Ever found tools in your car?

[Rigmaster]

I mean, tools that you didn't leave there, and not including trunklid toolkit tools either.

Over the years, I've found a few tools in cars- evidently left/dropped there by mechanics. I found a NICE Snap-on flarenut wrench on the top of the radiator of a former boss' car when he talked me into having a look under the hood to see why the car was running like **** (the mechanic left the coolant temp sensor unhooked- car ran like **** until warmed up). Found a really nice MAC screwdriver in a work van one time. My wife found a nice Snap-on screwdriver in her mom's Honduh one time- It's still one of my favorite tools!

Here's what I found recently in the right front frame rail of an E34 parts car:


Can you tell what it is?? (scroll down for the answer)........













































How about a nice Snap-on swivel-head 1/4" drive ratchet handle with a super-slick Facom phillips head bit (Made in Germany no less!!)

Looks like a mechanic left it or dropped it under the hood after a previous repair- maybe removing one of those phillips head screws that holds the corner light in?? It was barely visible (I moved the wires in the top pic to get a little better shot of it)- though the bright chrome just did not look right amongst the multi-colored wires + black paint of the car.

Oh yeah, that flex handled Stanley screwdriver (top of pic) is one of my new favorite tools too!! It came from WalMart for about $6-7, including a bunch of screwdriver tip bits- but the real use for it is as a flex-shaft nut driver- you can use 1/4" sockets on it to loosen those impossible to reach BMW hose clamps under the hood and elsewhere on the car. I WAS contemplating springing $25 for the slick Facom 6mm nut driver for this purpose- but this thing is more useful- for less $$$.