Posted on 05/15/2015 2:29:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Michele Benson is a car person.
Cars, she said, have a bit of a soul and need to be respected.
So in 2007, when someone stole her 1976 Porsche 914 out of her driveway in Santa Cruz, it was akin to losing a loved one.
But eight years after the car was pilfered, she received a notice: A dealership in the central valley town of Oakdale had her car.
"It's a love story," said Benson, an entertainment photographer. "The car was definitely looking for me and somehow she found me."
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
Yeah, she's from Santa Cruz all right.
I had a 1975 914... if they’d called me I would have said “Sorry, wrong number.”
Cars have a bit of soul?
Nut case
I wonder how they found it.
Give it back. Let ‘em have it.
Read the whole thing. It was among ten cars they found on a farm.
I don’t think I’d bet the farm to keep a stolen car.
I remember these cars in high school. They were the cars teenagers bought just so they could say, "I drive a Porsche."
Kinda like the BMW 1600 series that I was guilty of owning.
It was fun, but a rust prone money sink. Those Beemers were funky too.
A true for the road american love story.. Reunited.
Like bourbon and water.. And some more bourbon .. HIC
Isn't that the one that was supposed to be a VW?
A Karman Ghia without the bondo.
Why are people hostile about her getting her car back?
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>> if they’d called me I would have said “Sorry, wrong number.” <<
Fer sure!
Big appetite for poorly cooled exhaust valves, and transaxle pinion gears.
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Lesson noted:
A liberal will credit a CAR for benevolent actions before thinking of the free-enterprise-system’s auto dealership or the police.
Hope it tells her next time it’s stolen where it is.
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They shared an engine with the VW 412, but that was all.
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I don’t know. My comment was directed at the people who owned the farm and had the stolen car when it was found.
In Europe, it was called a “VW-Porsche”.
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