WEIRDEST FIND/SURPRISE YOU'VE EVER FOUND IN AN AUCTION FLAT/BOX @ A YARD SALE??

[1930]

>...did those cars break down only when it was freezing cold outside with 7 inches of snow on the ground?

My bug was the most trouble-free car ever.  I drove it off road and once watched a 4 wheel drive get stuck in the mud I had just driven across.  I drove it non-stop from St. Paul, Minnesota to Butte, Montana (about 22 hours, stopping only for gas) without a hitch.   That car never left me stranded on the road, not once in 30 years.  Best vehicle I ever had.

Same here

[oldtools]

They were great cars, easy to fix, & change engines without hoist.

[kxxr]

My first VW was a '59 bug with the canvas sun roof. With my copy of "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive" it was unstoppable. Later I had a '74 Westfalia pop top bus and the same book. They were both great cars and I wish I had them still.

[sumner52000]

Back to weird things found in boxes.

I purchased two or three cardboard boxes of assorted tools and stuff at a mans estate sale.  When i took them into work to sort the tools my boss walked up picked up some pliers and used them to pick something out of the box.  It was a womans pleasure toy.

[Papaw]

womans pleasure toy

I guess that was a tool of sorts!

I once found one of those in the cab corner of a 1960 Ford truck I bought.

[dimwittedmoose51]

FYI:  The rock/jazz group Steely Dan's name came from a brand name of said"toy".  unsure of the time period though.  Not something you'd find on ebay I guess......

DM&FS