[Shotimes] Stolen SHO

[Ron Porter]

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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