So what did you find in ur car the PO was nice enough to leave behind. In a 76 Trans Am I found a mid 30's chevy bumper in the trunk (no idea why) a condom that expired in 1986. Plus a few 8tracks (including a george carlin I kept).

Most others have been the usual. Tools, Haynes Manuals (tho not always for the vehicle they unhabit) knives, 1 gun (too rusted to ever be restored, in the spare tire area of a Notchback mustang early 80's. So, anyone find anything odd or unexpected? Or worth more than the car cost?

I've owned a LOT of cars, but here are a few winners:

'72 BMW 2002 parts car- it was FILLED with yard waste, waiting to be picked up for scrap. Buried in the yard waste? A set of 4 13" Alpina alloys, 2 in the trunk, 2 in the back seat, lots of trim pieces, license plate lights (Which I needed!), the owners manual in its plastic sleeve (pretty much preserved), AND the original virgin spare tire, never been on a car before and still holding air. Cool find for $100.

'72 Beetle - brand new pair of headers for a small block GM

'87 BMW 325i - Bought it off of a very very gay man. I had no idea so many varieties of condoms existed (all unused ones). And some really suave sunglasses. And a purple umbrella.

'74 Bug - Found a Timex watch rusted into what remained of the floorpan. And it was still working.

2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo - I didn't own it, but while converting it into a race car (It was BRAND new...) we found chocolate chip cookies and 75 cents US underneath the tar sound deadening material under the carpet. Very strange, especially since the car was built in Japan.

'74 Sun Bug - A photo of the car the day the owner purchased it brand new in front of the dealership.

'65 Fiat 1500 Cabriolet - A bunch of Beetle parts in the trunk. Perfect!

Cool finds. I have heard that its good luck to have loose change in the car. Like a superstition. Didn't know japan was making luck standard lol.

I don't have have any finds as my cars have been usually picked clean.

However, I do a few stories when I helped a few friends pick cars.

My buddy Stirling once we got the new CVPI off the lot and into my garage to install the light bar and radios, we find a bunch of stuff from the previous owner. The car originally was from Washington State Patrol, but its second owner was some weird unlicensed one man security company who left a wad of business cards with a lady's lip print on the back and each one with a different phone number in girly handwriting.

Haha, awesome stories, keep 'em coming! The only thing I've ever found in a used car of my own has been a label maker...Everything else has been picked clean.

Also found the remnants of the build sheet under the back seat of my dad's 1969 Road Runner when we were tearing it down during restoration, but that's not really a previous owner thing.

And the picture of the car the day it left the dealership would be an awesome thing to find.

i found a hacked up wiring job

bunch of weed in a folded dealer pamphlet

limp bizket cd

Vietnam era flack jacket, new Arctic Cat snowmobile helmet, pair of Nike sneakers and a red sox hat.

Night vision scope in a turn out patrol car.

I had an '85 Vette (as in Chevette) that stunk like a public restroom. A friend was getting out of the car one day and noticed something. Sure enough, there was one of those scented urinal discs under the seat. Explained a lot. Maybe it was a janitor's car?

In the second Fiero.
Parking tickets, like 8 of them stuffed into the visor.

i have never found anything interesting in my own aside from change, but the other day at the U-pic scrapyard i found a dildo in a chevy cavalier!

I found a pirranha spike strip in the back of my glove box in my 06 cvpi when I bought it. Have not figured out who to use it on though.

My old Suburban had a ton of stuff in it, an IBC root beer bottle, trailer hitch, Citgo gas station squeegee, a bunch of magnets, some weird metal strap thing for grooming horses, sunglasses, these new in package security knobs for the wing vent/butterfly windows that were never installed, a brick, a tire pressure gauge, a religious medallion, a big chain, and I forget what else.

In my green 74 Impala I found a laundromat receipt from Wiscasset, Maine in 1994, a bank receipt from the 80s, a "Vince Gill - Souvenirs" cassette tape, and a few other random things. The spare tire was also the wrong one for the car and had a big plastic hubcap on it for some reason.

When I got the Blazer it had a yellow tow strap behind the spare tire, a Deftones bumper sticker, air fresheners, a bunch of audio and electrical connectors in the center console, about 30 ballpoint pens, and some other things. When I tore out the carpet, I found dog biscuits, about 10 bucks in quarters, and half of a Jackie Chan Rumble in the Bronx puzzle.

The yellow 74 Impala was the best one. I found every single piece of paperwork pertinent to the car, including the original unwrinkled MA title in it's postmarked envelope, receipts, vehicle inspection reports, everything! It also has the owners manual, the dealer brochure as well as a specific one for Beaulieu Chevy in Spfld, MA from 1974, little notebooks where the original owners tallied all of their mileage and gas purchases, then calculated the gas mileage with it, warranty card, emissions info card, absolutely EVERYTHING. I found the original radio in the trunk, 4 Wal-Mart oil filters (a few years ago they were reportedly the same as the K&N or Mobil 1 filters, I forget) a town of Springfield, MA anniversary license plate, an old Haynes manual, and other stuff. A while back when vacuuming it out, I found a supermarket matchbook under the front bench seat that was promoting a sale that took place in 1976. hahaha

Matt, You're gonna miss your long term memory when it finally goes.

I looked at an auto auction car once that came with a 5.5 pack of Budweiser bottles. If I remember correctly it was confiscated by the US Marshalls.