Money found in cars

[Gumpy]

I found a 1965 quarter and a plastic bracelet underneath my 67 camaro rs/ss...the car was painted purple over the original granada gold...I imagine a young college student owned it,,,,ucla parking permits on the rear bumper!

[jim1932]

I found a 1940's paper Massacusetts license.

[dave in australia]

Not in a model A, but in an old valiant ute I picked up and was dissmantling for spares for my other ute, I was getting a few parts from the engine bay. Out of the corner of my eye was some movement in the windscreen plenum, there was a rust hole between the plenum and the engine bay, common for valiants. I looked closer, and being a foolhardy Aussie, poked it the strange looking thing with my finger. It suddenly moved, and so did I in the opposite direction. I poked a snake that had coiled up in the heater box/plenum area. I told my neighbor who then got in the car with the snake and pulled it out of its 'house'. It was a five foot python and very angry about being disturbed. It got released into the local bush area, the only find I've never kept.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by peters180a/170b

i found a lot of chicken crap.....But there's a saying ..you always seem to step in crap. which is a good thing..So car was straight and just about rust free

Was it a chicken "COUPE" or a chicken "SEDAN?"

[Seth Swoboda]

Originally Posted by J Franklin

Bob/Kansas City

the active ingredient of your find, from wikipedia:Pharmaceutical use
Acetanilide was the first aniline derivative serendipitously found to possess analgesic as well as antipyretic properties, and was quickly introduced into medical practice under the name of Antifebrin by A. Cahn and P. Hepp in 1886.[8] But its (apparent) unacceptable toxic effects, the most alarming being cyanosis due to methemoglobinemia, prompted the search for supposedly less toxic aniline derivatives such as phenacetin.[9] After several conflicting results over the ensuing fifty years, it was established in 1948 that acetanilide was mostly metabolized to paracetamol (USAN: acetaminophen) in the human body, and that it was the paracetamol that was responsible for the analgesic and antipyretic properties.[10][11][12][13] The observed methemoglobinemia after acetanilide administration was ascribed to the small proportion of acetanilide that is hydrolyzed to aniline in the body.[note 1] Acetanilide is no longer used as a drug in its own right, although the success of its metabolite – paracetamol (acetaminophen) – is well known

Ahhhhh.......what does that translate to?1?!

[J Franklin]

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precursor to tylanol

[dynaflash_8]

i found a tin of Miners head lamp fuel (calcium Carbide) in my rumble seat, un-opened. When mixed with water, it creates acetylene gas.

[jkeesey]

just found the original 1949-1950 inspection sticker in the trunk of a 26 T phonebooth coupe

[Chris in WNC]

inside the doors of our unrestored Coupe, I found a flyer advertising a stage performance and two discount coupons for combination fountain pen/mechanical pencil. all look to be pre-WWII vintage but have no identifying info regarding geographic location....

[broommaker]

Check the book on the 1920's Canandian pennies, some have a good value....

[Rowdy]

I found a 1919 Mercury dime in Dad's coupe door. Found a 1940's Captain "K" cap gun behind the seat of a 1934 Ford truck cab and a Model T key in the door from a 1926 fordor. All that was laying loos in the rsdtr pu was quite a collection of well worn dist caps and some lugnuts. No finds in the delivery sedan. Rod

[Gary/IA]

Not actually money but a brass plate was under the floor mat and was nailed to the floorboard. It had the name of the bank and the lien # of a loan that was made to two brothers who purchased the car new. Incedently, the bank name was "Turner's" so when my brother (Dan Turner - 3rd owner) restored the interior of the car he just polished the brass plate and left it in place.

[mikeyjoe]

found an old NASTY! rubber in the glove box of an old 39 ford. yeah a rubber WTF

[Mendotaman]

I bought my 31 townsedan in Hollywood, CA. in 1963. Mrs. Margaret Farrell had owned it since '37. Mr. Farrell had died in '46. In the pocket behind the front seat, there was a "block" of chewing tobacco in a cellophane wrapper and a pair of really cool sun glasses.... tortise shell rims with round lenses.

[Rock Hornbuckle]

I found a person from 1947 in my '31 Fordor, oh wait, that's me!

[SeaSlugs]

All i found under the seat in my 29 AA was several spark plugs, some chain hooks, set of points, about 400 hickory nuts, lug nuts. My grandparents did keep the war certificate for it. (was my great grandpas)

other cars my s10 about 100 pellet gun pellets, chevette some old change, locking gas cap with a receipt from a local store same year as the car.

[Mike Peters]

There were two sets of Model A tire chains under the back seat of my 28 Tudor when I bought it in 1983. One 19" One 21"

[P.S.]

Seaslugs- They assumed the AA got 17.7 miles per gallon? Take the max number of quarterly gallons of fuel and divide by max quarterly mileage. Interesting.

I restore old radios. Found some really old (late 1800's and early 1900's) coins between the grille cloth and wood grille surround in a high-end 1920's console once. Must have been on top, then fell forward and caught in the gap between the cloth and front piece. Since that radio cost more than a car in its day, they either didn't want to damage the radio to retrieve a few coins, or didn't notice thet's where they went.

[Steve Plucker]

Found a nice 1930's style Model A key in the door of a 28-mid-1930's Closed Cab Pick-up Door once.

Also a mint Model A fan belt under another seat.

Still have both.

Pluck

[TnA]

not car related , my buddy and I were talking about finding unusual things in our respective lives, one thing lead to another and so he was telling me about a dive he had preformed recently. He mentioned that he had come across a sturgeon and he said it was 40 ft long. I thought this over and replied that I also had dived in that area and came across a sunken pirate ship and the lantern on front bow was still lit. well he mulled this over for a bit, and replied, Ill knock off about 20 ft of that fish if youll blowout that lantern. morning fellas