Old junk found in our cars

[banjoQ]

I was working on my doors today when I discovered that I had not found all the evidence of the previous owner. Seems as if the doors must have been used as oversize glove boxes. Today's find was all from the fifties. Match books & boxes, a pack of Pall Malls, trading stamps, receipts for the dump, hunting tags, gas receipts, a safety razor and hiring paperwork from the Ca. Forestry Dept. The paperwork for the Forestry Dept. belonged to an old family friend.This stuff had been in there for at least 60 yrs. Just more evidence to show how something as ordinary as an old truck can effect our lives. It was fun to unfold the papers and take a look into the past. Anyone else find these kind of things in their cars and trucks?

[uncle max]

The back seat of my '37 must've been used as a small motel room.
Use your imagination...

[alan]

I had a 40 standard 4 door that had been used around an army base (camp Croft in Spartanburg, SC) as a taxi-lots of combs, small coins, knives and some of what uncle max was talking about--still have the coins and knives-let the rest go to trash

[ford38v8]

I had an experience like Uncle Max had with a '39 Tudor I had in High school. ...Or was the the next owner ?

[41panelmark]

My panel had co-op receipts and weight tickets and a check register from the 50's among other things.

[cmbrucew]

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Our 54 Mercury had a coin pack (personal protection) under the horn ring.

Bruce

Works good
Lasts long time

[Drbrown]

I suspect some of those items aren't needed by the original purchasers anymore.

[jkeesey]

My favorite was a wheat penny that fell through the floor next to the back seat and got lodged in the top of a friction shock.

[BILL WZOREK]

jkeesey ~~ HEADS UP or HEADS DOWN ????

[46fordnut]

when i got my 46 i was digging in the glove box and found medico filter box from a pipe. found g&h stamps .then the coolest thing of all i found the tags from a person that worked it the factory stuck under the rear seat. also found a unused scratch off from Exxon. then the weirdest thing i found was the first owners death papers ! why were they in the car ??? no idea.

[Sixseven]

old business cards from a restaurant with a telephone number format from long ago. I could just imagine the joint was either a candle lit table with a big band on stage or a drunk draped over a bar counter. I prefer the former.

[Newc]

Hi all; Ammunition from road hunting in the Western cars. Newc

[jkeesey]

Originally Posted by BILL WZOREK

jkeesey ~~ HEADS UP or HEADS DOWN ????

Heads up. The bottom was almost completely worn off.

[Vic Piano]

When we bought the '39 LZ I found out information about the original owner, he was a Doctor on the East end of Long Island and during WWII he was an Air Raid Warden. I found what's in the photo under the back seat...

[Mart]

How about this?



It's a little black book.



It had fell down behind the header panel in my 33 5W coupe.

Mart.

[Willit Stop]

Hey Mart....If you're ever in Kansas City that might come in handy.

[BILL WZOREK]

Originally Posted by jkeesey

Heads up. The bottom was almost completely worn off.

HEADS UP = GOOD LUCK ~ Have you found that to be true With the car?

[CT AV8]

Mart,
Previous owner must have been pretty busy. They're not even in alphabetical order...just kept adding them in.

[Andy]

The doors of a 32 roadster were completely filled with Sept. Oct.1956 Austin newspapers. One add said come on down to Capital Chevy for the first views of the 57 Chevy.

[trainguy]

Mart I wonder why they are Xd out??

[Vic Piano]

Maybe the guy that kept the "little black book" was a Fuller Brush Salesman and he crossed out the name once he filled an order...

[jkeesey]

Originally Posted by BILL WZOREK

HEADS UP = GOOD LUCK ~ Have you found that to be true With the car?

Ha, with that car yes. Others not so much. That owner actually gave me a pile of parts which turned out to be a complete Model A minus the body.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by trainguy

Mart I wonder why they are Xd out??

"Cuz they all have BIG wrinkles and gray hair now, and their phones don't work, either. DD

[jimalabam]

Now come on trainguy, the answer is ez. "Been there don that..."

