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Dark Alley Dan Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2005 Posts: 185 Location: The Land of Wind and Ghosts (AKA Edmonton, AB)
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: Nothng too weird... |
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...about $4.00 in US pennies, an anti-freeze-soaked kids book, and enough grey fur to knit a dog, all from under the floorboards under the R&R bed.
Everything else appears to have checked out OK, thank God. _________________ Dark Alley Dan
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I blame rap music. For everything. |
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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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The last Bus I bought was a '71 Westy, from a true Stink foot Hippie, straight off the commune, I found 3 pipes/ one hitters, a small bag of weed & various vials of un-labled pills, lots of new tune up parts. The Bus had sat at a open storage area in the sticks, anyone could have looked thru the Bus anytime, over the 4 years it was there........... _________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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OilNBolts Samba Member
Joined: May 12, 2007 Posts: 438 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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On the top of the JDM Subaru 3.3 that is about to find it's way into my '89 Vanagon- a chicken bone. Yuck. At least I think it is from a chicken. |
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Chris W. Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Boise County Idaho
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Found a well used, but intact Bently repair manual under the passenger seat of my 84 GL. Flwt pretty good about it, they tend to be a little on the spendy side. The Bus also came with a really groovy Grateful Dead
"Steal your face" decal in the rear window!
Cheers,
Chris _________________ Current Rides:
84GL Vanagon
93 Subaru loyal
93 Subaru Impreza
Past VWs:
62 Bug
66 Bug
70 Bus
73 squareback |
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tikibus Samba Member
Joined: July 07, 2006 Posts: 834 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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Just today went to look at a 87 Carat Weekender in ______ NY.
The Mice! Oh the F-in' Mice. PO was a slob and left this Rust bucket "as is".
Went into the nooks and crannies only to find Mice homes, well condo's to be exact.
It is for sale. I threw up in my mouth when I popped the engine cover.
Don't even ask the price of it.
If I found a pipe,etc., the dude selling it has smoke a-plenty from it!
Geeze!
_________________ Happy Trails!
Mark
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Founding member of the Empire State VW Camping Club.
http://www.empirevwcamping.org/
1984 Westy - Tiki
1997 Honda Civic -The Green Hornet
1971 Volvo P-1800E- needs TLC |
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brooklynvan Samba Member
Joined: February 08, 2006 Posts: 342 Location: Brooklyn NY
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Don't have a pic that I can find, but a completely preserved dessicated mouse in his comfortable palace...inside the front heater assembly. _________________ 1990 Vanagon "Plain Jane" Bostig in the Back
TRADED: 1967 Panel for 1976 BMW 2002
SOLD: 1984 Sunroof Vanagon with EJ22
RIP 1986 Saab turbo
and my daily commuter: a Bicycle |
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the caveman Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2004 Posts: 885 Location: island state of Montreal
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: |
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i imported a transporter from germany ex army red cross. ithad a false floor with rails to hold things. in the rails besides the 50 lbs of nails and screws i found a couple of spent rounds, some blanks.some not all around
9mm.
the other story is at the dealer i used to work at, somebody donated a vanagon which wasn't running. one of the other mechanics decided to check out what was wrong and started removing spark plugs and air cleaner when he jumped back about 20 feet. there was a nest with 3 baby squirrels still alive. |
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MootPoint Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2006 Posts: 862 Location: ABQ, NM
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: |
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a chicken bone. Yuck. At least I think it is from a chicken |
Tangled in the roof rack of a '69 baywindow Westy that I bought in 1984 in Colorado were four strange, fibrous, bent-stick-looking items, each about five inches across. . Thinking they were chunks of brush I untangled them from the bars and tossed them on the ground next to a friend of mine who grew up on a ranch. Upon examination he determined that they were trimmed remnants of horses hooves (like giant toenail clippings). Say what?
My current '84 Westy, purchased in Silver City, New Mexico, came with several unlabeled cassette tapes in the glove box of what sounded like Arabic childrens' songs from the Egyptian equivalent of Sesame Street. _________________ 1984 Westy with tencentlife power! |
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mumubunnylips Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2007 Posts: 2
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Removed the front passenger seat and found the remote for the stereo nestled inside the swivel mechanism. It should have been ground to pieces but didn't have a scratch on it. Now if I could just find the water tank filler key... |
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LostMyVWkey Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2007 Posts: 54
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: |
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This gross and how I found my van. floor completely covered in mouse poop, shed snake skins, $27.00 in change and ones, and lots of crusty goodies from spilled drinks.
