I can only assume that an overwhelming majority of third gen owners are not the original owners of the cars. Unfortunately for those of us who appreciate the cars, many of them are beaten, trashed and disrespected horribly. On top of that, let's face it, the cars are approaching 20+ years old, so they've probably had a lot of owners who left a lot of things, hopefully accidentally, in the car.

The reason I bring this up is when I bought my '91 z/28, there was this really loud rattling coming from inside the drivers door whenever I hit a bump. Not even a rattling, more of a thumping noise. It wasn't causing any harm, and I was busy with school and work, so I let it rattle it's little brains out for about a month until yesterday I finally had a nice day and some free time to pull the door panel off and find out exactly what on earth was making that noise.

Well...here it is :

it's a solid steel coil spring. Weighs almost 3 pounds. I have no idea what it is/where it came from, as I've never seen one inside a third-gen door before between owning 3 and junkyard diving countless times. The only thing I can equate it to is one of the springs that older cars used to hold the hood open.

Well anyways, since I've made this astoundingly odd discovery, I was just wondering if anybody else has ever found anything weird in their third gen.

edit - crap, I made a typo in the title.

 

hows your window working? looks to be part of the regulator assembly to me. the counter spring.

 

That's what I thought, but it's waaaaaaay too big. I have pretty big hands, the coiled part is about 3/4 as tall as a canned drink.

Window works fine, powered window, it's a big sluggish but it's just a weak motor.

 

i have a cloths hanger holding up some wire under the hood lol, and vice grips holding the hatch lock in place, ect all from the previous owner.

 

I found the complete wiring harness to my cooling fans gone. The relay is still there though lol.

 

when i got mine from the original owner i found a coffee can with the guts of the pull down motor for the back hatch.......to cheap to repair it he just welded it in the down position.......8 years later im still looking to find a 100% complete pull down motor and all that someone dont want a mint for

 

Ha, I know the feeling, mine is currently bolted in the down position until I can find a motor that isn't absurdly expensive.

I feel your pain man, I feel it.

 

That is a spring to hold up the hood on at the very least any 78-88 G- Body Monte Carlo Regal Grand Prix etc...

 

I did the same thing with the vice grips when mine broke lol I drove it that way for a week till I got new motor from TDS

 

I found panties in the seat.

 

Pics or it didn't happen.


























Yeah, that one was just waiting to be said hahaha... and please no pics!

 

I can't think of anything atm, for the most part, the car was well taken care of... but subscribing because I'm curious too...

 

Pull down hatch motor? I have one for sale $25 bucks.

 

i found about a pound and a half of dirt, dust, and sand in mine when i got it...
the prev owner must have never vacuumed.... ever!

i also found a set of dice with "naughty" things written on one and various body parts on the other.


lets see...

i found some MAGIC cards (dungeons and dragon type stuff) a few MAGIC dice, a 4 in one cigarette lighter receptacle splitter, im sure there is more that i am forgetting...

in a 2nd gen transam my stepdad got to part out i was trying to remove the back seat when my finger pricked something sharp... turns out it was a hypodermic needle


that'll scare you good!
i got checked and i didnt manage to contract any diseases from it but wow...


oh, i almost forgot,
when installing my B&M shifter, i found a joint under the console.
no, i didnt smoke it.

 

Not anything the previous owner left behind, but, while driving at highway speed a mouse climbed out of the de-froster vent, scooted right in front of me and stuck its head out of the side window like a dog!!! I know a grown man shouldn't be afraid of a little mouse but I almost $hit. I slammed on the brakes and he turned and went back down the vent. I was on my way to golf league so I turned around and took a different vehicle and set a trap in the Camaro. After golf checked the trap and there he was. I think he must have been in my golf bag which was sitting on the garage floor until just before leaving.

 

i had 2 living under my backseat my cat made short work of them lil ****'s
lol golf... jk

 

Good thing your cat got them. They'll go from 2 to a dozen real quick.

 

plenty of cigarette butts underneath the carpet, I also found age-old juicy fruit that must have been as old as the car.

 

Did you eat it?

I didn't find much in my car other than a lot of glass under the seat!. In my buddies mustang we found some .45 bullets, and cards... and such!

 

I found a sock under my center console.

 

That is a score!

 

In my 1980 Bonneville, I found a 1977 Darth Vader action figure.

