trunk find

barn finds are great had a few of those, bought this 53 chev about 6 years ago, did not do much with it. well last thursday i opened the trunk the lock was poped a long time ago took a few min with the screwdriver to get it to unlatch and wow look what i found> a pretty cool sunviser with all the brackets, anybody else have a good trunk find??

 

junk in the trunk

 

Found a pair of 690 409 heads in the back of a 67 chevy station wagon, included chrome dripper valve covers too!

 

I found a nice sheet of stainless steel once. Not enough for a firewall but good for dash dress up.

Junkyard

 

Old coworker worked in a body shop in the late 1950's, and a wreck came in and was parked in the back lot for two weeks in the Daytona area. When the car finally rolled into the shop it smelt funny. Before the wreck the lady had been shopping, for Thanksgiving dinner, not a happy trunk find.

 

You had a old car for 6 years and never looked in the trunk
Nice find, looks like you have a few cool old cars stored away,the belair is also pretty cool itself what else have you got tucked away in there, is that a 60 chevy I spy on the other side???

 

63 ford and i think the 59 ford is next to it, i dont have a 60 chev

 

I found 3k dollars in a trunk once. Probably my only claim to fame. Stu

 

That was you? I think you told me this story at HAMB & Eggs one Saturday morning not too long ago...

 

all I've ever found were cat turds.

 

that's were i found my wife!

 

I can't believe it took you six years to decide to open the trunk.

 

Yeah it looks like the 59 is what I was talking about.

 

My wife bought a used AMC about 30 years ago, drove it around for a while before looking in the trunk. when she did, she found someone's ASHES.

 

well when my grand father gave me his 46 fleetline i dragged it home and whent through it and when i popped the trunk found a toolbox full of lot's of old airplane tools (my grandfather was an military aircraft mechanic) , the car was his daily driver.

 

Jimmy Hoffa

Seriously, I usually only find dead critters and old hubcaps. Maybe the occasional neat old soda bottle. Cool score!

 

Popped the trunk on my 67 impala and found a handicapped parking sign? haha

 

Rust!

 

When i bought my 65 ford it had a school report card from 1977

 

I found a fully dismantled nailhead in the trunk of a 61 buick once the funny part is the original was still in the car and running

 

My buddy who owns a local junkyard popped a trunk and found the deceased owners headstone.....Its still there.

 

In a '59 Galaxie trunk - a live possum. A live pissed-off possum!

 

the engine is in my "truck"

Found a full Tackle box, 2 rods, and 4 empty brake fluid containers under the hood

made it about half way home and found the reason behind the emptys

 

I bought a '58 Fairlane and found a falcon trunk lid. Sort of a trunk in a trunk story.

 

Junk in the trunk of a '32 3W (rumble seat).



Original radiator, headlight and various other misc. parts.