My '68 Squareback had a 1968 German dime (ten pfennigs or whatever the heck
it was) under the rear seat when I replaced the original battery in 1978.  I
asked someone at a dealership about it and was told that it was pretty
common for assembly workers to toss a coin inside the vehicle "for luck".

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:38 PM
Subject: What kind of nasty crud do you find under your back seat?was:Re:
What kind of cr

> In a message dated 2/1/02 4:44:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
JM060356@AOL.COM
> writes:
>
>
> > No crackers... cheri-o-s every where!
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> come to think of it i have found half decomposed cheerios under the rear
seat
> of every vw van i've ever owned or parted out..      that, and half sucked
on
> lollipops, used condoms (no joke) crayons, money, dime bags (usually
stuffed
> behind the interior panels or the earlier westys) dead show ticket stubs,
> etc..etc.
> whats the wierdest thing youve found in your van left by a PO?
> (we are really milkin this "fryday' thing ;<)
> chris