[Fot] Stolen Race Car

[Seiri Bownes]

Two words....'plausible deniability'.

N.Y. has the same 'Can't scrap a car without a title' law. In 35 years of
taking cars to junkyards and,or having them hauled away, I've been asked for a
title exactly once. It was the one time I a) had the title, and b) knew where
it was. In NY, there is an out for 'lost or misplaced' titles, in which the
seller simply signs a form stating they own the car or have the right to
dispose of it. That covered the scrap dealer nicely.

As to a scrapper giving $160 to the thief for it, many of these guys totally
operate on a $/lb basis and have breathed a few too many fumes along the way.
I had some oil tanks removed over the last few days and one of the scrappers
was thrilled to take a garbage can full of brake rotors, exhaust parts, and
the like. His comment "That's worth at least $5 at the recyclers!" Had he only
known that I would have paid him to haul it away...;) But he said the GT6 and
TR6 in the drive would fetch twenty to fifty each. And was disappointed when I
wouldn't give those to him as well.

The remaning question, is, of course, how much of a car do you need a title in
order to legally scrap it? I scraped out a Spit in 4 or 5 55gal drums at one
point.

I do have a handful of TR serial number plates and titles in my filing cabinet
however. Just In Case.

In any cage, I'm very glad you got it back. That's a great success story.


On Jul 9, 2012, at 11:29, Vince G <vangoughv at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with that.  The police should be smart enough to come to the same
> conclusion also.  Salvage yard might even be part of a bigger scheme.
>
> WOW
>
> congrats on the good news anyway
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2012-07-09, at 11:14 AM, "Mike Moore" <mmoore at wave1.net> wrote:
>
>> Somebody should be looking into salvage yard. What legitimate business
> would
>> take car like that without title and then only give $160. Looks like they
>> may have been ready to sell it for a profit.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mike
>>
>> Michael T. Moore, CPA
>> 2007 West 32nd Street
>> Erie, PA 16508
>>
>> Phone: 814-868-4831  ext 103
>> Fax:        814-864-7383
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of Joe Henry
>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 9:43 AM
>> To: fot at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Fot] Stolen Race Car
>>
>> Well it was a long couple of days but...the trailer is home, I pick up the
>> race car today and two guys are in jail!  THANKS to all who read and
>> forwarded the message and kept a look out.  Someone who had seen the
> posting
>> saw that the crooks had advertised the trailer on craigslist!!  They let
me
>> and the police know and they were able to catch them.  They had sold the
> car
>> to a metal recycler for $160.00!!  I will be out some parts and tie-downs
>> and some small stuff that probably won't be recovered but I am ecstatic
>> about the outcome.  The police said that without the fast notice, the car
>> would have been gone by today or tomorrow at the latest!  Again, thanks to
>> all.
>>
>> Joe Downer
>> Charlotte, N.C.
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