What did you find in YOUR project car...?

[rwhite692]

PHR had a neat sidebar item in the current issue about stuff found in cars when being cleaned up, or torn down for a rebuild. Let's continue it here.

My 66 Chevelle: Ashtray full of .38 Cal Bullets (seriously), Under the seats: three plastic army men, a duncan yo-yo, and a roll of those nasty Necco wafer-candy things.

My 69 Camaro: a belt buckle, enough dog hair to weave a sweater for a baby Eskimo, and a LOT of loose change...like $19 worth.

[rocketrod]

Loose change, remote for car stereo and a dead field mouse behind the driver's side kick panel.

[98ssnova]

I found 3 shotgun shell and like 5 bucks in change. The guy told me would get shot at all the time. I guess his neibours(sp?) didn't like him.

[XcYZ]

What did you find in YOUR project car...?

Colorful additions to my vocabulary, which oddly enough, most of those words I have filtered out from being used here on the Forums. :lol:

[Mikael A]

Rust and lots of it.

mike a

[John S]

Memories!!
Since I am the original owner when I tore the car down for paint and interior I found a lot of little things under the back seat from my kids.

My youngest is in her second year of college now, damm I feel old.....

[jski67]

My car was stored in my sisters garage for 5 years before I started
the most recent rebuild.

I'm guessing it was mice that carried about 50lbs of dry dogfood throughout
the entire car. Under every seat, under the dash, in the air cleaner, you name it.

Cleaned up easy enough, but was pretty weird.

Jason

[BC69]

A note from someone's wife telling him she was leaving him...and why!

No Lie! It is about 5 pages long, and reasons include:

Golf
Cars
TV

Tim

[awr68]

Lots of unusable car parts...I think the seller saw the sale of the camaro a good time to clean the garage!!

No change under the seats as this car was partially torn down already. But I did find an insurance card in the ash tray....

[Dayton]

In my 69 Camaro, I found the POP and the window sticker.

[andrewmp6]

i found a mouse nest in my mustang heater box was full of mummy baby mice.oddest thing i ever found in a car was a 06 mustang there was a small can with a lid on it inside the drivers door with a note that said f**k you. guessing theres a mad worker at the mustang plant.

[DRJDVM's '69]

Nothing real wierd..... just some old tools between the trunk extension and quarter panel. A couple of rusted screwdrivers and about 6 wrenches.

[race-rodz]

early 70's caprice, 454/t400 donor car, upon gutting it we found about $800-$1000 stuffed into every loose spot of carpet, door panels, etc..... not bad for a $300 parts car. turns out the old man that owned it used it to go to reno, everytime he went, he hid gas money for the trip home


that was by far the best find in a car, other honorable mentions are...rats, snakes, possums, spiders, hornets, found a really old 22 pistol in the "box" area under the seat of a early mustang.

[ProTouring442]

I found a wrench up on top of the X part of the frame on my '61 Impala. We didn't find it untill we had pulled the body from the frame.

I also found a very nice Cold Steel knife in the trunk of one car.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[JMitch19]

I found about 8 roaches (not insects) and a marijuana leaf key chain with built in roach clip in the ash try and a classic Bud 40oz in the trunk. My car hadn't been driven since the early eighties and the guy I bought it from look like he thought it was still 1974. You'd think if you are a weed smoker it might be a good idea to clean out the ash tray before selling your car.

[Bandit Ls-1]

In my 79 T/a i found about $15 in change, also found .22 bullets in the trunk, a really kool old zippo, also i found a letter from a high school telling the parents that their kid is in great danger of not graduating high school and that night school is required lol.

In my chevelle it hasnt been torn apart but i found the old 4spd shift knob in the side pocket holes in the trunk, and when i was replacing a kicker speaker i pulled the pod out and theirs a lil space behind it i found a 3pack of condoms but with only 2.... lol good thing i detailed the car and shampooed those seats.

[7TSS]

early 70's caprice, 454/t400 donor car, upon gutting it we found about $800-$1000 stuffed into every loose spot of carpet, door panels, etc..... not bad for a $300 parts car. turns out the old man that owned it used it to go to reno, everytime he went, he hid gas money for the trip home


that was by far the best find in a car, other honorable mentions are...rats, snakes, possums, spiders, hornets, found a really old 22 pistol in the "box" area under the seat of a early mustang.

I feel cheated. All I found was 58 cents change LOL.

[GM Muscle]

lots of corn.. everywhere.. there isnt a corn feild in a 10 mile radius but the mice packed that stuff everywhere.. id say it was about half of a shop vacc full!