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7/24/2026 3:26 PM  #1


Weirdest you’ve found

I am starting to dig into my 1966 that I’ve had and finding unexpected things. So far, I found a Unimog glass headlight lens, a vintage Nissan folding wheel chock, and the most expected as a Craftsman 11mm socket inside of my water pump!

What weird things have you found when disassembling a Mustang?



 

7/24/2026 3:28 PM  #2


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

Old condom in my 66. Lol

 

7/25/2026 5:03 AM  #3


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

I found two cocaine vials under the seat in my '89 GT.  

I found a Budweiser bottle cap on top of the heater box in my '74 Nova.  

My grandfather found a coke bottle in the door of his Falcon that he bought new.  

 

7/26/2026 2:42 PM  #4


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

TKOPerformance wrote:

I found two cocaine vials under the seat in my '89 GT.  
 

Boy that would suck if you got pulled over and the cops found it!


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7/26/2026 3:04 PM  #5


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

I found some old unopened beer in a 1966.  I gave one of the unopened cans to Mustang Steve years ago   Don't remember the brand.

I once had a picture on here of the neat things I had found under the rear convertible seat.  Probably long lost.


If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
 

7/26/2026 3:33 PM  #6


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

RTM wrote:

Old condom in my 66. Lol

Hope it wasn't used.


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7/26/2026 3:41 PM  #7


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

I had a 10-year-old Vega that I kept patching to keep it on the road for college. While working under the dash a gold high school ring fell out from under the dash.


If this forum can't fix it, it isn't broke.
 

7/27/2026 3:17 AM  #8


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

wsinsle wrote:

RTM wrote:

Old condom in my 66. Lol

Hope it wasn't used.

 
I should have mentioned it was not used.   Lol

 

7/27/2026 5:02 AM  #9


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

wsinsle wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

I found two cocaine vials under the seat in my '89 GT.  
 

Boy that would suck if you got pulled over and the cops found it!

I should have mentioned, they were empty, but I knew the previous owner, so I'm confident in what they once held.  I also had to remove the seats to find them, which I fortunately did in a friend's driveway before trailering the car home.  But yeah, I guess that's always a risk with any used car now that I think of it.  
 

 

7/27/2026 10:45 AM  #10


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

Not me, but my old copper partner was given an old asset forfeiture Camaro as his duty car. It had a rattle in the dash, so one day he decided to find that rattle. Still stashed under the dash was a kilo of cocaine.

Last edited by rpm (7/31/2026 10:48 AM)


Bob. 21.5 freeway MPG 69 Mach 1, 5.0 GT40P heads, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC
 

7/27/2026 4:38 PM  #11


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

Awesome!  What kind of boat did he buy? 

 

7/27/2026 4:46 PM  #12


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

TKOPerformance wrote:

Awesome!  What kind of boat did he buy? 

 
🙊🙉🙈


Bob. 21.5 freeway MPG 69 Mach 1, 5.0 GT40P heads, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC
 

7/27/2026 7:35 PM  #13


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

I bought a 1984 F-150, and under the rear seat (crew cab) I found a half deteriorated bank envelope with four half rotten $20 bills in it. The bank gave me four nice new ones in exchange. 
My brother was living in LA. He answered and ad for a Mercedes 450SL. He liked the car and the price was right so he bought it. The guy who sold it to him said to make the cashier's check out to Linda Ronstadt. He was her agent. When we got the car home we were cleaning it up and under the front seats were some plastic wine glasses, and a lot of white dog hair. In the glove box was an expired Chevron credit card with the name Maria Linda Ronstadt on it, plus her signature. He still has the card, but not the car. It was stolen five months later.........


68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
 

7/28/2026 2:47 PM  #14


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

Every used Mustang always comes with at least a trashcan full of nondescript wiring that some previous owner thought was necessary.


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7/30/2026 11:39 AM  #15


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

rpm wrote:

Not me, but my old copper partner was given an old asset forfeiture Camaro as his duty car. It had a rattle in the dash, do one day he decided to find that rattle. Still stashed under the dash was a kilo of cocaine.

We used to do advertising for an "Indian Casino" in CA. Not a Native American casino and not an indigenous person casino, an Indian one. We had to get licensed by the NIGC (national Indian gaming commission.) We were shooting a commercial in the casino at 2am on a Tuesday - selected as it had the best chance of light occupancy. A guard had to clear a section for us to do our thing in. There was some cash on the floor. I asked the guard about it and she said it was more trouble than it's worth, so she slid it with her foot under a machine. No touchy. 

Long story to say, that coke probably ended up somewhere under something. No matter what it was worth, it wasn't worth messing with.  


65 Fastback, 422W, Roller C4, 14" front discs, 9" rear,  front coilovers, SorT A-arms
 

7/31/2026 10:47 AM  #16


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

BroPaul wrote:

rpm wrote:

Not me, but my old copper partner was given an old asset forfeiture Camaro as his duty car. It had a rattle in the dash, do one day he decided to find that rattle. Still stashed under the dash was a kilo of cocaine.

We used to do advertising for an "Indian Casino" in CA. Not a Native American casino and not an indigenous person casino, an Indian one. We had to get licensed by the NIGC (national Indian gaming commission.) We were shooting a commercial in the casino at 2am on a Tuesday - selected as it had the best chance of light occupancy. A guard had to clear a section for us to do our thing in. There was some cash on the floor. I asked the guard about it and she said it was more trouble than it's worth, so she slid it with her foot under a machine. No touchy. 

Long story to say, that coke probably ended up somewhere under something. No matter what it was worth, it wasn't worth messing with.  

 
Is underground under something? 😁


Bob. 21.5 freeway MPG 69 Mach 1, 5.0 GT40P heads, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC
 

8/01/2026 9:25 AM  #17


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

!/4" Craftsman ratchet and a pair of needle nose pliers, both on the lip of the bottom back side of the dash.


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8/06/2026 9:05 PM  #18


Re: Weirdest you’ve found

I once saw a Mustang on a long bash trip with the carburetor return spring hooked onto the wire for the temperature sending unit.


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