 

I haven't found anything out of place in my third gen. However when i did the 60K service on my '91 mitsubishi 3000gt i found a handful of leaves in the water pump

-Z

 

hahaha wtf?

 

I found 4 dollars worth of change when i pulle dout my carpet which was good. And when I pulled out the stock rear speakers I found a shirt stuffed behind it.

 

not really in the car, although i did find a bunch of blades and stuff in the map pocket, but when i was working on my exhaust and stuff over the winter i noticed my driver side floor pan looked a little wierd and come to find out the idiot i bought it from just put some plywood in place of the rotted out floor pan.

 

Thats the regulator spring thing its hella strong and hard to put back in. I found a mcdonalds receipt in my dash (Bought my car from a cop) along with a theme park ticket and some sunglasses.

 

in my red gta, 2 lighters, a sack of weed, in my 69 convert, 4 new centercaps still in factory wrap, and one million acorns hidden, under the rear seat

 

Was it your sister's? lol

 

no it was your moms

 

Haha nice one. Can you send it back though? She needs it. lol

 

yeah, paypal me $ for shipping though lol

 

I found 20 bucks and a box of condoms

 

There is alot you can do with $20 and a box of condems

 

no, they were used lol...
haha

 

Oh god. I would hope not. That would be effing gross! Haha... I think my car was picked through before I got it.

 

I found a roach in the ash tray, too bad it was old and dried up.

Found a 10 year old expired drivers license under the back seat.

 

I've already covered this, it's not. First bit of evidence is that mine is still on there, and this is larger than that spring, significantly.

 

When I pulled my interior apart I found that there was a hole rusted out of the drivers side wheel well that had been plugged with an old, wet and moldy flannel jacket.

 

I found about $10 in change under the carpet that previous owners had donated towards new carpet... I guess they felt obligated after jacking it up so bad.

I also found the most previous owners credit card under the rear passengers seat. (I cut it up of course)

Lipstick, a dru hill cd (also got cut up) Eye liner hair clips/bands... you would not believe what kind of random weird crap is under your carpet (Unless of course your the original owner)

Mind you this car was sold to me by a woman who said it was overheating and she couldn't figure out why... Paid $1000 took it home and replaced the fan motor $75 so you can imagine there is a lot of random misplaced female whichamathings I have removed from the vehicle.

 

Haha same here man.

 

I bought my 91 Z-28 from the original owner. it had a rebuilt 305 and all that jazz. well the reason she was selling it because it was overheating and the timing was a little off... so i replaced the fan relays and the thermostat and adjusted the tiing and got this car from her for about $1500. but i found a $120 Nixon watch and about 10 in change. and a bunch of leaves.. like a whole tree under the hood... I stole it from the lady.. hehehe

 

Not me but an old co-worker I used to work with bought an 86 iroc from a police auction and a couple of months after owning it he wanted to find out why his blower is running but nothings was coming through the vents. He took the air box apart and found a brick of cocaine. He immediately called the police but man I'd be freakin out.

 

Are you crazy? I would have sold it and made a pretty penny. Which would have gone straight to the car, so it makes it okay...

 

yea and then risk major jail time for a brick.....then you can tell bubba about your camaro and how much it will be worth when you get out in 30 years

 

need i say more? im to afraid to pull out the rear seat... might find some used ones.. and if you say i put it there and took a picture just for a laugh than shut up. picture is real, i pulled out my seat to put in my racing seat and this is what i found. also found 365356519635801638752 cigarette butts under the center console, a picture of some 3 year old kid???? and some weird phone number. it said linda and her number was underneath. anybody want it?? 5 bucks

 

i got a kinda weird one, when my dad and i were putting in a new door lock in on the drivers side. we took the panel off and inside the armrest we found 2 baby rats or possibly squerrls that i beleive were just born because they weren't hairy yet. so i haven't seen bigger rats yet which i guess is good. it was a little funny because the first thing he said was "Don't tell your mother or she'll never ride in the car again,"

 

I work at a dealership, you should see some of the stuff we find in peoples cars.

 

I keep finding my wife in the passenger seat when I want to go for a drive


I know....not that funny

 

I hear that man, I switch between body work and interior reconditioning. Some of the stuff is...I can't even explain it.

Probably the weirdest thing I found, a brand new car, fresh off the truck, 2 miles on it, plastic wrapped on the inside still. There was a womans black leather glove (with fur around the cuff) in the trunk.

I just kind of stared blankly at it.