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seankelly
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 Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:57 am Post subject: STOLEN: 84 Westy in El Cajon, CA |
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| my van is the off white , beige kinda color. It was halfway through a subaru conversion. The engine is installed, the wiring harness was only half wrapped up and most of it was hanging out of the rear closet. It has a homemade exhaust, all the headers to a collector but no muffler or cat. Please keep your eye out for it or for parts that might leed me to it. It has a dent on the slider door, and just behind the slider on the body. sean 805 907 6776, or [email protected] |
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| Wow, someone actually stole a van by towing it off? Where was it parked that they had access to it? Do you have any pics that would help identify it? |
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morymob
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Location: east-tn
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| Give finder a reward and permission to shoot the bastard(s) on the spot. |
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GBA 88West LA
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Location: New Hampshire
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:19 am Post subject: |
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any pics ? of the van
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Brian556
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe Overhaulin' took it!!!! On a serious note, best of luck on finding it.
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campism
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Location: Richmond VA
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Stolen vehicle note: Make certain the police have the correct VIN of the vehicle (yours) they're searching for. Have them read it back to you. I had a motorcycle stolen and during a followup call found they had transposed some characters and so would have been looking for the wrong vehicle. Worth checking. I got my bike back, and I hope you will be as lucky. |
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Gauche1968
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Are you sure it didn't get towed? I thought my car was stolen once, when I called the police the first thing they asked was, "Are you sure it didn't get towed?" Sure enough, it was in the city impound lot, because I allegedly blocked a garage. I sure didn't see any garage.........
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Wildthings
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As Gauche1968 suggest make double sure it hasn't been towed, even if it was stolen the thieves might soon abandon it because of the half finished conversion and leave it in a no parking area, at which point it may be quickly towed. Don't depend on two branches of the police to communicate with each other.
My brother had a car stolen in Calf a decade ago. Before he even knew that it was stolen, it had been abandoned and towed. He didn't find out it was sitting in a police impoundment yard until months later when he was notified that his car was up for auction. |
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