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woensdag 11 november 2009
Stolen Van found after 35 years!
SPOKANE, Wash. – A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.
Customs agents found the 1965 van on Oct. 19 when they opened a shipping container bound for The Netherlands (?), The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported. They ran the vehicle identification number and discovered it was listed as stolen.
Law officers said the van, which is in great shape, was stolen from an upholstery shop in Spokane on July 12, 1974 — while Spokane was hosting the 1974 World's Fair.
Authorities have not been able to find the original owner, whom they would not identify.
The operators of a vehicle restoration business in Arizona were the latest to have possession of the van, which they refurbished and planned to sell overseas, said Michael Maleta, an investigator with the California Highway Patrol. Maleta said the shop is also considered a victim in the case, and he declined to identify it.
The van now legally belongs to Allstate Insurance Co., which paid off the original owner's theft claim back in 1974. The Highway Patrol turned over the van to Allstate this week.
Maleta said the van had been restored to pristine condition.
"Now it's probably worth 27 grand," he said. "It's a beautiful van."
Megan Brunet, a spokeswoman for Allstate, said the company is looking through old records trying to find the original policy and theft claim.
"Trying to find paper files from that far back can be pretty challenging," she said.
The company will likely have the van appraised and go through the process of getting a replacement title before selling it at auction, she said.
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Customs agents found the 1965 van on Oct. 19 when they opened a shipping container bound for The Netherlands (?), The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported. They ran the vehicle identification number and discovered it was listed as stolen.
Law officers said the van, which is in great shape, was stolen from an upholstery shop in Spokane on July 12, 1974 — while Spokane was hosting the 1974 World's Fair.
Authorities have not been able to find the original owner, whom they would not identify.
The operators of a vehicle restoration business in Arizona were the latest to have possession of the van, which they refurbished and planned to sell overseas, said Michael Maleta, an investigator with the California Highway Patrol. Maleta said the shop is also considered a victim in the case, and he declined to identify it.
The van now legally belongs to Allstate Insurance Co., which paid off the original owner's theft claim back in 1974. The Highway Patrol turned over the van to Allstate this week.
Maleta said the van had been restored to pristine condition.
"Now it's probably worth 27 grand," he said. "It's a beautiful van."
Megan Brunet, a spokeswoman for Allstate, said the company is looking through old records trying to find the original policy and theft claim.
"Trying to find paper files from that far back can be pretty challenging," she said.
The company will likely have the van appraised and go through the process of getting a replacement title before selling it at auction, she said.
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woensdag 30 september 2009
Back in the Days
VW EURO 1989 !!My '71 Notch and
my brothers '71 Bug.
I drove the bug to that event
because he did,t got his
drivers licence yet.
Our sister drove the Notch.
A lot of good memory's,
those cars and the events.
vrijdag 25 september 2009
dinsdag 22 september 2009
maandag 14 september 2009
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zaterdag 5 september 2009
19" FUCHS
"new" Limited Edition911RS Sport Classic,
Porsche is producing 250
of these classics on
19" FUCHS.
Lets put a set under
a air-cooled VW.
woensdag 26 augustus 2009
vrijdag 21 augustus 2009
donderdag 20 augustus 2009
woensdag 19 augustus 2009
Super VW magazine
Picture of the AirBus at the'09 VoWoShow in Combi , a
special of Super VW magazine.
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