In 1973 My 1969 R/T and 1970 340 Swinger were stolen the same night from two different locations. No insurance , Total loss. I knew it had to be someone I knew that was aware I was out of town. but did not know who.
In 1982 I sold a 340 demon I took a truck on a trade. We transfered the truck title. But he didn't have all the money for the car so He took the car and I held the title. He was to come back the next day to pay and transfer the title. He never came back and I never saw the car .
Around 2004 I get a call from a towing company about a swinger for sale he towed in from a rental garage. No title because they couldn't find the owner. I bought it for $500.00
I owned several orange 340 swingers over the years . Never expecting to ever see my car again I stopped looking. After getting it home it took about a month until I recognized It was my car. I still had the title.
Two days after buying the Dart I went to look at a Demon. We Struck a number at $1200.0 and I bought it. I drove him to his house from the storage unit To get the title. He went in and never came out. I knocked at the door and a lady answered. The man she said asked to use the phone. After he called he went ot the back. I never saw him again.
Later my son was going through old pictures and saw the car in the driveway had the same dents as a car I had pictures of on the roof. Low and behold again another car came home. Then After thinking about the guy he was the same guy who bought it from me but much older. He probably new me but I didn't recognize him. Again I still had the title.
Here are some pics of the Dart when It came home You can see the fender was damaged when it was stolen. It had no brakes and was at a shop when they took it. The pics of the Demon are from my driveway years before and then sitting in front of the dart. when they both came home.
It gets better. After going to a show and seeing a Pink 70 Dart i struck a coversation with the owner. I brought up I just bought a 340 swinger. He asked me where I lived and I told him. While at work the next day he showed up at my house in his unmarked crown vick. He wanted to see the car and my wife wouldn't let him in the fenced area because of the dogs. The next day he showed up again with the same unmarked and a marked with two state troppers.
They were there to arrest me for recieving stolen property. He was a constable and said this was his Dart and he knew I bought it without the title because he had it stored where it was removed. I explained to him and his biddies that I would let him in and he could look at the car . If he says it is deffinately his . He would be the one getting arrested. I then told him I knew where he got the car in 1973. I remembered who he hung out with. and then I knew who was envloved.
Afterwards I called the State Police Barracks and explained what had happened. I gave them the Vins from both cars. They called back and told me the R/T was registered and was currently owned by someone in Pa. They wouldn't tell me who. A duplicate title was given for the car 4 years back. The dup. supersedes the original as long as the car is in his possesion.
I found the R/T its only a matter of time and I will jump in it and drive it away. I carry a 69 ignition to every show. The new owner was friends with the the guy who came for the Dart. My friends from back then? Wasn't hard to find the car once I remembered who he hung with. I actually did work on this guys 74 RR and we reminessed old times and I never had a clue he had my car.
The guy that came here for the Dart is from Jim Thorp Pa. Some might know him
Both these cars were sold at Carlisle Pa. Someone on here may now be the owner. Here are the pics
In 1982 I sold a 340 demon I took a truck on a trade. We transfered the truck title. But he didn't have all the money for the car so He took the car and I held the title. He was to come back the next day to pay and transfer the title. He never came back and I never saw the car .
Around 2004 I get a call from a towing company about a swinger for sale he towed in from a rental garage. No title because they couldn't find the owner. I bought it for $500.00
I owned several orange 340 swingers over the years . Never expecting to ever see my car again I stopped looking. After getting it home it took about a month until I recognized It was my car. I still had the title.
Two days after buying the Dart I went to look at a Demon. We Struck a number at $1200.0 and I bought it. I drove him to his house from the storage unit To get the title. He went in and never came out. I knocked at the door and a lady answered. The man she said asked to use the phone. After he called he went ot the back. I never saw him again.
Later my son was going through old pictures and saw the car in the driveway had the same dents as a car I had pictures of on the roof. Low and behold again another car came home. Then After thinking about the guy he was the same guy who bought it from me but much older. He probably new me but I didn't recognize him. Again I still had the title.
Here are some pics of the Dart when It came home You can see the fender was damaged when it was stolen. It had no brakes and was at a shop when they took it. The pics of the Demon are from my driveway years before and then sitting in front of the dart. when they both came home.
It gets better. After going to a show and seeing a Pink 70 Dart i struck a coversation with the owner. I brought up I just bought a 340 swinger. He asked me where I lived and I told him. While at work the next day he showed up at my house in his unmarked crown vick. He wanted to see the car and my wife wouldn't let him in the fenced area because of the dogs. The next day he showed up again with the same unmarked and a marked with two state troppers.
They were there to arrest me for recieving stolen property. He was a constable and said this was his Dart and he knew I bought it without the title because he had it stored where it was removed. I explained to him and his biddies that I would let him in and he could look at the car . If he says it is deffinately his . He would be the one getting arrested. I then told him I knew where he got the car in 1973. I remembered who he hung out with. and then I knew who was envloved.
Afterwards I called the State Police Barracks and explained what had happened. I gave them the Vins from both cars. They called back and told me the R/T was registered and was currently owned by someone in Pa. They wouldn't tell me who. A duplicate title was given for the car 4 years back. The dup. supersedes the original as long as the car is in his possesion.
I found the R/T its only a matter of time and I will jump in it and drive it away. I carry a 69 ignition to every show. The new owner was friends with the the guy who came for the Dart. My friends from back then? Wasn't hard to find the car once I remembered who he hung with. I actually did work on this guys 74 RR and we reminessed old times and I never had a clue he had my car.
The guy that came here for the Dart is from Jim Thorp Pa. Some might know him
Both these cars were sold at Carlisle Pa. Someone on here may now be the owner. Here are the pics
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