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Boy, this thread is getting people whipped up! In the 60's-70's MOST of the "lunch pail" parts were not intended to be stolen. Sometimes the cars had small extra parts that may have fallen in or some extra small items were given to employees to add them to the cars if they were missing while rolling down the assembly line. These parts were stuff like valve stem caps, dash knobs, small hardware and trim etc. Sometimes workers had small items in their pockets to use and forgot, when they would empty their pockets at home stuff was usually saved too. When the models or years changed boxes of this stuff was left over or piled up in tool boxes so employees just took them home instead of throwing them away. Also techs at dealerships accumulate small stuff from new cars while doing dealer prep and warranty work, always hung on to them incase another car was missing it they could dig in their stash and add it. Lunch pail parts were not Hemi engines, Hyperpack intakes, and Superbird nose cones, they were small trinket stuff that is really difficult to find now days. Stephen Juliano is the king of lunch pail items, crazy stories about how he paid $$$$$ just for the correct date coded lunch pail assmbly line valve stem extension caps for his Hemi E-body car!! These were usually removed by the dealer and changed out...therefore Impossible to find today!!

But yes, I am sure lots of stuff walked out the doors at these places.....