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Mine had some tools, some junk, a mouse nest in the seat and a hand crank for a diffeerent truck

My truck (48 2-ton) had some parts under the seat from the original splash-235, like timing cover and fan, and a set of the narrow pulleys. There was a brake/clutch pedal in the cab corner, and 1/2 of dirt all over the floor (it was a ranch truck for 40 or so years). No glove box included. The most interesting thing was the plastic panel from a flourescent light fixture screwed to the floor (must have held the dirt and rust down).
In my old jeep (48 CJ2A) there was an extra set of wheels and tires, a dime and a couple of pennies, some fake blue grass in a roll, a dozen sets of chains all tangled up, a 6-volt battery and creative wiring for a 6-12 combination system, the old oil-bath aircleaner, lots of little screws (rusted and unusable), half a license plate (the other half covered a hole in the floor), and other junk.
In my BMW I found the original key (the ignition uses a Wal-mart special), a Haynes manual, six springs, some of the interior panels that were removed, emblems, trim, rings and hubcaps that don't fit either set of wheels I have, original carburetor and intake, an extra radiator, and barely enough space to drive.
Reuben

I got this green hat.

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my 64 was owned by my father-in-law, who collected everyting imaginable. I took about 20 minutes to clear out the drivers side of the seat. afterwards I pulled the old wooden camper off with a tractor, then stacked a pile of misc. feed sacks, milk jugs, and junk in a pile about 6 ft around and 4ft. high and burned it, along with the camper....when I drove it to the wife's uncle's place, he followed me down the highway, and when we got there he was laughing hysterically. apparently there was some rats with young ones that bounced out and went cartwheeling down the road.....ya can look at it now in the gallery-------64 3/4t----Al Falke

In my '67 C-10 I found the original bill of sale and protect o plate in the glove compartment. Plus the biggest most viscious looking spider under the seat. Thank God he was dead! He had shriveled up some, I can only imagine what he looked like alive!

A hide-a-key under the dash with the original, mint-condition ignition key in it.
Also, Spiders, Spider's nests, Cob Webs, Spider webs, Spiders, and... oh, yeah, Spiders!
Why do they love old trucks and cars so much?

Under the seat there were mounds of peanut shells.

Jeez, mine was relatively clean compared to all ya'll's. I had an extra vacuum advance and a brand new fuel filter in the glove box, the original jack and crank (inoperable due to mass rusting) behind the passenger seat, 4 or five reciepts for generators, (should have looked here for trouble shooting on the issue I had not to long ago). About $3 in pennies in the ashtray, and air handler. 2 ft strip of angle iron in the bed. And the GD PO put in Eddie Bauer Edidtion bucket seats and acenter console.

YOu ever think of the old CW McCall song Classified?

ras4jeep,

'is this here the Bob that's got the pickup truck for sale?'

Donf,
wow... a cow skeleton... that's different. At least you didn't have any critters in there waiting on ya.

-W

When we had a 1948 Dodge 2 ton truck moved a rat fell out of the cab as the wrecker was pulling it

in my 64 we found a hand saw lots of cigarettes the old licence plates and the smell of hay.

In the glove box was the original owners manual with lots of oil change and maintenance reciepts.

Behind the gas tank a bra.

Under the seat,vini sausage can with assorted bolts, nuts, and washers.

Above the sun visor there was a handful of pictures of children and a birthday card dated
oct of 68.

The original seat was broken down on the drivers side and someone had stuffed it with an old bed blanket.

In the bed of the truck there was an assortment of parts from different cars like water pump, couple of starters, a coil and three radios.

I kept the pictures, card and the parts. Dont know why, I guess I am eccentric.

Hobert

So far my '50 half ton has only yielded a mouse nest under the seat, and an old 6volt battery under the floorboard(battery tray looks solid, and has the 12v under the hood.

Found the drivers lic. from a 1978 Arizona owner?
tried to look him up to learn any info on the truck to no avail. He was 22 at the time

My 46 panel had an original key in one of those little leather cases with the dealer name on it tucked up uder the dash.
mv

All the above in one or the other vehicle. My dad found a bag of weed in a dumptruck he bought! Looked like it was REALLY old.
Found all the original seats in my burb

mine had a titty magazine from the 70's in the glovebox, some disposable lighters, a quarter and 2 nickles, and a receipt from a parts store for a fuel pump from 1968.

Jimmy Hoffa and a nickel.

No seriously, I found an extra ignition key underneath the carpet, insulation, and rubber mat. Three layers down. A little rusty, but will still turn.

I found a nice set of V chains that fit under the seat of my 51 2 ton' but what I didn't find was what I liked.....no rust.

Think anyone will get this far? First, what did Cathouse say in his post??? Need translater! And along with it, the *bump* Woog uses means what? Glad someone tried to say what that Gyno tool was for, didn't get that either!

