Stolen cars for sale on FB Marketplace

[kdf38]

Someone named Peter Briggs is trying to sell my 1949 VW on Marketplace, my Blue 63 Rag,
my white 64 Sedan, and spare chassis werer also pictured.

[KTPhil]

Bummer! I assume you've reported this to facebook, cops, etc. Still a hassle to deal with. Care to post up the fake ad so we can spot it?

[67rustavenger]

Are these cars in your backyard and someone nicked your pics from online posts?
Or were they stolen and you found them on FBM?
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[kdf38]

[kdf38]

The White Sedan was my dad's August 1963 "1964" VIN 5700592. He passed about 3 months ago at 92 y and 10 months old and was buried very close to the 60th anniversary of when he bought it.

The blue rag was left by an old friend for his share of the rent a long time ago.


The chassis was a spare 1950 chassis I had.

Mike

[67rustavenger]

Sorry to read that your cars were stolen.

One of my 67's was stolen a couple years back during a home break in.
I have never felt so violated.

Thankfully, my 67 was recovered 6 months later. But it will never be the car that it was before.
The thieves seized the engine and rear ended the tow vehicle while dragging into the local forest for storage.

Have the local Sherriff/police put the vins in the stolen car network.
Hopefully when the buyer tries to register the car(s), they'll get flagged as stolen.

Good Luck Mike.
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[ryans65]

I really hope you get your cars back, seems like the thieves knew what they were looking at so at least that narrows down the criminal (cess) pool. I'll keep my eye out for ads here in FL.

[banana split]

Just curious... was the house abandoned? Looks pretty messy in the backyard. Did any neighbors see anything? Can we assume that the one guy in the background of the photo is one of the thieves?
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[heimlich]

Should be pretty easy to track that down. You let someone in your yard who then told someone. Inside job for sure.

Did they move the car to Arizona? I wonder if that makes it Federal as well by crossing state lines.

Did you file a police report?
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[aa390392]

Good luck on there safe return.
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[DDub]

Thieves suck, kill them all. Do not depend on the cops, do your own research. My wife's daily VW was stolen from my lawn which is 600 feet from the road and farther to any houses. Within 24 hours I told the cop the name of the person that took it and I didn't know him. He refused my info. Five weeks later that person was caught with a stolen license on my wife's car and drugs in the car. He did no time for stealing the car as no one saw him do it. Drugs and receiving stolen property were charges.

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[finster]

could it be an old ontario plate for 1950? looks like a crown in the centre

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[kdf38]

[Zwitterkafer]

It's an Ontario plate from 1959. '56 and '58 are a different color. 1950 would have an earlier crown design that is not as wide nor detailed. The crown design changed for 1953, probably with coronation of the Queen.

The deterioration of that car is disappointing, someone was not a very good steward.
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[Two Glove Boxes]

What state or country was it stolen from? Sorry if you have already mentioned it.
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[Ian]

All 3 cars were purchased for $2k (not by me) with no titles at all. The buyer sold the split the next day. All I know is it is not in Texas anymore. When I heard about it I was very suspicious as a Split Bug is worth more than $2k. Supposedly someone bought your dad's house after he passed and sold the cars from the backyard. I don't have much info other than that, sorry.
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[kdf38]

Sorry, they are stolen. The buyer gave me until the end of the year to get them out. When I found out they had jumped the gun, I specifically told the people on site and the people in charge of them that I had until the end of the year to move what I wanted, and that they could not have any of the VW items. They stole them.