Auto Transport

[Kim_Howie]

Went from Boonville, Mo. West on I-70 to Odessa to Oak Grove Mo. and now shows it's at Edwardsville Kan.

[njsteve]

Some free legal advice: call your local police and report it stolen NOW! Explain that it's not just a car, its an historic automobile/classic car/TV show prop and worth a bunch of money. With the police report in hand, then contact your local FBI office and ask for the squad that handles cargo theft and ITSMV (Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicles). Be persistant with the FBI guys dont just talk to the duty agent and file a report, ask for the person who handles the above mentioned crimes. Usually it only takes one call from them to the shippers and the car gets delivered asap. What these bozos are doing is a common scam where the shippers will just drag you along for weeks and then they demand more money for the car or you never see it again, or they just stop answering your calls. Once the car is in NCIC (the national crime/stolen car database) fax a copy of the police report to the shippers. Then see how fast they car shows up.

Once that car was overdue and there was no sensible explaination (like bad weather) they no longer have your authorization to be possessing that car. The civil violation would be called "conversion". By retaining possession of your car and not giving it to you, they have converted it to their own use. In a civil lawsuit you would then get the punitive damages plus the value of the car. (these types of case used to happen a lot in the past where you'd go to a new car dealer to look at new cars, and give them the keys to your old car for them to evaluate it for a trade in...and they then "lose" your keys, forcing you to hang around for hours on end) That resulted in a bunch of car dealers having to pay a bunch of money in damages to the car owners, who's cars, the Court made them buy. Well, enough rambling for the moment, call the cops now!

[Mr. T]

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call the cops now!

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I would call them as well Kim, especially on a car of this caliber.

[Charley Lillard]

I tried to report my 69 Pace car as stolen a few years ago and they told me it was a civil matter so don't be suprised if you get the same answer. The cops did put a call into Mr Lipke to speed him up but it didn't do any good. I finally had to hire a private investigator to find what My Lipke had done with it. Call the transport Co and let them know if the car does not arrive by Monday you are reporting it stolen.

[budnate]

sorry Kim like I said on my first post I had to call and tell them I was reporting it stolen and thank goodness I always got first and last names anytime one of the bozo's answered the phone...I left a voice mail in a few places stating I was reporting it stolen in the morning and naming all parties,,,funny but the darn thing showed the very next day. and to be honest I am pretty sure they lit the tires on it a few times while they had it. MF's!!!!!

Bud.

[Tim Penton]

Chalrey is right, it is a civil matter. Contact the police in your jurisdiction though because a call from an officer will very likely get the results that you're looking for. If worst comes to worst you'll have to hire an attorney.

[resto4u]

I am having trouble with reliable carriers. My car was diverted to the MI. warehouse. They said they had corporate moves to make. When picked up, They said it would stay on same truck and deliver in 5-7 days. These companies suck!

[Kim_Howie]

I called and informed them I was going to contact the police and report the car stolen. Watching the car yesterday it was agian on I-35 and today it is in Altoona , IA. Which is the last drop. I HOPE I WILL HAVE THE CAR MONDAY . Kim

[Mr70]

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I tried to report my 69 Pace car as stolen a few years ago and they told me it was a civil matter so don't be suprised if you get the same answer. The cops did put a call into Mr Lipke to speed him up but it didn't do any good. I finally had to hire a private investigator to find what My Lipke had done with it. Call the transport Co and let them know if the car does not arrive by Monday you are reporting it stolen.

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Cliff Lipke?

[djunod]

There are a number of GPS tracking services, where you place a GPS unit in/on the car and then track it through a web site. I haven't used any of these services personally, but have looked into them several times.

Here's one such:
http://www.pimall.com/nais/trimtrack.html



Something to keep in mind the next time somebody uses a service to ship an expensive and/or irreplacable car.