair of panties from some girl the previous owner had stuffed in there...pissed his 1st wife off..lol the guy who did it said he had to hide it from his wife,too lol..coolest thing i've ever found in a car was a pocket knife
Creepy

[klazurfer]

Not sure if this is considered Cool or not , But the mechanic must have been in a hurry when he worked on my deuce . http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[JSM56]

my 56 had the biggest pair of skimpy panties i have ever seen. not too cool.

[mr57]

One 57 - two sticks of very very sweaty dynamite. Removed these very cautiously.

Second 57 - we were stripping a no option 57 150 two door and I found an earring in the heater duct with a rock in it so big it had to be fake - I asked my buddy if I could keep it, he said no problem as it had to be fake. I scored the vent window with it bad enough to warrant having the earring checked out by someone who know stones. The earring is in my safety deposit box. Worth considerably more than the $200 dollar car we stripped.

Other goodies have included a pint sealer of homebrew, load binders, chains, a General Jumbo rim, and a Snap-On prybar.

[oldchevyseller]

1938 silver dime in my 38 chevy it was in the front door post ,plus a old cigar that was petrified , must have be en able to smoke on the job back then http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[slammed]

The '61 Impala purchased 5yrs. ago was a pile of part's. In the trunk, buried in part's was an early Wieand Stealth intake and pair of very Nice Early Corvett valve cover's with the staggered bolt hole's. Still saving them for that next ride...

[oldchevyseller]

when i got my 64 impala i figured it was used in cheech and chong's movie, green shag carpet back shelf, blue dingleballs all around , little smile faces stuck every with blue night lights in the interior, and of course stripping it down i came upon a fiver bag tucked up in the seat springs,i could not believe it they must have gone nuts wondering if they smoked it all, and over looked this baggie

[BUICKNAILHEAD]

Found a vintage Pocket knife in my 59 Buick. Also in one buick we bought it had the spare parts from hell in the trunk... 3 sets of buick drums.. a set of finned valve covers.. and a wack of rusty car jacks??? WTF? AHAHAH!

Those drums will come in Handy! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[TheRev]

In a 64 Falcon ,i found a 1952 Passport for Hawaii(actually got in touch with the gal and gave it back)30 years later!!
I bought a 1974 Buick off a relative, under the carpet ,under the seat was a 1949 road atlas(mint) for N America.
(he was the original owner and swore it wasn't his)?!?! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
When i was a kid, i had a thing for Eagles and Hawks,so.... in a 1979 T-bird i found a Zippo lighter
with MY name and an Eagle engraved on it! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[hanginlow58]

damn!! all i ever find is rat turds.

[spark]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Pulled the back seat out of an old Holden and found a FU KEN BIG SSNNAKE! Not cool near pissed my pants! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[SRVLIVES]

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some girl the previous owner had stuffed in there...
Creepy

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That'd take some effort!

All I've ever found is old change, busted fuses and dustbunnies... I hate pulling old carpet!

[Paul]

a stack of maps and registrations from the fifties in a '50 Stude

and a Woodworkers Union of Tacoma pin from 1937 in my '35 Dodge

from when people were dieing to establish workers rights.

Paul

[Rusty]

Well I bought a 75 Vega Wagon for the steering box for 40.00 and in the fender well I found a stubby Snap On ratchet. Paid for the car itself. My dad found a real cool old bible in a old ranch wagon. He found some other cool stuff but can't remember what else. Somethings poeple leave behind amaze me.

[MBL]

Well two things are pretty cool that I found....the first was when taking out the sean in my 1965 Tbird...I found sandwiched and glued to the bottom of the seat frame...a 1964 quarter...I figured it was there since the car was put together....

This other one is way cool and a bit puzzling....My brother has this 48 Chrysler that was sitting outside the house one day and it was raining pretty hard...(he wanted the car in the garage because the trunk leaked...but the garage was recently filled with some crap I had brought home and it wouldn't fit) When the rain stopped he ran out to dry out the trunk and was screaming mad because the trunk floor was now a bit bowed....He thought the rain had messed his shit up. Well after pulling all the crap out of the car and lifting this cardboard piece he found this big celefane/ceranwrap sqare...about 25"x25"....He took the plastic wrap off and found that in the trunk had been the blueprints of the Andrea Doria...and some other boat/ship that we knew nothing about...We had thought that the car had been a staff car for some time...but have no idea how that got in there...but its way cool. I think my brother has some of it framed.
Tim
MBL

[Fat Hack]

RocketJ2 left his gay porn mags under the seat of my Chevy. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Other than that, most of my old heaps bring new and crusty tools, odd coins, gum and candy wrappers, baseball cards, and the like to the mix. Sometimes a music cassette or two!

But, when the Piece Of Shit stole my Monte Carlo SS and smashed it running from the cops (only to have Detroit's Second Precinct and criminal loving "prosecutor" Mike Duggan let him off scott-free), he left all sorts of his personal items in my car...including the keys to about 15 other stolen GM G-bodies! I got his tools, tapes, some money, sun glasses and a box of .38 ammo. (The cops did such a good job of searching the car!).

Funny thing was, the Stupid Fuck had the nerve to ask the cop in charge of the "investigation" to ask me if he could have his stuff back. I told the cop he was more than welcome to it...he knows where he stole the car from, so just tell him to come on over and knock on the door. For some reason, the cop wasn't willing to do that?!

[kentucky]

I bet you'd like to give him the ammo back, at least part of it!

[Fat Hack]

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I bet you'd like to give him the ammo back, at least part of it!

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Aw, I'd have been a sport...he coulda had ALL his hollowpoints back...one at a time! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Sixcarb]

A long time ago we found a 1951 Los Angeles Times newspaper in the door of my 32 Roadster, I guess this was common practice when building a car back then.



"New Steel Still Ain't Real"

[HotRod60F100]

When i got my lil 73 Gremlin'don't laugh' i looked in the glove compartment and found a early 60's pristine map of Tampa Bay with old bridge the one that a ship hit back in the early 80's?and killed a shitload of people it was kinda eerie as the last time i went thorught Tampa bay the ends of the bridge were still there and nothing in the middle. I found out that one of the survivors can't go on the new skyway bridge becuase if he does he starts puking so whoever drives him across they have to blindfold him when they go over it and most of the time he still pukes

[tommy]

Sixcarb...This 32 roadster????
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http://fototime.com/%7B8B970508-FF83-4FF7-A84A-03B986BB1A76%7D/picture.JPG
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With these 1951 L.A. Times and L.A. Mirror newspapers???
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http://fototime.com/%7B1A210D94-FCA6-4554-87C9-CF5624CC3EA2%7D/picture.JPG
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The car was sold in a Pennsylvania auction about 1980.

[dvlscoupe]

When I went to pick up the '53 from the tool that owned it he kindly removed all of his empty baggies and papers, as well as 30-40 empty cigerrete boxes.

When I got it home and started taking the interior out I found his unfinished bags as well as a good size rock he hadn't got to smoke yet.

I bought a Honda from the impound auction once and found a nice chrome plated 9mm stuffed in the dash and about 60 bucks. I kept the gun and ended up investing the 60 dollars back in to car so I could drive it.

[DelinquentDoll13]

very old meatgrinder...

[colorado51]

Found a small old pocket knife that is shaped like a bowling pin in the rear window well of my 51 Chevy.

Many years ago, my step-dad bought a 52 Suburban/Carryall from a police impound lot. While we were ripping out the interiour we found a paper bag with 5 joints in it that was stuffed up in the headliner area. Im pretty sure he kept them! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[JamesG]

A 1937 penny under the seat of my 1937 Chevy truck I built in high school.

[jonnycola]

When I pulled up the coffin roller board in my hearse to lay some carpet in the back, I found some press on nails... I shitload of old dried funeral flowers, some funky plane tickets from the early seventies, hair, and a complete set of hub caps for a late fifties cad.

When I pulled up the back seat in my 56 Cad, I found two mouse nests the size of watermellons, and lying under that was a dead cat or ratcoon. Another one climbed into the engine compartment and died on the intake and must have layed there for a while, because it turned to liquid and pretty much ruined everything. There was an old 60's time magazine too....

Do those count as cool?

[Slide]

When I first got my Chevy, there was a perfect little mouse skeleton on the rear floor carpet. It looked like a miniature version of a dinosaur fossil trapped in rock!

[Sixcarb]

No we have had the car since 66, it was built in North Hollywood in 52,

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Sixcarb...This 32 roadster????
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http://fototime.com/%7B8B970508-FF83-4FF7-A84A-03B986BB1A76%7D/picture.JPG
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With these 1951 L.A. Times and L.A. Mirror newspapers???
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http://fototime.com/%7B1A210D94-FCA6-4554-87C9-CF5624CC3EA2%7D/picture.JPG
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The car was sold in a Pennsylvania auction about 1980.

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[Monkey]

When Rashy bought Mama Rash's 59 chevy we were cleaning it out and under the dash in a little pill case were two little white rocks of crack.

Somewhere out there there's an entire circus running itself...

monkey

[Petejoe]

A factory Broadcast under the seatcovers for my 68 Mustang.

[34Hupmobile]

Got a Bobcat from a police auction in the early 80's for $65. I found $1200 and 2000 quaaludes in the trunk. Yeah the cops really knew how to search a car. The stuff was cleverly hidden inside a large brown paper bag. As a matter of fact the bag was the only thing in the trunk. No spare, no jack. I gave the pills to the cops and kept the cash. I found a switchblade in the trunk of a beetle and a fat bag of weed crammed in the dash of a Rabbit. When I was a teenager I had an old Dodge beater that one day the driver's door fell off when I opened it (it had always sagged). Apparently a former owner had dropped his spare change between the door and the glass. There was more than $90 inside the door mostly in pennies.

[Samantha]

Well...I don't know how "cool" it is...but there was a dead python in the trunk of my Tbird that I discovered after bringing it home. Thank god it had passed the maggot stage and was dried up.

[Cabbie]

so far every car I have bought has come with a cool pair of shades. They always seem to be the big mirrored cop kind. I have also found a palm piolet, when I asked the guy if he wanted it back he said he hated that thing. I also found a couple of joints in the checker I got from my step dad.

