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I know this was posted several years ago but I am going to recover my seats and install new carpet in my 67 Coupe. Now I did not expect to find much because the car was built on Nov 8 1966 and it was only driven a few years till it was put into storage in 1971. But I have worked on other Corvettes in my day but here is whatI just found in my 67 Coupe. Under the drivers seat next to the drive shaft hump there was 5 quarters, 1 dime 1 nickle and 2 pennies for a grand total of $1.42 which don't buy much these days for a 67 Corvette. In the past I have had my grandson help me when he was about 10 or 12 and he found under s driver seat about $3.00 in change and a mans diamond ring. The diamond was not all that big but my grandson thought he found the Blue Diamond from Titanic. He was even more excited when I told him that he found it so he gets to keep it. He is 17 now and still has that ring. Besides other monies in other cars I did find a pack of condoms and some ladies phone number on a piece of paper and her name was Connie, didn't give a last name. Other then that just some fuses and other odds and ends in the glove box of a few cars. SO what have you found in some of the car you have or have had in the past from whom ever you bought the car from??
Last edited by Mike Terry; 12-07-2016 at 08:48 PM.
I found in my 69 Z when I restored it, an old bag of weed, like dust, two joints and a roach, an old *** bic lighter, 2 dollars in various change and a green thing you look through which has a naked lady on all fours showing sporting major 70's bush with matching blue eye shadow. Yeah it's a graphic **** pic that I got a kick out of.. it's in the top of my toolbox, I think I'll go look at it!
Haha, it's about the size of a tic tac box..
Last edited by 69z28&ss396; 12-07-2016 at 08:58 PM.
I found in my 69 Z when I restored it, an old bag of weed, like dust, two joints and a roach, an old *** bic lighter, 2 dollars in various change and a green thing you look through which has a naked lady on all fours showing sporting major 70's bush with matching blue eye shadow. Yeah it's a graphic **** pic that I got a kick out of.. it's in the top of my toolbox, I think I'll go look at it!
I found in my 69 Z when I restored it, an old bag of weed, like dust, two joints and a roach, an old *** bic lighter, 2 dollars in various change and a green thing you look through which has a naked lady on all fours showing sporting major 70's bush with matching blue eye shadow. Yeah it's a graphic **** pic that I got a kick out of.. it's in the top of my toolbox, I think I'll go look at it!
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When I replaced the carpet in my '92 I found a high school ID from a guy in St Louis. Tracked him down, he could not figure how the ID got there as he didn't buy the car until well after he was out of school.
I was hoping for some detailed history of the car but he was a bit fuzzy, could not remember who he sold it to, and gave me a name he thought but was not sure was the previous owner. Better than nothing I guess.
I can trace my 60 to about 1986 or so. That guy bought off of a john smith or Joe smith or the initials js but I hit a dead end. When I took my dash pad off i found written in paint "restored 1985 js"! It got me no closer to the mystery but at least I was excited for a moment.
I've never found anything interesting in any of the Corvettes I've owned, though it was nice to be able to get the 3 build sheets, that were loose inside my 81 when it came off of the new car transporter.
Years ago, I dragged a 62 409 Bel Air Sport Coupe out of a field. In tearing it down to restore it, I found a condom taped to the backside of the dash board!
A pack of Lucky Strikes (unfiltered), matches from various hotels/restaurants from the 70's, and an "Elastoplast" by Duke Laboratories (basically a band-aid)!
In my 54
- a quarter with the year I was born - I thought was pretty kool (still have it)
- huge mouse nest
- a key taped to the wiring harness under the dash
- a gym sock used as a backer in the corner of the hood where it was broken out
- mouse remains
- raccoon skull
In other Vettes
- Wood screws
- chicken wire
- rivets and alum plates
- alum grate
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In my 70 Chevelle I found a receipt from a burger joint in Michigan from 1980. In my 66 coupe, I found three small plastic children's toys about 1.5" tall in the pocket in the rear where the body mount is located. I still have them. My buddy owned a GM dealership in Iowa in the early 70's and a car kept coming back for repair for a noise in one of the doors. It drove the service dept. crazy. They took the door completely apart and found a small bottle with a note in it asking how long it took them to find the noise. You can't make this stuff up. Jerry
I've never found anything interesting in any of the Corvettes I've owned, though it was nice to be able to get the 3 build sheets, that were loose inside my 81 when it came off of the new car transporter.
Years ago, I dragged a 62 409 Bel Air Sport Coupe out of a field. In tearing it down to restore it, I found a condom taped to the backside of the dash board!
The previous owner must have been a Boy Scout!
As I related in another thread, before the advent of 'the pill' in the '60s, finding ladies underwear, condoms (in various conditions), porno mags and the like in used cars traded in to my Dad's lot. A pistol later discovered to have been used in a robbery and a Fender Telecaster my brother has to this day (with a small amp).
More interestingly, I found an early A/C Impala which had been modified to store beer in the dash A/C ducts for cold storage (several cans were 'on ice' in the trade in) and a windshield washer system modified to deliver Scotch to the passenger compartment when the dash button was pressed...
I found some grease soaked "roaches" under the console near the ash tray. A very worn out pocket knife in the body vent area. Probably was used during a painting. And, the 1976 Texas lic tag was tarred to the floor around the area of the gas pedal to repair fiberglass damage.
Found ticket stub from a drive in theater in Huntington Beach CA in my 1960. I live in MD but was told the car was originally from Calfornia and not driven for about 30 years. The ticket stub and battery in the car with a sales date in 1979 punched seem to make the story plausible.
12-07-2016, 08:47 PM
So what have you found in your car