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McVanagon Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2007 Posts: 1684 Location: Northern part of the Virginia
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: |
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mumubunnylips wrote: |
Removed the front passenger seat and found the remote for the stereo nestled inside the swivel mechanism. It should have been ground to pieces but didn't have a scratch on it. Now if I could just find the water tank filler key... |
You should contact the PO, and tell him where you found it. It's still probably driving them crazy, thinking they lost it at a campsite or something, only after tearing the van apart blaming each other for loosing it...... _________________ '69 Mike
'85 GL
'87 Wolfsburg Hardtop |
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Perales Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2007 Posts: 2046 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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I found a heavy duty rain suit, pants, jacket and hat, bright yellow with the crest of the local phone company, official issue! This was a keeper! It lives where I found it (under the rear bench) and comes out when needed. This thing will keep me dry in a hurricane. (and it fits) _________________ -- 1987 Westfalia automatic (Captain Vino) |
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motorbreath53 Samba Member
Joined: September 08, 2005 Posts: 901 Location: POWAY
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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wasn't in my vw, but in my 53' chev 1/2 ton that I found around 20 spent shell casings, an unused county fair ticket (somewhere in Oregon), an a old pack of cigars, and a hand full of old budweiser bottle caps.... no rubbers though... (maybe his one shot was at the county fair he didn't attend....) |
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wasted wages Samba Member
Joined: January 14, 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Byhalia, MS.
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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LostMyVWkey wrote: |
This gross and how I found my van. floor completely covered in mouse poop, shed snake skins, $27.00 in change and ones, and lots of crusty goodies from spilled drinks.
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Wow! I can't believe anyone actually found a EV nastier than mine!
Found some change, a half eaten ho-ho, gummi bears, sugar babies, etc. all ground into the carpet.
Yeeuuucckkkkk. |
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liberty Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2004 Posts: 33
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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i bought a super clean 68 westy from the original owners that bought it through the dealer that had a program back then where they had a plane ticket to europe where their factory fresh camper waited for them to drive around europe and had a boat trip with shipment home.
the windows had the original water transfer decals from all the citys and areas they traveled,,, which i thought was cool... but when i removed the rear seat behind the drivers side i found a set of pictures of said hippies taken in one of those photo booths ,,, there they were all hippied out with him haveing huge bushy side burns , striped shirt and her with head band and peace signs on her cheeks,, i posted the pictures in the van and gave them to the new owner when i sold it ,,, i miss that van! |
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BoneStock67 Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2006 Posts: 439 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:22 am Post subject: |
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I haven't done a full clean-up yet, but so far there've been two things of interest:
1. A paperback book called "Mysteries of People and Places" ... sort of appropriate, considering the topic here.
2. A cheap Haminex 35mm camera with duct tape across the back. I opened it to see if there was any film in it that might explain more about the mysteries of this van, but it was empty. Oh well.
BTW, I bought the van from a curbstoner in May, and just recently got it back on the road. Perils of dealing with curbstoners and their effect on the flow of vw karma will be the subject of a separate thread. For now, suffice it to say that I'm sure the van has other mysteries in store for me. _________________ 1986 Wolfsburg Westfalia Weekender 2.1L stock
1967 Beetle, now becoming my daily driver again, after a long rest in the garage
"There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.” -Enrico Fermi |
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Lanval Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2007 Posts: 905
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Mind if I ask, "What is a curbstoner?"
Thanks,
Lanval |
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BoneStock67 Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2006 Posts: 439 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Oh, sorry about that.
It's basically an unlicensed dealer. In our case, for example, it's someone who advertises and sells multiple vehicles here on The Samba, serving as a middle man for the previous owner, or who picks up the vehicles for cheap from some hidden source, and then resells them.
See for example:
http://mva.state.md.us/VehicleServ/REG/curbstoner.htm _________________ 1986 Wolfsburg Westfalia Weekender 2.1L stock
1967 Beetle, now becoming my daily driver again, after a long rest in the garage
"There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.” -Enrico Fermi |
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havanablue Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2008 Posts: 45 Location: midwest
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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I found this writting under the luggage rack plastic last week when I was changing the poptop seals. I had two German girls I work with translate:
Hellos from (unknown city)??? Death to FC Bayern
Bayern is the middle part of Germany. They said Germany has three parts to it. upper, middle, and lower.
FC Bayern is the Munich Soccer Team or Football Club of Bayern.
They said that there a couple of letters they were not taught in school. They grew up in Germany and are 40ish. They were pretty certain an "old timer" wrote it and was probably traveling from (unknown city)??? to watch a soccer game that day.
Thought I would share...
Matt[/img] _________________ '87 westy weekender X2. |
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foodeater Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2007 Posts: 1318 Location: Newburgh, NY
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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When I first got my current van i was finding stuff everyday for a few weeks, here are a few of the better ones:
A big bag, and pipe. (a few roaches a couple of days later)
$48 dollars in wrapped pennies in a toolbox. plus about $30 in loose change
2 full rain suits.
a 2nd Bentley manual that came with the van. (so now I've got three)
a sony discman.
3 citronella candles shaped like the heads on easter island
rear hatch screen
various camping supplies
sailboat mast lights
the current registration for a trailer in VT (if only I could track it down)
A few pizza crusts, half eaten cupcake, various other food items
more bags
20+ years of filth
but luckily nothing that relates to the PO's having sex in anyway _________________ 89 Bluestar-2.5 Subaru Powered-RIP
'84 Westy Tiico-daily driver-sold
'82 Caddy diesel-sold
'87 Vanagon Syncro-RIP
'81 diesel rabbit-sold
'82 Vanagon auto-RIP |
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