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When I put in my fourth gen console I found a new key with a microchip in it under the carpet. It didn't even have the hole punched out on it for the keychain. I put it in the igntion, and it starts the car. Saves me the $30 or so I've been meaning to put into making a spare key.
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I read a thread on here a while ago where alot of people were saying that they found them under the passenger side carpet, and under the console area carpet. I guess the consensus was that the assembly line workers would accidentally drop them in the car, and it was easier and cheaper for GM to just put another key in the car than stop the assembly line to find the key. One guy even said that he found an entire keyring of GM master keys buried in a seat.
Matt
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1987 IROC-Z 305/5 speed
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-305 block .040" (312 cid), Speed Pro hypereutectic pistons, stock rods; shot peened/polished with arp rod bolts
-Hedman shorties and Y pipe
-Hooker 3" Catback minus cat
-Edelbrock Vic Jr converted to MPFI; gasket matched, mild port and polish
-Holley 750cfm throttle body (modified)
-26lb/hr delphi fuel injectors
-Comp Cams Hyd. Roller cam 262hr-12
-Holley Annihilator CD ignition
-Holley LaserShot Pro coil
-Summit 8mm spiral pro wires
-Fluidamper 7" balancer
-Cast aluminum timing cover
-March Billet underdrive pulleys
-7730 ECM conversion and DIY PROM burning using TunerProRT and PPII
-World Products SR Torquer heads, full port and polish, Manley stainless 1.94/1.50 valves, high flow valve job
-GM 3.23 gears
-T5 swap
-Centerforce dual friction clutch
-VDO and autogage instruments in custom acrylic gauge panel
-Minor weight reduction including: A/C removed, smog removed, front sway bar removed, undercoating removed, stereo removed, most carpet padding removed, and wonder bar removed.
-255gph walbro in-tank fuel pump
-edelbrock fuel rails
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Originally posted by onebinky I read a thread on here a while ago where alot of people were saying that they found them under the passenger side carpet, and under the console area carpet. I guess the consensus was that the assembly line workers would accidentally drop them in the car, and it was easier and cheaper for GM to just put another key in the car than stop the assembly line to find the key. One guy even said that he found an entire keyring of GM master keys buried in a seat.
Originally posted by MdFormula350 thats some pretty good luck, i always look forward when i first get a thirdgen what i will be finding when cleaning it out.
laf. my buddy found a "Fast and the Furious" dvd and some monopoly money (i think it was 10 bucks) under the rear drivers-side seat.
me.. i got left with some broken glass and about 8 bucks in change.
I found a ziplock bag of orange paintballs, a golf club, a blockbuster employee tag with "Rob" on it, a baseball, a new oil filter, and some cut wires and extra fuses. Everything but the golf club was in the trunk in the locked compartment.
~Matt
__________________ 1986 Trans Am $800:
white, LG4, 180,000 miles, Edelbrock Performer camshaft 2102, valve lift: intake .420 exhaust .442 (L69 size but with smaller lobes; cam range - 2000-6000rpms), TES headers, dynomax cat-back, 2.73s with broken posi (so no low-end power at all)
200hp? 275ft lbs? 3300lbs?
1/4 mile: 16.45 @ 82mph (mismatched drivetrain)
1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT $7000:
2 dr, red, auto, 97,000 miles, power everything, all options, sunroof, bone stock
200hp, 235ft/lbs
Plans:
383 carbed w/ Pro Built 700R4, new white paint with black and red decals, black hood bird, borla exhaust, 3.42 4th gen rear and everything else you can think of
***formerly matt86t/a with 636 posts (like it matters )***
The almighty 9 iron, and it had a note attached to it. Now the golf club is my rear hatch strut, haha
~Matt
__________________ 1986 Trans Am $800:
white, LG4, 180,000 miles, Edelbrock Performer camshaft 2102, valve lift: intake .420 exhaust .442 (L69 size but with smaller lobes; cam range - 2000-6000rpms), TES headers, dynomax cat-back, 2.73s with broken posi (so no low-end power at all)
200hp? 275ft lbs? 3300lbs?
1/4 mile: 16.45 @ 82mph (mismatched drivetrain)
1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT $7000:
2 dr, red, auto, 97,000 miles, power everything, all options, sunroof, bone stock
200hp, 235ft/lbs
Plans:
383 carbed w/ Pro Built 700R4, new white paint with black and red decals, black hood bird, borla exhaust, 3.42 4th gen rear and everything else you can think of
***formerly matt86t/a with 636 posts (like it matters )***
I got a cool Chevy blanket in my 89 IROC. I got a 5 inch thick shop manual, a yellow broomstick for a hatch lift (now being used as the prop rod on the 89 IROC hood), um there was no radio but there was a aftermarket stereo adapter kit, and a what looked like a 10 year old cigarette under the center counsel when i took it apart in my 86 IROC.
