Bottle
Paul Allen of Newark, New Jersey grew up next to his dad’s auto repair shop. One day a customer came in with a brand new 1963 Ford Galaxy complaining of a banging noise, but only at certain times. The customer mentioned that the noise always started up when he left his house so they drove the car back to the house.
When they drove up the steep driveway they heard the noise, a sliding sound followed by a loud thump. “Back in the shop, my Dad took the door panel off and found that a worker on the assembly line had left a gift inside of the driver’s side door—a lovely empty soda bottle. He got the deposit back on the bottle and called the bill paid,” says Allen.
