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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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I had to pick up a prescription for my wife, so I decided to take my '76. I got about five miles from home when I thought I saw a brown leaf blowing around in my windshield wiper bay. I only saw it for a brief instant so I didn't think much about it. The next time I saw it, I realized it had eyes and was furry. The little bas... er... illegitimate offspring must have got into the Vette in the garage. I keep three mouse traps set all year round and he still goes into the Vette. Why not my wife's POS that I've been trying to get her to replace for about four years.

After I came out of the doctor's office with the prescription, I opened the hood but I didn't see any signs of a nest. I hope the little bas... er... illigitimate offspring got out at the doctor's office because it's 20 miles away.
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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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I was looking at my front suspension a few weeks ago and found corpse in the springs. He had probably been there for years.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 12:28 AM
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I found this one in the 75 Vette I just got. Car was garaged for 20 years. Looks like he was there for a while
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 09:52 AM
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Corvettes make great mouse traps.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:00 AM
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Hoping with you that it's out of the Vette! Chewed wires, nasty droppings, etc, etc... Perhaps it suffered a crushing defeat from the fan belt wrapping around it's neck!

Annoying critters - one of our family laughs is remembering the efforts we made to kill one of those suckers in our house... and the satisfying sound of everyone going YES! when the trap finally popped on his sorry head about 2 am one morning.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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You'll have to hold you breath when you drive now so you won't get the Hunta virus...
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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Found this guy in the heater fan on the wife's '03 daily driver. What a pain getting in there. One heck of a hamster cage ride when she put that thing on high.


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When I pulled the dash of my 1970 there was three fulll sized shrivelled up rats in a massive nest...

There was also wasp nests all under the car. It was a import from Louisianna to Australia.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by demonx
When I pulled the dash of my 1970 there was three fulll sized shrivelled up rats in a massive nest...

There was also wasp nests all under the car. It was a import from Louisianna to Australia.
Did they charge you extra for them!!!!
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 1975L82
I found this one in the 75 Vette I just got. Car was garaged for 20 years. Looks like he was there for a while
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Looks like something from Jurassic Park to me.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:15 AM
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i have the squirell problem, i have found sevral hundered acorns on my exhaust and in the engine compartment, they are nasty pests, good luck in getting rid of them
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by demonx
When I pulled the dash of my 1970 there was three fulll sized shrivelled up rats in a massive nest...

There was also wasp nests all under the car. It was a import from Louisianna to Australia.
French Kisses are like Aussie kisses..but Aussie kisses are down under..my wife is an Aussie,its my favorite joke that she hates.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by ghoastrider1
French Kisses are like Aussie kisses..but Aussie kisses are down under..my wife is an Aussie,its my favorite joke that she hates.
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