NOS interior storage devices

[Thomba48]

Hi, just purely out of interest I would like to gather an overview of storage devices, approaches that were available at the time "our Plymouth" (1948/ 1949) was bought brand new. After all, the need to hide away or briefly store things handily must have existed then already as well (beyond just the glove box).

So what did exist, ideally with photos :-) I am looking forward to.

Edited January 18, 2015 by Thomba48

[Frank Elder]

Cardboard boxes, ammo cans, picnic baskets, peach crates, metal milk crates, burlap bags, suitcases..............aaahh.... bushel baskets.

 

I have a wooden 7up box in my trunk for miscellany.

[1940plymouth]

I remember my Grandfather keep burlap bags in the trunk of his 1950 Plymouth to take new born bull calves to market

[Robert Horne]

My 38 Coupe has came with a nice storage area behind the seat,

and has the "package tray" also...

[Robert Horne]

I remember my Grandfather keep burlap bags in the trunk of his 1950 Plymouth to take new born bull calves to market

In W.Va, the burlap bags were called "tater sacks"......

[Don Coatney]

Robert Horne, on 18 Jan 2015 - 09:04 AM, said:

In W.Va, the burlap bags were called "tater sacks"......

In some parts of West Virginia burlap bags were called bed sheets

[greg g]

What 50's trunk was not without a couple of these

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

I carry a vintage suitcase usually of matching color for my cars...this allow you to store plenty of spares, lubes and such needed for operation of your vehicle and yet keep a clean neat and orderly look about your car..

[DonaldSmith]

The trunk of my DeSoto Suburban is open to the passenger cabin, so I have an assortment of old suitcases, an old tool box, etc., for the trunk contents.  I also have an accumulation of props, including old hat boxes, a trunk, and more old suitcases.  

 

Lately I have been scaling back on the props at the shows.  I can tie a suitcase to the roof rack and have a few things floating around in the trunk, and people will get the idea that this car can haul.  Besides, the trunk floor is a looker. Here's  Here are some photos:

 

 

The floor had been exposed plywood, about the only natural wood finish in the car, but it the floor had been replaced with a better quality of plywood.  So I re-skinned the floor with a thin plastic laminate.  The trunk sides are the original Bakelite plastic laminate.  A clear varnish spray brought them back to life. 

 

[The grammar has been edited, per a thread in the Off Topic forum.] 

Edited January 18, 2015 by DonaldSmith

[Thomba48]

Cool stuff. Cool cars. What about the driver area. Any vintage examples.

[Plymouthy Adams]

^{sometimes the driver take the old bag with him and usually shares the front seat....}

[P15-D24]

Stolen plastic milk crates.

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

I personally do not place any storage containers in the car in a manner one can view them..it is an invitation to a break-in...

[Robert Horne]

In some parts of West Virginia burlap bags were called bed sheets

My Mom said she used flour sacks to make clothes when she was very young.....

[Plymouthy Adams]

that was a very ingenious marketing ploy by the flour companies...I remember as a child the loft at the local store where literally scores of flour filled bags were stored in these decorative material bags...women would buy flour based often on the need to match fabric so to have both the flour and enough matching material for their sewing project..

Edited January 18, 2015 by Plymouthy Adams

[1940plymouth]

My Mom said she used flour sacks to make clothes when she was very young.....

I remember my grandmother making bed sheets and pillow cases out of the GLF flour bags and quilts out of the cotton milk strainers.  I still have one of her cotton milk strainer quilts

[Don Coatney]

Replying to NOS interior storage devices

 

I recommend one of these for interior NOS (nitrous oxide system) storage.

 

 

 

[greg g]

I have a small metal boxed first aid kit, which was a promotional item for a local insurance company. The band aids and mecurichrome are long gone, so I keep my registration, insurance card, extra fuses, and an extra dome light bulb in it.

[Jerry Roberts]

Mine is not really to store , more to carry small items so they don't roll around in the bed of my truck . It is a very old milk case . I cut the wires out of it that separated the milk bottles  and fastened it to the floor . Made from hardwood and steel . One day , before I had put in the box , my wife asked me to stop at the grocery store and buy some melons . I had melons rolling around in the cab on the way home . 

Edited January 19, 2015 by Jerry Roberts

[Robin (UK)]

Potato sacks can be used to store a variety of goods...

[David Dyer]

My mother made some of my shirts in grammar school from flour and feed sacks, I was very proud of them, she was a very good seamstress . Precious Memories how they linger!

[Frank Elder]

XXX flour was one brand I believe.

[Niel Hoback]

Sorry, my potatoes gotta come from Idaho, not California.

[Frank Elder]

Flour Niel....

[BobT-47P15]

Lately I've been using my old metal picnic basket to store various small items in the trunk.  

 

In the past, have also used my old ice chest for storage.  

And.....these vintage scotch plaid carriers for thermos bottles will hold some "stuff".

 

 

The ice chest got kinda beat up by the tornado and needs repainting plus some repair work to the

interior.  Eventually it will get fixed.