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Title: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: hotel21 on 22 January 2013, 18:03:54
Thread blatantly robbed from another forum I frequent.   :-[

I know its probably more suitable to 'general car chat' but, in all honestly, I think the thread will have more of a life here.

So.  Apart from the obligatory opal fruits under the rear seats (I'm sure they get put there on the assembly line) whats all been found in your car purchases?

Those that break cars on here might be finding more than most of us and be at an advantage..... :)   :)
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: albitz on 22 January 2013, 18:07:10
Found a very large laminated map of London in one of my breakers last year.Lots of golf Tees,about £7 in change stuck in the drivers seat runners of the previous one.Keep hoping to find a long forgotten bag of £50 notes tucked under a rear seat but no such luck yet.
Cant think of anything particularily bizzarre at the moment.
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 22 January 2013, 18:07:51
a partially molten screwdriver in the cambelt area (clit) ???
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: TheBoy on 22 January 2013, 18:30:27
Never found anything strange - maybe the odd trinket that I couldn't identify.  I did find £12 under the rear bench in Goldie. That wasn't far off what I paid for the car ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: OOMV6 on 22 January 2013, 19:02:38
A video tape. Recorded. Had to check contents, of course. Wish I hadn't. Blue movie. Unfortunately the "actresses" were very very very large  >:( And there were a few of them. Poor bloke.
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: omega3000 on 22 January 2013, 19:07:29
A video tape. Recorded. Had to check contents, of course. Wish I hadn't. Blue movie. Unfortunately the "actresses" were very very very large  >:( And there were a few of them. Poor bloke.

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: PhilRich on 22 January 2013, 19:11:03
3 stuck together black liquorice allsorts under the drivers seat in the new estate, the previous owner obviously had taste but a rotten aim! ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: kevinp58 on 22 January 2013, 19:17:00
A video tape. Recorded. Had to check contents, of course. Wish I hadn't. Blue movie. Unfortunately the "actresses" were very very very large  >:( And there were a few of them. Poor bloke.
Oh I wondered where that went. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: kevinp58 on 22 January 2013, 19:19:31
I found some condoms  ;) thankfully still in thier wrappers and unused. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: joshwyatt on 22 January 2013, 19:25:56
I've found various things;
x2 Rape Alarms
Learning Welsh in 30 days book
Various nasty remnants of crisps, food etc
About £80 combined over various vehicles
The funniest things come in P/X's where the client says the vehicle 'is running perfectly' and you find in the glove box estimates dated recently detailing how the vehicle is falling apart, or needs a new turbo etc  ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: zirk on 22 January 2013, 19:26:33
OOF Cambelt DVD, 4 pot.
LPG Analyzer.
9mm / 380 short Bullits (ex Plod).
Trade Plates.
12v Foot Pump.
Viagra.
Locking Wheel Nut set.
Electric Razor.
£300 stuffed behind Courtesy Light.
Brand new Spark Plugs.
Becker Sat Nav and charger.
Various spanners and drill bits.
Coil Pak new.
Denon Amplifier disconnected.
Foldable walking stick.
Unused T Cut.
Hard Hat and Ear Defenders.
Spare key for the car.
200 B&H cigs sealed.
Double Din Ford Radio.
12v Battery.

Probably more if I think harder.

Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Omegatoy on 22 January 2013, 19:28:18
when working for Woma,was doing the normal checks you do and in the bAlfa romeo, which had a funny smell insode,Hidden under the spare wheel in the boot under carpet,was a lovely bag of grass,about 4ounces in weight,spent the rest of the day in a daze!! ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: albitz on 22 January 2013, 19:42:26
My latest breaker had a spare key wrapped in an enormous amount of insulating tape stuck up under the rear bumper,looked like it had been there many years.I doubt the last couple of owners knew it was there.
Zirk - £300 behind the courtesy light. :o :o............as Feargal Sharkey sang.It never happens to me. ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Kate on 22 January 2013, 19:52:40
I found lots of grass seed and it had started growing.

