The best junkyard find I ever had was a money clip with 5 $100 bills in it. Didn't take long for that to disappear into my pocket

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1971 R600 Mack toterhome (SuperDawg)
99 NU-WA Snowbird 34+2 SE 102 5er
If it's not diesel, it's not in my stable!
53 F100 617.951/auto
95 Dodge 3500 Cummins/5 speed service truck

I found a wedding dress in the trunk of a silver W123 300 Turbo Diesel!!!

This was in San Francisco. The car had a valid yellow "C" resdential parking sticker on the rear bumper; that meant it was from Chinatown/Nob Hill.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Kind of reminds me of the pink bundle I found in Candy --- 3 DVDs. It was the pink bundle that peaked my interest. What kind of a person carries their porn in a pink drawstring bag??? Nevermind, do NOT answer that.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

DING, DING, DING!!! WOW!!!! I found almost $4 in loose change one day. I'm going to have to start marking the cars that I've already searched.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

I found an "Ernies Independent Mercedes Service" license plate frame in the interior of a 300d non turbo. Ernies is the family mechanic of several local forum members and he was the previous owner of my 300sd, he had the car for 8 years. I gave the plate to nick because he needed one more

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1981 300SD 512k OM603

In my cars the most interesting items were, certainly the Moroccan Spare change from the late 80's.

In junkyards, i've found a bag of pot behind the driver door panel... however the stuff was half decomposed; rain got to it.

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

Back in the early eighties, at Lajoie's junkyard, in South Norwalk, CT., My buddy Jerry Quinn and I found a sterling silver zippo lighter. He let me keep it.

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Anders

1995 E300
2015 VW TDI Sportwagen 15K
1977 240D (197K)
2002 Subaru Legacy L Wagon (115k) (Wife's)
Gone but not forgotten:
2005 Buick LeSabre
1998 C230
1984 300D
1983 240D
1981 300SD
1974 240D
1974 Fiat 124 Spider
1968 Triumph TR250

I found a Swiss coin when I took out the driver's seat of my Euro.

Things I've found in cars:

Full, unopened beers (several)
An unopened can of black olives
$28 in change (best one-day haul so far)
Porn (lots)
Knives (various types)
Forks and spoons
Cups and glasses
Clothes (all kinds)
Drugs, prescription
Drugs, OTC
Ammunition
CD's, usually scratched and usually of Mexican music
Mail
Personal information including pay stubs and other stuff with names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, etc.
Family photos
A current driver's license from the PO

And of course the usual trash.

Did I mention I work at a junkyard?

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Several years ago I found a pipe and a bag of weed stuffed back under the plastic trim that holds the sun visors.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

The best junkyard find I had was in 1988. Someone had started a complete restoration on a 1967 Mustang. Interior gutted, but all parts present, body reworked, still in primer, engine just overhauled, but would not start with new battery, starter motor, new plugs, points, condenser, ect. The owner thought he screwed up the engine overhauling it.

I was at the yard when it was pulled in. The yard gave $200 for it. I immediately offered $750 to the junkyard. Sold. Never left the tow truck.

My friend, a bodyshop owner repainted it the original silver-blue. The interior went back in after a new $100 carpet and a new headliner that caused a divorce. She told me that if I expected to fix up old cars in the future, I could forget it, she wasn't going to allow it. As for the newly rebuilt motor, it is amazing what connecting the groundstrap will do. It ran like a champ.

The really cool thing about this car is that it was built on the first day of production to be used as a dealer demo for the new body style. It included almost every option available on a 1967 Mustang, except for the GT package. New features included an overhead console with reading lights, a bench front seat, 8000 RPM tach, in dash air conditioning, chrome interior trim, AM/FM radio and it was power by a code A four barrel engine.

Not only did I get a terrific car, but I got rid of my ex. Such a deal!

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1983 300SD "Guderian"
1987 MR2
2015 Camry
2015 Chevy Spark
2006 Hyundai Tucson

I once fornd two $50 gift certificates when I pulled the back seat.....
That covered my wife for xmas that yr.

yup she knows.....yep, we're still married

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

Back when I was living out around the bay area, I went to a yard in Vacaville, and found a fresh Fairfield PD Crown Vic, looked like a "passenger" had set the rear seat on fire, only had rear interior damage to it. They tossed the car out to the yard without even stripping it down, SCORE!, dashcam & recorder, lightbar & siren, mike & police band radio, switchbox, dash mount radar gun, etc. Not a lick of it had any damage......

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Chris
64 190D R.I.P.
80 240D W/617 engine -for sale
82 240D -for sale

A junkyard dog ,couldnt have been a nicer dog though ,go figure.

Uuummm, did you have to pay half price for that? Most junkyards these day seem to charge 1/2 price.

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Currently driving a very clean 1985 300SD from the West Coast.