I have worked several wrecks but the only time I remember noticing the seats was one time I crawled into a car to stabilize a person’s neck so we could take him out through the back. The seat that I had to crawl over was covered with the remains of a pizza he had just bought. You know though, I don’t remember ever asking if I could have some of the pizza after it was over with.

One time a drunken teenage boy came into the department following wrecking his mom’s MGB. The boy did fine. After it was over, I very carefully asked the mother if I could buy the windshield wiper and heater assemblies. She was glad to sell them. The MGB wiper system is a cable unit that can be adapted to a lot of different street rod applications.

Another time there was an old beat up Mercury Cougar MX sitting in the back or a used car lot. It had a Cleveland engine and a nine inch rear end in it with less than 60k miles. I went in and asked the manager if I could buy the car. He told me he would have to get back with me. He did not. A few months later his wife brought his son in with a broken ankle. They did not have medical insurance. I offered to cast the foot and pay them a little boot (no pun intended) for they car. They agreed.

In both instances it worked out well for every one.

Rick