On November 24, 1988 a 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo was reported stolen in Las Vegas. On October 25, 2011, the car was recovered by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Outbound Enforcement Team (OET) at the Long Beach Seaport.
The old Porsche was recovered in a shipping crate bound for the Netherlands. CBP's specialists estimated the car's worth at $27,552 without the engine though it was listed on the crate's manifest as a $12,552 car. During the last 12 months, CBP/OET has seized 51 vehicles and 49 engines, 24 stolen, 63 undeclared, seven undervalued and six with fraudulent docs.
It's seen some abuse during those 23 years and without an engine the stance is just a little off. The car will be returned to the insurance company that currently holds the title.
altimadude05 says:
11:10 AM, 10/28/11
This would make a really bad knock-off of a Starsky & Hutch Torino....but it would make people laugh. Might as well have fun!
Takahashi, where's the Photoshop?
wasaabi92 says:
12:44 PM, 10/28/11
I turned 2 on the day that car was stolen..
greenpony says:
01:15 PM, 10/28/11
2? You make me feel old.
bradyholt says:
03:37 PM, 10/28/11
I turned 2 three years after the day that car was stolen.
garrym says:
05:38 PM, 10/28/11
Here's an idea IL. Do a follow up story on the Porsche. Contact the insurance company and find out what they are going to do. Will it be put up for sale? How? What's the process is someone down there (As I'm north of the 49th parallel).
You could go a step further and even find out what the new owner is going to do with the car. It looks like an easy restoration, but is it worth the bucks to restore?
jadeeclipse98 says:
06:51 PM, 10/28/11
I was nearly 2 years from being born... Feel older? Haha Glad to hear that stolen cars do sometimes get found. Even if it is after 23 years. Government at work.
ed124c says:
06:54 AM, 10/29/11
In 1988 I was the same age as my daughter is now-- 46.
Doesn't the government crush these cars? Wasn't there an article recently about the government crushing impounded cars? After all, isn't that what soul-less governments do?
robs249 says:
08:23 AM, 10/29/11
LOL thats funny...I was born 2 years after that car was stolen!
zr1man says:
08:52 PM, 10/29/11
Who cares? If I was the owner of that thing, and it got stolen, I would have said good riddance and gone out to buy a Vette.
Vetts Rule.
volcomssj48 says:
11:38 PM, 10/29/11
GTFO
wasaabi92 says:
11:32 AM, 10/30/11
@ ZR1
C4s suck, who are you trying to kid! A 930 would walk all over a similar vintage Vette. A 4+3 box and 250 thundering hoursepower. Whoa.
nwng says:
10:36 AM, 10/31/11
this is not a collectable item and I wonder what is going to happen when it got shipped to the netherlands? it will cost an arm and an leg to restore it, strip it for club racing?
noburgers says:
11:05 AM, 10/31/11
Almost a Dutch treat!
What they need to do is get Customs to help OJ find the real killer. We'd hear back in another 5 years or so.