Found it under the seat...

47Hammer · #1 05-27-2008, 02:39 AM

I decided to remove the drivers seat in my '69 Z/28 today to see if I could get a little more leg room by installing those seat extenders. Well, after removing the seat carefully, it is by the way all original interior, anyway I noticed a bunch of stuff under the carpet, a used match, stick of juicy fruit spearmint gum, still in the wrapper and hard as a rock along with about .65 in change and of course a Mickey Dee's french fry. After a little more investigating I see this little piece of paper with what looks to be the carpet information. My car has a 06A build date and the date on this is 4-7-69 of all things.....4-7 is my B-day!

x Baldwin Motion · #2 05-27-2008, 04:19 AM

That's really cool. My wife worked for JP Stevens in NYC. textile design however, not the automotive carpet division. I didn't even know that they made auto interiors!

How was the MickeyDees fry? still good?

**mockingbird812** · #3 05-27-2008, 07:55 AM

Nice score Bart! What were he dates on some of that change!

47Hammer · #4 05-27-2008, 08:11 AM

Let's see, the quarters were '66 and '73 the dime was '70 and two pennies both were '72. The french fry was hard as a rock and there was also a piece of rock candy stuck to the carpet with a bunch of long hairs on it.

I'm curious about something else though, there were 8 total holes that were threaded to mount the seat, one in front of the other about an 1"-1"1/2 behind the other. Is that normal or should there be only 4 holes to bolt the seat to?

**Canuck** · #5 05-27-2008, 08:54 AM

When I installed A new interior in my all original 1960 Chrysler 300F I founda nickel dated 1958. Some line worker dropped it ther during assembly in Jan 1960. Poor guy probably couldn't buy a soda that day.

Under the seat of my 1971 442,which was sold new in Michigan, I found a drive in movie stub valued at $2.50 for Detroit Drive Inn. Also a parking stub for a Congress Parking lot in DC dated 1973. Cool stuff,kept all of the stuff.
I refer to this stuff as a cars DNA.

Paul

**Xplantdad** · #6 05-27-2008, 05:38 PM

Very cool Bart! Late Happy Birthday to you!

47Hammer · #7 05-28-2008, 02:52 AM

Ok, Sam I know you're itching to see what evidence was under the seat...well here goes

Note the hairs on the candy...

After second thought I'm not positive about the ID of the french fry, your assessments?

**2qwik2c** · #8 05-28-2008, 04:31 AM

Heres what I found under the seat of my Biscayne.

**Xplantdad** · #9 05-28-2008, 05:35 AM

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Ok, Sam I know you're itching to see what evidence was under the seat...well here goes

After second thought I'm not positive about the ID of the french fry, your assessments?

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Definitely looks like a Burger King fry...

x Baldwin Motion · #10 05-28-2008, 05:37 AM

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Ok, Sam I know you're itching to see what evidence was under the seat...well here goes

After second thought I'm not positive about the ID of the french fry, your assessments?

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Definitely looks like a Burger King fry...

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Yes, early Burger King,....very rare!!