Kevin
__________________ 1989 IROC-Z Hardtop
2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2007 -- 2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2008 -- 1st Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2009 -- 3rd Place Best Modified Thirdgen Fest 2009
*Just a little Vortec set up*
lol....i found 3 screwdrivers in my drivers door.....1 in the pass and a ratchet in the center console.....in the back lock box there was a bunch of sockets and a few centercaps.....
You dont want to know what I found in car's interior...
Ah, hell, I'll tell you..
1 v6 700-r4 transmission
1 pair huge tommy jeans
1 1986 Pontiac Firebrid Title
2 ratches
3 very long screw drivers
4 sets of floor mats
lots of change
lots of sockets
lots of paper
lots of random wires that do nothing.
and we havent even pulled the seats of carpet yet...
__________________ Matt
1986 Pontiac Firebird
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Found a set of locking lug nuts including the key, instructions and registration form to get another key if necessary....plus a lot of receipts from previous owners....including registration info....
LOOKS like the dealership kept this car for the first 3 years of it's life and was then sold to a local (in Missouri) who kept it for 6 or 7 years then sold it to someopne here in Dallas area that kept it for a couple of years . Now I have it....
i found like 7 cans of primer, tranny fluid, coolant, the dude's wallet that i bought the car from with the pink slip inside, a shirt tie, tons of change and a football.
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1972 Chevrolet Nova
355 SBC - Big heads, big cam, big carb, big bottle and totally forged.
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- Metallica - Black album (didn't work)
-right door gfx
-2 plastic dist. covers
-half a pack of Camels
-lots of Camel cash
- 3 quarts of tranny fluid
- lottery tickets
- and a sweet little pocket knife..
My 85 bought from police auction:
Baggies that smelled funny
Crayons
Almost a whole set of basic hand tools
Shotgun shell casings
Mustang Monthly magazine that I set on FIRE!
My 90 from Kentucky:
Bandaids
Pain relievers
Syringes
About 30 ball point pens
Not enuff money to buy a pack of smokes
And a Registered Nurse I.D. badge
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MR.THIRDGENFEST 06'
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NMCA BURNOUT CHAMPION 05' CORDOVA DRAGWAY PARK
DRIVER & CARETAKER OF THE 92 CAMARO Z03 1LE LB9 MM5 Z28
84 FIREBIRD SE LG4 BLUE
85 CAMARO SC LG4 BLACK
85 CAMARO IROC Z LB9 SILVER
86 CAMARO IROC Z LB9 BLACK
86 CAMARO IROC Z LB9 WHITE
86 FIREBIRD TRANS AM LB9 BROWN
87 FIREBIRD TRANS AM GTA L98 WHITE
88 CAMARO SPORT COUPE LO3 VERT BLACK
89 CAMARO IROC Z L98 ULTRA BLUE METALLICA
89 FIREBIRD FORMULA L98 BLACK
89 CAMARO RS L03 MM5 RED
89 CAMARO RS L03 BLUE AND KINDA GREEN
90 CAMARO RS/Z28 LO3 BLACK
91 CAMARO RS LO3 RED
91 CAMARO RS LO3 RED
91 FIREBIRD FORMULA LO3 RED
91 CAMARO RS L388 MEDIUM QUASAR BLUE
91 CAMARO Z28 LB9 VERT BLACK
91 CAMARO Z28 LB9 RED
92 CAMARO RS LO3 RED 25TH ANNIVERSARY
92 FIREBIRD V6INATOR VERT WHITE
95 FIREBIRD FORMULA VERT WHITE LT1 CRAZY CHICK GETTER http://home.mchsi.com/~klande/wsb//index.html
odly enough i found more in my 4th gen than my 3rd gen...
3rd gen:
razor blades under driver seat
lots of evidence of a McDonnald Fries
keys to all the cars the owners had
a quater bag of pot
and that was abotu it...I havent taken seats or carpet out yet either thou...so there might stil be some fun
4th gen:
Condom Still sealed in Package
Name Tag of some weird ******* chick's name..dun rememebr hte name jsut hat it was a funny name
change
pencils
legos
micro machines
gi joe heads and misc. body parts
a beanie baby bird
a gold necklace
hand lotion
small tester bottle of perfume
a tampon still in package
i didn't find anything under my front seats, but in the back one day i found about $4 worth of quarters, a small key to something unknown, old adds from when the previous owner bought the car, and 2 sheets of paper with phone #'s on them. And then there's 2 earings that i know of that my ex gf lost in my car that i've yet to find, i prolly vacumed them up.
