Stolen RV and Corvette

I've heard the same exact thing from people who were in the LEO field. Car/truck thieves can be extremely sophisticated. If there is a lock, someone will eventually make a lockpick for it. May take time and expense.

Only real protection is to keep your insurance current on everything, and take photos of what one has, with serial numbers. There are apps that can do this, and store the info on a cloud provider (Dropbox/iCloud).

A friend or ours is retired from the Texas Criminal Investigation Dept. and used to lead a stolen car detail. During that time they broke up a ring of thieves who actually took orders for cars in Mexico and then stole them in the USA, mostly in TX cities, delivering them to order. There were several major government officials among the clients of the ring.

Like most here, I don't hold out a lot of hope for recovery, particularly not all three together.

robatthelake wrote:
Although it's possible I somehow doubt that Mexico is hiding Your Rig.! More likely it is still in New Mexico. Probably in pieces by now!

A few years back I read a story about somebody who went down to Tijuana and went through the employee parking lot at the Tijuana City Hall and wrote down as many VIN's as the could from employees cars. They then checked those VIN's through NCIC and something like 40% of the cars were reported stolen in the US. There were even cars being used by the Tijuana Police Department that were stolen from the US.

There is also an active thread on this incident at the Escapee's Forums, should anyone here be interested.

jimtoo wrote:
What state are the license plate from?

4C Montana LLC. Had my Nissan Pick up stolen twice. Got it back the first time with minor damage. Gone for good the second time while at a San Diego shopping mall. What a sick feeling. Ins co settled with me for what I thought was more than fair. They even reimbursed me for the club brake pedal lock that was laying on the seat. Wish you the best.

Sorry for your loss. It is unlikely you will see either again.

Stolen premium cars are often shipped out of the country within a day or two, or disassembled within hours if parts are in demand. A Corvette fits both markets.

Stolen RVs (and light aircraft) from locations near the border with Mexico are usually sold to drug smugglers for a single one way trip back to the U.S., but often destroyed if the trip is successful.

Hope the sheriff checks the chop shops. The parts for a C5 are an easy sell if the thief knows the market. Vettes come apart very easy.

Hi thanks for your help,the whole rig is registered in Montana thru Bennet Law as i am from Australia and it made registration simple,The Corvette is a 2001 C5 Coupe,i have been traveling your great country for 5 years and i do find everyone very friendly and helpfull.My attorney John Bennet can be contacted on 406 360 8242 to save ringing Australia if anyone has any info or my email chrishayeslaptop@gmail.com.Thanks everyone Chris

The Texan wrote:
Sorry, but they are already in Mexico. They will still have the plates on them 5 years from now, as do many stolen vehicles we observed in several area, during our travels there. We even spotted a truck stolen from a RV.Net member years ago and it still had the Canadian plates they listed here on the net.

If you see my 2007 Silverado Greystone Metallic Crew Cab Dually down there with Texas plates, please feel free to shoot whoever's driving it.......

I have contacted American RV Park in Albuquerque and the incident has in fact been verified. Let's all pitch in to see if we can help!

American RV Park wrote:
Thank you for forwarding this information.
Yes, the Motorhome and Corvette are missing from our park and a
report has been filed with the Sheriff's Dept.
American RV Park