When I pulled the drivers seat to "noodle" it I found about 10 plastic baggies, a few that still had a bit of white powder residue in the corners. Along with that a bunch lottery pencils and a pack of nicorette gum. Looks like someone had a coke, gambling and cig problem...

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Best thing I found in the wrecking yard was in the early 80's. It was inside the center console of a 58 Thunderbird. The lock was busted so I pried it open to find nearly $30 in face value silver coins. The car looked badly weathered and still had remnants of the yellow CA license plates attached to it. It had obviously been sitting before silver coins had been phased out.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

18" snap on breaker bar..........
no, it's not Forced's..................

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

Now that is a man with scene control!!!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Did you find a princess to wear it for you?

I usually find 3 to 8˘ every time I go except the other day I found 58˘.

found a scienific calculator sitting on the bumper of a 123, a screwdriver, 17mm 1/2" and a 1/2" swivel impact.

usually Pick N Pull has ben PNP before it gets out to the lot.

Charlie ☺

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

A couple MREs and some very kinky underwear.

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1984 300TD

The best find for me was not in a junkyard but in the trunk of a '51 caddy I bought. There were a whole lot of extra parts including a set of stainless steel fake wire wheel covers which I sold for about $375. There was other stuff too but that was the best.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Haven't found anything in the junkyards but have found stuff in my car, I found a 1923 gold wedding ring under a plastic vacuum hose cover while goofing around taking out the floor mats to clean. I got in contact with the 2nd P.O of the car, the ring was a gift from his deceased father to him. P.O #2 lost the ring sometime two decades ago and was digging up his yard/ metal detecting to find it. He was very happy to get it back, and he gave me $30 gas(diesel) money!
I also found under the console switches there was a splice in the emergency flasher power wire and a wire running up to make a stereo installation easier. Thanks P.O!

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1980 240d
1999 SL500

PHOOEY! I just pulled all the seats out of my newly acquired SEC and found exactly 28 cents, one #2 almost unused pencil from the drivers door insides, a sticker about a special tummy button(push to make giggle) from a kids toy and that's it except for several ink pens for a mobile pet grooming service in the Sacramento area. I don't know what Jim B found in the car when he cleaned it out.....and I don't want to know either. Seems the car had set awhile with maybe the windshield busted as Jim said there was lots of pine needles and the like in there.

Best find so far for me was $300.00 in small bills scattered and jammed under the back seat of my 1960 Studebaker Hawk. It had been purchased from the bank as a repo from one of the "Ladies Of the Night" in our small town. I got a great deal on that car. Cleaned it out REAL WELL and never looked back.

A wagon warning triangle is about the only find I've had in the yards. I've had some good trunk finds in cars I've purchased, but that isn't the thread now is it........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Aw, c'mon Jimmy...

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

I need to spend some more time perusing cars at the yard!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I found a Dutch dime in one of the front seats I got from a MB only junkyard. I thought this was kind of odd as it did not come from a Euro. A tiny coin, but it clearly says "10 cent ; Der Nederlanden. 1991". I've kept it as a MB good luck charm!

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86 190D N/A 2.5L Auto 265k "Ruby" -Sold-
79 300D 242k "Condi" my first -sold- RIP
2013 chevy sonic hatchback - had to for work

I found $10 in change under/inside the seats of my first 240D, and a working Sony CD player under a rear floormat.
My second 240D had several Mexican coins under/inside the seats.
My latest 300TD had half a twelve-pack of Pepsi and one dollar bill under the passenger seat.
Found a nice little Shrade 'Old Timer' pocket knife under the seat of a Pick-N-Pull 240D last fall.
Looks like I should start searching cars other than the ones I'm pulling parts from!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Jeez- the gal probably got rid of it because it was so slow. If she had spent the money instead of using the car as a purse...

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)