JamesR Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Non-automotive related or automotive related, it doesn't matter. It could be in an old unrestored car you just bought...or in a junked car in a barn or field that you were looking through (we've all done that.) I mentioned on another thread that my '61 Mercury had some old beer cans under the front seat. They were old, and some of the breweries weren't in business anymore, I think (unfortunately I tossed them all, which I regret.) I thought it was funny, because the original owner family told me that the Grandpa only used the car to go to church or to go on vacations. I actually think Grandpa dropped Grandma off at church, then headed for the liquor store. 😄 And, who knows, maybe Vegas was a regular vacation spot. Interested in hearing your stories. Edited March 24, 2019 by JamesR (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 a 20 dollar gold piece from 1879................ cant tell you how excited I was! not really...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I had a bunch of old (empty of course) beer cans in my 57 DeSoto. The rear speaker had fallen out and the beer cans would roll around the deck until they fell into the trunk. Empty it out once a month or so wheather it needed it or not. Dave S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackofalltrades70 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Infoubd a 1955 Nudie girl calendar in the trunk of a 1948 Olds I parted out. Cannot post the picture unfortunately. This is a family site Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 St. Christopher medal, assorted Italian coins, Italian insurance papers, Italian mouse excrement in my '67 Fiat Giardiniera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Not found in a car, but when I was 5 years old I found one of those leather key cases that hold a key or two in a junkpile near our house. Embossed with "Gardner Oldsmobile " - a local dealer. Fast forward 45 years and my 35 Dodge (also my first antique auto) was ready for the road. Was looking for an appropriate key chain for it and remembered I still had that one. Put the key in it and enjoyed finally using it. Lost it within a week! grrrrrr Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 A small cardboard tag printed " Atkinson Spring Company, Hamburg NY" plus it listed ( typed in ) the size of the seat cushion. This was in a Derham bodied 1931 Franklin Airman victoria brougham that Enos Derham later identified for me as the car he built for the 1930/1931 ( end of year) Chicago and New York custom body Salons. I found it when I was restoring the car 40 years ago tucked into one of the bottom front seat spring cushions. That car is now owned by a good friend in Pa. and was at the 2018 AACA Elegance at Hershey event. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 When I am out driving around in a classic/collector car, I have found my sanity. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I found a 1948 Quarter under the carpet of a 1948 Chevrolet once. Another time I found a 1928 penny in a Model A Ford. But the best was under the seat of a 1929 Packard I found an entire tool kit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I found a Breitling watch that I was able to turn into $650. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I pulled original carpet and seats out of a 1950 Buick to repair the front floors. Stuck in the black tar/sealer that seals the seams on the drivers side rear wheel well. Was a flyer stuck in the sealer. It showed the three people running for president in the local/factory union? Not sure if it was just for the assembly plant? or factory? All three look like no one you would want to make mad. Not a smile on any face, just a very serious look. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Dragged a 72 Chevy pickup cab home a few years ago. Took out the seat and found a rattle snake skin under it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 3 vials of cocaine in one of my Corvettes. 3 hand guns in a '65 Chevrolet wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, GregLaR said: 3 vials of cocaine in one of my Corvettes. 3 hand guns in a '65 Chevrolet wagon. Whoa! I hate to say this, Greg, but there's a disturbing pattern developing there! 😄 Actually, I'd love to find an old Luger P 08 in a Mercedes or maybe a Webley revolver in a Jaguar sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) Quote A bag full of 1940's condoms in the trunk of a '47 Buick Roadmaster. There still there in this HPOF car. Love preserving history. Edited March 25, 2019 by 61polara (see edit history) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, GregLaR said: 3 vials of cocaine in one of my Corvettes. 3 hand guns in a '65 Chevrolet wagon. So who was chasing who? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan arnett (2) Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 When t I got my 1930 Buick touring I started removing the interior and found leather loops originally designed to hold glass bottles of shine. No moonshine but the engine did have a split manifold an dual carbs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, GregLaR said: 3 vials of cocaine in one of my Corvettes. 3 hand guns in a '65 Chevrolet wagon. Did you buy them from the same person? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I had to go digging for it. I bought a 1955 Desoto, and this was in the glove box. A Car Craft book/magazine from January 1955. It has part 3, on a desoto hemi build in it. Guessing that is why the desoto owner bought it. Any one know the staff members listed inside. It also has the best of the best from the 1954 International motor review. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) ^^^^^^ The Porters Muffler Shop pickup is restored and in the NHRA Museum in Pomona. Bob Edited March 25, 2019 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Is the super streetliner sports car, on page 32, bottom middle still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I bought a 1970 Caddy convertible in 1996 and after several months looked under the carpeting in the trunk and found an old envelope full of coupons. While looking through the coupons I noticed some green paper which turned out to be a hundred dollar bill and two twenties. All of the bills were from the early '70s so they had obviously been in there for a while.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Xander Wildeisen said: A Car Craft book/magazine from January 1955. Any one know the staff members listed inside. Robert Petersen - Publisher and Founder of the Petersen Museum in California. Wally Parks - Founder of the NHRA The Others - ??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 5 hours ago, JamesR said: Whoa! I hate to say this, Greg, but there's a disturbing pattern developing there! 😄 Yes, they all come in 3's. I suppose if I'd had both cars at the same time I could have done all the coke, then hit a liquor store with one of the guns and ended up doing 3 years for armed robbery.😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Found a road tar encrusted 1919 York. PA Bicycle License tag (really a wide aluminum strap like a zip tie) holding the wires for added turn signals on a Model A we restored. Surprised to learn that bikes needed licenses back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Surprised to learn that bikes needed licenses back then. all about the revenue stream................ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 11 hours ago, Xander Wildeisen said: I had to go digging for it. I bought a 1955 Desoto, and this was in the glove box. A Car Craft book/magazine from January 1955. It has part 3, on a desoto hemi build in it. Guessing that is why the desoto owner bought it. Any one know the staff members listed inside. It also has the best of the best from the 1954 International motor review. Xander, love the old magazines. I bought several in an antique mall several years ago - mostly Motor Trends and some now defunct titles dealing with hot rodding and customs...all from the fifties to mid sixties. I especially like it when they have classified ads in the back, like: "Corvette, 1954, white, good condition. $1400." 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) 1965 Imperial Convertible.: Not that thrilling, but peeling back original carpets revealed a handful of trim screws, nuts, washers, left during production. Plus center console mount height had to be trimmed with industrial strength sheet metal cutters leaving two 4" curlycue steel shards still laying there. Edited March 25, 2019 by drwatson spelling (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkEE Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Years ago Dad bought a 1927 Stutz out of the north east just from pictures. It was somewhat less than described. As he was pulling the door panels off to address some of the problems, he found a parking stub for the University of Washington - it had been a “local” car at one time. Not a fascinating piece on its own, but fun to trace where the car had been. I bought a 1933 Chrysler a couple decades ago when I was young and thought I’d discovered a hidden bootlegging compartment under the rear carpet. Years later I was to find out, that’s where the optional radio box went. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) A handful of these in the center console of a 1993 Cadillac Allante we sold a few years ago... Edited March 25, 2019 by Matt Harwood (see edit history) 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Nothing too thrilling but I did find old gas receipts in my '64 El Camino where the previous owner paid a whole .62 cents a gallon for gas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 21 hours ago, Joe in Canada said: Dragged a 72 Chevy pickup cab home a few years ago. Took out the seat and found a rattle snake skin under it. Joe, where did the pickup come from originally? As a Minnesotan I find that I don't often get to brag about the weather, but I have boasted that the furthest north poisonous snakes have been found is White Water State Park in southern MN. I sleep better knowing that they won't come as far north as my home in Minneapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbartlett Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 In the mid-1970s my father bought a 1968 Cadillac sedan. I offered to clean it up for him. While down on the front floorboard vacuuming, I noticed a magazine stuck on the firewall behind the glove compartment. I pulled it out and it turned out to be a program for a Houston Oilers pre-season football game in 1968. What made that interesting was the fact that I had attended that game, one of the last enjoyable outings I had before shipping out for Vietnam. That was the only game I had attended for years. Million-to-one shot running across that program. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Hudsy Wudsy said: Joe, where did the pickup come from originally? As a Minnesotan I find that I don't often get to brag about the weather, but I have boasted that the furthest north poisonous snakes have been found is White Water State Park in southern MN. I sleep better knowing that they won't come as far north as my home in Minneapolis. Came from Olney Texas about 14 years ago. Edited March 26, 2019 by Joe in Canada (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, jrbartlett said: one of the last enjoyable outings I had before shipping out for Vietnam. Thank you for your service. I was in the Army for two years in the early '70s and never went overseas but I always make an effort to thank all of the HEROES like you who went to Vietnam who weren't properly thanked when they got home. Thank you again.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filozof97 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Two ice scrapers from late 50s/early 60s - one with ad from local insurance agency, one with some tyre ad (Dunlop?). Some kind of circular military air calculator - probably from 50s. Car came from Wyoming, so it's not so unusual. Both in 1953 Benz. Old soviet medal, " ударник XI пятилетни" - work leader of 11th five years plan. Obviously, in 1966 Volga. Also peroid first aid kit, owners manual with average fuel consumption calculations on inside of cover; service manual. Soviet pornographic magazine with very strange content, probably from 70s or 80s in glovebox of my friend's 1970 Skoda 100. In every US car - beverage can pull-tabs. A lot of them. It's not classic, but my uncle once bought 2001 Skoda Fabia from old doctor with tons of documentation - bill of sale, bills for all spendings on the car - fuel, bulbs, filters, oil, repairs wiper blades etc. from ten years. In glovebox was a notebook, in which every ride was precisely noted - such as "Church, 21 XI 2002, 2.1 km, 10121 km, back home - 2.1 km, 10123 cementary,22 XI 2002 - 5.6 km, 10129, back home, 5.6 km, 10136km ambulatory, 23 XI 2002, 3 km..." etc. - and that for 50 000 km, for ten years! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I wrote about discovering a pre-1938 matchbox folded into my door here last fall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Walling Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I have found two 9/16"-5/8" box wrenches on 46 Fords. Both were on the same bolt on the rt side lower radiator in a place that is very hard to reach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizz Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 What a great thread. I’ve never found anything cool but What about things you lost?! I once lost three vials of cocain in a corvette . 😂 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbartlett Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Thanks for acknowledging that, Lebowski. It was Navy Seabees in the Mekong Delta and Parrot's Beak areas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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