dangest things found in old cars

Found these two getting ready for the winter. When finally evicted they watched and hissed from the roof of the garage.

 

I'm restoring a '40 buick convertible at work right now. While we were tearing it down we found a couple combs, a bottle of pink nail polish, a 1960 tassle hanging from the rear view mirror, a senior class schedule, and a few other neat little things. I think the last time it was registered was 1962 in mass. if I remember correctly.. I thought it was pretty cool discovering that this car's last driver was a highschool senior in '60

 

Lots of things. Odd things. Things I can't speak of...*shudder*

I did find a small box containing three dried out rubbers, they didn't work.

Coolest thing was a cam drive cover from an old Triumph motorcycle, I have it hanging on the basement wall.

 

you tested them. gross.

 

Made a hell of a mess.

 

You can use duct tape on them.....

 

You mean with hair?

 

Didja have an ID for the liquor???

 

I'll have to add that to my notebook of things duct tape can be used for.

Should I peel it off fast, or slow?

 

does the trunk monkey have a shirt on that sats " World hide and seek champion"?

 

in one of the 54 fords i bought i was cleaning out the trunk area of rats and droppings i found a burlap sack in the rear fender well it rattled like it was full of coins but ended up being tire chains....

 

I knew it... I knew it.

 

Found October 1942 LA Times newspapers in my Deuce roadster doors !

 

Asbestos.

 

^Someone forgot to let the trunk monkey out.

I found was a silver dime and few pennies under the rugs in the '51 Cadillac I had. I also a rotten $20 bill deep in one of trunk side wells in the trunk of the '63 Riviera I had owned back in the 90's. Took it to the bank and gave me a new one.

 

I lost it. In a flood.

 

I found a nice set of long pilers under the engine cowling of a passenger aircraft once, if that counts.

 

i cant top the camonkat but i did find a revolver under the front seat of my buick had two shots in it kinda scary cause it was right next to the under seat heater......talk about packin heat

 

One dead animal, in a '55 chevy and a crack pipe in a '61 chevy pickup

 

Some places they're called mud daubers (I grew up in Virginia and Oklahoma and that's what we called 'em in both places) and some places call 'em dirt daubers (I lived in Texas and now Arkansas, and that's what they call them both places).

They're wasps. And those nests are a mess to get off cars and garage walls.

 

He looks good there! Can we call you possum?

 

when i was a kid me and my dad went and got a 52 chevy deluxe parts car and in the trunk there was a set of hubcaps with a note that said troy these hubcaps are for a 70 chevy i need ones for a 68 chevy the funny thing aboout it my dads name is Troy that one always stood out the most to me but theres alot more

 

I found the remains of a cat in the trunk of a '59 chevy... called my little girls over to see the kitty... scared them for life.

 

I lost my wife too. But her name weren't Idy, and it
weren't in no flood.

(You guys are sick. I love checking in on this thread!)

 

Holy, freakin, _____________. I just laughed my balls off. Kinda looks familiar.

 

Do they come with certificates of authenticity ?

 

pair of old ray-ban aviators in the seat of the 66' (which i cant find at the moment) and some old swapmeet tickets in the airvents of the f100.
found alot of bad wiring in both of these trucks. but i wasnt as excited about that.

oh! and some fircrackers in the gas tank of a 59 f100 we had. no ideas

 

You lost the seat of your '66?

 

The original option punch card, in my 1950 dodge, intact and readable. not that weird in it self, that is until you consider the condition of the car, it sat on a mountain road for 10 years, and was burred up to the windows from a landslide, and had water running through it.

 

looks like you may need a box of these if your adventures continue