Weird things found in your C3?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2006
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OK, here's a can of worms!
Has anyone found any strange items either under the carpet, under the Park Brake Console or Center Console..etc?
The reason I ask is this:
I have found 3 iginition switches in my '76! One under the Center Console, one under the carpet by the drivers seat and one under the carpet behind the right rear wheel! All were still in a sealed plastic bag!!
Now I know that the carpet has never been removed and is the original since it has the sticker from a company in Ga. E.T. Barwick Mills with the yea,make & model and also was down pretty good in the car. Just wondering!
Has anyone found any strange items either under the carpet, under the Park Brake Console or Center Console..etc?
The reason I ask is this:
I have found 3 iginition switches in my '76! One under the Center Console, one under the carpet by the drivers seat and one under the carpet behind the right rear wheel! All were still in a sealed plastic bag!!
Now I know that the carpet has never been removed and is the original since it has the sticker from a company in Ga. E.T. Barwick Mills with the yea,make & model and also was down pretty good in the car. Just wondering!
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: Savannah Ga
Not a Vette but a 1970 Chevelle two door, old ladys car.Mint cond.Got it from an estate sale back in 1979.In the trunk was a small wooden box.I opened it up and packed in sawdust were 6 vials of liquid Moraphine!!!It was in those bottles that you have to stick a needle in to get the stuff out.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '07
Not a Vette but a 1970 Chevelle two door, old ladys car.Mint cond.Got it from an estate sale back in 1979.In the trunk was a small wooden box.I opened it up and packed in sawdust were 6 vials of liquid Moraphine!!!It was in those bottles that you have to stick a needle in to get the stuff out.
The ORIGINAL and bestest
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From: Toronto Ontario
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When I first bought the car, I was doing a good cleaning on it, and when I removed the ash tray, I noticed there were alot of cigarette butts under it in the center console cavity........long story short, when I removed the shifter console plate, it was absolutely PACKED FULL of cigarette butts!!! I stopped counting after 300!!!
What kind of lazy a-hole dumps his butts in there like that???
What kind of lazy a-hole dumps his butts in there like that???
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Hanover Maryland
During the frame-off restoration I found the usual items under the seats (change, business card from Ohio, toll plaza receipt from Deleware). But I also found a live .22 caliber long bullet. Hum????????: 
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From: Onley VA
In the map pocket I found an Illinois temp reg permit, for July 92, a reg renual for 94 dated 6-30-93, and an insurance card for 6-92 thru 12-92. The ins card also had listed a 84 chevy p/u, a 79 olds toronado, and a 57 chevy coupe with my Vette. The weird thing is I bought my Vette in May, 2001. Any one know its story?
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2020 C3 of the Year Finalist - Modified
isn't an interior find story, but.....
I was changing out the bulbs in my taillights the other day.....while there, reaching underneath the rear bumper and all, I found my rear pumper is held on my some vice grips.....yeah, vice grips...there was red overspray from whoever painted my car all over 'em....anywho, I got a kick out of it...
I was changing out the bulbs in my taillights the other day.....while there, reaching underneath the rear bumper and all, I found my rear pumper is held on my some vice grips.....yeah, vice grips...there was red overspray from whoever painted my car all over 'em....anywho, I got a kick out of it...
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From: Butler Pa
I was a little afraid to touch it though. 
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Long time ago ...
Many moons ago I was a used car reconditioning mechanic at the local Chevy dealer in San Diego. In fact it was so long ago my '76 was only a few years old 
at the time ....
We used to find all kinds of stuff under the hoods of cars and inside them, when we did used car inspections. Lots of them wound up in my tool box and I still have them today!
The biggest boon of course, was free gas back then. It was amazing how many cars came in for used car reconditioning with a full tank. We loved it! Amazing how many cars came in with a full thank, but left with just the 1/4 needed to be on our lot.
We had a system! We had several 5-gallon gas cans and a hose. No siphoning needed here ... all we needed to start the action was a bit of positive air pressure from an air line. Stick the hose into the gas can and the car's gas tank, and then pump air into the tank with an air hose for about 3 seconds until it flowed. Heck it would start right away and whoever was working on that particular car that day got a free tank of gas out of it! It was a small bennie considering they didn't pay us anything for our hard work.
at the time ....We used to find all kinds of stuff under the hoods of cars and inside them, when we did used car inspections. Lots of them wound up in my tool box and I still have them today!
- 3-cell all aluminum Mag Light
- Great quality remote starter button
- Distributor wrench
- Various hand tools
The biggest boon of course, was free gas back then. It was amazing how many cars came in for used car reconditioning with a full tank. We loved it! Amazing how many cars came in with a full thank, but left with just the 1/4 needed to be on our lot.
We had a system! We had several 5-gallon gas cans and a hose. No siphoning needed here ... all we needed to start the action was a bit of positive air pressure from an air line. Stick the hose into the gas can and the car's gas tank, and then pump air into the tank with an air hose for about 3 seconds until it flowed. Heck it would start right away and whoever was working on that particular car that day got a free tank of gas out of it! It was a small bennie considering they didn't pay us anything for our hard work.
