Good evening All, All these years of working to turn three dilapidated 240s into one good cruiser has come with a lot of expense I'm sure that everyone on this forum knows what I'm talking about. But this evening I'm delighted to share with you that I have taken the first step towards recovering my investment. I had in my garage two trash-grade seats. The idea was to take them apart so the seat cushions and backrests would fit into my garbage bin. On two of them, I made a profit. Jammed between the seat cushion and the metal arm linking it to the backrest, I found money! A 1974 nickel and a 1981 dime are now safely in my possession! Finally, a return on my investment! I shared this news with Momma, but for whatever reason she did not share my jubilation. Cheers,

We should all be so lucky!

Ha! I've got you beat by a country mile. Before I reinstalled the seats in the 73, I lifted up a mat under the passenger seat and found a 1972 quarter and a 1960 penny. Both were likely there before I bought the car in 1993.

I once found a pair of pliers under a seat of my new car, it was of a expensive brand! still use it! And a calculator under a seat of a used car.. it was in my latest 280zx, next year i'm gonna visit the last owner (Who drove the car before the subdealer that sold me this zx) and ask if he recognizes the calculator haha!

I found a 1978 penny in my seat retractor handle cover it was jammed in there and looked almost new. It was an exciting time for me

I found a razor knife in the cavity down under my windshield cowl panel.   WOOOOO!!!!!  $$$$$$$$

I have found lots of money and other stuff in cars over the years. Coins under carpet or deep inside seat cushion crevices. Combs, pens, hairpins, and tools in nooks and crannies.

Even useful tools.

Edited August 10, 20213 yr by Racer X

A pair of Blizzard of Oz tickets from 1981 Showbox Seattle.

Edit: Paramount Theatre

I was cleaning out my Corolla a couple years after I got it and found a fat joint in the rear seat where the belt buckle clip comes out.

 

Shame it was all dried up, found it too late! 

Edited August 10, 20213 yr by heyitsrama

When I was 14-16 yrs old in 74-76 I worked at the Automat car wash in Burnaby B.C.  The customers would drive up to the vacuums and then go  to the waiting room for their car to come through the wash. There was an unwritten rule that stated any coins you found on the carpet or tucked into the seats were free for the taking, now at $3.17 per hour it wasn't hard to double you hourly pay on a busy Saturday.  If you were lucky enough to be the one who got the job of emptying vacuum canister on a Sunday there was another $10 in there for sure.

Heyitsrama:
A dried out joint.  I hear they can be brought back to life with some time in a cigar humidor.

Great idea, right?  But I'm two years late?

  On 8/10/2021 at 8:17 PM, heyitsrama said:

I was cleaning out my Corolla a couple years after I got it and found a fat joint in the rear seat where the belt buckle clip comes out.

 

Shame it was all dried up, found it too late! 

I would have stuck it in a baggie with a bit of orange peel. That would rehydrate the dried out weed, giving it that “just right cured and ready to smoke” texture.