Bren Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I have been doing some welding on my own bit of autoshite (a lot of welding actually - it is the rover sd1 VDP EFi that Pete used to own - I have been doing it in my garage, a shipyard would have been more appropriate)), I was doing some repairs in the front O/S wheel arch that required opening up a boxed in section. In there, suspended in the cobwebs, was a cigarette butt, no doubt being in there since 1985. I remember Quentin Wilson saying once that he had bought a metro that was brand new and had an empty coke can inside the door. About 10 years ago I bought a granada 2.9i Ghia x - low mileage but two of the doors had rusted through. Two doors were procured from the scrappy, and as I stripped one of them (a layer of sponge secured with VERY strong sealant had to be removed so I could paint them) I noticed something inside the door. It was a calculator, a sharp model, and it still worked. I still have it in my tool box. Anybody found anything in their autoshite? Any russian vehicle owners found mouldy fish sandwiches etc under their carpets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 When I bought my Scenic, I was amazed at what was left in (even started a thread for it at the time). I found an unsigned Barclaycard, a whip for an Indiana Jones toy, a range of audio cassettes (including Prefab Sprout and an audio guide to Knowsley Safari park), a picnic blanket and a catheter (not used). Found loads of roadworks lights in an Imp I bought once and a dead whore in the back of a car i bought off Les Dennis of all people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 jonnie behind the backlight in my polo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Elton John CD in the 2CV. Walking stick, bible, travel sweets and a book of alternative medicine in the Maestro. 1965 sixpence under the back seat in a Somerset. 'British Leyland' badge from the front wing of a landcrab buried deep inside the drivers seat of an A35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Maps from 1983 in the Cortina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Receipts from the 80's are the best, I've found loads of those, including hand written notes saying 'Parking meter not working at 4.40pm, 11/5/1986".I've found a shopping trolley 'pound coin' for a French supermarket, and in my latest car, a plastic executive account card for car wash machines from the 90's that fell from behind the dashboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nothing interesting apart from a couple of Esso 'Tiger Tokens' in the Rover Sterling. Also found some boxed, unused brake pads in a Vauxhall Astra I had sometime ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Oh yeah. Reading glasses, virtually every tax disc from new and a scribbled note: "RUN OUT OF PETROL" on the back of an envolope with a 1987 postmark in the glovebox on my landcrab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 viewtopic.php?t=7798&view=next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 PDI-ing a new Yugo, saw a bulge in the carpet. There was a screwed up Yugosavian fag packet under there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Had a Mk3 Escort Cabriolet a couple of years ago - found a car park ticket from the Surrey area dated June 1993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I bought the Starion in 2007. The previous owner had taken everything apart in a quest to find out what was wrong with it, so the rear interior was a mess. When I put it back together again I found a 500ml tub of automotive grease, which I have just used the last of! Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMC Dan Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Micra- Homebase receipt for a bag of compost from 1997 and a pair of interior bulbs in 80's style Fiat branded packaging Allegro- Home made dart made from a wood screw Cambridge- A load of old road maps dating from the 30's to 60's, 1969/70 AA members handbook and a London Transport bus ticket to Oxford Circus which cost 5p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Princess 2200HLS- sex toy/video catalogue under the boot carpet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Elton John CD in the 2CV. If you have a good lawyer that should be worth about 50 grand compensation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Found a green - with - mould pound coin and lots of old 1981 newspapers from South Africa discussing apartheid in the Amazon. In the Piazza there was a fair amount of skunk, both in the centre console and in a special hollowed out section of the OSF A pillar. I also found papers and a parking pass for a member of staff at a holiday park in Cornwall dating back to 2002. I reckon that car saw most of the country when it was road legal - the damn thing had 12 owners from 1987 - 2010 and it was originally registered at a Subaru garage in Reading. It's dead now sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 My Escort came with these. A 1992/93 Ford brochure, a tape called An hour of Johann Strauss II which i could only manage 20 seconds off so an hour would be a real challenge and a old cloth map of Norfolk which cost 4 shillings but might be a tat out of date now. I also found a pretty good Bob Marley Album in the Mondeo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve austin Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Pair of skimpy female under garments tucked down the back of the rear seat of my old Viva HC DUR358K. From the state of em they had been there a few years!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I hope you didn't go sniffing them, they could have belonged to a tranny! 2cvspecial 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futuramic Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Elton John CD in the 2CV. If you have a good lawyer that should be worth about 50 grand compensation! Pah! My Bluebird came complete with a David Gray CD, unpackaged. Strange as it had a cassette deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ted Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I have that, but on CD in the Zafira.Utterly no use when I took the Micra (it has a broken tape player) as I didnt want the monkeys trashing the Zafira.I lost 2 wiper blades, 1 washer jet nozzle and the number plate off the Micra (L510 FVN) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futuramic Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I lost 2 wiper blades, 1 washer jet nozzle and the number plate off the Micra (L510 FVN) You poor bastard. That's the entire list of optional extras gone in a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Found an old fiver (Duke of Wellington type I think)in my Samba when I removed the carpet to change it. Some years ago, a mate bought a stripped-out ex local authority end of terrace house with a lean-to garage at public auction. In the garage was a Triumph 2000 or 2500 PI (can't remember which). In the trumpet was an unopened case of 70cl bottles of vodka, and a gimp mask. Sorry we missed that party! Lisa Stansfield cassette in my mk4 Scrote Sealy 2lb club hammer, Sykes-Pickavant impact driver (new), Uvex safety glasses and a 3/4" drive in my MG Metro Non-photographic and in-date ID for a Guiness Ireland rep in my Renner 21 that I got at auction. The best - nude polaroids x10 of a not unattractive MILF, in an envelope, behind the instrument panel of my R6 GTa. I had removed the instruments the day after I bought the car as the tacho wasn't working. Photos were of the sellers missus. I returned them to him, in person. His face went redder than the flame red paintwork of the Metro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 found a bag of skag in the dash of an old LDV ex minibus i was breaking in around 2005,and being a good little citizen i handed it into the filth...No REALY I DID!!!..HONEST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Elton John CD in the 2CV. If you have a good lawyer that should be worth about 50 grand compensation! Pah! My Bluebird came complete with a David Gray CD, unpackaged. Strange as it had a cassette deck. Another one with a good case! Some ambulance-chaser is going to make a mint off these! You will let me know what you're eventually awarded, won't you? Just in case I find anything equally offensive in any of mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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