Oddest object found in a car.

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

Dunno if we;v done this here before.

Many of us have owned, traded or worked on quite a few cars.

I once saw a mushroom growing in the rear floorboard of my sister's car.
I THINK one of her friends had tromped on some food or spilled a
milkshake back there in the past. Then one spring she left the windows
down during the rain. After a day or 2 there was a friggen tall skinny
musroom growing up outta the carpet!

One of my first cars was a '64 Rambler that had been used for newspaper
delivery. The first fall when I turned on the defroster I got a
face-full of rubber bands!

what have you found?

Carl

 

[Todd H.]

Dunno if we;v done this here before.

Many of us have owned, traded or worked on quite a few cars.

I once saw a mushroom growing in the rear floorboard of my sister's
car. I THINK one of her friends had tromped on some food or spilled a
milkshake back there in the past. Then one spring she left the windows
down during the rain. After a day or 2 there was a friggen tall skinny
musroom growing up outta the carpet!

One of my first cars was a '64 Rambler that had been used for
newspaper delivery. The first fall when I turned on the defroster I
got a face-full of rubber bands!

what have you found?

My older sister had an 80's Firebird SE at one point. I think it was
early spring/late winter and I recall her pulling up and her car
started meowing.

We quickly found her cat from her place across town.... tucked neatly
into a small cavity and ledge in the front passenger quarter panel,
above and forward of the wheelwell. Apparently his warm little
near-the-engine hiding space during the cool weather became quite an
adventure that day.

That cat was freaked the hell out.

Best Regards,

 

[StephenW]

A small rabbit.I opened the hood of a small truck with no extra features and
there was a small rabbit sitting on the fenderwell below the master
cylender. I called my friend Craig over to show him, we always show each
other the weird things you find. He looked and jumped! he wasn't expecting
that. We caught the rabbit and put him in a box for his ride home.
Interesting is the dog food or nuts we occasionally find in the air filter
area, the last one was over 2 gallons of filbert (hazle) nuts

Steve

 

[Uncle Ben]

Delicious thread, Carl!

My first car was a used Nash sedan, about 1950, notorious for having
front seats that would lie back all the way, making a perfect bedroom
away from home.

The previous owner must have made some appropriate use of this
feature, because I found a brassiere in the car soon after acquiring
it. What was strange, however, was that the brassiere was in the
engine compartment behind the radiator! Go figure --

Ben

 

[Fred Boer]

Funny thread, Carl!

I can't compete..but along the animal theme... I was getting small pieces of
fluff blowing about with the heater fan in my Loyale... investigation found
a large nest of mice in a nook in the back of the car.

My mechanic always did complain that I didn't keep the car clean enough, and
what with my kids dropping food all over the place..

Cheers!
Fred Boer

 

[suburboturbo]

Funny thread, Carl!

I can't compete..but along the animal theme... I was getting small pieces of
fluff blowing about with the heater fan in my Loyale... investigation found
a large nest of mice in a nook in the back of the car.

My mechanic always did complain that I didn't keep the car clean enough, and
what with my kids dropping food all over the place..

Cheers!
Fred Boer









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[suburboturbo]

Funny thread, Carl!

I can't compete..but along the animal theme... I was getting small pieces of
fluff blowing about with the heater fan in my Loyale... investigation found
a large nest of mice in a nook in the back of the car.

My mechanic always did complain that I didn't keep the car clean enough, and
what with my kids dropping food all over the place..

Cheers!
Fred Boer









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A buddy of mine was contemplating the purchase of a battered 69 Camaro
as a parts car for one he was rebuilding. The owner was using it not
only as a daily driver, but apparently for storing his, ahem, personal
items. Checking the wiring harness above the front wheelwell, he cam
across a plastic box that had been clevery alongside a relay.
Wondering the purpose of this odd appendage, which matched the relay
housing and appeared perfectly normal, just out of place to someone
who knew what to expect in the electrical system, my friend opened it
to find a plastic baggie containing a substantial amount of a
crystalline white powder. With no hesitation, guilt or embarrassment,
the owner said, "Oh, that doesn't come with the car". But he did
offer him a toot. My friend though given to partying on occasion
(this was back in the 1970's) declined, not sure of exactly what he
was being offered. But he did buy the car and got a good price.

