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This also brings to mind recent posts about the strength of the NICB in recovering stolen cars. Although the posts were more about IDing rebodies. This just goes to show you that there are plenty of holes in THEIR system that prevent them from finding stolen cars that are still running around WITH their ORIGINAL V.I.N. plates in place. If this is the case how in the world do we think they are ever going to be able to truely identify a rebodied car that was never stolen or had any stolen parts used?

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If the Challenger was stolen and then went from collector to collector without being registered, then it would be very difficult to locate the car by any police officer simply running the VIN.

If it was an insured car and reported stolen originally then NICB would have the theft in their database.

If it was not insured at the time of the theft then NICB wouldn't get the info to put into their database.

The lesson here is keep your car properly insured if it is in storage.

The good thing is that since the car wasn't insured for the theft at the time, it went back to the original owner and not the insurance company.