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Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago recovered

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Posted Nov 06, 2009, 04:23:21 am

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1965 Volkswagen van that was stolen 35 years ago
 from Spokane, Wash., is shown after
 it was recovered on Oct. 19, 2009,
 from a shipping container at the Port of Los Angeles
 bound for The Netherlands.
 (AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 06, 2009, 01:18:00 pm

     I wonder if the person it was stolen from can return the money to the insurance company that paid off on the claim and keep the van?
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 07, 2009, 06:00:44 am

     I wonder if the person it was stolen from can return the money to the insurance company that paid off on the claim and keep the van?

Probably worth it!

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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 07, 2009, 06:02:10 am

Cool van!!!
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Nov 08, 2009, 08:40:58 pm

Oh my and in Vint condition too!......check the glove box for Mary Jane.

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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 01:54:31 pm

The Insurance company would be the legal owner if it had insurance back then. Also the price of mint VW vans is sky high $20,000 plus.
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