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| Re: [GMCnet] STOLEN LAST NIGHT! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354877 is a reply to message #354875] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 14:45   |
Rob
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Wow.
This was the one you *just* picked up? How was it mechanically? Could it make it very far?
I'm a big fan of the various GMC Facebook groups - in this case getting the word out there may *really* help. They have many members. More eyes on the road, per se.
Do you use Facebook?
Rob
76 Royale Twin Beds, Dry Bath
Victoria, BC
> On May 19, 2020, at 12:30 PM, Alex Gurr via Gmclist wrote:
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> taken from Alameda last night keep an eye out.
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> 73 orange.
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> Any additional advice? Reporting it stolen as we speak.
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> 1973 GMC Motorhome. Obtained from the brink of destruction 05/15/2020 in the middle of the night.
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> Berkeley, CA
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| Re: STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354885 is a reply to message #354875] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 17:45 |
Gurr
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Thanks for the help folks, if you read my other post, it could barely drive. I drove 4 miles to the location it was at and it probably had a gallon of gas in the 5 gallon container in the cab.
Had no battery and the gas wasn't even set up to be used. I'm curious if the theifs towed it.
VIN 1TZE063V101072
Ca blue plates: 1BAX271
Not sure if they think they can get far, it doesn't exactly blend in.
1973 GMC Motorhome. Obtained from the brink of destruction 05/15/2020 in the middle of the night.
Berkeley, CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] STOLEN LAST NIGHT! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354886 is a reply to message #354875] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 17:53 |
Ray Erspamer
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I installed a hidden secret switch that disconnects the wire between the ignition switch and the starter. Thieves may break-in, hot wire to bypass the key, but the starter won't activate. Sent from my U.S.Cellular© Smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Alex Gurr via Gmclist Date: 5/19/20 2:31 PM (GMT-06:00) To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org Cc: Alex Gurr Subject: [GMCnet] STOLEN LAST NIGHT! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME taken from Alameda last night keep an eye out. 73 orange.Any additional advice? Reporting it stolen as we speak.-- 1973 GMC Motorhome. Obtained from the brink of destruction 05/15/2020 in the middle of the night.Berkeley, CA_______________________________________________GMCnet mailing listUnsubscribe or Change List Options:http://list.gmcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gmclist_list.gmcnet.org
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78 GMC Royale Center Kitchen
403, 3.70 Final Drive
Holley Sniper Quadrajet EFI System,
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| Re: STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354887 is a reply to message #354885] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 18:02 |
6cuda6
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If you know someone that works for ACT {Alameda County Transit) let them know and see if they will get the word out to the drivers for you.
Gurr wrote on Tue, 19 May 2020 18:45Thanks for the help folks, if you read my other post, it could barely drive. I drove 4 miles to the location it was at and it probably had a gallon of gas in the 5 gallon container in the cab.
Had no battery and the gas wasn't even set up to be used. I'm curious if the theifs towed it.
VIN 1TZE063V101072
Ca blue plates: 1BAX271
Not sure if they think they can get far, it doesn't exactly blend in.
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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| Re: STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354888 is a reply to message #354875] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 18:05 |
Ray Erspamer
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I installed a hidden secret switch that disconnects the wire between the ignition switch and the starter. Thieves may break-in, hot wire to bypass the key, but the starter won't activate. Now if they lift it and tow it that's a whole different story.
Ray Erspamer
78 GMC Royale Center Kitchen
403, 3.70 Final Drive
Holley Sniper Quadrajet EFI System,
Holley Hyperspark Ignition System
414-484-9431
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| Re: [GMCnet] STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354891 is a reply to message #354887] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 18:15 |
James Hupy
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Sounds kinda like the City might have used a Recovery Truck, or a Repo Guy
Grabbed it off the street thinking it might be an abandoned vehicle. Sure
worth a phone call or two to the tow yard and or the city. Nothing out but
your time.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Tue, May 19, 2020, 4:03 PM 6cuda6--- via Gmclist
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> If you know someone that works for ACT {Alameda County Transit) let them
> know and see if they will get the word out to the drivers for you.
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> Gurr wrote on Tue, 19 May 2020 18:45
>> Thanks for the help folks, if you read my other post, it could barely
> drive. I drove 4 miles to the location it was at and it probably had a
>> gallon of gas in the 5 gallon container in the cab.
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>> Had no battery and the gas wasn't even set up to be used. I'm curious if
> the theifs towed it.
>>
>> VIN 1TZE063V101072
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>> Ca blue plates: 1BAX271
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>> Not sure if they think they can get far, it doesn't exactly blend in.
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> Rich Mondor,
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> Brockville, ON
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> 77 Hughes 2600
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| Re: [GMCnet] STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354892 is a reply to message #354891] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 19:11 |
sgltrac
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Yeah. “Stolen” by the city.
