The Ford Barn

bugsiegel · 03-25-2012, 07:18 PM

I once had a glimpse into the prep area of a used car lot and there was a shelf of all the little things found by the lot boy who cleaned out the cars.
Most of the things he kept were kids toys match box cars but I'm sure you guys have more interesting stories.

Scott H · 03-25-2012, 08:41 PM

1) Parts car towed to my shop, messed around with it for at least half hour to an hour, finally went around back and popped open the trunk to find a mother rat with her babies sitting on top of the spare tire.

2) different parts car towed in, opened the trunk and found 1/2 dozen blasting caps. Called the local police and they called the Sheriff's bomb squad.

3) pulled the cover off a car behind the shop and stuck my head in thru the window to look at the dash knobs...and was greeted by a raccoon staring at me from the passenger seat..

how's that for starters?

jim1932 · 03-25-2012, 09:38 PM

Thought it was a dead animal but was the remnants of a button on fur collar (probably rabbit). Strange as my uncle drove this car in. The 70's.

ford38v8 · 03-25-2012, 11:20 PM

This was a good find... Door panel was off to repair the latch on my '38. Found a thick paper gasoline credit account card and a "Beard-Mustache-Top Hat" For Mayor (Alameda CA) political ticket, both from 1938!

Binx · 03-26-2012, 07:12 AM

Found a pair of those short rectangular hippie sunglasses under the seat.

Lonnie

Vic Piano · 03-26-2012, 09:12 AM

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Not exactly what I found, but what my dad found in the glove box of my '48 Tudor one Sunday morning when I was in High School... Not getting too graphic, it was a girls’ under garment (a souvenir from the previous evenings Drive-In conquest). Those were the days... Vic

Displayman · 03-26-2012, 09:24 AM

I was replacing the carpet in our 1965 GTO convertible,
when I removed the driver's seat I found a marijuana joint, a bunch of Bobby pins,
a tube of bright pink lipstick, and many buttons off of girls' blouse's.
The original owner was quite the ladies' man I suppose.

Bob-Hampshire, Il.

dewickt · 03-26-2012, 10:04 AM

My neighbor owned a used car lot, he filled his tool box with a complete set of tools that he found in trunks, the rusty Craftsman tools went back to Sears and were replaced with new ones under the lifetime warranty.

B-O-B · 03-26-2012, 10:42 AM

Found a double barrel stagecoach type 12 ga shotgun in a station wagon from a junkyard along with the 00 buckshot. Differant times have found pocket change(pennys,nickels, dimes & quarters) under the seats.

Ken/Alabama · 03-26-2012, 11:55 AM

In 1979 I replaced the carpet in my 69 Camaro and found a diamond ring . Traded the ring and got my then girl friend an engagement ring and we are still happy after 33 yrs.

Scott H · 03-26-2012, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken/Alabama

In 1979 I replaced the carpet in my 69 Camaro and found a diamond ring . Traded the ring and got my then girl friend an engagement ring and we are still happy after 33 yrs.

yeah, yeah, blah blah...the important question is DO YOU STILL HAVE THE CAMARO??

jim1932 · 03-26-2012, 01:19 PM

My dad had a cougar he bought a school teacher friend of my Mom's. About a year later he decided to clean it out an pulled the rear seat and found a revolver. Turns out the friend had bought it from a rental car agency....at least that is what she told us.....

Neatest thing I found personally was a license from the 1940's

Zombiescustoms · 03-26-2012, 02:20 PM

I found some bullet holes in my Tudor when I had it soda-blasted, and when I took the original seats apart found one of the slugs.

ford38v8 · 03-26-2012, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Displayman

I was replacing the carpet in our 1965 GTO convertible,
when I removed the driver's seat I found a marijuana joint, a bunch of Bobby pins,
a tube of bright pink lipstick, and many buttons off of girls' blouse's.
The original owner was quite the ladies' man I suppose.

Bob-Hampshire, Il.

Bob, out here in the wild west, if you didn't find all of the above, the car had been owned by a spinster lady and had never been driven faster than 35 mph!

bart78 · 03-26-2012, 07:45 PM

Not a project but we have a 51 buick that is a rattle snake hotel. I guess the sun through the windows is nice for them. You can go look around sunset and there is allways 3 or 4 in the car,

jim1932 · 03-26-2012, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bart78

Not a project but we have a 51 buick that is a rattle snake hotel. I guess the sun through the windows is nice for them. You can go look around sunset and there is allways 3 or 4 in the car,

you go look for rattlesnakes?

Binx · 03-26-2012, 09:29 PM

It's a Texas thing. Tastes like chicken -- or so I'm told.

Lonnie

bart78 · 03-26-2012, 09:46 PM

We don't have to go look they like the yard durning the summer because the grass gets watered all the time.

oldbugger · 03-27-2012, 06:27 AM

I had a 62 Ford convert when I was 16, bought well used. After useing it for a couple months I was cleaning out the trunk, had the mat rolled back, when my Dad walked by and glanced in he spotted something I had overlooked, a pack of condoms hid in the corner. Really they were not mine!