[STODD]

When I brought home my 56 Ford Sedan Delivery, I tore all the rotted wood out of the back. In the section that is not accessable, I found a complete McPhereson pin up calender from 1947. The folds had rotted just a little bit so I carefully cut all the sheets into singles and framed every one. They still hang in my house today.

By far, it is one of the coolest things I have ever found in a car or elsewhere.

[negativeMatt]

when i was 16, i found a chrome 357 in an old 70's van at the junkyard. my buddy who was with me told his dad, and he took it away from me. probably a good thing!

i was cleaning up some wiring on an early 90's accord for the local police auction, radio was gone as well as most of the cars electronics, and in between the carpet and the floor where it was cutout for a shifter, i found 680.00 bux all in 10's and 20's. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

had a customer come in with an 85 nissan hardbody pickup, wore out little truck. bad radio, old man who bought it had just left from the guy he bought it from. he wanted a cheap radio and a set of speakers. opened the glove box for something and there sat the fattest brick of pot i've ever seen. it was a monster. the old guy 'bout had a heart attack when i asked him if he knew about it. he asked if i would throw it away for him, "yes,sir" i replied.
the customer is always right!!

[Harrison]

Someone will find Hope Hazelwood's little white panties between the header panel and roof of my old '32 five window someday.

[LoungeLife]

Found a .38 with tape wrapped around the butt and half a pint of Tijuana rotgut in the drivers side door panel of a 1968 LeMans.

Local "fun things to do" map to New Bedford, CT from 1966 in my 1965 Fairlane.

[booze455]

Pulled a 1966 Toronado out of an old hog barn, the 425 only had 35,000 miles on it but the rats in the barn had chewed the living shit out of everything else. No keys but the farmer insisted that if I wanted it it had to be gone by sundown. Got it home to the shop and after trying to get the trunk open through the rustholes in the body, popped it with a crowbar. Inside the trunk, full to the edges, 1970's and 80's porno mags. What the rats hadn't used for nesting materials were actually in pretty good shape. And the prior owner must have had quite a taste for the stuff because most were imported from England. Awoke a couple of rats during the cleaning. Bought the car for $20 bucks and sold the supposedly "rare" porn to some head shop for $400. Not bad for a days work.

[HotRodHon]

A 1949 Fresno High School class ring. Perfect condition. I found it in a 51 Merc. It had the initials JSW inscribed inside. I wanted to see if I could get it back to the original owner so I called the Fresno paper to see if they had or could dig up an old yearbook or something. They weren’t interested. Too much work and not an interesting enough story. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[38pickup]

Well, when I cleaned my 38 pickup I found a gum wrapper that I have found out to be from the 40's. That's pretty much it other then the pistachio shells, old towel and the 50 ford radio.

[Joe Riot]

The dead body in the trunk! j/k!

Seriously, when I found my Merc it was in storage from 25+ years. Found coins and a match book in the art deco ashtray. Oh, and the radio still worked perfectly!

[Gr8ballsofir]

56 Desoto : found a pack of matches underneath the dash, On top of the glovebox. They were from Circle K, but they have this cool little cartoon of a red haired kid with a slingshot in his back pocket on the back.

50 Buick: Half a ticket from the SLC UT Drive In.

[MIKE-3137]

In the 70s my uncle owned a pretty good size junk yard. I would immediatly rip the back seats, and plunder through all the cars coming in, found many pocket knives, tons of change, and the little 1/4 inch Matco ratchet that I still use today. Now all I find is rat turds.

[296 V8]

I had the right rear door? Panel out of a 65 GTO I had and found a pen, it said office pen by fisher on the side of it.Some logo as Body by Fisher, its kind of a teal green. Dude installing seats and stuff must have lost it.

[KustomSkylark]

I found a brand new motor mount under the back seat in my Comet, just so happens that I need the motor mount too. I also found a Jack in the Box wrapper from the 70s under the front seat of the same car. I haven't really dug through the rest of the car much yet, I will probably find some more stuff under the house carpet some jerk put in it.

[porknbeaner]

My wife.
I was in an old car when I found her and I'm still in old cars. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[52Chief]

Count me in with the nothing but mouse poop crowd, somebody had beat me to the ripping out carpet fun, damn!

[46mopar]

In the glove box of the 50 dodge truck I have I found a card that tells you what to do if there is a air raid.

[FORDY 6]

Under the back seat of a '36 Chev I found a gold watch fob dated 1915 from the Pan Pacific International Expo. It's a y shape with a "coin" in the middle. One side has a bear standing, the other the bear is on all fours, give the "coin" a spin and the bears look like they are fucking.

[TooMany2count]

not me but a buddy found my wallet from high school, another buddy had a 68 Bonneville in high school back in 74. well it was sold a bunch of times & i guess no one pulled the back seat out this whole time.. fast forward to 1998, a buddy called & asked if i had lost my wallet. when i ask why he told me he had it in his hand & would be over in a little bit.... i couldnt believe it was mine, let alone there was my drivers license & $5 still in it.....joe

[porknbeaner]

Oh yea and never expect to find cool shit in an old car you buy from a HAMBer. They're all picked clean. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[2tall2beahotrodder]

I found some old Newspapers, used for Insulation on a 48 chevy....

When i was trimming this bucket body, a shit load of dirt fell out, including a old Cigar Rapper , with the year 1962.

[52Chief]

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Under the back seat of a '36 Chev I found a gold watch fob dated 1915 from the Pan Pacific International Expo. It's a y shape with a "coin" in the middle. One side has a bear standing, the other the bear is on all fours, give the "coin" a spin and the bears look like they are fucking.

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Hahahaha, my dad has that one too! Hold on to it, there worth some money.

[MoePower]

Best thing I ever found besides a few willing women (sweeeeet) was under the back seat of a 72' Dart, couple empty cans of Blatz beer from the 70's. Looked like someone took out the back seat and stuck there. I'm thinkin' one will end up as a overflow tank on my coupe cause I'm a cheap bastard.

[Gotgas]

My buddy bought a crappy '80s Tbird at a police auction a few years back. It had a bunch of knives, sunglasses, and change - the usual, but it also had a nice paper carton gallon of milk in the trunk, half full, and at least 3 months old.

[truth]

I never found nothing cool...

but Mass Butcher found a vintage psychedelic day-glo chopper poster from the 70's in the trunk of one of the cars in his shop that he gave to me.

My old friend Keith used to have a human jaw bone in the back of his car (he was a sick fucker), till his car got repo'd... mwooohahaha. Wish I coulda seen when they popped the trunk!

[NITROFC]

Used Condoms & Girl Tel # !

[leadsled1953]

going thought all the cars at my friends tow yard i find lots of tools.lots of change.found a set of hooker headers in an old chrysler.the worse thing i found was in a 68 chevy i got from an estate sale.2 days after i bought the car it rained.the car started smelling bad,very bad.i pulled the back seat out and found 6 inches of dog crap under the entire lenth of the seat,turns out the lady had 20 dogs and loaded the car with them.every time it rained the car stunk

[restorit]

While cleaning out the glove box of a 38 Caddilac Limo, I found a very large, old syringe and needle.
We have a 70 Mustang Convertible in our shop. While cleaning it out I found an uncashed check in the car. Turns out it was written by a very good friend of my folks sometime in the 60's. The car's current owner purchased it over 20 years ago close to where it was originally purchased by the person on the check, then brought about 75 miles to where it is now, and stored for 18 years. I remember the car from when I was a kid.
In another car, I found a Hamm's Beer bottle opener...tom - restorit

[Mr. Happy]

I found an empty Old Style Pilsner stubby in a car that came from Califorina
The weird thing is....Pil is a Canadian beer....
Still had the Cal plates on it. (Late 50's New Yorker)
with a 392.
Later that evening, we thought it would be cool to drink "the Pil" out of a stubby.
Keep in mind we were all to young to remember the "stubby."
Who would have thought that a mouse could have crawled through such a small opening. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

For those perverts out there, a "stubby" is a glass beer bottle they used to produce. It's shorter that a normal one. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[chromedRAT]

i found a mummified rat in my 50 pontiac, hence my HAMB handle. painted the fucker chrome. found a wheat penny in it, some cigar wrappers. in my 64 impala, i found a petrified pall mall and an ancient little bowl, at least 20 years old on all of it.

[oldchevyseller]

we called them "hand grenades" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif just when you thought the web had nothing but useless web sites!!

http://www.stubby.ca/

[Tinbender]

A buddy of mine bought a 57 chevy with four et mags,in the trunk, still in the boxes.The boxes were stamped Thrifty Auto Dec 72. I bought them,(he couldn't bring himself to run them)and put them on my Stude P/U. It was almost a spiritual experiance, taking them out of the boxes. The lug nuts and caps were still in the plastic bags.

[KnuckleDragger]

I used to work at a scrap yard that over charged on eveything and didnt pay enough. But I found a lot of cool stuff while working there. I found a home made 18 inch blade welded to a set of spiked brass knuckles, a bowie knife, a coule deer antler pipes, about a mass count of atleast 2 pounds of weed through my time there. Whole bunch of tools every thing form MAC and Snap-on to walmart brand. The best thing I would have to say i found in the trunk of a car was a complete set of car letters for sorted makes in different style lettering in the original boxes..


Jonney

[rev616]

i havent found anything cool really.but in a junkyard shop one day my dad spotted up against their bench a corvette ralley with a wide o tire on it,gave the guys $10 for it.it was an original spare for a vette,with the original unused tire.he turned around and traded it to the corvette restoration shop in my town for 2 brand new ralley wheels to put on his impala

[rev616]

oh yeah,i guess i found something cool..while trying to find the options plate in my wagon,i looked in the drivers door jam and found a gulf oil change stiker on it,dated sometime in 1974..the car was already ten years old by then

[Muttley]

About 20 years ago my dad bought a '79 Nova that had been wrecked for the engine/tranny for his RPU. Inside there was a set of false teeth in pieces! The old man had hit a pole and wasted the front end of the car, we were happy to find out that the old man was ok though.

