The thought crossed my mind too but seeing the note of Joel documenting it, you'd think if anything was amiss for one the guy would've at least waited longer before attempting to contact Joel...or ever sell it?.
This brings a couple more thoughts to mind;
1 - has someone laid Larry's Vins on Joel and made him aware of what's happened...Ed?
2 - would anyone attempting resto of a genuine Motion Vin car have taken Larry's cars to use as a rebody or even as a donor car for their own?.
I'll expect all is well and the guy is straight up...but that still leaves us w/ the cars missing??.
Any updates you can tell us Ed?.
Another thing, were PM's w/ Larry deleted by the Mods?.
I see his postings are still alive and hopefully remain so as there's so much he can still offer when we dig back into old threads...but my PM's are gone and I don't remember deleting them?.
RIP Larry!
~ Pete