Posted on 12/29/2020 12:00:26 PM PST by Red Badger
I own a 67 Camaro. Steal it and die.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
I’ve read that the Dynacorn bodies are superior to the originals. I’ve bought individual body panels and the steel was first rate.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
I guess the Cosworths are collectible perhaps.
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!
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).
You didn’t have your seat belt on!....................
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