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Old 01-05-2008, 04:39 PM
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Default Found a small piece of history of my car

Took the seat out to have a tear fixed. Under it I found this parking receipt from a parking garage in Stuttgart, dated november 10, 1992. Since I bought my car without any documentation...I am happy to add this to the file.
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Old 01-05-2008, 06:43 PM
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Very cool!
Old 01-05-2008, 08:15 PM
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I too have found little documentation so when I was running a line for an iPod into the cassette box, I found the date it was last out .. Who ever 'Am' is...thanks for a great car!

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Very nice find Aryan.
I had a similar one. About a year after I bought the car I found a receipt for the sales tax, dated December '92 in Botswana. It was inside the manual for the Blaupunkt radio which had been removed but was still with the loose spares for the car when I bought it. The car was originally imported into SA but must have been re-exported to Botswana then subsequently brought back. Knowing what sales tax cost in those days I worked out the selling price. Terrifying. Even today the money that PO paid would get you a fairly high spec BMW or Mercedes.

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I found a few German coins under the carpet from when i removed the interior of my euro 1982. Coins were dated 1985, car was imported in 1985 by the PO's record.
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I found two match books with Winston Cup (cigarettes) ads that were from the early 80's.
Old 01-06-2008, 12:13 AM
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I found a couple of quarters and nail clippers.
Old 01-06-2008, 12:46 AM
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Found a parking ticket in mine too.. Nice to add that little extra bit of history. Beats the condom (not used) that I found in my '72 Firebird
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I found the p.o.'s cell phone and Visa card under the seats...!!!!
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Mine came from an auction.

Hopsital bracelet, new looking.

Stevie Wonder cassette case, empty.

Fork, dried unidentifieable food between tongs.

Receipt for gas, only a year old, with complete debit-card # (oops!).

Nearly a dollar in change.

Maps of Michigan and Canada, 10 years old.
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A spare igntion key, less plastic base (very welcome !)

A few pence pieces.........
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I found the business card from george silbermann the vp of IMSA under my passenger seat when we ripped it out. on the back of his card was the camel, gto gtv, bsps, qual practice and race schedule scribbled on it.

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I found the OO's* unopened Visa bill. Mailed it to him along with thanks for taking such great car of the car all those years. Never heard back.


* original owner (also PO in this case)
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I also found several 'spare' contacts out of the wiper/sunroof switches and a little Porsche Design catalog. the PD catalog had my Chronograph that I've had since 1983 and all the sunglasses were those BIG aviator/shooters!



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