I don't have one but many vehicles over the years. Oil cans always in back corners of cab, if it had them still. Mouse eaten owner's mans, nests in glovebox, seat, headliner, clutch cover, exhaust pipes. One live mouse, got him with trap, and several times mouse skeletons, many times in nests still. Gun shells of all sizes, a few tools, mostly junk, a 59 Ford with a 59 Indiana road map still in it. Lots of keys to who knows what, fasteners, bed full of trash bags, some had used baby diapers in them, Yuk! Old concrete and pails of stones in Contractors truck, Lots of coins, some replaced small parts.
Never had a snake, but some wasps and plenty of mud nests. One time a cab floor full of bigger animal duty, maybe a coon or such?
AND, I have never caught that goofy named disease you can get from animal droppings I was warned about. Never even thought about it, really.
One time got a truck from Cable TV shop, just full of parts in camper back, that I used to wire my house with cable! Even roll of wire!
I've gotten big farm trucks with rolls of fence wire to try to cut up and junk, old farm posts, barn hardware, solidified grain dust! All kinds of things have been found, not much useful. I did get one set of old style reflector triangle sets that I still have. Nuff said!

I find a tag under the seat that said Evans 66. I freaked out because I bought it for me and my son to work on together. His name is Evan!!

GL - when I post *bump* - it just adds a new post to the bottom of the thread... and the stovebolt forum software bumps it back to the top of the heap in the 'general truck' subject/topic listing.

I do that now and then, becuase this thread has become so entertaining... and not everyone has seen it.

so... *bump*

-W

Underneath the gas tank of my '51 I found one of the original keys to the truck, which still worked in the door but not the ignition, which had been jammed with a chrysler key!

Just the mouse poop.

Sab

In a 1969 Corvette I found the original carburetor, spark plugs, distributor cap, radio, two corvette manuals, tire snow cables, t roof protection bags, a quarter and a dollar bill.

In my 1940 Chevy Deluxe I found the original keys, some gas rationing stamps, a maintenance expense record, some match books, an old quilt and 16 years of dust.

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Hantavirus is the disease you need to watch for...I haven't found it yet, but I at least use a mask when cleaning old vehicles.

In my '66 C-10, I found a card that said "Vote for Sutch-and-such for Stanly County Sheriff." I guess its from about 1970. I also found $0.15, the original lug wrench and about an inch of accumulated dirt and grain dust. In the glove box, I found the knock-out plate for the radio opening, a pencil advertising some defunct construction company, a set of Anco winshield wiper blades in the original box, and some old inspection papers from the last 10 years. In the floor the PO had made a set of floor mats out of old carpet and they had their own protective layer of dirt too.

Drew W.
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'66 C-10 stepside

some pliers, a screwdriver, some bolts and screws, a model of a 53 lowrdier pickup and a kitchen knife.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM...........Love this topic! Got mine from father-n-law who was original owner. He had the original sales receipt of the dealer lot, the original owner's manual, the Protec-O-Plate (anyone have one of those?) He was protected it so much he had artificial green turf on the floor and a bug shield bolted on the hood........Those HAD to go.

Green card and two joynts
ALL the wires were red.

dirt, dirt, tree branches, dirt, oh yeah some more dirt, and then....dirt!

Bought mine from a friend found the bumber door hinges 7$cash and also a wiring nite mare And this pink looking spider that was mad and a babysqurall that i gave a evection notice to

This is a GREAT THREAD...In a 51 I bought when I moved to oregon, was the original owners manual, with all the maintance records,bills etc...in the glove box. BUT,the best for me, I bought a 1958 stude schoolbus,to use as camper/home and in the spare tire carrier under the back, was assorted tools and a CAST IRON WAFFLE IRON(smelled like 90W) and I burned off the oil and still use to this day...have guests/friends over, have waffles, and go into this story, after they've had a few...DELICIOUS...also all the dirt/turds/animal parts...

In my '42 I found a mint 1942 "mercury" dime. Spare water pump in rear cab corner Original hand crank and jack.

A small leather key pouch with an original key in it, tucked up under the dask of my 46 near the glove compartment. It has the truck dealer's name on it.

Found a hen sitting on a nest of eggs under the seat of a '65 Chevy lwb Fleetside I'd just bought for $100 once. Mean ol' biddy at that too! PO said the window had only been down a few weeks. Otherwise the truck was pretty clean as it was in a barn.

We relocated her and the nest...

Well I found in my 41 in the glove box was a really bunch of inspection receipts an old map an old ice scraper,now up under the seat was an original clutch and throw out bearing and receipt from 1955 price was a whopping 10.00 or so uh some old wrenches homemade lug wrench couple of hammers and of course the crank handle I'v had to use this from time to time,works great.and also the gear driven jack.

my old C10-owner's manual w/every oil change written down, all the way to current mileage; misc papers, reg papers, one R44 AC plug, ice scraper, razor blades still in package
Suburban-gas reciepts from 1970, orig owner filled up for $4.70, a Union 76 credit card w/raised punchcard squares(remember those)camping recipt from wash state park 1970,,brian