Bizarre things found in your car

[Jonathan]

Ever found something in your car and said 'what the heck?' Not modifications gone wrong by some whacky previous owner. No, I mean weird stuff found under the carpeting the first time you peeled it back, or behind an interior panel, or within a door. Odd stuff that makes you scratch your head. I've heard of guys finding tools under the carpet or 'previous occupant nests' inbetween panels. What bizarre things have you found in your car?

Two that come to mind for me are a fairly significantly sized hornet's nest that I found in the back left quarter (where the power antenna would go on some cars) and then this strange little plastic Easter bunny figurine thing just recently under the carpeting back in behind the parcel shelf. The hornet's nest wasn't currently inhabited, but I didn't spot it for about 2 years after getting my car and it took some random guy in a parking lot to catch a glimpse of the corner of it through the vent opening hole. Sure enough, when I got home and gained access in there, I cleaned out quite a bit of it.

I think I'm up to four or five 1981 pennies so far that had been hiding under the seats too

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[pezzonovante88]

I keep finding this blue and white tinsel/confetti stuff throughout the car.

[Domi]

Found this piece of wallpaper, I don't know who put it in here

[Jonathan]

Found this piece of wallpaper, I don't know who put it in here

Oh man, that's classic!! haha... ...and it might have just given me an idea to put some little surprise in my car before I put everything back together, waiting for some future guy (maybe me!) to discover, lol. Like a time capsule.... oh the irony!

[Domi]

Oh man, that's classic!! haha...

Never seen that before, but I left it in the car, that's part of its history

[NightFlyer]

I actually found the PO's house keys in my car - somehow they ended up under the driver's foot-well carpeting.

Mailed them back to her as soon as I found them.

[eagle-co94]

The incomplete skeleton of a small animal, possibly a possum in the luggage compartment where it apparently lived and died. It had been picked clean. I used a wrench to show size of the jaw bones.

[Dangermouse]

The thing that made me go WTF, the most bizarre thing, was when I pulled back the carpet behind the seats and found some pieces of plywood.

Painted black. In a luxury car. That cheap-assed PO !!

And then I found out the truth .....


Jonathan, were they US or British pennies?

[Jonathan]

Jonathan, were they US or British pennies?

US coins. Not exactly the kind that are rare finds and worth a fortune... odd though, and the '81 part is neat.

I know a mouse or two called my car home at some point in time. I found ripped up newspaper and insulation in a couple places. There was a piece of the newspaper big enough to make out some writing on it... and it was from the local movies listing page. I can't remember the movie title at the moment, but I remember googling it and it was released around 1991. Strange way to piece together the history of your car, but hey, whatever works!!

[Rich]

Fun question!

Two batches of leftovers found in our car over the years including:

1. Two large galvanized fender washers found in the recess behind/below the right headlights courtesy of the DMC factory.

2. Extra hardware, 10mm nuts/washers found in the bottom of the right pontoon left by the dealer technician who installed the factory power antenna upgrade.


Took a good, hard look with a flashlight deep into both ends of the jack/tool well in front of the trunk about a month ago for the first time ever. Nothing there after the jack kit came out.