[Cruisin']

<font color="green"> When I bought the '58 fairlane I gutted the interior to rust proof it (Fishoilene). Under the rear seat I found a mint 1958 1c piece, a couple of 50's sunglass lenses, a signed birthday card from Rock Hudson to James Dean and some candy wrappers. Seems the previous owners never cleaned their car...?? Or, were hiding a piece of history and forgot...??
Not wanting to cash in on the James Dean Rock Hudson thing as I feel James Dean was way cool and as I have many prints of his I destroyed the card to preserve history.
Did I do the right thing?
I guess it takes all sorts....
Cheers,
C

P.S. A friend found a wet spot on the sheepskin that was on the passenger seat of my '56 Chebby back in '82. We had been to a party (Girls and Boys.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif) and I said to him the windscreen seal must've leaked as it had been raining. He was drunk and agreed... yeah right, LOL http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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[Farmer]

I found an OLD unused in package sheepskin condom behind my friends '50 chevy truck.
I found several old matchbooks in my '55 Buick under the front seat from nightclubs in the San Fransisco bay area fromt the mid 50's. They are the cool ones with Vargas pinup type chicks on the flaps and coctail glasses etc.

[unpunk01]

In the early 60's my dad found a set of landing lights out of a B-17 bomber in the trunk of a '57 Chevy he bought. So he wired them up and drove around with his highbeams on...when someone would click their highbeams on him he would light up the landing lights...he said it looked like daylight for about 1/4 mile in three directions.

That was pretty cool and all until the night he lit up a Missouri State Trooper... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[Dirty2]

This guy in Ok. gave me a 1 owner 55 ranchwagon his dad bought that was riddled with bullet holes and full of all kinds of nests. Took us almost 3 hours to get it out of the woods. When we got it to my shop I started stripping it, of course there was no wires in it because the rats had eaten them so I saved what I could. The ignition switch , light switch and bezels cleaned up pretty good. I took the door locks to a lock smith to get them keyed and went back to finish striping and wired underneith the rear seat was the original keys with the key tag... It is in my 56 now !!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Slick Willie]

I know the post is about what was found in a car, but, i just have to share what happened to me last weekend with the rest of you.

My neighbor was moving from San Antonio to Waussau. A former co worker of his was helping us pack the Uhaul. He noticed that I was into hot rods and told me that he has some parts that he would like me to have. A few weeks passed and he eventually called me and asked if I was still interested in the parts.

When I went to pick up the parts to my surpize. He had a 32 ford grill and insert chopped two inches, a 32 garnish moldings 5w, model A garnish moldings back window and sidewindow for a coupe, 6 24" stainless trim unkown source a radiator apron for aa 46 (that is going directly to Lesabre59). and a Wiend drag star 6-2 intake (i think it fits a small hemi) along with this killer looking polished aluminum oil filter. I will take some pics and post later. After, I tried severl times to pay the man something and he refused he told me that he had boxes of this stuff and he would call me to pick them up in a few weeks.

Now I know how Jed Clampett must have felt like.

Slick Willie

[52Chief]

[ QUOTE ]
In the early 60's my dad found a set of landing lights out of a B-17 bomber in the trunk of a '57 Chevy he bought. So he wired them up and drove around with his highbeams on...when someone would click their highbeams on him he would light up the landing lights...he said it looked like daylight for about 1/4 mile in three directions.

That was pretty cool and all until the night he lit up a Missouri State Trooper... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Hahahahha, LOVE IT!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[chromedRAT]

i remember in charlotte, NC, there is this aviation museum, they have a nam vintage prop driven aerial photo plane, had a 60,000 lumen flash pod on the bottom. little prop on the front, i suppose to help supply juice to the systems when it goes off. put THAT on your car.

[Tcoupe]

I found an old unopened can of beans and a broken bowl in the trunk of my 53 Chevy. A few years back I was taking the interior apart in a 70 Chevelle and found a rather large piece of a jaw bone!!! further inspection reveiled that it was from a dog.

[Kojack]

I don't know if anyone remembers FarmerJohn's old Falcon he bought, but while he was cleaning it out he found stuffed up under the dash a small baggy of crack. Who knows how long that shit had been up there. How cool is that?

[Crease]

Bought an 53' Chevy and found the fold out flyer from a haunted house. It was copyrighted 50 something. Found a dash board Jesus in the same car.

[willowbilly3]

I bought a 57 Belair 2 door post for $15, it had a nest of rotten goose eggs in the front seat.
A rolled 78 impala from an impound auction had a $20 bill under the seat, I paid $5 for the car and we took second in a demo derby with it. That car was full of crap including a wallet with drivers license, custody papers, letters from probation officers ect.
Twice I had cars towed in that had passed out Eskimos in the back. One was in the back of a van that had been towed about 50 miles, he couldn't quite comprehend how he had been partying in one place and woke up in the city.

Once a couple cowboys from Nebraska showed up with about 10 garbage bags of ditch weed. I stuffed it in the trunk of a 64 Ford cop car I had because it had the cable trunk release. I forgot about the shit and sold the car, never did hear from the guy.

[manyolcars]

While I was cleaning out one of my 1936 Ford trucks, a metal plate fell out. Its dated 1936 and says that the Telephone company bought the truck new in Mississippi and tells the date and the sheriffs name and that the taxes were paid

[FoMoCo_MoFo]

I have been finding a few Bolivian newpapers from a looong time ago in the door panels of my sedan

[unpunk01]

I forgot about this...I found the original bill of sale in the glovebox of my '50 shoebox (dated on my mom's birthday!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/unpunk01/billofsale.jpg

[Smokin Joe]

Found a little ceramic rose vase, 2 Union Pacific medals from the 39 world's fair and a black garter in the cowl pocket of my 31 roadster. Bet there's a story there...

Found a live water moccasin on the manifold of my dad's F-1 truck!

My 58 Superchief {First Car} had a ratchet, long extension and socket wedged in the frame next to the tranny. Also found how to undo a bra in the back seat of that one! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[alchemy]

I can't remember finding anything but mouse nests, but here's why I'll check every car top to bottom from now on:

An old dude was telling me of an Essex sedan he had 30 years ago. He bought it and gave it a quicky paint job, then had it sitting outside his garage. Wouldn't fit inside, so he felt bad about letting the paint get ruined again and sold it to younger guy with a garage, for a couple thousand dollars. The younger guy takes it home and cleans it, finding hundreds of old and rare coins stuck to the floorboards under the rubber mat. Old dude had never even lifted the mat. Younger guy sells the coins to a coin dealer and made thousands in profit, on top of the car purchase price.

[stan292]

UnPunk01's story about the "shoebox" Ford reciept reminded me of a car my buddy bought from a new car dealership in L.A. back in '66. It was an ULTRA-CHERRY '50 tudor sedan, that the salesman swore was a trade-in from a "little old lady" (his exact words).

We figured the story was bullshit, of course - but didn't care, 'cause the car was obviously the real deal, and the price was only $400, pretty damn reasonable - even back then.

I know this sounds made-up, but I swear on my mother's grave it's true. When he got around to checking in the glove box, he found all the original paperwork from when she had bought the car in 1950, along with a nice thank-you letter from the dealership's owner, and a pristine condition hymn book

I guess she only drove it too church on Sunday - just like in the classic used car jokes!

A while later, we picked up a pair of aluminum heads, and aluminum intake manifold, and even a very nicely built set fenderwell headers for it (they even had chromed collectors) - at one of those L.A. weekend flea market things they used to hold at drive-in movie theaters - for like $40 (I have a photo of the stuff for you unbelievers - just PM me).

Anyway, it was his daily driver and before we could get into the car and screw things up, he got T-boned (bigtime!) at an intersection. It was a real hard hit, and drove the "good" side of the poor car into a huge phone pole. My buddy was OK, but the car was just totally trashed. Very sad. He only had it for about 2 months.

[Flatdog]

Stan ,I bought a .38 cal revoler from a little old lady who only carried it to church on sunday.

[tokyo]

i found a dead cat's bones in the trunk, that's about it...some of these stories are awesome...

tok

[A32Flathead]

Not an old car but my 'everyday one'

We had some work done under warranty, by the words worst dealer....after 4 days we got the car back, filthy &amp; scratched as well....

BUT....there was a nice Snap On ratchet screwdriver in the rear footwell. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[A32Flathead]

Not an old car but my 'everyday one'

We had some work done under warranty, by the worlds worst dealer....after 4 days we got the car back, filthy &amp; scratched as well....

BUT....there was a nice Snap On ratchet screwdriver in the rear footwell. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Hubnut]

Coins, newspapers, tools, and animals. Found the build sheet, bill of sale, shipping bill, and wiring schematic to a 66 Miller Meteor hearse. Bought a 49 chevy fleetline from the original owner, it was loaded with papers and letters to his wife. Bought a 62 pontiac catalina from the same guy that had an unopened six pack of schlitz in the rear floor, old pulltab cans, and a Sears underdash air unit in the trunk still in the box! The guy took it out before I showed up to get the car though! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[hillbillyhellcat]

I found 4 new ratchet straps, a spark plug socket and a cresent wrench, not to mention some 1960s change in a 1965 Falcon, Three pocket knives (one wedged inside the grille), shotgun shells, and several unidentifiable bullets in a 1972 Ford F100, several termination papers, unpaid speeding and parking tickets and tons of little trinkets in a 1969 Firebird, an owners manual with the new buyer survey still attached, all kinds of recipts from auto parts stores dating to the early 1980s, a chamois still in the container, beer cans, a pair of 1970 302 heads in a 1965 Ranchero.

The one of the cool things about buying a used car, you almost always find something cool... Usually it's something even better if the car is a real piece of junk. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[oldchevyseller]

[ QUOTE ]
Coins, newspapers, tools, and animals. Found the build sheet, bill of sale, shipping bill, and wiring schematic to a 66 Miller Meteor hearse. Bought a 49 chevy fleetline from the original owner, it was loaded with papers and letters to his wife. Bought a 62 pontiac catalina from the same guy that had an unopened six pack of schlitz in the rear floor, old pulltab cans, and a Sears underdash air unit in the trunk still in the box! The guy took it out before I showed up to get the car though! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ] http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif DID HE TAKE THE BEER OR THE AIR UNIT??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[bellyjello]

Back in highschool I bought a jap truck for parts. I found a nice 16" aluminum rigid pipe wrench under the seat. I don't drive jap truck anymore, But my brother still has the pipe wrench

[haring]

Didn't find this IN the car, but I have the original title to my 1961 Falcon. It was purchased on September 11th, 1961 by Hoyt Collins for $1441.94.

