Donnie, was the entire car stolen or just the motor? Did you
recover any parts after the initial theft (frame or body)? NCIC
has two files applicable to vehicles, complete vehicle entries and
parts that have identifiable characteristics (VIN's, partial VIN's, owner
applied numbers, and unique numerical identifiers.). If your entire car
was stolen, but was later recovered stripped, it is possible that all related
VIN information was removed from the NCIC database by the recovering
officer. If this is the case, the outstanding parts are "clear" and will
not come up with a "stolen hit" if ran through the database. I do not know
how long the information remains in the database before it is
purged.
Good
luck in your search.
Steve
-----Original Message-----Donnie:
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Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] How to recover a stolen chevelle??
like finding a needle in a haystack. If it was stolen back then I bet it got cut up. today they would switch VINS , etc., back then strip it.
Larry (Z)
