TheSamba.com :: View topic - STOLEN: 1987 Titian Red Weekender, San Francisco

Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:06 am

Update:
SFPD recovered our vanagon tonight (just three days later!)
Someone called it in, parked in another part of town. Some garbage inside, but not too bad. Yay!!! :)
Thank you caller!
Thank you SFPD!
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I had to report Big Red missing in SF today.

Is it possible to add a scroll bar to the numbers in this thread title?

Thank you for these Samba, VanAlert and Nextdoor threads to let me know that my vanagon may yet still be in the city somewhere and recoverable.

I'm sure my daughters would have a tough time if I caught the Covid, but passing on w/o passing on the Vanagon might further bleaken any prognosis.

Does anyone recommend links to a "kill switch", "gps device", "trunk monkey", or other life support for vanagons?

Thanks

Chris

Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:17 am

robotrobinson wrote:
I had to report Big Red missing in SF today.

Is it possible to add a scroll bar to the numbers in this thread title?

Thank you for these Samba, VanAlert and Nextdoor threads to let me know that my vanagon may yet still be in the city somewhere and recoverable.

I'm sure my daughters would have a tough time if I caught the Covid, but passing on w/o passing on the Vanagon might further bleaken any prognosis.

Does anyone recommend links to a "kill switch", "gps device", "trunk monkey", or other life support for vanagons?

Thanks

Chris
Post up on facebook vanagon groups too. A license plate number is important for anybody looking as well as more pix.
Good luck

Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:45 pm

CA – San Francisco: 1987 Vanagon Westfalia Weekender

Stolen On: August 1, 2020
Stolen In: San Francisco, CA (Corona Heights)

Vehicle Details:
1987 Vanagon Westfalia Weekender (Red)
California License Plate: 5NAT517

Added Details:
Wolfsburg Weekender Westfalia Pop-Top Model. Strawberry Sticker on Front. Stock bumpers, headlights, 14″ wheels. Pop top a little faded.

If spotted, please contact your local Police Department immediately.

Contact Chris
Email: [email protected]

Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:07 am

Update:
SFPD recovered our vanagon tonight (just three days later!)
Someone called it in, parked in another part of town. Some garbage inside, but not too bad. Yay!!! :)
Thank you caller!
Thank you SFPD!

Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:32 pm

When I got my vanagon back, I noticed the inside sliding door handle was removed and there was a roll of duct tape. No evidence that I could tell that it was hotwired. It sounds like half a dozen vanagons have been stolen in San Francisco in the last couple of months. Perhaps many have been recovered. I don't know if there is a common way or reason these have been stolen.

Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:11 pm

Is your rig an automatic or stick? I have a kill switch on mine which is a automatic and can share the details with you.

Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:47 pm

Thanks Craig,
Yes, it's an automatic.
Chris