Bill, i would definitly bring up a law suit against the scrap yard. they probably kept the stuff knowing what it all was. you are out a lot of money! jeff --- On Mon, 2/7/11, Bill <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Bill <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Theft! > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 10:30 AM > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ---- > 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.h----------------- > > >