After Hoyt died, the car sat and was eventually given to the mechanic that worked on the car. The mechanic later defaulted on payment to a contractor (addition to the garage) and the car was seized as partial payment. It sat again for several years until I bought it. The contractor illegally forged Hoyt's signature, voiding the title. No one would touch it.

Since the car had fallen out out the system, I simply retitled it, keeping the original.

http://fedora.net/falconaut/falcons/falcon_title_A01.jpg

[ramrod]

I found a gas reciept from 1972 in my 72 skylark 31 cents a gal.Old rolling papers in my 65 GTO.50s Amusement park tickets in my 56 safari.Two big black snakes in the rear seat of a camaro I was stripping,I jumped out and called the scrap yard .they picked it up later that day.Little did they know.

[four-thirteen]

the guy i bought my '63 dodge from never opened the trunk, because it didn't have keys(he bought it to sell). once i got it home i picked the lock. i found an old pair of jeans, the quarterpanel was stuffed full of old fireworks, and there was about 10 or 15 old car stereos and equalizers from the 80s in there. the jeans were um, soiled, the fireworks rotted out the quarterpanel, and the stereo equipment was obviously stolen. David

[krooser]

Years ago I bought a '78 T-Bird at a sheriff's auction and found a bag with oil-soaked joints in it.

[Chandler]

i remeber my dad brining a old nova to the shop that was full of roth style models( wish i had them now)

Then a 1955 1/2 chevy stepside. when we pulled off dooe panels found a bong and bunch of roach clips.

haha. boy these posts bring back memories

[Dirty Dug]

The ability to get off my ass after a painful divorce. The desire to build something others thought was impossible. The need to define what I thought was cool. The thought that maybe I could divert my thoughts from all the crap of the work a day world. The idea that an old rusty piece of shit WAS worth saving. The knowledge that I didn't give a shit what anyone else thought about what I produced out of it all. That the fact that it all kept me sane really mattered most. And when I was done I could go eighty miles an hour in something I built myself in my garage. Thanks for asking. dug

[LIL' AL]

I worked in junk-yards as my first few jobs, so I've seen alot.Best one was a "Brick" of white cystaline substance,2 38's, and $2,500 in a leather bag stuffed into the front seat springs,(Car came from police auction!)Worst was an accident car,found a hand under the dash.Enough?!?AL

[redmeat]

<font color="red"> DUDE!...what did ya do with the hand?......I could take it for ya!!

R E D M E A T </font>

[Bruce Lancaster]

In a '46 Ford at the junkyard, maybe 1962, an Iskenderian "Dream Wheel".
This is a little circular sliderule that computed displacement on one side and did speed/gear ratio calculations on the other. This side is helpfully marked with the ratios for 29/28/26/25 tooth Ford and Zephyr gear sets.
Dream on...let's see, if I can find some 2.00 rear gears and 45" tires for the back, the old flatty should be able to make...hmmm... 300 MPH before valve float sets in...
better bore&amp;stroke it to 5X5 so I'll have enough steam for the job...
I still have it, of course.

[kentucky]

[ QUOTE ]
The ability to get off my ass after a painful divorce. The desire to build something others thought was impossible. The need to define what I thought was cool. The thought that maybe I could divert my thoughts from all the crap of the work a day world. The idea that an old rusty piece of shit WAS worth saving. The knowledge that I didn't give a shit what anyone else thought about what I produced out of it all. That the fact that it all kept me sane really mattered most. And when I was done I could go eighty miles an hour in something I built myself in my garage. Thanks for asking. dug

[/ QUOTE ]


Just dug wins. That was the best! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Action Girl]

I found a really cool old wooden billy club under the seat of my car when I pulled the seat out for uphostery. It's about 18" long, and has a cool finish on it. I'm going to stripe it up and keep it under my front seat where it belongs, should someone try to mess with me or my car http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Stacey

[wingnutz]

I bought an Eldo Convert from an old widow who had the car at her winter estate in Arizona.

I ran out of gas in New Mexico and broke down a couple of times abandoning the car several times roadside for hours on end.

After a 2,300 mile road trip..., I finally opened up the trunk and noticed several paintings and a jewelry box.

Upon further investigation I saw insurance papers showing what the items were insured for and I got a very sick feeling in my stomach..., the paintings were just over a million..., and two of the 40 or so rings her husband bought for her in the late sixties were over $25,000 each..., and the list went on...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Needless to say I delivered the items to her and she told me that she forgot she had them in Arizona...!

So she called her neighbor and found out that he had placed those items in the car shortly after her husband passed away (7 years earlier) thinking that she would be coming down to sell the house and bring the car back to Wisconsin..., He had completely forgot about doing that...!!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

The look on her face was "Priceless"...!

Mark

[52phantom]

I bought a 65 v.w. bus from a guy when I was in high school, I started to tear it apart and taped to the top of the dash was a bible. But wait it wasn't a regular bible. This bible could have landed me in jail for 20yrs. It was what seemed like 100 sheets of acid.

[BELLM]

Duddy of mine used to carry a Bible on the console of his van. Wasn't particuklary religous but I didn't ask. One day I picked it up &amp; unzipped &amp; opened it. Had a .38 inside!! Pistol case!!

[gowjobs]

I used to have a "traditional tuner:" a Datsun 510 sedan.

When I first bought it, it was on the back of a buddy's transporter, and he was on his way to the salvage yard. I gave him the $52.00 he'd get for it in scrap metal, and he handed over the title and dropped it off at my house for me.

Now, the engine that was in it was missing the cam, rockers and the cam cover, so I'd already found a guy with an L18 motor for $100.00 by the time I got home at 5pm. After dinner, my brother came over, and we punched the tumbler out of the trunk only to find...

A racing L-series head, Tokico adjustable struts and shocks, and a set of Eibach race springs. When the guy brought the engine over the next day, it had a 5-speed attached top it that he threw in for free.

Damn, I really miss that little beater.

[Junkyard Dog 32]

I found a 1924 standing liberty quarter in the door of a model-A coupe. I shined it up and sold in on Ebay for a hundred bucks.

JOEhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Nads]

The joys of munching on poontang.

[GomezGarage]

In my 64 Pickup I found a half smoked doobie. We smoked it on the drive home.

[Broman]

No way would I have given back those goodies man....I'd be rocking out in a nice slick rod, my wife would be blingin' some new jewelry and I'd sleep all night long.....I'm an asshole A! S-S! H-O! L-E! I'm an asshole A! S-S! H-O! L-E! leoleoooooo........seriously I'm a heartless dick and I would have kept the paintings for sure. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif 'Course I don't believe in kharma or spirituality.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif


When I got my car it had the origional un-used spare with an almost new looking rim and (painted) hubcap. It had coffee cups and matchboxes from the 50's along with a couple of buffalo nickles. The ash-tray was stuck shut but when I finally pryed it free I found a barely smoked cigarette with bright red lipstick and a receipt from some store. I thought that was cool for some reason. It was some kind of off brand that I have never heard of, 'course I'm kinda young.... Under the carpet was some news papers from around the time the car was built.. they were pretty toasted - the heat from the under-the-seat heater kinda cooked them, that plus the moisture from rain/snow obviously.

I can't top the good stories already posted but I thought I'd add.

[bufordtjustice]

Didn't happen to me but my friend and some neighborhood kids...They went snoopin around in a barn down the main road and found 2 cars. My friend saw that the truck was open and took a peek inside...he proceeded to find over 4 thousand dollars cash and a suitcase full of coins...quarters he said. Problem was 5 kids, all 13 and younger...they ended up telling my friends mom and the dough went to the police, never to be seen again...probably paid for their doughnuts for a month http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Greg

[BELLM]

This is a fresh one. About 5 hours ago I bought a car for the good flatty in it. In the trunk, wrapped in Los Angeles Examiner newspaper dated July 9, 1966, sealed with masking take was 2 Edelbrock heads that look new. Further up in the trunk, beneath the package tray area, was an old sealed dirty box. Car had been parked in '90 with brake problems, I thought cool, new brake shoes. Picked it up on the end could barely read it ---Edelbrock Pistons. Tore it open, 8 brand new shiny pistons with mark 1/8 L.C. stamped on top. Never opened until I opened the box!! But my luck ended there, no 2x2 or 3x2 intake or headers to be found anywhere in the car. Darn!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Geez, my hands are still shaking and my heart is still racing!! Just had to show them to someone who would appreciate my find so drove to Bryan &amp; had lunch with 30Roadster. I think he made some vague reference to my parentage.

[sodas38]

Bought a junker for parts and inside was a stack of old skool nudie mags. Made cleaning that ride out a little funner, still full of "sheet" though. They sure didn't care much for "BM" back then. (bush maintenance) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[luketrash]

living nests of mice, some old newspapers, and my only 'useful' find was a set of RayBan clip on sun glasses that actually fit the eyeglasses I currently have.

They were in the leather case similar to this set:

http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/02/93/cc/2d_1_b.JPG

[sodapop]

not as interesting as a hand under the dash but I recently bought a 50 Ford tudor sedan and under the backseat I found a zippo engraved LUCKY on the fliptop and the Clay Smith logo on the bottom, a Jack in the box Pez dispenser still in the wrapper a couple of combs and a receipt from the Austin Hotel Total worth about 15.00 bucks And if any of this stuff sounds like its yours ( Chop Shop Rob), I made it all up.

[Fidget]

Found a matchbook with 'Richard Nixon for President' on it, in the ashtray, and a parking receipt from Aneheim stadium from 1974.

