Posted on 08/02/2025 5:52:42 PM PDT by thecodont
A Minnesota mechanic made a long lost discovery in an SUV he was working on. He found a wallet belonging to a former employee lost 11 years ago.
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I had an extensive ‘little black book’ that had a huge collection of chick names in it, and left it in a phone booth about 1969, I don’t want it back.
Good thing he left his wallet or they would never have found him.
Laz found it. He’s still working his way through it.
I wonder if his enthusiasm to finish the list started waning about the turn of the century?
I purchased a leased car (great shape, low miles, certified and the preset stations were several Conservative radio stations) and found three or four gift cards between the driver seat and console towards the back. The dealer had missed it and I have missed it despite vacuuming the entire floor several times over the first year. There was no way to trace the owner so I ended up with about $100 in clothing store gift cards and a couple of restaurant gift cards.
Nice, a miniature buying spree.
How old was the SUV. Not going to watch the Youtube for the full story.
lol
Sometimes alligator arms and deep pockets at the bar when workers get together after a shift mean some people “lose” wallets.
“I’ll get you next time. Thanks.”
Radio DJ in Detroit said he worked at an auto plant before making it in radio. He said the tradition was, as a matter of honor, a worker had to place a hidden item such as a beer can somewhere inside the panels of every vehicle leaving the line. Joke was the customer would complain of the mystery rattling sound inside the doors or behind the glove compartment.
Big laughs. He worked when the US auto industry was failing and we lost Pontiac (my favorite), Oldsmobile, Plymouth and others to Japanese and German competition gains.
Never known Laz to pick and choose!...
I rented a Budget truck in California and found a pickaxe and some .25 ACP ammo in the back
Michigan? Edges were assembled in Canada.
Right, it says he was lost 11 years ago.
Only 11 years?
It would have been a real story if the wallet was from the days of Henry Ford.
Or even Henry Ford II.
I used to leave gift cards ($10-$20) in rental cars when I travelled. I figured if they did a decent job cleaning the vehicle they would find them.
Was changing the starter not long after buying my ‘69 SS396 Camaro. As the starter came free from the block a very nice Snap On 3/8” drive ratchet fell from where it was lodged next to the block. I knew the previous owner so I returned it. You can find some cool stuff when buying a used car.
Working on the Lincoln Towncars, there was a frequent need to access the suspension module which was behind the glove box. The glove box would be emptied and lowered down by unlatching a cable hold. Behind the glove box we would usually find things like lost sunglasses keys and papers.
Once on a location with the customer interested in what I was doing, I lowered the glove box and found a bank envelope about a half inch thick. I handed to my customer and went about my work.
I do not know how much money was in the envelope, but It was enough for him to say: “Don’t tell my wife.”
That is so sweet of you!!!! I used to leave a dollar in the Bible left in hotel rooms. I opened a Bible from the desk drawer one night and found a dollar between the pages and thought that someone might not only need the dollar but might look further in the book and find hope, healing and love and have done it ever since.
Bfl
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