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

[dimwittedmoose51]

This was found in a box at the auction I bid $7 on.  I was after the "buried treasure" ie the V series Craftsman rat and sockets, but this shiny round thing was in there too(along with a salvageable Millers Falls #8 plane) and took me totally by surprise......great item for my "wall of shame"      lol

DM&FS

[OilyRascal]

I guess I must show my age.  What the heck is it?

[dimwittedmoose51]

I believe it's a gas cap for an early 70's AMC Gremlin....YMMV

DM&FS

[OilyRascal]

ahhhh - about the time I was born :-)  I could see him riding along side you.

Had process ownership once that put a report in front of senior executives around emerging Internet facing computing risk (mostly WHO caused them with WHAT change) - we called it the "Wall of Shame".  Got calls real early every morning by folks for sneak preview, nobody ever wanted on the report, and worked well to resolve issues real fast.

[dimwittedmoose51]

Never owned a Gremlin, was a VW, BMW, and Porsche guy while in Iowa and Arkansas.  I have a wall of shame for padlding repairs and gear too.....


DM&FS

[amertrac]

I bought a seald box at an auction( they do this every so often) WHEN I GOT IT HOME IT HAD SEVERAL PICTURES OF A GENTLEMAN AT DIFFERENT AGES AND HIS ASHES IN A WOODEN BOX MARKED GRANDPA ------------.i CALLED THE AUCTION HOUSE THE NEXT DAY AND they SAID THAT THE CONSIGNMENT PERSON WAS LOOKING FOR THE BOX. IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO AUCTION. THE PEOPLE CANE TO MY HOUSE TO PICK UP THE BOX    bob w.

[OilyRascal]

....VW, BMW, and Porsche guy....

My dad has this saying when something should be done for sake of the experience; "It's like a Volkswagen, everybody should own at LEAST one"

[lbgradwell]

...IT HAD SEVERAL PICTURES OF A GENTLEMAN AT DIFFERENT AGES AND HIS ASHES IN A WOODEN BOX MARKED GRANDPA

...IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO AUCTION.

Holy crap! I guess not...

[Branson]

I believe it's a gas cap for an early 70's AMC Gremlin....YMMV

DM&FS

I  believe you're right.  Looks like what I remember of that odd little car.

[Branson]

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My dad has this saying when something should be done for sake of the experience; "It's like a Volkswagen, everybody should own at LEAST one"
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I got 300,000 miles and almost 30 years out of the bug I got in 1969.  I miss that car.

[RedVise]

Ah, the Gremlin...   

I asked my wife if she remembered me working on her Gremlin in our apartment building parking lot. We ran an extension cord out to the car, and she held a tablelamp over the engine while I tried to change the water pump.
 Early 80's down in Clear Lake, south of Houston.  Good Times !

Brian L.

[skipskip]

I once bought a couple cars and some parts from a guy.

 As I cleaned up the shed with the parts in it, I found a human skull wrapped in an American Flag.

Left it behind, as it seemed a bit quirky to me.

[Bill Houghton]

My dad has this saying when something should be done for sake of the experience; "It's like a Volkswagen, everybody should own at LEAST one"

People used to say, in the 60s, "VWs are great cars to learn on (as in learn how to fix cars)," to which my response was, "Yes, because you get SO many opportunities to fix them."

That said, I bought them repeatedly.  They're fun, except when you're trying to change the fuel pump with inadequate wrenches at the top of a Michigan freeway overpass in January.

[clovis]

I was driven home as a newborn in a VW Bug, as was my wife.

When I was in high school in the 1980's, many kids still drove Bugs. I'll never forget how many were sitting in junk yards. One local yard had a double row of Bugs that was as long as the eye could see.

I've never owned a VW, but with past experiences of my friends and family, did those cars break down only when it was freezing cold outside with 7 inches of snow on the ground?

[Branson]

>...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.