Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:28:43 -0700
Reply-To: Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: STOLEN SYNCRO - Where Do They Go?
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> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:12:47 -0700
> From: Jeremy
> Subject: STOLEN VW VANAGON - please
> be on the lookout!!
>
> Hey folks,
> Some friends of mine had their VW Vanagon Syncro
> stolen last night,
> at approximately 2AM, from Oakland. I don't know
> any more about the
> circumstances of the theft, but if pertinent info
> comes up, I'll pass it
> along. Details on the van itself:
>
> VIN: W2V2ZB0251GG069342
> Tag: 2W28250
>
> And a picture of it can be found at:
>
> http://photos.weisbart.com/album04/P1010027
>
> It was stolen with the trailer. It is an 86 Syncro,
> gold in color, full Westie with VolksCafe bumpers,
> 15"
> SA wheels and tinted windows.
>
> PLEASE be on the lookout for ANY information that
> might point towards this van. Adam and Juli were on
> a
> one year trip in this van and for obvious reasons
> this
> puts a cramp in those plans.
>
> Adam can be contacted at webglow@gmail.com.
>
On 8/8/05, Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
tim in san jose
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Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in
which case, you ain't got there yet.
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