how much did you find under your seats?

[larryconnors]

This afternoon it was finally warm enough here in new england that I got to do a little on my P15 in my unheated garage. I took the front seat out to reupholster. I expected to find lots of old and valuable coins in the process. All I found was a 1959 D penny. Whats the record for the most found under the seats in restoring a car? What unusual things have you found?

[Plymouthy Adams]

few coins here and there, lots of tool, many pocket knives..few nice rings and a bracelet or two..a plaque removed from a historical monument also...actual change was just a bit less than 4.00 one time...in the 50 Stude all I found was the original HURD key number tag and  a Mercury head dime...

Edited March 23, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams

[OldDad67]

This afternoon it was finally warm enough here in new england that I got to do a little on my P15 in my unheated garage. I took the front seat out to reupholster. I expected to find lots of old and valuable coins in the process. All I found was a 1959 D penny. Whats the record for the most found under the seats in restoring a car? What unusual things have you found?

While taking apart my 49 p-15 club coupe I found 3 pennies in the heater all dated prior to 1949, and my big find was a 1943 quarter lodged in the front seat track. The reason the quarter is special is because it's my birth year so I put it in a holder and hung it from my rearview mirror for good luck.    

Of course in my opinion nothing can beat Rodney Dangerfield when he said he once bought a used car and found one of his wife's dresses in the back seat. No respect!!!!!     

Edited March 23, 2014 by OldDad67

[Dodgeb4ya]

Salamander is all I found.

[55 Fargo]

In a 47 Chrysler parts car found the following, 1 liquor bottle, cork top, 1 old Dr Pepper bottle, ashtray full of old non-filter cig butts. and some kinda old loan payment receipt. I have found the odd old coin, and in Canada prior to 1966 dimes, quarters and 50 cent pieces were real silver....

[40phil41]

Under the back seat of my '40 Dodge ......very old condoms in a metal container    and I still have them 

 

Phil

[wdoland]

Don't Use Them!!!!!!

[BigDaddyO]

The only thing that stands out is the K-Bar knife I found under the front seat of my '47.

[Uncle-Pekka]

I may have told this before on this forum...

What I found under the seat of the 1951 Nash which came from Phoenix, AZ:

An ice peak and a two feet long heavy metal bar which had a handle wrapped of electric tape on the other end.

 

On the other hand, the Nash had lots of practical stuff in the glove box and in the trunk there was a neat wooden tool box with some original tools and lot of spares each tagged with cardboard labels.

 

One may assume one of the owners was a precise car person and the other may have been a reckless hoodlum...?

[54Illinois]

Now why did he not return my call!

[Daliant.]

All I got was a big pile of seat stuffing which was soaked in mouse piss and riddled with droppings of various sizes.

[JDaniel64]

Some goodies were found for sure: door jamb service sticker, disabled veterans license plate key tags, red devil ice scraper, windshield wipers, 1949 roosevelt dime, 1935 buffalo nickel, and sandy dirt. A travel time-mileage-mpg/ service time mirror was found as well, dunno its exact name.

Edited March 23, 2014 by JDaniel64

[Lumpy]

Very nice high quality Japanese field glasses, probably dating to the 1960's or 1950's. Forget the maker at the moment.

 

My older brother had to go overseas on short notice once, and gave me a 1960 T-Bird he had just bought. Couple of days later I get pulled over by a motorcycle cop, and instead of asking for my driver's license, he asks me if there is any fishing gear in the trunk of the car. ?? So I open the trunk, and it's full of fishing poles. He had sold the car to my brother, and had forgotten to take his gear out of the trunk.

 

k.

[bbbbbb99]

Very nice high quality Japanese field glasses, probably dating to the 1960's or 1950's. Forget the maker at the moment.

 

My older brother had to go overseas on short notice once, and gave me a 1960 T-Bird he had just bought. Couple of days later I get pulled over by a motorcycle cop, and instead of asking for my driver's license, he asks me if there is any fishing gear in the trunk of the car. ?? So I open the trunk, and it's full of fishing poles. He had sold the car to my brother, and had forgotten to take his gear out of the trunk.

 

k.

THAT, is a great story

[Don Coatney]

That is a good story. But it got me to thinking and I always get in trouble when I start thinking. Why is fishing stuff called gear? Seems shiftless to me.

[BigDaddyO]

Put your fishing gear in a motor boat and catch a tuna fish. 

[navyboy]

hubcaps, insurance card 30+ years old, some coins and other random things.

[BobT-47P15]

In the 1954 Plymouth Savoy I bought 4 or 5 years ago, in the ash tray were some Vess soda pop bottle caps, an old 

movie ticket and some coins.  

 

 

The trunk contained all kinds of "treasures"......not.......

 

[Lumpy]

Could have called it fishing "kit" but that might have been kind of catty.

 

k.

[FULMNTE]

Found a bullet under the rear seat of my 51. Makes me wonder who owned the car before me...

[Young Ed]

In the 1954 Plymouth Savoy I bought 4 or 5 years ago, in the ash tray were some Vess soda pop bottle caps, an old 

movie ticket and some coins.  

 

 

The trunk contained all kinds of "treasures"......not.......

 

 

Bob that just reminded me what the trunk of the 55 dodge looked like. Most of the stuff in there belonged to random other cars not the 55.

[plyroadking]

I bought a '53 Cambridge a couple years ago, found an entire garage floor under the seats.....

[50desotocoupe]

I found quite a few small boxes from the Rock Springs WY train station and a crumpled pack of Pall Mall cigarettes.  My car was an old lady car from WY.  She bought it new and worked at the train station.  Pretty cool finding the pack of cigarettes as that is what my aunt smoked....so they will stay in the car. 

[lizmcl527]

The original Owner's Service Policy made out to the original owner by Young Motors in Halifax, a Camel tube patching kit, and a very nice screwdriver with interchangeable tips.

[casper50]

payment slip where it was insured for $332.50 in 1973.  The most cleaned out older car I've ever owned.

Edited March 26, 2014 by casper50