[unclescooby]

I had a guy fly down from Nova Scotia to look at a 1968 Cougar GTE I had in Hemmings. When he arrived, he planned to spend a few days in Indy to see the sites and instead of renting a car he bought a 1974 Vega from the junkyard for $100 and drove it around illegally for the week he was here. He tried to sell it all week long but never could. He finally called me from the airport with a last ditch offer of $50. I said "no thanks", and he said "the car is parked in front of the United terminal, the title is in the glove box and the keys are on the visor. Get here before it gets towed and it's yours."
I raced up there and got it. Found a couple bucks in change and the greatest one hitter ever (half full). We named it "Canadian Bakin" and everyone had to sing a bit of the Canadian National Anthem before using it. House rules. Anyway, after years of abuse, I accidentally sold it with (ironically) another Vega, this time a yellow station wagon called "the roaming banana". I never found anything in that car but I helped a nice girl named Catherine lose something there. I probably wouldn't remember that if I still had the one hitter.
Kevin Bacon (no relation to my Canadian Bakin) once said he got more ass as a waiter than he ever did as an Actor. He said "you are a total loser if you can't get any as a famous actor but you have to be a real stud to bring home sisters as a waiter." I kinda felt that way about the yellow vega wagon.
I'm fat now though and no chicks want me. So I'm still lookin for the car with the human hand stuffed under the dash. I could really use it.

[wingnutz]

"JEEEz" Bellm..., First you win a free Engine and trany..., Then you find performance parts every time you turn around...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

"So When are you going to buy The Texas Mega Million winning ticket... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif???

Or are you going to buy a car with the winning ticket stuck in the seat crack... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Mark

[Flexicoker]

Thats hilarious unclescoob http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



and I know what your tag line means http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[briggs&strattonChev]

thanks for bringing it up flex, after a minute of staring at his tag line I got it

I was tearing the interior out of a 78 corvette and I found a weed bowl and a bottle of pills

my dad bought a 57 chev 4 door sedan for parts and had no trunk key. when he got it back to our farm, we took the back seat out to get at the trunk and found 4 mint doors and a complete set of mint stainless trim for the whole car.

Too bad he isnt restoring a 4 door sedan

[unclescooby]

This isn't really OLD car related but I used to work for a Rent-A-Car place after college and we had a Geo Metro that came back stinkin like a box of farts. Tried cleanin it, sprayin freshener in it, leavin the windows down and more. Finally, I was standing near it trying to figure out what to do and I heard something inside the car. I opened the hatch and lifted the spare tire cover and found about six inches of maggots. Couldn't even see the spare tire through them. Someone had spilled a gallon of milk and who knows what into the spare tire hole and it sat and grew for weeks in the sun. It was pretty fun.
When people were assholes about the free car delivery, we'd stop at the grocery and buy fish to put under the seat. They wouldn't notice it for the first day or two of their vacation...but we always guessed it sucked when they finally did notice it. I learned to do that from a girl named Vicky that worked for me. She seemed nice but some days it looked like she combed her hair with a pork chop and she apparently knew her way around fish.

[BadLuckBetty13]

When I bought my Dodge back in 95 there was a roach in the ash tray! The best part was the owner I bought it from said that he did not smoke and bought the car from the original owner who was a 70 yr old woman (retired school teacher). After I bought the 65 and took it home I found the original window sticker in the trunk along with some racing flags.

[rodrelic]

Pack of matches from "Diamond Tooth Gertie's Saloon and Dance Hall" Dawson City, Yukon. Sound's like my kind of place, need to go there someday

[Kustom Chief]

I found a dead hooker with a chin dong on her head.

[visor]

I bought this old roached out white 58 Impala
back in the mid 60's.
When I started cleaning it out I found......

Three Musketeers,ah,and a ballpoint pen,
a comb, a pint of Old Harper, couple of
flashlight batteries, and some Beef Jerkey.

The Old Harper was empty. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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"Opossum Benders"
Mid Mo. Chapter

[wingnutz]

[ QUOTE ]
I bought this old roached out white 58 Impala
back in the mid 60's.
When I started cleaning it out I found......

Three Musketeers,ah,and a ballpoint pen,
a comb, a pint of Old Harper, couple of
flashlight batteries, and some Beef Jerkey.

The Old Harper was empty. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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"Opossum Benders"
Mid Mo. Chapter


[/ QUOTE ]

Didn't happen to see some panty's and a loose wire that ran to the ignition..., "Didja"... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif?

[hollywud]

When I brought the Buick home,When I pulled the Back seat to Install the speakers in the rear panels..I found A "Friskies Cat Food Coupon" That stated if you turned in 10 Friskies box tops..You got a FREE stuffed "Morris the Cat"Doll....Had to beLong to the Ol woman who Originally sold it!I thought that was pretty cool.It said at the bottom of the coupon.."Expires May 15th 1971" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[firengine103]

Hit a bump in the '57 Plymouth and pack of condoms dropped to the floor. Always made me think of the previous owners wife, Sweeeeeet.

[Bill.S]

Not a cool but a very cold and frozen wino,he was froze to the steering wheel of my friends grandpas 60 ford.
It was on christmas morning 1969.
Cops said he probably got in just trying to stay warm. sad!

[OLLIN]

These are hillarious! Dont know how I ended up this far back...but
When I bought my 50 chevy, it had been sitting at a mechanics shop for about 3 years in Santa Monica. The drivers side window had come off the track so anyone could get in. One time before I bought it I took a friend to show the car to him, and a bum sleeping in the back seat woke up! We were all equally surprised. We just left him alone. When I finally went to go pick it up we found a used condom underneath.
I guess I was the second owner because the glovebox had been stuck since the 60's. Inside was the original sales brochure/manual, about 12 years worth of registrations from the 50's-60's, old maps, receipts and papers. A little notebook with every oil change/service. A pack of chesterfields, and one of those crystal dashboard things that helps you see the signals. I thought it was pretty cool-like a time warp

[desertratrodder]

I picked up a very shot up 48 F1 truck a few weeks back. Hanging out of one of the bigger bullet holes in the door was about 10 inches of a very dried up rattlesnake.

The dogs must have ate it before I could take a pic..

[Bad Bob]

I bought a '63 Bug years ago and found some lacey panties behind the back seat. Can't imagine what was going on back there!

[Gary 4T950 Chevy Guy]

I bought this old roached out white 58 Impala
back in the mid 60's.
When I started cleaning it out I found......

Three Musketeers,ah,and a ballpoint pen,
a comb, a pint of Old Harper, couple of
flashlight batteries, and some Beef Jerkey.

The Old Harper was empty. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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"Opossum Benders"
Mid Mo. Chapter:D So that's where all that went Gary4T950 Chevy Guy

[Salty]

I bought a parts car (50 chevy more door for the back end that had no rust ...my 2 doors trunk panel and tail light panel was swiss cheesy) bought the car for 50 bucks...good thing it was a parts car....when I looked at it at the yard sale it was about 0730 and still cool out, when me and my pop picked it up after fetching the trailer I caught a wiff of something, didnt think much of it (bear in mind the car had not seen the road since 1965 and was VERY ragged out) I had noticed the the front seat was kinda weird...what was left of the apohlstry was all matted together but aged) I didnt think much of it yet again....got the car home in the after noon and started to strip it and could not stay in the car it stank so bad....(pulling the dash and pertinent keepable stuff) ended up cutting the roof off to get fresh air. saw the bloke that I bought it off of at the fire station a few weeks later and thanked him for the good deal but told him the car fuggin STANK....Stank so bad it was imbedded in the metal. He then informed me that the cars owner committed suicide in the sled by shutting himself in it in his garage and let the car run out of gas.... he lived by himself and when he passed out he fell over on the front seat. stayed there for months till his neighbors started smelling rotting body....he said they ended up leveling the house due to the permeation of the stench....I woulda thought the smell would have gone away (this was in 1995) The remainder of the car was hauled off to the local scrapper

only thing I found was my gag reflex

[Bad Bob]

:D So that's where all that went Gary4T950 Chevy Guy

Being a Graffitti fanatic...THAT'S FUNNY!!!

[old beet]

Bought a 67? Riv at police auction. No trunk key, busted it open , loaded .45 auto and 400 Springsteen (sp) tickets.....Day after the show.......OLDBEET....PS funny how many guns are found...WTF?

[thunderroad]

I bought a 50 shoebox got her home went to sleep the next morning I found a bum smelling of shit and whiskey sleeping in her. He asked me to keep it down, close the door and turn on the coffee. An hour later he helped me clean the garage and strip her out. Not bad for 10 cups of coffee and twenty bucks. He was thinking he was cleaning his new house.
I just bought a 54 customline and found my new girlfriend..lol

[skyrodder]

a service reciept from Rosewll New Mexico... i'm guessing thats where the car was sold new

[johnny bondo]

when i got my trunk all cleaned out i found a large bird skelton on top of the rear driver fenderwell. i laughed and shut the trunk. it was still in there the day i sold it. theres a 53 primer gray chevy running around california with a bird skeleton in the back. hilarious.

[JohnnyG.]

thought this was cool, not in the car, but in the barn next to the hood and 2 doors for an old dodge.

[FuelRoadster]

I found a bitchen switch blade in a early 70s Pinto at Ecology...about 20 yrs ago.
Its a pretty trick knife but it stays at home.
Good luck to the Drag Racers in Mokan,,,stay the course on the safe side.

[dadseh]

wrecked a 62 Holden and under the back seat found a handbook from 1962 titled" Your Job At GM" probably left in there by the guy that fitted the seat on the assembly line in 62.Must have been his first day on the job, it explained all for a first day starter on the line.

[HOTTRODZZ]

a 1958 rule book from Oswego Drag Way, but when I tryed to open it - it turned to dust....!

[Snappydwp1]

When I bought my 36 Ford 5 years ago it not only had the original tool kit with it but also the Ford tire pump that still had the cardboard wraping on it.

[OLLIN]

Im glad this topic got revived...this shit is hillarious.

[Ajtofelfa]

Found a cigar still in its wrapper under the carpet of my 59 Edsel. My brother lit up right away. :)

[Squablow]

Found a dead racoon in my '52 Chevy wagon that had been there for at least 20 years. Read thru this link if you wanna see pics of it.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121090

I've found a lot of old coins and shit like that, bought a flood car at an ins. auction in high school and found some lady's credit cards and a ton of prescription meds, had the sense to throw them out though.

I know there was another thread a while ago like this and a guy found a dried up dead guy inside a motor home in the desert? Anybody remember that thread, got a link?

[rustynewyorker]

You sure it's not this one, back on like page 2?

Place I'm going after stuff now someone's finally gone through all the trunks that would open easy. The Hudson coupe I'm trying to get just has a dented '59-ish Rambler 4dr rear door in it....