[Marv]

Originally Posted by trainguy

Mart I wonder why they are Xd out??

Maybe he got turned down.

[D. Jones]

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All I found in my 1945 1/2 ton was mouse droppings and a "Coca Cola" bottle opener.

In the late 40's or early 50's my brother-in-law found a Parker shotgun under the back seat of an old car in my father-in-laws wrecking yard.

As you can see my luck at finding things of value is quite lacking.

[paleot]

When I changed the windshield in my 53 I looked at the date on the old inspection sticker , it was inspected on my wifes birthday. Fellow who inspected it is still alive I see him at the dirt track Races all the time.

[jim1932]

I found a 1947 license, unfortunately the owner of the license died a few years before I found the license

[pineapple]

I found this old Gates rubber company button in the kick panel of my 27 roadster ..

But the best thing ever, I wish I would have taken a picture, was a 22 magnum old west looking revolver, it was in a holster with a belt, all bailing wired under the seat frame of a 1952 plymouth concord I ended up with in a trade. It was loaded as well The car was from Granby Colorado up in the mountains, probably sort off rough in the 60's-70's. The plates expired in 1972. The gun was rusty on the side that faced the floorboards, other than that it seemed o.k. I sold it to a friend cause I was always broke back then..

Matt.

[TomT/Williamsburg]

This is a DD story but what the heck - bought an old wagon to knock around in and started finding change as I cleaned it up. Bought it for $300 cause it smoked. Turns out the guy never changed the oil and the oil holes in the heads were clogged for it to drain into the pan - hence the smoking engine. Once I fixed that, I drove it for over 8 years.

As for the change, they may never have "changed" the oil but every time they went to a fast food joint or whatever they threw whatever change they rec'd into the wagon. I found $78.00 in change in that car ....

[amodel25]

I bought a '50 GMC pickup for a 2nd daily driver in 1972. There was a fiberglass handle claw hammer under the front seat. It's still my primary tool for nailing and carpentry work.

[Karl Wescott]

Sadly, the death papers may have been necessary to make a title transfer.

[trainguy]

During the restoration of my 36 phaeton a ancient little round tin container containing petrified rubber objects dropped out of a secret hiding place in the back seat.Upon completion of the restoration I returned them for the future owners.Phil

[FL&WVMIKE]

Originally Posted by Vic Piano

Maybe the guy that kept the "little black book" was a Fuller Brush Salesman and he crossed out the name once he filled an order...

VIC PIANO ..................
You ARE a naughty man !
I know, because I have some of those.
MIKE (mikeburch)

[Rand]

Not my car but once rooting through a old Mercedes at a pick A part here in Atlanta I found in the glove box a free parking pass for Disney land and an old set of keys on a key chain. I still have them displayed in a frame in my office. Never found anything of interest in my 50 Merc other then the rockers packed solid with dirt and mud. Randy

[hardtimes]

Have found mostly old collectable coins and tools...most notable .

[4dsrus]

We have been in the Ford business since 1909. In the 50s when repairing a '50 Ford our body man found a 3/4 full whiskey bottle in the left rear quarter panel under the driver's rear window that must have been stuck in there at assembly so the assembler wouldn't get caught drinking on the job by a supervisor, another was a bottle with a note in it above the glove box on a '52 Ford that said, I bet you had an awful time finding this rattle. 4dsrus

[banjoQ]

Some interesting stories here. I like Mart's black book find, how many miles has that traveled? In addition to the truck and it's contents I am still finding spares for my truck that were rat holed away by my Father in-law. A trans, generators, carbs, starters, you name it. All gets cleaned up and packed away for down the road. Good stuff...

[Old Redneck]

We had a wash boy that clean the cars at our use car lot. He found a large roll of money under the front seat mostly 100 dollar bills. He search and found the owner to return it and the fellow did not even say thanks to him. We gave Richard a raise in pay and bought him a dinner to say thanks.