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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 11:51 am    Post subject: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA RECOVERED! Reply with quote

UPDATE on 7/9 - the van has been found by Oakland PD.

Thanks for your support Samba.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 12:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Stolen Van: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

That's the 2nd white van stolen from Oakland in about a week. On the next forum page is another.

Note to self: keep my white van far from Oakland...

Sorry to hear about this happening.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 2:29 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Shit man, sorry to hear. Will keep,an eye out.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 2:40 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Good luck in a quick recovery.

Where was the van stolen from, time of day?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 4:13 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 6:21 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Having gone through this with one of my 1970s Volvos here in San Francisco made a post about my experience on the Vanagon forum:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9795986#9795986

1) Check to see if has gotten any parking tickets in Oakland or SF.
2) Check Fastrak for any bridge crossings or tolls.
3) Posted it up on Social Media (Instragram, FB etc) for addition awareness.

Additionally, I would suggest adding some more information such as:
- Neighborhood it was parked at
- Street, driveway or garage parking?

When you get it back (being optimistic), repost on what you find in terms of was the ignition/wiring ripped out, was the ignition switch intact, etc. so others have an data on how these are getting stolen in the first place and for some defense against the same happening to other vans.

Know several friends who have had vehicles stolen from Oakland. One of the recent ones did have an Airtag installed and it was being tracked through that. That is until they discovered the thief had found the hidden Airtag and attached it to a random rental car.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 7:08 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

I would probably do some searching around International and High streets. I had a work truck stolen earlier this year, as did a friend of mine, and both ended up stripped down there. Construction trucks and Vanagon’s might not have the same thief’s interest, but I still think it would be worth a look. OPD has zero interest in stolen property, so assume you have to do the heavy lifting. Fingers crossed for you and your van, and so sorry you are dealing with this.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 7:52 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Interesting note that there is no exterior westy fridge vent. Is there a stove? Is there any active tracking devices ? Sure hope it is found soon.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2024 10:04 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

cmayna wrote:
Interesting note that there is no exterior westy fridge vent. Is there a stove? Is there any active tracking devices ? Sure hope it is found soon.



It's a '86 Basic Camper, commonly called a "Weekender". It came with a chest type Dometic fridge that ran on 110 AC or 12 volts DC. No Stove, but still has the
Westfalia Poptop. 'Came with an Aux battery under the drivers seat to run the fridge (for about 7 hours). Much lighter weight than a full Westfalia Camper.

Good luck getting it back. I have the same model.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 7:40 am    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

ahhhh, now I see the weekender badge on the pillar. Hope it is found soon. Better keep my white Westy away from Oakland.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 9:29 am    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Drive around the homeless junkie bum camps, it might be there, but arm yourself, and bring some big dudes as protection. If you see your van, call the cops for back up as the junkies can be irrational and attack if you try to reclaim your property.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 10:18 am    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Or one can become educated about how people become homeless — like some right here on Samba — count your good fortunes, and use the same humanity for the poor poster whose van was just stolen.

Very sorry to hear this. Terrible. We sincerely hope you get your van back.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 11:26 am    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Wish I could get a couple thugs to go with me over to Oakland to snoop around. Would love to find a couple missing Samba rigs.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 12:10 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Ask on reddit in the Oakland section for good places to look in the area and some details about your van.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 1:20 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Thanks everyone for you replies.

I've owned this rig since 2008 and have invested so much in it over the years, time, energy, love, and $$$.

We moved back to the Bay Area from Tahoe about a year ago and live up in the Oakland hills.
Our neighborhood is very cute and tight knit, and our suspicion is that someone planted an airtag or tracker on the van when we were out with it the day before.

I had been thinking of adding a kill switch and/or tracker since we moved back here, but did not and now I'm kicking myself.

I drove around some of the homeless camp areas yesterday, and while I did see another white westy (!!!), it was not mine or the other one posted as stolen here.

If you're around the Bay Area, please keep an eye out.

This whole thing is really sad, and now I get to deal with my insurance company, which will be it's whole own ordeal.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 1:42 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Jamos wrote:
Thanks everyone for you replies.

I've owned this rig since 2008 and have invested so much in it over the years, time, energy, love, and $$$.

We moved back to the Bay Area from Tahoe about a year ago and live up in the Oakland hills.
Our neighborhood is very cute and tight knit, and our suspicion is that someone planted an airtag or tracker on the van when we were out with it the day before.

I had been thinking of adding a kill switch and/or tracker since we moved back here, but did not and now I'm kicking myself.

I drove around some of the homeless camp areas yesterday, and while I did see another white westy (!!!), it was not mine or the other one posted as stolen here.

If you're around the Bay Area, please keep an eye out.

This whole thing is really sad, and now I get to deal with my insurance company, which will be it's whole own ordeal.


Sorry to hear about this. As I wrote on the other stolen van thread, It almost sounds to be a bit more planned/organized/sophisticated than addicts to me as yours was the first of two White Vanagon Campers to be stolen in the same area in the same month.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 1:44 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

E1 wrote:
Or one can become educated about how people become homeless — like some right here on Samba — count your good fortunes, and use the same humanity for the poor poster whose van was just stolen.

Very sorry to hear this. Terrible. We sincerely hope you get your van back.


Use drugs, become a criminal, and bingo, you to can be a junkie homeless bum. There is your education.
Now of course some are homeless do to some misfortune of no fault of their own, Good honest folks just down on the luck, but those wont be the ones living in a stolen Vanagon.

I have dealt with both the good homeless and the junkie bum homeless, two completely different situations. Plenty of education here.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 1:45 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Jamos wrote:
Thanks everyone for you replies.

I've owned this rig since 2008 and have invested so much in it over the years, time, energy, love, and $$$.

We moved back to the Bay Area from Tahoe about a year ago and live up in the Oakland hills.
Our neighborhood is very cute and tight knit, and our suspicion is that someone planted an airtag or tracker on the van when we were out with it the day before.

I had been thinking of adding a kill switch and/or tracker since we moved back here, but did not and now I'm kicking myself.

I drove around some of the homeless camp areas yesterday, and while I did see another white westy (!!!), it was not mine or the other one posted as stolen here.

If you're around the Bay Area, please keep an eye out.

This whole thing is really sad, and now I get to deal with my insurance company, which will be it's whole own ordeal.


so where was it stolen from? what time, day , night?

Good luck in its safe return.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2024 4:06 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

Just an update - the van has been recovered!

Still waiting to see what kind of condition is really is in. Thanks for all your good thoughts.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2024 4:30 pm    Post subject: Re: STOLEN: 1986 Westfalia - White - Oakland, CA Reply with quote

SWEET, CONGRATS!!! Cool
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