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Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:14 pm

When I was getting some more rat turds out of that 1960 double cab that I got, in that hollow space beneath the front seat there was a plastic bag with the remains of some rubbers (I don't mean seals) and what looked like had been joints (reefer madness): a rat had gotten to them. That must have been one stoned rat. :lol:

Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:19 pm

Crofty, that's why they have red eyes!

When I got my '67 Kombi from the original owner it was heaped with cricket-crap papers and whatnot. Behind the seat I found this little card/box and almost tossed it then realized it was unopened and still had the toy in it. It had the top part of the card but I though it only valuable with the box so I tore off the top of the card and tossed it. Sheesh. It's a 23 window, the engine lid opens, rear hatch, side doors, has jewel headlights, and it steers. It says Kresge on the box and on the bottom of the box it says there was an ambulance version.

Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:57 pm

while furiously pounding away at a door handle pin i was trying to remove the rusty door bottom fell apart and about twenty dollars in buffalo nickels fell at my feet

Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:39 pm

In my '64 I found the original owner's ID card from the VW dealer. It was just sitting in the dash tray. Has the original owner's name, and the name and address of the business,(the same one that's logo'd on the Bus.

In my '67, under the rear seat I found a dealer service booklet to the Bus. It has service records from 1970-1975 and it was serviced at a dealer which at that time was about 10 miles from where I live.

Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:05 pm

I found these ultra-nerd vintage safety glasses on the parcel tray of my '57.

Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:09 pm

Pulled this one from a field found it full of straw and the remains of a dead goat! YEACH! also pulled out tons of rat crap, found a old car mirror behind the engine and a cool old bottle of medicine. Still had some in it!
http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd253/1979camper/bus/?action=view&current=as315.jpg

Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:47 pm

I was taking the bass boat seats out of the 64 today and found this in that cuvvy hole between the seats along with brown shag, blue shag and some fake fur looking stuff...lol

Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:57 am

surprised at the number of people finding weed stashed away in their bus(wasnt there a thread a while back of a bus that was properly stuffed full of og gear under the belly pans? and a pickup with a closed up treasure chest for same?) even stoned hippies should be able to remember where that shit is hidden. :roll:

i didnt find that much in mine: few aussie coins with platypus on them, few calling cards from various campsites around australia, old pipe made from stone, a small pocket knife and sand, lots and lots of sand :wink:

Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:01 am

aaaw yeah 'the smuggler' 8)

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=248880&highlight=drugs

Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:05 am

I found a barndoor steering wheel, headlight glass and 2 semaphores, in a '66 microbus. I sold them long ago for 1/4 the value I had purchased the bus. 8)

Tue May 06, 2008 6:03 pm

rubbers ... jimmy hats....i found used condoms!

Tue May 06, 2008 6:16 pm

Derv, I am sorry to say this was in your bus:

I was really grossed out by the dead bird.

Wed May 07, 2008 5:28 am

Jimmy Hoffa :D

Wed May 07, 2008 6:09 am

BarryL wrote:

I wasn't familiar with white Pacific Wonderland plates, just with the regular blue and yellow. Are these commercials?

Cris

Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:14 am

I was cleaning up and sorting out all the rubbish in the cab of my new '67 crewcab when I noticed the missing speedo pod switch's hole was filled with paper...

Slicing my hands open on the homemade radio brackets, dash screws, and miscellaneous other sharp objects, I spent 15 minutes seperating the wiring to pry out a piece of newspaper, dated FEB 25, 1989...

It was really scrunched up good and forced into the back of the pod.

There seemed to be more, and a few more minutes of work revealed two more pieces of newspaper, a lunch packet with some sandwich seeds, etc. leftover, and a supermarket plastic bag, all from the same era.

After the first piece, I thought perhaps there was contraband hidden in my bus! I got scared, then excited, and then disappointed as it turned out to be nothing.

Very interesting reading adverts, job vacancies, and news from '89 though.

The local car dealer had exceptional deals on used rides, plenty of good jobs, and the local IT shop advertising the latest mono-screen, 12 Mhz 256 Kb RAM computer, with keyboard! ...for about 280 USD!

N.