 

[Brian]

Well, in my first car, a lovely cream colored '77 Plymouth Volarie with the
optional vinyl top, I once found a man in a parking garage going through my
ashtray for loose coin. He didn't notice me so I just waited patiently for
a minute while he finished up and went on his way, then got in and drove
home. Does that count?

~Brian

 

[L. Ross Raszewski]

Dunno if we;v done this here before.

Many of us have owned, traded or worked on quite a few cars.

I once saw a mushroom growing in the rear floorboard of my sister's car.
I THINK one of her friends had tromped on some food or spilled a
milkshake back there in the past. Then one spring she left the windows
down during the rain. After a day or 2 there was a friggen tall skinny
musroom growing up outta the carpet!

One of my first cars was a '64 Rambler that had been used for newspaper
delivery. The first fall when I turned on the defroster I got a
face-full of rubber bands!

what have you found?

Carl

We once found a wasp's nest in the engine of my mom's chevy vega.

Found a 100 yen coin in my dad's Subaru GL.

THe strangest thing I personally have found in my car was in my '98
Legacy. I found $4.35 in change.

Not strange, you say?

It was inside the CD player.

 

[Todd H.]

We once found a wasp's nest in the engine of my mom's chevy vega.

Found a 100 yen coin in my dad's Subaru GL.

THe strangest thing I personally have found in my car was in my '98
Legacy. I found $4.35 in change.

Not strange, you say?

It was inside the CD player.

Heh. Nah, not strange. So how old was the young boy who put it there?

Feeding inappropriate items to AV components is a right of passage for
boys it seems. Happily, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches don't fit
as easily into DVD players as they once did to VHS VCR's.

 

[Dano58]

Delicious thread, Carl!

My first car was a used Nash sedan, about 1950, notorious for having
front seats that would lie back all the way, making a perfect bedroom
away from home.

The previous owner must have made some appropriate use of this
feature, because I found a brassiere in the car soon after acquiring
it. What was strange, however, was that the brassiere was in the
engine compartment behind the radiator! Go figure --

Ben

LOL, wonder if it was a temporary fan belt??

Dan D
'99 Impreza 2.5 RS (son's)
Central NJ USA

 

[Todd H.]

LOL, wonder if it was a temporary fan belt??

Perhaps the breast they could do in a pinch.

 

[John]

Dunno if we;v done this here before.

Many of us have owned, traded or worked on quite a few cars.

I once saw a mushroom growing in the rear floorboard of my sister's car. I
THINK one of her friends had tromped on some food or spilled a milkshake
back there in the past. Then one spring she left the windows down during
the rain. After a day or 2 there was a friggen tall skinny musroom growing
up outta the carpet!

One of my first cars was a '64 Rambler that had been used for newspaper
delivery. The first fall when I turned on the defroster I got a face-full
of rubber bands!

what have you found?

Carl

Nice one Carl!

'80 Toyota Tercel had rear ashtray compartments that would pop-out from the
trim allowing access into the rear quarter panels. On one side I found a
bottle of Jack Daniels, one the other, 9 cans of Bud. Would've been an
interesting scene with The Fuzz had I ever been hit in either panel.

'79 Cutlass had a bag of, er, "oregano" under the rear seat. I went looking
for the build sheet and got the bonus prize. Kinda funny considering I
bought the car from a daddy's little girl. I could tell there was a reason
why daddy was selling it

 

[clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada]

Nice one Carl!

'80 Toyota Tercel had rear ashtray compartments that would pop-out from the
trim allowing access into the rear quarter panels. On one side I found a
bottle of Jack Daniels, one the other, 9 cans of Bud. Would've been an
interesting scene with The Fuzz had I ever been hit in either panel.

'79 Cutlass had a bag of, er, "oregano" under the rear seat. I went looking
for the build sheet and got the bonus prize. Kinda funny considering I
bought the car from a daddy's little girl. I could tell there was a reason
why daddy was selling it

How about a scared stiff year old Tonkinese kitten sitting on the
transmission of a 1999 New Yorker that just came off the Hwy 401 after
a 70 mile drive?
We still have the little darling.

Or how about a can of beer inside the tire of a brand new car. Had a
real bad shake that just would NOT balance out.

 

[hippo]

Dunno if we;v done this here before.

