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Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:00 pm

Aside from the 1974 dealership accessories brochure I found in my current bug the only other notable thing I've found in one of the others was an unsmoked joint someone had dropped down the side of the seat and tunnel.

Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:29 pm

Found out I had a late replacement wiper switch, already wired up the electric washer to the stalk, intermittent here I come!

Oh, and found pot stems in the rear seat ashtray some 15 years after owning my old 68.

Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:34 pm

seems like you two got your cars from hippies....

Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:07 pm

Not particularly cool, but when I got my bug the ashtray was full of roaches (not the insect kind). Now whenever I pull interior stuff apart, about half the time I find some sort of contraband.

PO said it was his kid's school car.

Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:23 pm

found a box full 45,bullets

Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:55 pm

loper wrote: Not particularly cool, but when I got my bug the ashtray was full of roaches (not the insect kind). Now whenever I pull interior stuff apart, about half the time I find some sort of contraband.

PO said it was his kid's school car.

I found a full dime bag of weed and a pile of dime bags. Good times in the VW ;)

Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:13 am

i bought 2 1973 bugs out of the woods in some guys back yard, in one i found nothing but rust, bugs, and dead mice. the other one had a piece of paper that was a little chewed on that was a printout to pick your teams and place bets for the 91 college football bowl games. if they had not been redone previously by some shade tree mechanic then they might have had some other cooler stuff.

Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:33 am

Colonel_Mustard wrote:

Found those. Car is from Germany.

Those coins are from well after they made bugs in Germany....'85, '91, etc. Was your bug in a time machine?

Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:25 pm

Well, I'm restoring the bug I dated in 30 years ago. Several bobby pins under the back seat :oops:

Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:44 pm

Redvolk65 wrote: found a box full 45,bullets THEY RALLY ROUND THE FAMILY WITH A POCKET FULL OF SHELLS!!!! ; )

Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:20 am

uncapj wrote: Redvolk65 wrote: found a box full 45,bullets THEY RALLY ROUND THE FAMILY WITH A POCKET FULL OF SHELLS!!!! ; ) :twisted:

Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:54 am

Coolest thing I found in mine was, NO RUST lol. PO did a good job

Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:13 am

str8buggin wrote: Coolest thing I found in mine was, NO RUST lol. PO did a good job

That by far is the best find so far.

Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:20 am

RocketA wrote: Colonel_Mustard wrote:

Found those. Car is from Germany.

Those coins are from well after they made bugs in Germany....'85, '91, etc. Was your bug in a time machine?

You realize that beetles made in Germany can be used there well after their build date right? No time machine required :roll:
The woman who owned it bought it and used it in Germany for years until she finally brought it to Canada.