When I got Chopstick (1980 White, automatic Westy), there was: -a chopstick in place of the top alternator bolt -gold sticker the on over-sink tray from the 1980 Wally Byam (founder of Airstream) 3 Continent Adventure- Europe-Asia-North Africa and caravan number (still looking for info, looks like it was a support vehicle- the van appears to have been bought in Germany and one of the stamps in the manual is from a dealer in Greece - I took Russian, to me, the cyrillic looks like Hliaz Galathz- after that it usually went to Merley VW in State College, PA for service) -a faded green and orange travel toothbrush case with brush with "written on it -several dried leaves under the swivel seats (intentionally pressed, I think?) -Canadian change -blue and red deadhead sticker in middle of back window -some nice late 80s/90s paperwork in glovebox This past week, I sorted my tools and cleaned up under the bed. I had cleaned the main compartment before, but now I went after the side compartments where the hinges sink into: -Flyswatter from Todd's Auto Sales in Selinsgrove, PA (second owner's freebie, I'm guessing? useful!) -orange tic tac pack (empty) -screws and nuts (most of which where neglecting their duty to hold the Z-bed together- now reinstalled). -2 illegible receipts (might blacklight in case they were van repairs, etc.) -twist of orange flagging tape -library book card from Mary Williams' Dark Flame (UK mystery/occult author) -Rack-O card -Mystic Seaport account balance receipt (1995) -Riverside Markets blue and white striped unused matchbook (anyone know where these stores are regionally?) -black pencil with "IBM Endicott-Owego Quarter Century Club Day" -Catholic Center mass program from Penn State (1986?) -Strip of Walnut plastic veneer (looks too dark for the van) Photocopy of a newspaper clipping- recipe for "Death Row Bourbon Sauce" -more leaves -smarties/sweet tarts type candies roll I'm sure there is more yet to be found- the place over the outlet sounds intriguing- will get back to you on that. On Aug 18, 2008, at 8:23 AM, J Stewart wrote: > opend the 'secrect >> compartment' and pulled out a dusty, never opend (it looked) VW >> issue from >> the factory First Aid Kit. The owner was astonished, he not only >> had never >> seen it but was unaware of that hidden storage area. I told him >> that there >> were collectors that would probably pay a premium for that first >> aid kit. > > Then again, maybe not. I have the same first aid kit in my '84 > Westy, and while mine is not for sale, I did see one on Ebay a > while back, and IIRC it went for less than $20.00. Jeff Oliver Mueller-Heubach groundhogging@mac.com |
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