Originally posted by tbfirebird when i was helping my friend clean his car i found a 1/4 of dank,and a black light.oh yeah hes owned the car its whole life since 91.
heh and i bet you disposed of it jsut liek i disposed of what i found :0)
I found lots of broken glass, a cd player (didnt work) some soul and r&B cd. random wires. A 11th grade english book last used in 1984, a 6 pack of bud light in the spare tire well, Expiration date 1997. $11 in change!!.....And the drug dogs at school found marijuana seeds, But they let me off because I told them who I bought the car from, And hes in jail for posession charges!
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82 Z28 Iroc Clone 355,TH350 Soo much more. TONS of Mods (5 year Project) SOLD..Will be missed
94 Toyota Truck Shaved and Bagged
88 S10 Blazer Rat Rod Beater
oks.... 1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS on ebay for $715, optional equipment :
about $3 in change,
enough fast food fries to fill up a large mc d's fry thing
leaves, leaves, and more leaves,
VIP pass to a strip club in chicago,
4-way tire iron with a hubcap pryer-upper,
lug nut key code,
right handed leather glove,
buzzer box for keys, etc which i reinstalled but later destroyed,
bottle of 20-W50 in engine compartment along with a ghetto paper funnel and a t shirt (too oily to read),
100W amp attached to a sony cdplayer,
blown fuse (20A)
random dipstick,
large piece of sheetmetal covering the gaping hole above fuel tank,
7/16"deepwell socket (found it in a body panel when i took ground fx off, stuck to one of the gfx bolts)
and a copy of the previous owner's birth cirtificate
disc brake pads
Drum brake shoes
hoses
tire iron (broke when i used it)
$7.33 in pennies in driver door
$5.27 in pennies in passenger door
$8.97 in pennies in the spare tire well
lots of cigarettes under center console
Crackpipe under center console
Hide-a-key under a giant cling-on of dirt in the front left fender
finishing nails in place of cotter pins on the rotors
....all i can think of for now, i dont know how that much change managed to get into the doors (had to take panels off to get to it... probably saved a little weight). I counted it all just for the hell of it
I found a torx head screw driver that was the fit for the console screws thank *** no more fitting alen wrenches hmm and I found alot of change(There is a perfectly scientific reason you find tons of change in these things its cause you sit at an upgrade and the cars rattle like a son of a bi... donkey Gee im smart drop down and throw stuff at me ) and some books AND A USED CONDOM WOW GEEE AM I LUCKY HOW THE HELL DID SOMEONE USE THAT IN MY CAR DAMN MIDGITS
I found the original build sheet inside the rear drivers side panel. I also found a pencil inside every panel I have ever removed, I mean dash pad, lower dash, center console, under rear seats, by the spare, inside the drivers door, that one blew me away. and found a cigerette butt in the honey comb padding behind the front bumper cover.
I found the locking lug in the original bag with instructions in the console... the build sheet in the locking cubby in the back.. and a folder with the window sticker, camaro tape, camaro manual, all the service records since new, and a few other goodies in the passenger seat... but i spent 8 months looking for my car
Well I just got 4th gen seats yesterday, and when taking out the back seats and found about $.13 under the pass side rear seat and a quarter and a Playboy from April 2002 under the the drivers rear seat. LOL
Kevin
__________________ 1989 IROC-Z Hardtop
2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2007 -- 2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2008 -- 1st Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2009 -- 3rd Place Best Modified Thirdgen Fest 2009
*Just a little Vortec set up*
Originally posted by gearhead0384 I got a cool Chevy blanket in my 89 IROC. I got a 5 inch thick shop manual, a yellow broomstick for a hatch lift (now being used as the prop rod on the 89 IROC hood), um there was no radio but there was a aftermarket stereo adapter kit, and a what looked like a 10 year old cigarette under the center counsel when i took it apart in my 86 IROC.
Kevin
You people using strut replacement props, be forwarned. I did the same thing until I noted the hole it made in my hood. If you replace the gas struts, you'll be amazed you didn't do it sooner. I got mine on eBay and they work worlds better then the ones I made do with! Never found ANYTHING other then garbage in mine and my spare key is gone too ugh! haha
Bill
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There was a wade boggs in there 
