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77mustard40
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Nice collection, I found 22’s, coins and the ultimate score... an original key to my rig.
I found quite a smattering:
* one 20ga shotgun shell
* lot and lots of change, and in the oddest places like the windshield latches
* my Dad's wallet insert that fell behind the glovebox, including his drivers license from '68
* vinyl window-stick toys from the 70s, guessing from older sisters on road trips
Oh...and lots and lots of sand..and more sand after that.
* one 20ga shotgun shell
* lot and lots of change, and in the oddest places like the windshield latches
* my Dad's wallet insert that fell behind the glovebox, including his drivers license from '68
* vinyl window-stick toys from the 70s, guessing from older sisters on road trips
Oh...and lots and lots of sand..and more sand after that.
Living in the Past
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Nothing really interesting, bullets, coins and a few other things. A couple weeks after buying my 68 FJ40 I high centered on the front diff driving over a log. First 4WD and didn't realize better to drive over both wheels at the same time. No jack crawled underneath figuring out what to do. Saw something shinny in the skid plate. Figured I broke something. Turned out to be a twelve inch Diamond Horseshoe Crescent wrench. I had been bouncing around on forest service roads for hours before getting high centered. Why it didn't bounce out I don't know.
Ammunition, coins, and rust, of course.
Son's '77 FJ40 had a huge fire ant nest under the fuel tank. Killed the ants and found that the mud from the ant's nest had rusted holes in the tank bottom. You would think the gas would have killed all those little A**holes, but no, they somehow survived.
1911
chupacabra
The usual, spare change, fuses, .22 rounds. Not as good as haul as yours.
Catching Neutral
GOLD Star
Did any of the rattles disappear once the change was removed? 
steffan
SILVER Star
spare change, even a random tool or ammo but a full on magazine, i'd be digging for that.... or another example of how times have changed: when a full magazine was of no concern
Found this really cool Pearl beer can opener in my previous FJ40.
Found this one when I pulled the tank in 2012.
Mud-3-5# of it... should of taken a pic it was impressive.
Live rounds, probably rusty steel, and gas, what a great combination
Mopdog
SILVER Star
Huge coner of a joint under the has tank with the obligatory change and .22 shells.
Living in the Past
SILVER Star
all I found was rust
Have a bottle opener just like that except it's either Pabst or Blatz. Thinking it may be Blatz.
Will not under the tank I did find a couple of the spouts use to add oil to an engine. These were generally used in full service gas stations. These were in my one remaining FJ25 which still had the original jack. It had to long sheet metal boxes bolted to the floor in back which had some interesting stuff inside. My FJ45 had a camper shell on it that had a bunch of old fishing tackle. Bought the truck from the brother of the owner who had pasted away. Those two had some PO owner touches. Both had the old road side reflectors used when you broke down or changing a tire. The trucks reflectors came in a housing that was stamped with some county or city road department. The 25 the holder was bolted next to the clutch master cylinder.
