±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 251
Total: 251
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Community Forums
03: Home
04: Community Forums
05: Home
06: Home
07: Downloads
08: Downloads
09: Downloads
10: Community Forums
11: Photo Gallery
12: Community Forums
13: Home
14: News
15: Home
16: Home
17: Community Forums
18: Community Forums
19: Home
20: Downloads
21: Photo Gallery
22: Community Forums
23: Home
24: Community Forums
25: Home
26: Home
27: Community Forums
28: Home
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Home
32: Home
33: Home
34: Community Forums
35: Community Forums
36: Home
37: Downloads
38: Community Forums
39: Home
40: Community Forums
41: Community Forums
42: Community Forums
43: Photo Gallery
44: Downloads
45: Home
46: Home
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Home
50: Home
51: Home
52: Home
53: Photo Gallery
54: Home
55: Community Forums
56: Downloads
57: Community Forums
58: Home
59: Community Forums
60: Member Screenshots
61: Member Screenshots
62: Community Forums
63: Community Forums
64: Downloads
65: Community Forums
66: Community Forums
67: Photo Gallery
68: Home
69: Community Forums
70: Home
71: Home
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Member Screenshots
76: Downloads
77: Downloads
78: Community Forums
79: Downloads
80: Home
81: Community Forums
82: Community Forums
83: Photo Gallery
84: News Archive
85: Community Forums
86: Community Forums
87: Community Forums
88: Downloads
89: Community Forums
90: Photo Gallery
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Downloads
94: Community Forums
95: Photo Gallery
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Home
99: Community Forums
100: Home
101: Member Screenshots
102: Home
103: Home
104: Community Forums
105: Photo Gallery
106: Community Forums
107: Community Forums
108: Community Forums
109: Community Forums
110: Downloads
111: Community Forums
112: Home
113: Statistics
114: Home
115: Community Forums
116: Community Forums
117: Home
118: Home
119: Community Forums
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: Downloads
124: Home
125: Community Forums
126: Member Screenshots
127: Community Forums
128: Home
129: Downloads
130: Member Screenshots
131: Home
132: Member Screenshots
133: Community Forums
134: Community Forums
135: Community Forums
136: Home
137: Community Forums
138: Community Forums
139: Community Forums
140: Home
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: News
144: Downloads
145: Downloads
146: Home
147: Community Forums
148: Home
149: Home
150: Community Forums
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Community Forums
155: Community Forums
156: Home
157: Downloads
158: News
159: Community Forums
160: Community Forums
161: Photo Gallery
162: Downloads
163: Photo Gallery
164: Community Forums
165: Downloads
166: Home
167: Community Forums
168: Community Forums
169: Community Forums
170: Home
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Community Forums
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Member Screenshots
177: Community Forums
178: Community Forums
179: Photo Gallery
180: Downloads
181: Community Forums
182: Community Forums
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Home
187: Home
188: Home
189: Home
190: Community Forums
191: Home
192: Home
193: Home
194: Community Forums
195: Home
196: Home
197: Photo Gallery
198: Home
199: Home
200: Home
201: Community Forums
202: Downloads
203: Community Forums
204: Home
205: Community Forums
206: Community Forums
207: Community Forums
208: Community Forums
209: Home
210: Home
211: Home
212: Community Forums
213: Home
214: Downloads
215: Community Forums
216: News
217: Community Forums
218: Downloads
219: Home
220: Home
221: Home
222: Home
223: Member Screenshots
224: Community Forums
225: Contact
226: Community Forums
227: Home
228: Downloads
229: Home
230: Community Forums
231: Community Forums
232: Downloads
233: Home
234: Community Forums
235: Community Forums
236: News
237: Community Forums
238: Home
239: Home
240: Photo Gallery
241: Home
242: Downloads
243: Home
244: Community Forums
245: Home
246: Home
247: Community Forums
248: Home
249: Home
250: Home
251: Home

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
For all you petrol-heads
A general meeting place for all pilots!
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Officer's Club

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:01 am
Post subject: For all you petrol-heads

uk.cars.yahoo.com/1305...ars-0.html

Stolen car returned after 36 years



A phone call from the police to say they've recovered your stolen car is usually good news - but imagine if that call comes 36 years after you reported it missing.

That's exactly what happened to Janice Maffucci from New Jersey, USA. Her 1969 Chevrolet Camaro muscle car was stolen in July 1975 from outside the post office where her father worked.

After 36 years she naturally assumed that it was gone for good. Amazingly, it was recovered after it was recently bought online by an eagle-eyed classic car enthusiast.

Keith Williams bought the Camaro SS from eBay and discovered that certain things didn't quite add up when it arrived.

Convinced that the Chevy was a fake, Keith contacted California police, who investigated and tracked the car back to a 1975 stolen vehicle report.

They contacted the registered owner at the time, Ms Maffucci, and told her they'd found her car. She hung up, thinking it was a joke, but when the local police paid her a visit, she was convinced, and arranged to have the car delivered.

Since the theft, the Camaro's original six-cylinder engine had been swapped for a more powerful V8.

Mr Williams was able to recoup his investment in the car through buyer's insurance, and Ms Maffucci has been reunited with a car that is now worth significantly more than it was when stolen.

The original thief is yet to be found, but police continue to investigate.

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Snorre
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 24, 2007
Posts: 1222
Location: Ziegenhain, Germany
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:09 am
Post subject: Re: For all you petrol-heads

I hope that Keith Williams as the honest guy in the game does not end up paying the bill...

_________________
Gunter

"The road to a friend's house is never long"
Back to top
View user's profile
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:24 pm
Post subject: Re: For all you petrol-heads

Nope, he was insured and claimed his costs back.
Now we all hope they can trace it back to the git that pinched it.

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 11:14 pm
Post subject: Re: For all you petrol-heads

Assuming she collected on the insurance way back when I wonder if she or the insurance company is the owner? will the insurance company demand either the car or reimbursement of the settlement (plus interest)?

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Shadow_Homfixr
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 541
Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL-USA
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:58 pm
Post subject: Re: For all you petrol-heads

I'd pay the claim as it could not be anywhere near what the car is worth today! That is one fine car. Brings back memories of my first car.... 1967 convertible SS 396 Camaro . The condition I bought that in 1971 for $1200.00 would have been a great investment if only I'd had foresight in those days or even these days...lol. They sell for well over $60,000 today and completely restored would bring in triple that or more.

_________________
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail MSN Messenger Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Officer's Club
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum