Re: Theft!

[Merwin Wrisley <vulcan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to agree with you, most of the people working at these places know 
what parts are worth,
you look at what they get paid, and some can't resist the 
temptation...........warren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donnie Schanz Jr" <dcs426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Theft!


> Watch for them to go on sale on E-bay or Craig's. I have another theory 
> though...I have a connection at the local salvage yards here and they know 
> what parts are what. I am willing to bet that those parts never got to a 
> semi truck. Someone was called and they were loaded into the trunk of 
> someones car and they have a new home. I get heads and blocks all the time 
> this same way. The guys even watch for certain models of cars they know 
> have certain parts on them. I just got a 4L80E tranny out of a wrecked 
> delivery van for 25 bucks!!! Let the detectives question the guys 
> there...you will be surprised I bet.
>
> Sorry for your trouble
> Donnie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill" <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:30 AM
> Subject: Theft!
>
>
> > Imagine the shock of going into your pole barn to get something and 
> > gradually noticing that you have gaping holes where you just recently had 
> > heavy shelves full of '50's, 60's, and 70's mopar parts.  Happened to me 
> > January 19th.  It turns out that a bunch of stuff like 426 hemi heads, 
> > max wedge heads, 340 X heads, a whole stack of aluminum intakes, etc were 
> > stolen and taken to a metal salvage yard and sold for metal weight.  They 
> > didn't have any of it left, and claimed that they ship stuff out by the 
> > semi load the same day they buy it.  Um, thanks guys for confessing that 
> > you aren't in compliance with Indiana law on the matter, which requires 
> > that all "valuable metal" bought by a salvage operation must be retained 
> > for 5 business days to assist in possible recovery of stolen goods, AND 
> > specifically includes "small auto parts" in the definition of valuable 
> > metal.  That has led to the local prosecutor issuing a warning letter to 
> > all salvage yards, which is scheduled to be delivered to them in person 
> > this week by a team of detectives from the two agencies covering the 
> > locations of all the yards.  Normally as the head of the detective 
> > division at my department I would participate in doing this myself, but I 
> > have to stay out of that part since I'm contemplating bringing a suit 
> > against the company, as they violated the law with my parts.  They also 
> > failed to copy the state issued identification of the people selling 
> > them, as required, and failed to photograph them, as required.   I've 
> > been working on my insurance claim meanwhile, as more of a sure thing, 
> > and do need a little help with one missing item:  a '63 Borg Warner T-10 
> > with the Mopar A833 pattern.  I could only find one for sale online, on 
> > Craigslist, and that was a "best offer" ad, with no price listed.  My 
> > insurance adjuster is being understanding but just wants such things as 
> > eBay or Craigslist printouts suggesting the current value of these parts 
> > when I can provide them.
> >
> > Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana...'49 Plymouth 2 door; '62 
> > Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart convertible; '65 Barracuda \6; '65 Imperial; 
> > '68 Barracuda FB 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB now 360; '70 Challenger now 440; 
> > '72 Cuda '340
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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> > negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended 
> > recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will 
> > protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the 
> > content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!
> >
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> > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.
>
>
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> Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person --  
> directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and 
> negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended 
> recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect 
> your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content 
> signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!
>
> 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and 


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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.