angliagt Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 My Wife & I were walking around downtown Roanoke yesterday. While walking on the sidewalk,I noticed a car part at the dirt base of one of the small trees.Upon closer examination,I noticed that it was a taillight - base for an early MGB,in near perfect condition. Since I have a '67 MGB GT,I scored a nice part - for FREE! Anyone else ever had an experience like that? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 I always check glove boxes. Found a new in the box U joint in a scrapped 620 that fit perfectly in my pocket! Years ago I was in the scrap metal yard and saw (after passing it 3-4 times in the last month) what looked like an L valve cover so I walked over. The fenders, struts, doors hood were removed and an excavator has squashed it down to save space so it was easy to overlook. I guess I happened to see it from the wrong angle before. Turns out to be a Z car. Asked the yard owner how much for anything I wanted off of it and leave the rest. He says $30...deal! Steering wheel and 5 speed (they were used on my 620 for about 10 years and are now on my 710) clutch/PP and flywheel, gear reduction starter, 50 amp alternator, driveshaft (for the U joints), wiper motor, PS box, EFI fuel pump, lots of hoses, dash switches, and handfuls of assorted nuts and bolts. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) I was put mountain biking and came across a 69 Buick Skylark parked on side of gravel road. It had been there for years. It had a nice straight front bumper. I went home and got all tools needed to remove it and proceeded to go get it. The car sat there for a few more years and disappeared when the area got logged. Edited June 25, 2019 by ratpatrol66 2 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted June 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 Solved! - Stopped by Union Jack,a British car repair shop, about a block up the street.Turns out a guy was trailering his MG MIdget to the shop,when the taillight assembly came loose & fell off.MGB & Midget share the same taillight assembly. The owner of the shop was surprised when I told him.I'll be returning the part to the owner of midget,as it belongs to him. 6 1 Quote Link to comment
Chopper Jim Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 Automotive Karma is a weird thing. Good on you. Chopper Jim Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 I was at a Datsun meet and somebody put a nice 521 steering wheel in bed of my 521. I later did the same to somebody else as I/nobody wanted it. 4 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 I put two old 521 4 speeds on the front lawn with a sign saying FREE. I came home and there were three. 2 3 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 You should have put a sign saying $50 each,then they would have disappeared. 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 I hit a wrecking yard looking for a shifter when I first got my wagon. Lots of Datsuns in the yard, but not the shifter I was looking for. I just happen to glance in the bed of a pickup (non-Datsun) and there was the shifter I was looking for. All the bushings and the retainer were on it, too. I was scratching my head, but happy to find it. 3 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Found a Datsun side mirror in the garage at an estate sale the other weekend. Hard to believe considering the house will be on the market for $3 million or so, and nobody around here, besides gardeners and maybe a couple other randoms, has Datsuns... 4 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Another really strange one. I was blocking out a fender for my wagon out in front of my house when I spotted some Jehovas Witnesses canvassing my block. They get within about two houses of my place, and one of the guys asks me if that is a Datsun 510 fender!! I couldn't believe it. I answered yes and told the guy he was really good. He somehow recognized the fender, and it was laying flat on a portable bench/stand I use. We ended up BS'ing about Datsuns for about 20 minutes. Cool guy, and not once did he pitch me on their church. (thankfully) 4 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Oh shit. You are J.W. Now. No more birthdays... still can wrench though 1 2 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) I came out of the Casino parking lot and look on the ground there was a L series intake/exhaust gasket WTF!!!!!!!!!!! Edited June 27, 2019 by banzai510(hainz) 2 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 They wouldn't take my SU carbs and intake as collateral either. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 On 6/27/2019 at 2:03 AM, tr8er said: Oh shit. You are J.W. Now. No more birthdays... still can wrench though No JW here. I'm studying hard to take my L Ron Hubbard personality test, though.. NOT! :) 1 Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 I find tools. Never found a 10mm 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 I found 3 Mac screwdrivers in a morning, (large med and small) on the side of the road. Must have rolled off a fat bed. Also found a multi screwdriver with bits in the handle, not a cheap one either and over the years three large screwdrivers in empty lots and one of those pry bars that sort of look like a screwdriver with a bent end. A large machinist's ball peen hammer about 25 years ago that I used yesterday and a large crescent wrench (painted orange) by the approach lights at the end of a military airfield runway. (probably fell off some aircraft taking off) 1 Quote Link to comment
BrothersGarage Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 Best I've ever found was a 14" drywall hammer laying in the middle of a 4 way stop, still sitting in the back of my car lol 1 Quote Link to comment
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