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Virginia man finds stolen 1969 Camaro after 17 years
UPI ^ | Dec. 28, 2020 / 3:44 PM | By Ben Hooper

Posted on 12/29/2020 12:00:26 PM PST by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

I own a 67 Camaro. Steal it and die.


61 posted on 12/29/2020 1:54:54 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: IYAS9YAS

I find no mention of any insurance claim in the Article.

That leaves only speculation on that part.

I’ll toss out that if Tommy had been Paid a claim via insurance to Him that His continuance of renewal of the Stolen Vehicle Report would have not been allowed.

I’m not a Auto Theft Investigator or insurance agent/investigator but I did stay at a Holiday Inn one time.


62 posted on 12/29/2020 1:55:40 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: null and void

The only French cars that I ever liked were the Citroën DS and the Citroën SM. Extremely SMOOTH driving. Everything else made by the French? No thank you. As bad as a Chrysler, or I should say, Fiat, especially those diesels in their trucks! Calling them ‘garbage’ is an insult to garbage everywhere.


63 posted on 12/29/2020 1:57:43 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see... )
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To: Chode

Yes He is. It amazes Me how someone buying a Classic Car would only check the easy to see/read VIN and not spent a few extra minutes checking the other VIN locations AND Cross matching the Engine/Transmission Numbers also.


64 posted on 12/29/2020 2:02:00 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: Desparado

I dated a guy once who drove a Renault. It had a bumper sticker that said, “Quit pushing. I’m peddling as fast as I can.


65 posted on 12/29/2020 2:05:50 PM PST by Library Lady
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To: Red Badger

I remember seeing a Camaro just like that one next to a house I used to pass on the way to work. It was obviously someone’s project car.

It had a sign in the window that said “NOT FOR SALE”.


66 posted on 12/29/2020 2:09:35 PM PST by Fresh Wind ("This claim about election fraud is disputed.")
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To: Red Badger
Good thread.

Needs music.

67 posted on 12/29/2020 2:12:30 PM PST by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: Red Badger
In the early 1980's I had a 1964 VW Beetle stolen from the parking lot behind the Atlanta Journal and Constitution building while I was working the midnight shift at Number Two Peachtree Street.   When the police officer arrived to take my statement that morning, she told me that the car was probably already in North Carolina being chopped into a Dune Buggy.   That car had been totally rebuilt in my Father-in-law's backyard, even with all new rubber fittings from J. C. Whitney all the way around. Yes, new jugs and pistons too.
68 posted on 12/29/2020 2:14:31 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: nascarnation

I’ve read that the Dynacorn bodies are superior to the originals. I’ve bought individual body panels and the steel was first rate.


69 posted on 12/29/2020 2:23:52 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: wfu_deacons

The only Vegas left have been converted to Buick V6s or small block Chevys for racing. I knew someone who took a Vega and ripped out the inner wheel wells and stuffed a 427 big block in it, beefed up the suspension and brakes and put 6ft wheelie bars in the back. There’s a few Lotus Cosworth Vegas, with the 16 cylinder head and fuel injection, high tech for the time.


70 posted on 12/29/2020 2:45:33 PM PST by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: wfu_deacons

The only Vegas left have been converted to Buick V6s or small block Chevys for racing. I knew someone who took a Vega and ripped out the inner wheel wells and stuffed a 427 big block in it, beefed up the suspension and brakes and put 6ft wheelie bars in the back. There’s a few Lotus Cosworth Vegas, with the 16 cylinder head and fuel injection, high tech for the time.


71 posted on 12/29/2020 2:45:36 PM PST by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: BBQToadRibs2
“When I was in high school I used to drive a 1986 Dodge Omni. I never worried about anyone stealing it.”

I had a 1976 Honda Civic hatchback in baby blue. I could barely get people to ride with me.

I had a great friend in ROTC who earned his money delivering pizzas in a beat up green Plymouth Volare Station Wagon. The shift linkage broke so he used a coat hanger and rope to shift the vehicle. It was hilarious.

Anyway, just before graduation he kept the doors unlocked hoping someone would steal the car but it never happened. No self-respecting thief would steal that piece of junk.

72 posted on 12/29/2020 2:52:41 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: CommerceComet

“Criminally and civilly, I suspect that the statutes of limitations has expired.”

There’s criminal, there’s civil, and there’s me breaking the guy’s legs.


73 posted on 12/29/2020 2:52:49 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: Desparado

Renault Dauphine!!!

In the early 1970s, a fellow student had one, an OK ride with one major flaw.

In cold weather, he always had to park facing a straightaway.
Locked in drive until warmed up.
Yes, it would start like that, and if you stood on the brake it would die.

A few laps around the parking lot and good to go.

Such a deal.


74 posted on 12/29/2020 4:15:48 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: Red Badger

Great thread. Can’t find a photo of college car my dad got for me. Mint condition (brought over on the Queen Mary I- in the hold, and came with a full maintenance record from bought new. An English Austin Cambridge A-55 MK II 1959. Leather seats, shift on the column, 1.5 L B series 4 cylinder. 4 door, converted to left side driver for US. Lasted a long while. The Flying A— friends noted the A-55 lettering on the “boot”/trunk looked like “A@@”-and perfect match to driver. It was a cool car. Austin being the premier producer of the famous London cabs— don’t see them much anymore over there. Endurance like a Checker Marathon.


75 posted on 12/29/2020 4:33:55 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Impala64ssa

We had them in the late 70’s and early 80’s. My dad bought them and bored out the blocks just to get a cheap basic transportation vehicle for family members. One friend put a 283 in one. They were never collector vehicles.

I sold my old cars a couple of years ago— 63 nova SS convertible and 64 nova 4 door (my grandmother’s car), both with 350s. I have my father’s 78 Ford pickup.


76 posted on 12/29/2020 5:05:07 PM PST by wfu_deacons ( )
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To: wfu_deacons

I guess the Cosworths are collectible perhaps.


77 posted on 12/29/2020 5:06:30 PM PST by wfu_deacons ( )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I lived in Deerfield Beach at the time. Got a 10 ft surfboard from Buck’ s Surfboards. When I drove up A1A with it tied to the Renault the car used to leave the road for short hops when we hit a dip in the road haha!


78 posted on 12/29/2020 6:29:12 PM PST by Desparado
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To: KevinB

Nope. Any dumbass who buys a classic car without verifying the VIN merits the consequences and, IMHO, each person who transacted the vehicle should be held to account.

Furthermore, there should be sanction for the DMV who obviously issued a new title on a stolen vehicle without adequate inspection.

Law is the law (unless you’re a democrat).


79 posted on 12/29/2020 6:58:01 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ExGeeEye

You didn’t have your seat belt on!....................


80 posted on 12/30/2020 5:10:56 AM PST by Red Badger ( “The goal of socialism is communism.”... Vladimir Lenin)
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