Date:         Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:14:03 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: STOLEN SYNCRO - Where Do They Go?
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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I think Chris has them all over there in Pennsylvania.
They just disappear after a few years of rust attack and are never seen
again.
I guess he just tills the remaining pipes of rust into the soil in his
garden.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:46 AM
Subject: STOLEN SYNCRO - Where Do They Go?


We have just seen another posting of a stolen Westy, this time a
Syncro with trailer attached.
Some of the vehicles reported stolen on the various lists have turned
up and were obviously 'joy riders' but I can't recall seeing many
reports of recovery for several of the stolen Westys and Syncros.
My question is "Where are they going?"
These vehicles are so specialized I can't imagine anyone thinking that
they actually use the vehicle.  Are the VINs being changed and the
rigs repainted? Are they being parted out and sold on eBay?  Where do
they end up that we don't see a posting of a recovery?
I ask this to maybe heighten the awareness in the
Vanagon/Westfalia/Syncro community of what we might be more on the
lookout for.