[Cruiser]

HotRodHon,

:) On the ring you found, call the Fresno High School they usually keep year books in the school library. Ask the school for the contact person for 1969 class reunion.

Be cool

Cruiser 49:cool:

[HotRodHon]

I guess I could give an update on this one.
.
Due to the HAMB, I was contacted by James Dooms, also a HAMBer, who called the Fresno High Alumni Association. They intern opened the yearbook and figured it could only be one guy. Jim Welman was the original owner. So we did a little more digging and found him up in Oregon.
He now has his ring. It was written up by the Alumni Association in there newsletter and THEN the Fresno Bee finally decided it was worth a human interest story. (since they didn't have to do any of the work)
Funny part is, he never had a 51 merc. Kinda makes you wonder how his ring ended up in the back seat! heheheh

Craig:cool:



HotRodHon,

:) On the ring you found, call the Fresno High School they usually keep year books in the school library. Ask the school for the contact person for 1969 class reunion.

Be cool

Cruiser 49:cool:

[CYRUS]

I guess I could give an update on this one.
Due to the HAMB, I was contacted by James Dooms, also a HAMBer, who called the Fresno High Alumni Association. They intern opened the yearbook and figured it could only be one guy. Jim Welman was the original owner. So we did a little more digging and found him up in Oregon.
He now has his ring. It was written up by the Alumni Association in there newsletter and THEN the Fresno Bee finally decided it was worth a human interest story. (since they didn't have to do any of the work)

Craig:cool:

That is cool! I'm glad it worked out. I was kinda bummed when I read your original post. You wouldn't happen to have a copy of the article you could share with us, would you?

As for me, I bought a parts car and I found an 18" pry bar, and a couple of LARGE snake skins. A couple days later, I found the snakes. They were MAD! A couple minutes later, they were DEAD!:eek:

[Cruiser]

KENTUCKY,

:rolleyes: When cleaning out a '41 Ford, I found vintage coins, some old insurance papers and a dozen WW2 gas ration tokens from the state of Utah. The whole time when I was cleaning out the car a big fat maybe fourteen inch brown lizard who keep hissing at me. I guess the lizard was pissed that I was invading his home. To this day, I still see brown brown lizards around the property, off spring I guess.

Be cool

Cruiser 49:cool:

[41fastback]

Found a used tampon under passenger seat of my first car, a 1955 Buick.
Bought it from my next door neighbor. Couldn't imagine him getting it on
with some chick, probably was his kid barrowing the car.

[propwash]

neighbor had a 47 Nash Ambassodor he was looking to sell - told me I could keep 25% of whatever I could get over $200 (this was back in early 60s). I decided it would sell better if cleaned up, so my girlfriend and I pulled the seats out and found an Model 94 Winchester lever action .30-30 carbine in a case, in near mint condition - I asked the dude if it was his, he said no...but he didn't like guns, so he said "keep it" - I still have it.

dj

[the "eliterate"redneck]

FOUND THIS IN MY 40 FORD FIRE TRUCK ITS SAYS FORD ON IT . WONDER WHAT ITS WORTH?http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/FORDREN.JPG

[JJK]

I was cleaning out a barn full of hay onetime for a friend down because they were wanting to tear it down. I finally made it to the back and found a smalll block on a stand so I asked the owner if he wanted the stand and block he say's keep the block but the stand is something I'd liketo keep. So i wrestle this in the back of my truck and take it home to run the numbers I get to the house and turns out to be a 327 from a 63 vette. On top of that I found a edelbrock performer a full set of SW GUAGES from the sixties a hurst shifter and assorted parts for some kind of projet not to sure what. Still it's the best thing I found to date.

[Sixcarb]

1951 La Times in the door of my Roadster.

[56KUSTOM]

not me but a buddy found my wallet from high school, another buddy had a 68 Bonneville in high school back in 74. well it was sold a bunch of times &amp; i guess no one pulled the back seat out this whole time.. fast forward to 1998, a buddy called &amp; asked if i had lost my wallet. when i ask why he told me he had it in his hand &amp; would be over in a little bit.... i couldnt believe it was mine, let alone there was my drivers license &amp; $5 still in it.....joe

I hate to sound dumb but whats "&amp" ?

[rickkane]

I bought a 64 Fairlane in 1972 from a friend of mine's older sister. She was 19 at the time and just bought a new Firebird. Her dad called me and told me to come over and get the car. When i got there it was still full of her crap. He started to help me clean it out. When I opened the Glove box rubbers poured out. Unused, thankfully.They were everywhere. I counted 240 I pulled out, I dont know how many he got. They were under the seats, in map pockets, ashtrays, trunk, everywhere. He was in shock. His wife came home while we were going thru it, and he started to go off on her. She told him to grow up, she knew her daughter was screwing and she gave her the rubbers. They were Italians, so you could here them a mile away. I stuffed my pockets and got out of there.

[Billy the kid]

I hate to sound dumb but whats "&amp" ?


I noticed that too.... I think it's "and"

[Pure Hell]

A unused Trojan from the day under the back seat of a '40 Ford sedan ... And a chick's swinging 60's diary of her collage days / nights under the back seat of a '68 Camaro ... Had ta figure out what it was ... Ha ....

[Mudslinger]

A few craftsman wrenches under the carpet of my 49 Ford.
A brand new set of keys on a wire under the radiator support on a 56 Merc.
Old paper shotgun shells and insurance papers out of a Torino.
A socket swivel and socket down in the frame of a Bronco.
Old ice scraper from a gas station way up in maine in another Torino.
and my fair share of old blacksnake skins.

[Bob the Ferret]

Well two things are pretty cool that I found....the first was when taking out the sean in my 1965 Tbird...I found sandwiched and glued to the bottom of the seat frame...a 1964 quarter...I figured it was there since the car was put together....

This other one is way cool and a bit puzzling....My brother has this 48 Chrysler that was sitting outside the house one day and it was raining pretty hard...(he wanted the car in the garage because the trunk leaked...but the garage was recently filled with some crap I had brought home and it wouldn't fit) When the rain stopped he ran out to dry out the trunk and was screaming mad because the trunk floor was now a bit bowed....He thought the rain had messed his shit up. Well after pulling all the crap out of the car and lifting this cardboard piece he found this big celefane/ceranwrap sqare...about 25"x25"....He took the plastic wrap off and found that in the trunk had been the blueprints of the Andrea Doria...and some other boat/ship that we knew nothing about...We had thought that the car had been a staff car for some time...but have no idea how that got in there...but its way cool. I think my brother has some of it framed.
Tim
MBL

I guess that would explain the trunk floor sinking

[oilslinger53]

weed

[The Hank]

this thread is a fucking riot!

AMAZING!

[BedPimp]

Got my '47 Plymouth back to the shop, and my buddy starts singing 'Greased Lightning' while I'm pulling all the crap out so it can be sorted. Halfway into the song I find an old picture of a high school production of Grease with my Plymouth as one of the stars.

Found a brand new Warrant "Cherry Pie" tape in a VW van I bought years ago. Drove the snot out of it and the tape was still unopened in the glovebox when it went on to greener pastures.

[1939fiat]

Ok, I was looking for parts for a 55 chevy.. I found one in a guys back yard ,that had been there for about 10 years, body was rotted, but still in tact..Couldn't get to close to the car as there was bees nest everywhere..So,we loaded it on a trailer ,and figured most of the bees would be gone by the time we towed down the road a few miles.
The friggin thing was heavy to load..
Got it home ,popped the hood,and it's a 327...4 speed car..that's cool...a bunch of old tires inside the car, (cragers 3.5 & 8")..cool..gets better,...
Popped the trunk, there was a "spare" block there.. it was an 09..
Not bad for a mornings work..


Not bad for an afternoon road trip.

[oilslinger53]

I bought a '63 Bug years ago and found some lacey panties behind the back seat. Can't imagine what was going on back there!

i think you bought that bug off me... i keep a pair of lacey panties behind the back seat in every car i own just incase i crap my pants:eek:

[Nads]

The joys of cunnilingus.

[Topless Ford]

I found a Chicago worlds fair 1893 columbian silver half dollar U.S. coin, a double headed quarter, and a couple of 1880s vintage silver dollars. Don't know what if anything they are worth.

[back yard bobbers]

i hear ya man, who doesnt

[bfink55]

a 44 mag with a 12"barrel and a few bullets wrapped up in an old stained pillow case . it was tucked into the seat back springs in a 66 chevy pick up i bought in the early 90's . had it for a few months before i found it and didnt see it untill i took the seat out to paint the inside of the cab......the seat didnt fold forward because gas tank was back there

[Doug B]

I bought a $50 Dodge van for parts and I found a nice old Buck 110 folding knife in perfect shape under the mattress in the back. 20 years ago and I still have it. (not the mattress....)

[Finktim]

I have sitting here laughing my ass off at these posts!

I had to take the door panel off my 72' Chevelle because the power window was working badly. I found about 30 used sanding disks and a shop rag clogging up the works. The previous "bodyman" used it for a garbage can then sealed the door up. Asshole.

The "bee story" reminded me of a few years ago, Elden Titus was at Starbirds place and thought it would be funny to sit in a fibreglass Batmobile shell that is sitting behind Starbirds shop and get his picture taken. He was only in it a few seconds when he discovered it had a huge hornets nest inside of it!!

[don-vee]

About 15 years ago I bought a VW Squareback From some dude in a trailer for 25 bucks. In the trunk was something intensely creepy-a pair of hip waders with bloodstains all around the crotch/penis area. Not exactly cool, but sorta, in a really odd way. At least I have a story.

[Zig Zag Wanderer]

brass knuckles.

[65 impala]

Found A Really Nice Gold Ring With Tiger Eye Gem In It Really Nice Piece In The Trunk Of A 69 Chevelle.

[BangerMatt]

First project my father and I undertook was a 1947 Ford Pickup. While cleaning out some of the interior we found 6 or 7 Bic lighters tucked in the rounded bottom of the dash on the passenger side.

[Quickponey]

Not only kool, but extremely valuable. The build sheet for my 67 Mustang S Code 4spd FB. 1 of 1 according to Kevin Marti.
Taped in a bundle to the wiring harness behind the speedo. Steamed it open and it is perfect.

