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

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