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Mon Sep 01, 2003 6:03 pm

Out of five buses that I have bought, four were full of trash and some good stuff. It is always like a treasure chest that you get to dig through and see if you can find something of any use. In two separate buses, I found the same Bob Marley cassette. One of the buses had a Greatful Dead and Pink Floyd cassette. What have you guys found in a new to you bus? :D [/b]

Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:34 pm

Never found any music...but I did get a complete new camp stove with can of propane in my '67 Riviera! That was sweet cause my wife and I were going to buy one anyway!

-Taylor

Sat Sep 06, 2003 4:09 pm

I found a Steve Miller Tape in my 69 bug when i bought it

Sat Sep 06, 2003 11:01 pm

Found a Fishbone tape in my bug.

Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:12 pm

i found no music but i DID find :
tons of canned food
spaghetti sauce
various noodles
moldy hamburger buns (keep in mind bus sat for a year) in fridge
mustard bottle in fridge
moldy bag of onions under small seat beside sink turning to dust
40 bottle rockets
25 packs of inchers
2 dozen assorted combs <<< wtf?
hundreads of department store bags (p/o must have been selling trinkets or something)

Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:19 pm

Other things I found:
lots of tools, mostly screwdrivers
brand new emergency air compressor
candles
legalize marujiana patch
5 baby mice
about 100 lotto ticket stubs
extra radios and speakers
pencils and pens
lots of extra VW parts
tons of fast food wrappers

Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:32 pm

I found a new jack and torque wrench in my 69 westy. Heck they were worth the cost of the bus.

Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:01 pm

In my 74 Bus I found a Rolling Stones cassette and a few Mexican coins and some really 80's woman's swimsuit.

Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:26 am

About a thousand dollars.............

in camel cash!
I can't believe I threw it all away...

Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:02 am

A grand in Camel Cash? Wow that is alot of cigarettes. A grand won't put a scratch the cost of respritory theropy when you can't breath anymore. Hope you have good insurance. :shock:

Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:31 pm

I always find the best stuff whike going through cars in junkyards. Busses usually have canned food, incense, essential oils and paperwork including letters, poetry and documentation. The biggest surprize was when a friend and I were rummaging through vw's at the wreckers a big bag of weed fell out from above the speedo he was pulling out of an old bus. I guess he found someones stash spot. Really made his day.

Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:30 am

My wife and I found a sign in our westy when we bought it.
"Out of work Far from home out of gas, please help, may god bless"
That was the only thing in there besides every net and canvass part you could think of for a westy. The scary thing is, the sign looked new, we bought the bus from a shop in wichita kansas, and it was titled in kansas....far from home huh??

Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:48 am

The one I just bought had two antique wooden cigar boxes under the jump seat - one had a small carved chess set and an unopened pack of playing cards, the other had a very nice folding travel alarm clock. Lots of misc. junk in the closet also that I haven't really had a chance to go through yet.

-Paul

Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:21 pm

i found a bad ass key chain that was pewter nazi war bird with the vw logo in its feet in my 67 sqr bk stuck in the tar mats in back :lol: :lol:

Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:22 pm

i found a bad ass key chain that was pewter nazi war bird with the vw logo in its feet in my 67 sqr bk stuck in the tar mats in back :lol: :lol:

Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:28 pm

i found a complete collection of bette midler tapes under the rear seat in my 1969 bus. i guess the PO had a hard-on for 80's girls.

Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:02 pm

i used to be a service manager of a high line dealer ,porsche,bmw.benc,exc and the porters would always detail the cars and find tons of stuff from cd's to sex toys ,well one day one of em comes up and says boss you need to see this,i look up and he had placed 3 guns,and about 200 rounds of ammo,he had found them in the trunk
under the spare tire cover!as i start to call the used car manager to see who the previous owner was ,here comes the owner and one very worried
chicago bears player (name with held) he was very happy to see i had his guns and not someone else as the guys in back used to keep the cd's and sex toys!!sorry it wasnt a vw ,but a 911 thought it was close enough!l

Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:24 pm

In my 77, there was (sadly) no music.

I did find some plastic utencils,
the original jack,
2 battery powered fans,
2 battery operated lights,
a couple replacement wing windows,
and the original curtains!

Eric
77 Westy

Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:24 pm

I got a pretty good haul out of my '82 van.

-3 cassettes (Stan Rogers, Led Zep and White Zombie. Quite an eclectic mix...)
-Supplies for an oil change, including drain pan and funnel
-Map book of Canada
-An extra battery
-a Canadian flag on a stick (used to prop open rear hatch, from what I was told. I use vice grips...)
-4 litres of camp fuel
-a tarp
-a 4 person tent
-3 parking tickets from alberta
-a jamaican quarter
-about a hundred pens
-spare seatbelts for the back
-Corncob curtains! They look like the ones on the Simpsons' kitchen windows.

Oh, and there was a van under all that stuff. ;)

Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:36 pm

I didn't find any music, but I found a business card for a pawn shop stuck near the stove. One of the two proprietors' names was the same as mine! I am the third owner, and I know the second owner, but not the first. Would be interesting to find out.