[geekspeed]

So far in the 62 caddy - i have found: numerous "conversation hearts" candy in the trunk...the right side rear tire cover (the left side was on and in tact), a key that opens nothing, a few burnt out coils (upon further investigation I have come to conclude the previous owner was NOT an automotive electrician), and up front -- a picture of jesus taped to the dash. Funny thing was -- when the wife picked it out at the yard -- it was overcast...and getting ready to rain -- until we walked over to the caddy, and the sun broke through and shone right on it...The wife saw the picture of jesus and had to have it...we named her Grace.

[zephyr41]

A plastic baggy filled with an unknown white powder in the door of a van we were customizing. Of course, we immediately turned it in to the police.

And a 1963 Toledo newspaper with an article about JFK in the trunk of my '61 Lincoln Continental convertible.

[Drive Em]

I found a 3/8" air ratchet behind the left rear interior quarter panel on my '73 Torino. It was behind the glued on paper dust shield, so it had to have been left there at the factory. On my '64 falcon wagon, there is a very large blood stain on the white headliner that looks like someone could have lost their brains in there.

[HotrodVon]

A 1948 penny in a '54 Ford Vicky when I pulled the original floor mat out.

Keven

[Billybobdad]

In about 1976 or so I bought a beater 60 El Camino complete with Grateful Dead bumper stickers and orange shag carpet. About a week or two after I bought it I noticed little green things sprouting out of the orange shag carpet. Upon further examination it became evident there were about 100 little pot plants sprouting from the carpet. conclusion: Dirty shag carpet, lotsa seeds, + moisture = rolling plantation.

[Still Runnin]

There are two things I am affraid of: fire & snakes. Brought home a 1923 Buick and was digging through the interior and found cool parts and pieces, and also a SNAKE! Which of course dropped out of the car into the car port.
I spent the next hour or more cleaning everything out of the car port trying to find it so I could kill it. If I didn't find it and kill it I'd have to move. LOL It was big, fat and I'm told a bad snake. I did find it and killed it at least 3 times dead. Did I tell you I'm affraid of snakes. LOL

[INLAW MODEL A]

I found my mother in-laws comb from 1959 between the dash and windshield on our Model A.

[Engine Pro 5X]

The neighbor girls virginity!! Damn I miss that neighborhood>>>>.

[don-vee]

There are two things I am affraid of: fire & snakes. Brought home a 1923 Buick and was digging through the interior and found cool parts and pieces, and also a SNAKE! Which of course dropped out of the car into the car port.
I spent the next hour or more cleaning everything out of the car port trying to find it so I could kill it. If I didn't find it and kill it I'd have to move. LOL It was big, fat and I'm told a bad snake. I did find it and killed it at least 3 times dead. Did I tell you I'm affraid of snakes. LOL
Hey, at least it wasn't a snake that shot fire out its mouth when it hissed. That could have been REALLY traumatizing for you.

[brandon]

nothing of real value....but i thought it was pretty neat that the previous owner of my anglia worked at nickey chevrolet.....the hp capitol of the midwest....and this guy is driving a 10hp car....:eek: the other thing with this car was in it ....but rather on it.... after having it media blasted , one door still had a ink stamp from the steel company in england..... richardson steel....got a pic of it on my old computer somewhere..... brandon:D

[55 dude]

a box of pictures and personal items and went to the effort to track down one of the relatives to return it. they returned the favor by letting me haul off 2 55' chevy belairs,a 60' impala 2dr and a 64' pontiac catalina convertable that they had been fighting over. the grandaughter felt this was the only way to end the fighting. the pictures in the box had all the relatives standing next to said cars in the past at one time. still get a calls from the granddaughter thanking me for the picks and it's been over 25 years ago.

[KernCountyKid]

During teardown of our long time family owned rod I found:

1. A crucifix shaped Easter Sunday bookmark from my parents church.

2. A serial number tag from a new gun with my Dad's last name handwritten on it.

[KernCountyKid]

Also, my Grandpa told me he used to let one of his buddies keep naked polaroids of chicks he had banged hidden in one of the headlight buckets of our Panel truck.

Must have been a sentimental guy (or serial killer).

[Rockettruck]

Back in '93 or '94, I bought a '67 Olds Cutlass from a good friend who had already taken the engine and trans out. The remaining hulk cost me $20 and I planned to part it out. I was pulling out the carpeting (shot) from around the legs of the front seat and I saw a flash of silver!

I guess that sometime back in the late sixties, someone had bought a roll of dimes to use for parking meter money and I had found the remainder of the roll, under the edge of the carpet! They were all silver dimes, 28 or 29 coins in all and roughly half of them were the older "Mercury" dimes.

I still razz my buddy about that from time to time!

Rockettruck

[Captain Zoom-Zoom]

This goes way back when my dad bought a '64 Ford off a guy who was stumped with a noise he had in the car since it was new; every time he would turn right there would be a clunking noise from the backon the right side, but he could never figure it out! Soon after we bought it, I was sitting in the back seat and as we rounded the corner,I heard the noise coming from the back door. Dad pops the interior panel off and reveals a 1/2 in. wrench on a string tied at an angle so it would slide side to side with a note saying," Ha ha, I got you!" Dad figuered it was done by someone on the assembly line! I still have the wrench(Gray Ind.)

[terrarodder]

I found a 1939 owners card in the glove box of my 37 Terraplane that I bought in 85.

[kustomkat50]

I had 4 black widows in my trunk!

[northern skink]

Found over a dozen G-spots, vintage mid-1950s to mid 1960s in a 1957 Studebaker President four door I had in the early '80s.

[sailin]

Today I was telling my mom about this thread and she told me something I couldnt believe... Back in the late 70's my dad and friend were looking at a car at an auction house, they sold furniture and all kinds of stuff and once in a while a car. My dad and his buddy found $20,000. in the glove box of that car!! They turned it into the auction house. My dad's gone now but mom is still pissed at him about that! Amazing!

[Tin Indian]

When I got around to cleaning out the trunk of an old tbird I just bought, I found a bottle of Jack daniels wedged inbetween the back seat and trunk floor. That was a happy hour.

[mac762]

In about 1976 or so I bought a beater 60 El Camino complete with Grateful Dead bumper stickers and orange shag carpet. About a week or two after I bought it I noticed little green things sprouting out of the orange shag carpet. Upon further examination it became evident there were about 100 little pot plants sprouting from the carpet. conclusion: Dirty shag carpet, lotsa seeds, + moisture = rolling plantation.
I looked at a early 80's Z-28 Camaro that was sitting around without the T tops for what looked like years. There were a few little pot plants growning out of the carpet. The whole damn car was covered in moss too.

[DrJ]

Years ago, back in "The age of Aquarius," as I was driving up Pacific Coast Highway I opened up the glove box of one of my sports cars one and there was a pair of Red & Black lace panties in it.
I had no idea, (or memory,) of how they got there...and my passenger didn't recognize them either...

[JasperCJ5]

I found some 9MM pistol shells in the cab corners I was cannibilizing from an old 55 cab. Found them the hard way and had to patch a BIG hole in the corner and toss the jockeys.

[downhomegirl]

honestly the coolest thing i've found was a lighter just when i needed it.

some of the things i've left in cars have been interesting, once i bummed a ride with my friend in her moms car, i had a back pack with me with some clothes in it and i didn't notice when i grabbed it out of the back that my cigarettes and a bra had fallen out... she had some explaining to do...
also had to hitch hike once (or twice) and left my cell phone in a semi..
i can't even imagine the stuff the new owner of the Eagle i had in highschool found...

[567trishop]

pulled out the headliner in my 55, and found just the snake skin, had the same feeling

[Doc Squat]

I hadn't thought about this for years, but the first ride I ever had was a 35 Ford pickup I bought from my buddys grandfather. He was a chicken farmer. Used the pickup to haul hay, dead chickens and chicken shit. Hadn't rolled the windows up for years so I found a lot of chicken shit inside , outside and in the bed. What I did find was a six foot wooden propeller in the bed. Can't remember what I did with it but would like to have it back now.

[BigO]

A "For Sale" sign...

[SaltCityCustoms]

I once was digging around in an old car, I looked up and saw the rear view mirror and in the reflection was the coolest thing I have EVER seen.......

[Ratty55]

When dad was working on the driver's side door of his 55, he found a chevron oil credit card. I looked up the guy's name on anywho.com somewhere out in California. Turns out he was the original owner and still alive. Dad and him talked for an hour or so. Found out why there were two extra holes in the firewall and the dash was bent so bad. The guy had installed an aftermarket A/C system and those were the freon lines.

[51Fourdoor]

I bought my 1st car in 1976 from my uncle, a '51 Ford 4 door (thus my screen name). Drove it through high school till the motor gave out. Never sold it, still got it but it's been sitting a LONG time. A few months ago, I'm messing with it and see the glove box about to fall apart, so I'm going through it and find some old gas station receipts that my cousin had signed back in '75. He was two years older, knew EVERYTHING about cars (at least I thought so at the time), always looked up to him. He passed away suddenly at age 32 in 1991. Obviously not of value to anyone but me, but I'm glad I have them.

[skullboy]

i havnt ever found anything interesting in any of my cars but

my mom recently bought an 04 avalanche off a used dealers lot and inside the centerconsole was a few unused shotgun slugs and a cigar. the next day my mom brought them to the dealership handed them to the manager and told him he needs to teach his employee's how to clean better

who ever ends up with my current daily driver 87 camaro if they ever take apart the dash they will find a cheap pos 9/16's socket that fell when i was installing the new dash. if it was a craftsman or snap on id have taken the dash part to get it but it was the last bolt and i just didnt care enough at the time.

not car related but i found a half dollar from 1954 inside the couch today while i was looking for the keys to dads truck (still havnt found those keys ) :(

[kraka138]

i wouldnt say this is cool but my windsor when i got it there was litter of dead kittens under the seat....i guess the mother got locked out, while it was in the barn or something....but that deffinatly wasnt cool

[liljgoneman]

years ago, i bought a '67 jeepster from a school teacher here in town. as we towed it home on a rope i looked in the ashtray and much to my surprise there was a joint! i was young....... i smoked it!