That car had a really funny smell. ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: dbug on 22 January 2013, 20:01:27
Found a guys scalp in the back of a well crashed Elan we had bought to put back on the road :( :(
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: ozzycat on 22 January 2013, 20:02:09
 the wife :D :D :D :D :D i know im dead when she reads this nice knowing you all :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Vamps on 22 January 2013, 20:04:36
When removing the steering wheel of a Mini, late 70's, to put a small one on.... :D I removed the centre badge to find a simple note, saying 'Nosey' well I nearly wet myself laughing, shame the person who put it there was not around to share the joke....... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: zirk on 22 January 2013, 20:09:18
When removing the steering wheel of a Mini, late 70's, to put a small one on.... :D I removed the centre badge to find a simple note, saying 'Nosey' well I nearly wet myself laughing, shame the person who put it there was not around to share the joke....... ;D ;D ;D

Bit like the notes found behind the Oddmeter Cluster, 'Oh No not again'
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: doz on 22 January 2013, 21:02:38
A very dead person. Well this a little bit of a cheat as it wasn't my car. It was just one I was passing in a car park. Poor chap had passed on waiting for his wife to return with the shopping. I was only 14 and shat myself  :(
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Lazydocker on 22 January 2013, 21:05:02
Found a guys scalp in the back of a well crashed Elan we had bought to put back on the road :( :(

Unfortunately I can do quite a few like this from when I was in recovery :( :(
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Brikhead on 22 January 2013, 21:23:32
Those that break cars on here might be finding more than most of us and be at an advantage..... :)   :)

Always guaranteed to add to the tool collection when removing a v6 engine from an Omega...
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Nick W on 22 January 2013, 21:54:28
3 different stockings under the back seat of one of my Capris.
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: feeutfo on 22 January 2013, 22:00:35
Never found anything strange - maybe the odd trinket that I couldn't identify.  I did find £12 under the rear bench in Goldie. That wasn't far off what I paid for the car ;D
No sign of that bag of gravel yet then? :-X


Wheel nut cap remover.
Electric seat motor winder.
Can't look under the rear seat as the catch is jammed solid. :(
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: dbug on 22 January 2013, 23:12:19
A very dead person. Well this a little bit of a cheat as it wasn't my car. It was just one I was passing in a car park. Poor chap had passed on waiting for his wife to return with the shopping. I was only 14 and shat myself  :(

Not suprised, the amount of time they spend in the shops ::) ::)
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: omega3000 on 22 January 2013, 23:17:05
A gold watch and a wedding ring , both under the back seat  :o
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: belldarr on 23 January 2013, 01:41:46
I have found a metal baseball bat in the rear of a car where the back seats and boot carpet meet, bought it off an elderly lady as well :)

A work mate showed be a vectra he had bought and was very proud of, I noticed that the rear door handles were very worn and 2 screw holes in rear bumper - I asked him was it a taxi?  No he says it only has 48,000 on the clock and the guy he bought it off had just been laid off etc etc, we lift the boot floor to check the spare/jack and bits and there is the taxi licence plate in with the spare wheel - he was gutted.....

Darren
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Auto Addict on 23 January 2013, 07:31:23
In my last Omega, the air filter was stuffed with a rag, instead of a filter, and a jam jar wedged in the front sub-frame.

Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Johnny English on 23 January 2013, 15:04:13
Three dead bats with opened wings between the two front radiator. The previous owner complained me that the coolant continously boiling no found any reason. I found why  ;)
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: hotel21 on 23 January 2013, 17:52:44
Part of my current job entails looking through the cars that are trade ins or sourced from auction/other dealers before entering into stock.

