I wasn't planning on cleaning, but I was driving my '53 and pushed on the
headliner near the mirror. The headliner cracked and over 5lbs of ball shaped
bird seed fell on me, into the dash, and all over the floor. That was quite a
surprise since I was sitting at a red light at the time. I would have much
rather found that envelope with $100.
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Dave Paulson
'51 & '53 1/2 tons
Spokane, WA
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:04:38 Michael Crouch wrote:
>About the only thing I ever found that was of interest, well to me anyways... I
>was gutting out the interior of my '50 Chevy 3100 and I found under the gas
>tank
>a lost name tag of mine from ten years ago when I going to high school and
>working at Kroger... At that time the truck belonged to my uncle and now it's
>finally mine... Happy Happy Joy Joy... My two cent (found that too...)
>
>Mike
>1950 Chevy 3100
>1967 Chevy Camaro
>1967 Pontiac Firebird
>1979 Chevy C-20 Silverado
>
>
>J and M Street wrote:
>
>> We've heard some good stories about interesting finds in our old trucks,
>> such as Al and Guy's hornet nests and now Gordons mice so I thought I'd
>> mention my interesting find. I bought an ole '54 panel that had been sitting
>> for about 10 years. It had orange shag carpeting in the back which was
>> infested with moths. So once I got the truck home I was tearing out the
>> interior and found the typical old gas receipts and junk, and stuck to the
>> bottom of the old carpeting was a sealed envelope. I just about pitched it
>> in the trash but decided to open it and inside was a $100.00 bill! It had a
>> 1970 date on it and had never even been folded. That's the neatest thing
>> I've found in a truck. I found some false teeth in the trunk of a '65 Impala
>> I bought once, but that was just creepy. -Jeff
>>
>> Jeff Street
>> Seattle, WA
>> '55-2 short/step "Street's Rod-project"
>>
>> WILHELM GORDON wrote:
>>
>> > I decided to take out the headliner in my '51 GMC and do a bit of
>> > cleaning the other night and was surprised to find quite a complete (but
>> > apparently unoccupied) mouse nest in the front section (above the
>> > dash). We have some serious concerns in this neck of the woods with
>> > deer mice. Their droppings can spread a nasty disease called Hanta
>> > (sp?) virus when you stir up the dust and dropping while cleaning. To
>> > my knowledge several people a year die from exposure to this virus!
>> >
>> > It appears that the mice were gaining access to the area above the
>> > headliner by climbing up the front window post? The truck is in fairly
>> > good original running condition so I have been driving it quite a bit.
>> > Makes you wonder what other critters may have made my truck their home!
>> >
>> > On a creepy note I also found a shipping invoice from a casket company
>> > (dated in the early 60's). It looks like the PO picked up the casket
>> > directly from the coffin company and somehow the invoice got dropped in
>> > behind the gas tank (behind the seat)
>> >
>> > There must be some great stories out there of what you guys (and gals)
>> > have rediscovered while cleaning/restoring/rodding your trucks??
>> >
>> > Gordon Wilhelm
>> > 1951 GMC 1/2 ton
>> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>>
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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