Ken/Alabama · 03-27-2012, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott H

yeah, yeah, blah blah...the important question is DO YOU STILL HAVE THE CAMARO??

No, but I wish I did along with the 65 Mustang I had when I turned 16 .

03-25-2012, 07:18 PM	#1
bugsiegel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 248	strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects I once had a glimpse into the prep area of a used car lot and there was a shelf of all the little things found by the lot boy who cleaned out the cars. Most of the things he kept were kids toys match box cars but I'm sure you guys have more interesting stories.

03-25-2012, 08:41 PM	#2
Scott H Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wheaton, IL (west chicago) Posts: 558	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects 1) Parts car towed to my shop, messed around with it for at least half hour to an hour, finally went around back and popped open the trunk to find a mother rat with her babies sitting on top of the spare tire. 2) different parts car towed in, opened the trunk and found 1/2 dozen blasting caps. Called the local police and they called the Sheriff's bomb squad. 3) pulled the cover off a car behind the shop and stuck my head in thru the window to look at the dash knobs...and was greeted by a raccoon staring at me from the passenger seat.. how's that for starters? __________________ 36 1/2 ton pickup on 38 car frame with 1940 v8 24 stud

03-25-2012, 09:38 PM	#3
jim1932 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hancock, MA Posts: 2,818	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects Thought it was a dead animal but was the remnants of a button on fur collar (probably rabbit). Strange as my uncle drove this car in. The 70's.

03-25-2012, 11:20 PM	#4
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,639	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects This was a good find... Door panel was off to repair the latch on my '38. Found a thick paper gasoline credit account card and a "Beard-Mustache-Top Hat" For Mayor (Alameda CA) political ticket, both from 1938! __________________ Alan

03-26-2012, 07:12 AM	#5
Binx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Gloucester VA Posts: 1,042	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects Found a pair of those short rectangular hippie sunglasses under the seat. Lonnie

03-26-2012, 09:12 AM	#6
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,612	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Not exactly what I found, but what my dad found in the glove box of my '48 Tudor one Sunday morning when I was in High School... Not getting too graphic, it was a girls’ under garment (a souvenir from the previous evenings Drive-In conquest). Those were the days... Vic __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.

03-26-2012, 09:24 AM	#7
Displayman Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hampshire, Illinois Posts: 392	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects I was replacing the carpet in our 1965 GTO convertible, when I removed the driver's seat I found a marijuana joint, a bunch of Bobby pins, a tube of bright pink lipstick, and many buttons off of girls' blouse's. The original owner was quite the ladies' man I suppose. Bob-Hampshire, Il.

03-26-2012, 10:04 AM	#8
dewickt Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 24	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects My neighbor owned a used car lot, he filled his tool box with a complete set of tools that he found in trunks, the rusty Craftsman tools went back to Sears and were replaced with new ones under the lifetime warranty. __________________ Terry

03-26-2012, 10:42 AM	#9
B-O-B Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ft Mohave,Az Posts: 2,011	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects Found a double barrel stagecoach type 12 ga shotgun in a station wagon from a junkyard along with the 00 buckshot. Differant times have found pocket change(pennys,nickels, dimes & quarters) under the seats.

03-26-2012, 11:55 AM	#10
Ken/Alabama Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,455	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects In 1979 I replaced the carpet in my 69 Camaro and found a diamond ring . Traded the ring and got my then girl friend an engagement ring and we are still happy after 33 yrs.

03-26-2012, 01:19 PM	#12
jim1932 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hancock, MA Posts: 2,818	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects My dad had a cougar he bought a school teacher friend of my Mom's. About a year later he decided to clean it out an pulled the rear seat and found a revolver. Turns out the friend had bought it from a rental car agency....at least that is what she told us..... Neatest thing I found personally was a license from the 1940's

03-26-2012, 02:20 PM	#13
Zombiescustoms Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 26	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects I found some bullet holes in my Tudor when I had it soda-blasted, and when I took the original seats apart found one of the slugs. Last edited by Zombiescustoms; 03-27-2012 at 07:21 AM.

03-26-2012, 07:45 PM	#15
bart78 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stephenville tx Posts: 1,019	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects Not a project but we have a 51 buick that is a rattle snake hotel. I guess the sun through the windows is nice for them. You can go look around sunset and there is allways 3 or 4 in the car,

03-26-2012, 09:29 PM	#17
Binx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Gloucester VA Posts: 1,042	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects It's a Texas thing. Tastes like chicken -- or so I'm told. Lonnie

03-26-2012, 09:46 PM	#18
bart78 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stephenville tx Posts: 1,019	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects We don't have to go look they like the yard durning the summer because the grass gets watered all the time.

03-27-2012, 06:27 AM	#19
oldbugger Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Holland Mi Posts: 761	Re: strange things you've found in your newly acquired projects I had a 62 Ford convert when I was 16, bought well used. After useing it for a couple months I was cleaning out the trunk, had the mat rolled back, when my Dad walked by and glanced in he spotted something I had overlooked, a pack of condoms hid in the corner. Really they were not mine!