# Unidentified Item from CL 'best of'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582 "2009-03-06T21:38:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582/1 "2009-03-06T21:38:10Z")

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I love craigslist ‘best of,’ and while browsing recently I came across [this one](http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/phi/977244376.html)- he can’t tell what it is, and neither can I.

I thought at first that it might be a camper shell that folded in half, but it looks like it folds the wrong direction.

Anyone have any ideas?

I am guessing there is a factual answer, but if it doesn’t happen, this might need to go to IMHO…

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582/2 "2009-03-06T21:58:37Z")

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Some kind of animal enclosure?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582/3 "2009-03-06T22:14:55Z")

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This question was run on this board in the last month. I don’t think anybody knew what it was.

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**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582/4 "2009-03-06T22:17:52Z")

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> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#):
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> This question was run on this board in the last month. I don’t think anybody knew what it was.

:smack:

Sorry! Though about looking, but had no idea what to search for!

go ahead and put it out of its misery, mods…

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582/5 "2009-03-06T23:33:34Z")

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I also have no idea what to look it up under at this point. i just wanted you to know the thread was there. Somewhere.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-item-from-cl-best-of/488582/6 "2009-03-07T00:10:38Z")

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Looks like part of a [glove box](http://www.terrauniversal.com/glove_boxes/containment_glove_boxes.php).  
You’d have to cut some armholes and add an airlock and gas handling and such to make it functional.