Things you have found in car during resto

[Mikes73]

Yes, great replies everyone. Thank you.

 

[mustbrad]

OMS, I found a joint of the green leafy stuff under the console

 

[72Bossclone]

Found quite a bit of stuff in my 72 when I bought it the interior and trunk was so full of stuff you couldn't see the rug or trunk floor.

List of my finds

$15 worth of change

All the original owners manuals and associated papers in the glovebox

The paper work for the replacement engine, stereo install from '89

Receipt warranty papers for tires from '89 along with the along with the check from them. These tires were still on when I bought it.

Original key tags in the mini console

Ashtrays were packed with ashes and candy wrappers front and rear.

The original oil breather and hose in the back seat

Receipts for gas for $1.98 gallon and tons of candy wrappers and some hairpins

Various clothing like jackets, a hat and some shirts

Bottles of oil and the oil change pan full of dirty oil sitting on the front seats

Now for the trunk

Spare tire and jack, also the spare tire cover and trunk mat

A bible and some school books

Socks, golf tees, golf balls, and some more wrappers and garbage

A new starter in the box

A set of felpro new in the box oil pan gaskets

Old set of antique plates last registered in '91

Various bottles of wax leaking and dried out

Key for the wheel locks

A chiltons manual for mustangs

And some various broken plastic pieces for the interior which I glued back together

Other interesting finds in junkyards were

71 convertible with $25 worth of change in quarters

74 cougar with nos parts in the trunk in ford boxes

74 mark 4 with trunk had rope, shovels, various hand tools, photos of random women in an envelope, and some interesting "manuals" and "books" lets just say I closed the trunk and didn't take anything from the car.

 

[Luke]

Box of gaskets fan belts etc all the receipts and a log documenting all expenses for a LE Monaro

Stocking mask, small bag of speed, small pry bar, HT premier parts car from tow truck company. This was a trip one can only join the dots

Girls undies, money, lipstick HG Monaro

Shotgun shells, beer XD 351 brought from tow lot

Small spanner cash HG 350 Monaro original sales brochure with option delete costs as per car

About 40 beer coasters and 20 match books in a valiant.

5 parking fines from out the front of a local brothel. Brought this valiant regal from an exclusive brethren. Asked him later he reckons he was painting shop fronts along that street. So I asked about the cards from a few of the girls working there in the ashtray no comment lol

My 73 Mach had 2 US 25 cent pieces and hundreds of hornet nest as it come from country QLD and it only got started and moved in and out of the shed for the last 8 years

 

[1972MustangSVH]

Wasn't in my Mustang but I pulled a well petrified dog off the top of a muffler I was replacing on a '74 Camaro. The owner said she'd thought she'd hit a dog several months prior and stopped to check. Not finding it she dismissed it thinking that it got away. It hadn't.

 

[1973grandeklar]

Wasn't in a Mustang, but my 1970 GTO always had a funny smell when you turn the heater on. Had to replace the heater core and pulled this all apart:

Several rolled joints in the defroster tubes and a used condom, yeck!

 

[Kit Sullivan]

I am the original owner, but when i restored the car in mid-90s, I found some rosary beads under the rear-seat carpet. Must have been from the factory.

 

[sm3570]

Wasn't in a Mustang, but my 1970 GTO always had a funny smell when you turn the heater on. Had to replace the heater core and pulled this all apart:

Several rolled joints in the defroster tubes and a used condom, yeck!

Oh man that's nasty lollerz

 

[OLE PONY]

Not my 73, but I bought a used Town Car and when cleaning it up inside I found a nice Montblanc Pen that originally sold for over $200. It also had an old cell phone under the seat too.

 

[72conv]

An old friend of mine used to deal in used Mustang parts, specialising mainly in '65-'66. This was back in the 1990s. I ran across a scruffy (but complete) 6-cylinder '65 Mustang hardtop moldering away in back of one of those "We Tote The Note" used car lots. The manager said he'd take $250 for it. I called Bob and told him about it, and he rushed down there the next day with his trailer and made the purchase. A few days later when he was taking apart the dash, underneath the remains of the cardboard glove box insert he found $125 in cash! Did he share any of that with me? Nope.

 

[GravY]

Under the carpet I found a match book, zippo type lighter, interior clips, and cigarette butts.. Also the build sheet.

 

[Luke]

Under the carpet I found a match book, zippo type lighter, interior clips, and cigarette butts.. Also the build sheet.

a picture of that zippo may be cool sometimes they have trick engravings on them

 

[GravY]

I'll have to figure out where I put it..

 

[adm22]

I found the build order under the front seat of my car. So I know when it was born!

I also keep $100 hidden in each of my vehicles. Sort of like the PIN money that Maverick had in the old TV show.

 

[rpmcarter]

the only thing I've found is that the seller LIED about having all the parts. My money was good...their story was NOT.