Have found assorted condoms, both new and used.
'Intimate' lubricant.
Assorted nether garments, male and female.
Vibrators and other similar strap on devices for those of society that are unsure of which sexual direction to turn....
Cash, in varying ammounts.  Some goes into the biscuit fund, some into my personal malt fund....
Assorted ammunition, of varied calibers, discharged and live.
Component parts of weapons - it is a farming/huntin/shootin/fishin type dealership I work at.
Needles for syringes - see above farmer Giles type owners.
Baseball bats and similar lump ended bits of timber, kinda oversize to be a priest.  Would need to be great white fishing rather than salmon...
Spanners, sockets, screwdrivers, breaker bars, fuses, spare lamps, tyre compressors, towropes, satnavs, satnav mounts, phone chargers, phones, maps, etc etc etc.

Once found a home made coffin, complete with occupant in it, in a previous employ.  Must have told that story once or twice at an OOF meet after a dry sherry or three.  If you havn't heard it, ask me next time you see me after I've been on the wine gums.  Its quite amusing and worth the retelling...   ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 January 2013, 18:05:41
I once found a Pheasant wedged between top and bottom wishbones, cooking gently against a hot brake disk, which had done a great job of plucking one side of it. I do know where that came from, so not actually strange. When I say a Pheasant, it wasn't entirely complete. Not sure what happened to its' head, but suspect it was the wrong side of the top wishbone to continue its' journey along with the body. ::)

Oh, and during my recent'ish Westfield rebuild I found the cap from a Weber carburettor which had vanished on her maiden voyage 12 years earlier.

Not much else to report. Bit boring, really.
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: feeutfo on 23 January 2013, 18:07:02
Part of my current job entails looking through the cars that are trade ins or sourced from auction/other dealers before entering into stock.

Have found assorted condoms, both new and used.
'Intimate' lubricant.
Assorted nether garments, male and female.
Vibrators and other similar strap on devices for those of society that are unsure of which sexual direction to turn....
Cash, in varying ammounts.  Some goes into the biscuit fund, some into my personal malt fund....
Assorted ammunition, of varied calibers, discharged and live.
Component parts of weapons - it is a farming/huntin/shootin/fishin type dealership I work at.
Needles for syringes - see above farmer Giles type owners.
Baseball bats and similar lump ended bits of timber, kinda oversize to be a priest.  Would need to be great white fishing rather than salmon...
Spanners, sockets, screwdrivers, breaker bars, fuses, spare lamps, tyre compressors, towropes, satnavs, satnav mounts, phone chargers, phones, maps, etc etc etc.

Once found a home made coffin, complete with occupant in it, in a previous employ.  Must have told that story once or twice at an OOF meet after a dry sherry or three.  If you havn't heard it, ask me next time you see me after I've been on the wine gums.  Its quite amusing and worth the retelling...   ;D
See, you admins ::) ;D
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: VXL V6 on 23 January 2013, 19:12:22
Thread blatantly robbed from another forum I frequent.   :-[

I know its probably more suitable to 'general car chat' but, in all honestly, I think the thread will have more of a life here.

So.  Apart from the obligatory opal fruits under the rear seats (I'm sure they get put there on the assembly line) whats all been found in your car purchases?

Those that break cars on here might be finding more than most of us and be at an advantage..... :)   :)

Four Winter Tyres that started life fitted to 'Christine'
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Gaffers on 24 January 2013, 07:12:50
Nobody has found any crocs then... ::)
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: Andyfloss on 24 January 2013, 08:39:56
hmmm well in My landy a few shotgun shells and .22 bullets lol

in my R32 skyline... not so much in the car but when the Rear Diff went... if was welded up with old jap coins and i mean OLD!. manage to have a couple of mint ones that i found in the boot too...aswell as a bit of rope in a loop...which apparently is bad luck to take out the car so i left it be lol
Title: Re: Whats the strangest thing you have found in your car???
Post by: omega3000 on 24 January 2013, 11:53:54
Yesterday i found millions of ball bearings in the rear footwells  ??? :-\ :-\ ::) and a wooden pole with a shammy under it holding the window up  >:( >:( >:(