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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ROBERT THOMASON, post: 2609064, member: 84116&quot;]Seeing this, I&#039;m reminded of something I used to do when I owned a 1942 Pontiac, circa 1970. I would visit an old auto junkyard out in the country. Consisted of an old barn, an older owner, a few scraggly &#039;guard sheep&#039;, and several hundred old cars in various states of erosion.</p><p>I would go there to find odd parts I might need, or just to talk &#039;cars&#039; with the old gentleman. He grew to trust me and allowed to wander &#039;the yard&#039; freely. It amazed me what could be found in those old cars, particularly under the rear seat cushions. Not just old coins (of which I found many = wheat cents, Buffalo nickels, and the occasional Mercury dime), but other exonumia as well. 1930s era road maps, a large 5 cent Hershey bar wrapper, souvenir type pens, pencils, and all sorts of things that had been left behind so many years ago (like a postcard sized card depicting the license plates from each state. The reverse side would be used by bored kids on a long trip, to keep them occupied marking down the plates they saw, and saving Old Dad a lot of &quot;Are we there yet?&quot; nagging from the back seat).</p><p>But, mostly, I remember the thrill of finding a common date coin that had fallen under that seat cushion so long ago.</p><p>All of these dusty memories evoked from seeing a worn out 17-d Lincoln above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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