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A 1956 Ford Thunderbird stolen from its Palo Alto owner in 1976 has surfaced 31 years later in Southern California when a woman bought it over eBay from a man in Ohio who shipped it to her.
When the woman went to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get a new license plate, the DMV couldn’t find the vehicle indentification number (VIN), according to the Ventura County Star newspaper.
The DMV sent the woman to California Highway Patrol Officer Christopher Throgmorton, who specializes in finding VINs on old cars. That’s when it was discovered that the car been stolen from a Palo Alto owner.
Palo Alto Police Officer Brian Philip said the department is checking records to find out who the original owner was and looking for the police report filed when it was stolen.
Philip added that the CHP said the car is in “perfect, original condition” with only 24,979 miles on the odometer.
— Don Kazak
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— Don Kazak
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— Don Kazak
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The wonders of our modern Palo Alto crime squad, tracing stolen property after 31 years.
I guess there’s hope for my son’s Impalla
Did they arrest the man who sold her the car on e-bay? It’s crime, where did he get if from? Have they traced the crime? Sooner or later everyone pays…. I had a 94 Sentra when I was in High School… It was stolen 3 months after I bought it… So I guess that in 18 years or so they will find my car… I don’t want it anymore…. I just want the jerk to go to Jail… That would make me happy….
Come on guys – we all know the orignal “theft” was just some moronic high school prank from a 1976 graduating senior.
Now that school officials are cracking down with zero tolerance for this type of behavior, they have enlisted the police to retroactively identify past perpetrators. If caught, this particular prankster will be facing a misdemeanor charge since the car probably wasn’t worth $400 back then (unlike the current value of a couple of rotted wooden deck boards).
By the way, wasn’t me… I graduated ’82