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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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Lightbulb pulled myfront bumber cover today

so i puled everything off and what do i find..some rusted *** tools taped onto the inside of the cover...wtf...things ppl do amaze me
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 07:39 PM
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so i puled everything off and what do i find..some rusted *** tools taped onto the inside of the cover...wtf...things ppl do amaze me

lol ownd


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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 07:39 PM
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I found a big *** mag light in mine that I had lost like 2 months before.
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 08:42 PM
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yesterday i found a bunch of my shop rags in the corner by the battery and coolant resivior.
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 02:04 PM
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I found a ls6 cam in my motor.
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 05:24 PM
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I found a ls6 cam in my motor.
is that legal?
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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I found shop rags by the battery... One guy I know found oil
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 05:38 PM
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I found shop rags by the battery... One guy I know found oil

i would be pissed about that one...








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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by stang killer
yesterday i found a bunch of my shop rags in the corner by the battery and coolant resivior.


doute that was from cody, probley the hopptie body shops that cars seen latley
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 07:00 PM
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I found a midget in mine....little bastards!
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1ow
doute that was from cody, probley the hopptie body shops that cars seen latley
no they were mine, I had cleaned under the hood last week

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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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i have an old cop car. you dont wanna know what i found in mine.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AAron
i have an old cop car. you dont wanna know what i found in mine.
I wanna know.....

To the originator, if it was taped in there bro, maybe it was some tools that you may need, and those parts havent broke on you yet...it may have been a problem with the last owner thhough,so he kept them close.
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 03:01 PM
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maybe...but it was rusted beyond belief...it was vice grips....i have a nice pair in the tool kit in the car...

and everything else on the car has broke already so that part should have broke by now if it was gonna
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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ehh....tape the new ones under there.
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by AGRV8D
I wanna know.....

To the originator, if it was taped in there bro, maybe it was some tools that you may need, and those parts havent broke on you yet...it may have been a problem with the last owner thhough,so he kept them close.
some things that shouldnt of been left in the car. then there was some latex gloves with something that i didnt want to identify on them. that sort of stuff
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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I was cleaning my engine bay one time and I found a coiled up bungee cord tucked near the radiator.

Im still trying to figure that one out.
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by LS1vazquez
I was cleaning my engine bay one time and I found a coiled up bungee cord tucked near the radiator.

Im still trying to figure that one out.
Hood latch broke and that was used to hold it closed temporarily, perhaps?
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