[Buddha5150]

A couple of years ago My uncles (ratster & radical56chevy) and I where at one of there gold mines; an old junk yard from the 50's and I found 3 Coke Cola 1 gallon glass jugs. They where from the 40's and one was from 1952...They where worth good money on e-bay..lol..but the wife accidentally threw them away.:(:mad::(

[Six Ball]

In a '40 Woody a box of "I Like Ike" buttons and a Red Cross sign that had holes that matched some in one panel in the tailgate. :)
In a '48 Buick abandoned,striped and full of bullet holes in he Nevada desert a 2lb coffee can full of old casino chips almost $2000 worth but the casino didn't use that kind any more. :(
In my first car a '38 Deluxe Coupe I found a shifter knob and a leather key holder with a copper key. Both had logos from the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition. The car was a late '38 and exactly like my brother's '39 Standard. I was told that the key holder and shifter were on cars Ford sold at the exposition. :confused:
In the trunk of a '55 Chevy 510 a new Nicson 2x1 manifold for a 235 with linkage. :D
In my young aunt's '49 Merc, my brother & I always found LOTS of change under the back seat? :rolleyes:

[Abomination]

Your mom. :)

~Jason

[HevvyHemi]

When I was taking apart my old '55 Ford F-250, I found the original owners manual in a bag under the seat, as well as the original dealer promo booklet.

[rustynewyorker]

Ripped apart a '64 Gran Prix. Console compartment: A bunch of 1971 gas reciepts. Ash tray full of vintage candy/gum wrappers. A couple of older matchbooks - Winston, Tastes Good Like A Cigarette Should. Nothing spectacular - and no change at all, which was surprising, given I pulled the seats and carpet all out of it.

Also found a lot of muddy brown oil, it's at least a quart overfull probably because it's loaded with water. Engine may end up in the scrapper after all, but I'm going to pop the pan off first and have a look.


I think the most exciting finds of any of the cars I've torn up this year were in the '72 Pontiac I used to drive - some model train parts, about $7.50 in returnable bottles and cans, 5 new quarts of oil, and a bunch of cassette tapes.

[rodder001]

dont know if this counts or not.but one night after heading home from work I found two dead people in a car in my driveway..

[HOT ROD DAVE]

way back when, my ex-girlfriend in the back seat and a 12 pack of beer

[htweelz]

Not only kool, but extremely valuable. The build sheet for my 67 Mustang S Code 4spd FB. 1 of 1 according to Kevin Marti.
Taped in a bundle to the wiring harness behind the speedo. Steamed it open and it is perfect.

I found the build sheet for my '68 Mustang J Code GT Coupe in the exact same place. It also had part of the C Code in front of it.

[studedudeus]

Around 1980 I picked up a junker Chevy 2, and found a pair of Casler White Wall slicks in the trunk. They were in good shape, so I put them on my '55 and used them for a while.

[Von Rigg Fink]

dont know if this counts or not.but one night after heading home from work I found two dead people in a car in my driveway..


Wow!
I'd be thinkin its time to move!
maybe find a no kill zone to lay my head at night:eek:

[chaos10meter]

Not cool but a burlap bag with 3 dead cats in it, 54 Merc.

Smell never left that car.

[1935olds]

I found the Alemite oil change reminder for my 1935 Oldsmobiles first oil change in the headliner dated 1935.

[fear_nothing]

I found a grenade, too bad it was only a practice one. Also found a glove box full of 70's classic rock cassette tapes.

[voodoo]

a 30 day chip from Methadone Anonymous, a solid gold Gaudalupe ring and a sack of Snap -on wrenches.

[Rossco]

my wallet I lost 3 years ealier.

[DocWatson]

I know someone is going to find an Army issue Black G-shock watch in there rear door.
I was putting the door together in a BIG hurry for a customer at a mates panel shop. Had my arm inside the door but the watch was keeping me from reaching in fully. I popped it off and let it drop to the bottom of the door where I promptly left it, put on the trim and let the car go.
Fuggit.

[James66g]

I love this thread! In my 66 galaxie (pictured on my profile) that I purchased from the dead original owners son I found a hand stitched quilted pillow news papers showing mount st helens erupts! I found about a dozen or more St. Christophers medals in every corner of the car an unopened temptations eight track some huge movie star glasses and a utah travel sticker on the front and back windows were/still are la tourista stickers from many a trip to mexico. pretty cool. as soon as I finish the dyna matting and can afford a new interior I am stuffing all the st chris medals right back were i got em !

[hotroddon]

I worked on a Model A that had 1959 newspapers stuffed in the doors. Way cool.

My Mom bought a brand new Pinto in 1971. When I went to change a flat a couple of days after she got it, I pulled the spare tire and found a baloney and cheese sandwich in a zip lock bag. Wasn't even moldy yet! Guess that UAW worker went hungry that day.

[IRCOOTER]

Dragged home my new to me 50' buick found a 425 nailhead in the trunk in pieces with a dual 4 barrel intake and a 6 2barrel called the old owner was told ten years ago he was going to build his first hotrod took everything apart only to find out he had no clue how to put it back togeather paid 3000 for a really nice rust free buick torpedo back and got a little bonus thrown in.:cool:

[reversehalo]

I just gutted my '50 Caddy, and here's what I found. Note that the last time this car was registered was 1969, presumably parked since then.

Max Factor mascara tube, very blue color
A ballpoint pen for a sand and gravel company in Cour D'Alene Idaho
A wrapper for some sort of good humor frozen treat, with an add for a mail order genuine "pearl neckalce," not sure they appreciated the irony back then
a 1965 quarter
a 194? mercury head dime
Four bottle openers, two of the old wire style, and two can tapper style.

Given the amount of stuff lost and not looked for, it's not hard to deduce the last owner's priorities.

[31hotrodsedan man]

i parked my vette over the winter to rebuild the engine. its very calming to work in the garage while its raining but when i came back to the car i found grass growing out of the passenger side carpet.

[Abomination]

I used to be the designated driver every ladies' night. On a regular basis I had a carload of strippers. No shit.

Actually, it wasn't cool. :(

~Jason

[Smokin' Joe]

Cool Thread...WAY cool finds!!!
Up until recently, the coolest thing I had found was a bunch on coins from the 30's and 40's. Last month I bought a '60 Falcon that has been parked since '72. In the glove box was a stack of correspondence from the Ku Klux Klan. It was addressed to the man's father that I bought it from. There are window stickers, directions to a KKK Rally, letters of thanks, all kinds of stuff. The old guy died back in the early '70's and nobody ever looked in the car, I guess.

[Abomination]

There have been a couple of threads like this. I usually like to bring 'em back after they die - threads like this are too cool to be buried. :)

~Jason



Cool Thread...WAY cool finds!!!
Up until recently, the coolest thing I had found was a bunch on coins from the 30's and 40's. Last month I bought a '60 Falcon that has been parked since '72. In the glove box was a stack of correspondence from the Ku Klux Klan. It was addressed to the man's father that I bought it from. There are window stickers, directions to a KKK Rally, letters of thanks, all kinds of stuff. The old guy died back in the early '70's and nobody ever looked in the car, I guess.

[36tbird]

When I was replacing the rusted out rockers of my '36 pickup, a little license plate key fob fell out. It is from 1940, white with purple numbers and letters just like the Texas plates were that year. I have it stored somewhere right now, but I think it was from a Firestone store. Apparently, you would go in and buy some tires and they would make these little key fobs with your license plate on them as a promo.

[LowKat]

Bought a totaled 63-1/2 'R' code Galaxie to use the motor in my boat.
Found $17 in $1 silver certificate bills under the back seat.

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Bought a 1956 Cadillac Coupe De Ville serial #00003 from a local junk collector. No keys for the car. I figure there might be treasures in the trunk so I drop the key conversation. I get it home, pull out the back seat and find about 150 antique car radios in it. The radios went to the Pomona Swap Meet and I made back about double the purchase price of the car.

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Bought a '62 Corvette in 1977. Could only trace the history back 3 owners to 1971. In 1982 I pull out the seats to clean and find a 1965 credit card gas receipt. The address is only 70 mles away! I get a phone number through directory assistance, call and ask if he'd ever owned a 62 Corvette. He says yes, he bought a new one in late 1961......... BINGO

I ask if he wants to see the car again. He's very excited and does.... I cruise to his house in La Jolla. We talk about the Vette some, then I ask if he wants to drive it... He says "yea, let's take a short trip over to my warehouse and I'll show you my cars" He had several concourse European & Italian cars to drool over.

He tells me about each car. Then opens a large closet and asks me if I recognize anything.... There in the closet are the wheels, worn out original tires and hubcaps to my car. They are the optional 5-1/2" wide base wheels to boot. (The car had 66 or 67 caps/wheels when I bought it) Also got the original owner's manual, warranty book and a receipt from the Chevy dealer from new. Sure happy he saved that stuff for 20 years.

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Bought a Ram Air '69 GTO in the early 80's that had a bunch of porn magazines in the trunk. My buddies and I are looking through them and I spot an old girlfriend from high school, naked in a 1-900 phone sex advertisment. She even used her real first name in the ad.... Yea, a dumb blonde

[prl98]

My friend and I were tearing apart a '54 cad today and he was cleaning out the trunk and asked if he could keep whatever he finds. I said yes "what did you find a pile of money?" he then finds a small box down in the well by the 1/4 and opens it and there is an envelope with a $100.00 in 5's and a safe dep. box key with reciept with box #. Keep in mind this car has been sitting since 1974 so I don't think that the box is still there. Sorry allan (39coupe) he is keeping it.

[R. Seghi]

I found a bone under the seat. Too big to be from an animal. Looked like a human Femur. Car was a '31 Model A Coupe. Depression era. Lot's of shady stuff going on then. Hmmm, makes me wonder. I didn't keep it. Too creepy.

[I Drag]

I was working at a car rental agency and sometimes the renters would leave things in the cars. One day this lady comes in and says she left two things under the seat of a car she returned the day before. She hands me her receipt and I go to get the matching box for it from lost and found shelves. I put the box on the counter and open it and there's a huge vibrator and a handgun inside. I ask her: "Are these your items?" She responds: "Yes, they are." So I go: "What's the handgun for?"