Best Junkyard Find

[daw_two]

Okay, guys, THIS has to be the all time best junkyard find. Well, in my limited junkyard days (I'm a newbie, for sure) this definitely ranks up there with them.

What's your best junkyard find??? The only rule is cars and car parts do NOT count.

[79Mercy]

I found a can of tuna in a 83 300CD.

Somebody "found" my toolbox.

[daw_two]

Originally Posted by ForcedInduction

Somebody "found" my toolbox.

That was somebody's else find.........does not qualify. Sorry for your loss.

[daw_two]

Originally Posted by 79Mercy

I found a can of tuna in a 83 300CD.

Only counts if you ate the tuna.


OKAY --- everyone can tell, this is suppose to be a fun thread, right?

[pawoSD]

I found an old tape of Turkish music inside the bottom seat spring of a seat I just got! I played it too!

I found a "murderer's knife" hidden behind the battery tray of a euro 500sel at the junk yard before. kinda scary....(I kept it too)

Not much else I can think of.....nothing "real exciting".....

[daw_two]

Originally Posted by pawoSD

I found an old tape of Turkish music inside the bottom seat spring of a seat I just got! I played it too!

I found a "murderer's knife" hidden behind the battery tray of a euro 500sel at the junk yard before. kinda scary....(I kept it too)

Not much else I can think of.....nothing "real exciting".....

LOL on the music. My very first Mercedes came with music in the CD player. I liked it.

Did the murderer's knife have blood on it?

I saw something yesterday in the trunk of a car that I almost took up to the checkout counter. My wife would have killed me for bringing home a honda small engine --- lawn mower or power washer.

[pawoSD]

If I found a small engine I'd have taken it and made something with it. And I also would have gotten in trouble.

[Stevo]

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

[alamostation]

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!

[JackG]

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

[JimmyL]

Originally Posted by alamostation

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.

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

Now that is a man with scene control!!!

[bgkast]

I found a glass pipe behind a panel in the dashboard of a Dodge Colt.

[Rashakor]

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.

[andersbenz]

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.