Sully
Bellevue wa
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 4:10 PM James Hupy via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Sounds kinda like the City might have used a Recovery Truck, or a Repo Guy
> Grabbed it off the street thinking it might be an abandoned vehicle. Sure
> worth a phone call or two to the tow yard and or the city. Nothing out but
> your time.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Oregon
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> On Tue, May 19, 2020, 4:03 PM 6cuda6--- via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org>
> wrote:
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>> If you know someone that works for ACT {Alameda County Transit) let them
>> know and see if they will get the word out to the drivers for you.
>>
>> Gurr wrote on Tue, 19 May 2020 18:45
>>> Thanks for the help folks, if you read my other post, it could barely
>> drive. I drove 4 miles to the location it was at and it probably had a
>>> gallon of gas in the 5 gallon container in the cab.
>>>
>>> Had no battery and the gas wasn't even set up to be used. I'm curious
> if
>> the theifs towed it.
>>>
>>> VIN 1TZE063V101072
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>>> Ca blue plates: 1BAX271
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>>> Not sure if they think they can get far, it doesn't exactly blend in.
>>
>>
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>> Rich Mondor,
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>> Brockville, ON
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>> 77 Hughes 2600
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77 Royale basket case.
Future motorhome land speed record holder(bucket list)
Seattle, Wa.
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| Re: STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354895 is a reply to message #354875] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 20:27 |
Scott Nutter
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Sorry,
But all this smells fishy to me.....
I hope I’m wrong...
Scott Nutter
1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final drive, Quad bags, Dave Lenzi super duty mid axle disc brakes, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera installed MSD Atomic EFI
Houston, Texas
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| Re: [GMCnet] STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354896 is a reply to message #354895] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 20:52 |
James Hupy
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Might be worth a trip back to where you bought it, to see if they sold it
to more than one prospective buyer. Stranger things have happened.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Tue, May 19, 2020, 6:29 PM Scott Nutter via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Sorry,
> But all this smells fishy to me.....
> I hope I’m wrong...
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> Scott Nutter
> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final
> drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
> installed MSD Atomic EFI
> Houston, Texas
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| Re: STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354898 is a reply to message #354875] |
Tue, 19 May 2020 21:20 |
Gurr
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Called all the places I could when it comes to getting towed. Police dept doesn't have it on record(they are supposed to be notified within an hour). I called a towing company that was listed on the city's site and I talked to him for a good amount of time about it.
What I can tell you is that when I bought it, it HAD been tagged by the city as an abandoned vehicle (big orange notice stuck on the window) The guy I saved it from had half-assed scraped it off after he moved it to another location. What's interesting is that in the place where it was stolen was the rest of the half-scraped notification on the ground. So someone went through the trouble of scraping that off before taking it.
I appreciate the help, but everything indicates that it has been legitimately stolen.
My coworker actually suspects the parking security. It was fine all weekend, but when they started their shift yesterday morning I got a call from the property management and I explained that I had just got it, that I work in the building, and I had a slight hiccup with getting it towed that day (monday) and they were fine with giving me until today. I contacted them first to see if they had it towed and they said they didnt do it. I asked the construction crew near by and they said they saw it yesterday evening and not this morning since they got there at 7.
Please let me know if you suspect any other loopholes in my story, I feel like I have covered the basis of it getting towed. I have also searched the surrounding area and where I got it, but this area is big. I wouldn't be surprised if I missed it on some other street that I DIDN'T go down. I have been in this situation before and gave up my search for a vehicle only to have it found literally in the NEXT parking lot I was going to search.
1973 GMC Motorhome. Obtained from the brink of destruction 05/15/2020 in the middle of the night.
Berkeley, CA
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| Re: STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #354928 is a reply to message #354875] |
Thu, 21 May 2020 09:29 |
6cuda6
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Keep an eye on Offer-Up for parts etc....just in case someone decides to part it for a few bucks.
Do you have the guys address you got it from? Take a drive by his house and neighborhood, it wouldn't be the first time someone re-snagged a sale knowing exactly what, were etc it was......
You can rule out some homeless dude as he wouldn't have had the means to get it out of there....someone knew it was there....
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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| Re: STOLEN LAST NIGHT IN CA BAY AREA! ORANGE GMC MOTORHOME [message #355020 is a reply to message #355012] |
Fri, 22 May 2020 15:00 |
GMC Cruse
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kingd wrote on Fri, 22 May 2020 14:28SOME ONE NEEDS TO JUMP ON THIS CRAIGSLIST ADD ASAP
Maybe the coach is found.
Don't get too excited, at bottom of add it shows it was posted 29 days ago. Probably same GMC but before GURR got it.
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan
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