Back in late '77 my '71 454 Vette was stolen. It didn't show up, and I got
paid off. They found it about a year later when they busted a chop shop.
They (the chop shop) kept my car as a driver, as it ran like stink, but they
trashed the interior. The cops called me, since I was the owner who reported
it, and I went & checked it out. The guy I originally bought it from was a
licensed car dealer, so he went to the auction to try & pick it up cheap. It
sold for more at auction than I paid for it almost two years earlier, even
with the trashed interior!
Ron Porter
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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of bjshov8
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 12:30 AM
To: shotimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Stolen SHO
About 1985 I had been trying to buy a new car and trade in my old car. I
wasn't finding any deals that I liked so still had the old car. I drove to
a meeting for work and when I came out, couldn't find my car, and I knew
exactly where I had parked it. I reported it stolen to the police and to my
insurance company. The insurance company told me they would write a check
after one month. I went ahead and bought the new car that I wanted, not
having to deal with a tradein anymore. Three weeks later the police called
me and told me that they had my car in their impound lot. I picked it up,
cleaned it up, replaced the damaged ignition lock, put an ad in the paper
and sold it. The price that I paid to buy the new car outright was not much
higher than the best deal I had found for the new car plus tradein, then I
got a good price for the old car when I sold it, so I came out quite a bit
ahead.
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