Many of us have owned, traded or worked on quite a few cars.

I once saw a mushroom growing in the rear floorboard of my sister's car.

I THINK one of her friends had tromped on some food or spilled a
milkshake back there in the past. Then one spring she left the windows
down during the rain. After a day or 2 there was a friggen tall skinny
musroom growing up outta the carpet!

One of my first cars was a '64 Rambler that had been used for newspaper
delivery. The first fall when I turned on the defroster I got a
face-full of rubber bands!

what have you found?

About 20 years ago I bought a Mini for $A150 from one of the guys I worked
with who was selling it for his ex wife. Running well but needed paint & a
good clean inside. So when I took out the seats and stripped the trim and
carpets, I found somewhere between $A250 and $A300 in coins. Who says cars
can't be an investment?

BTW, I did offer to return it but was told no and 'good luck to you'.
Cheers

 

[L. Ross Raszewski]

Heh. Nah, not strange. So how old was the young boy who put it there?

THe only "strange" part was that the Carfax report said that the
vehicle's previous life had been as a fleet vehicle. That's kind of a
lot of change for dad not to notice junior stuffing into the CD player
of his*work* car.

Feeding inappropriate items to AV components is a right of passage for
boys it seems. Happily, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches don't fit
as easily into DVD players as they once did to VHS VCR's.

Hey! Who told you how my parents' first top-loading betamax machine
died?

 

[suburboturbo]

THe only "strange" part was that the Carfax report said that the
vehicle's previous life had been as a fleet vehicle. That's kind of a
lot of change for dad not to notice junior stuffing into the CD player
of his*work* car.




Hey! Who told you how my parents' first top-loading betamax machine
died?

Back in 1975 my friend and I split the cost of a 1963 Corvair for the
$35 it was costing the widow of the previous owner to keep it in her
apartment lot each month. Aside from an assortment of dents and a
little rust, it seemed to be in decent shape, but didn't run and was a
total stripper, I mean the car didn't have a radio (the plate that
covered the empty slot in the dash is probably worth a lot today), no
carpet (just some sort of molded vinyl that had warped and cracked)
and no back-up lights, just what looked like tin can lids. Was also
missing its gas filler cap, but that wasn't a Chevy decision. The
previous owner apparently lost his (gas cap, and maybe mind) and
molded what looked like a baloney sandwich into a plug to keep the
fumes in and critters out. Cleaning the mystery meat and wonder bread
out of the fuel lines and carbs made the rebuild a tedious job.
Eventually got the engine (80 hp base model) running, but decided it
was too good for the car. I think my friend's still got it stashed
away in a corner of his garage.

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

THe only "strange" part was that the Carfax report said that the
vehicle's previous life had been as a fleet vehicle. That's kind of a
lot of change for dad not to notice junior stuffing into the CD player
of his*work* car.




Hey! Who told you how my parents' first top-loading betamax machine
died?

A frined of mine once attempted repair of our first VHS player. He found
about 1/2 a piece of buttered toast. He said it was more like a big
crouton actually. My oldest daughter had inserted it.

Carl

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

Dunno if we;v done this here before.

Many of us have owned, traded or worked on quite a few cars.

I once saw a mushroom growing in the rear floorboard of my sister's car. I
THINK one of her friends had tromped on some food or spilled a milkshake
back there in the past. Then one spring she left the windows down during
the rain. After a day or 2 there was a friggen tall skinny musroom growing
up outta the carpet!

One of my first cars was a '64 Rambler that had been used for newspaper
delivery. The first fall when I turned on the defroster I got a face-full
of rubber bands!

what have you found?

Carl

I had a maple tree growing in the space in the fender where it meets the
front of the door. The thing got to 6" before it finally whithered away...

As far as rubber bands, I always kept mine on the seat next to me. The
damn things are all over the floor and the seats, but none in the heating
system!

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

About 20 years ago I bought a Mini for $A150 from one of the guys I worked
with who was selling it for his ex wife. Running well but needed paint & a
good clean inside. So when I took out the seats and stripped the trim and
carpets, I found somewhere between $A250 and $A300 in coins. Who says cars
can't be an investment?

BTW, I did offer to return it but was told no and 'good luck to you'.
Cheers

Must have made the thing pretty heavy!