oldblacksmoker
Well-known member
That's just terrible. Heartbroken for you.
John, sorry to hear about this situation. I must ask did you have a "declared value/agreed value" or an appraisal done on the truck? I'm currently helping a client with her 1 owner 1978 never winter driven all original Westfalia that was recently wrecked. Insurance companies are artists are fighting, unfortunately.
Got the TDI Comanche back on Friday night. Wildernest camper is gone, Tailgate was painted black, plates were changed, registration documents are gone. But it is home now.
Thieves are dumb. And this one was really stupid DUMB. He drove the stolen truck back to the same apartment complex he stole the truck from to visit a girl.
My son walked out of his apartment to smoke in the back alley. He sees the Comanche double parked in the alley, calls the San Diego Police to tell them he found the stolen truck. The tell him stolen cars are a low priority, so it could take up to 6 hours for a police response. He checks the VIN with the cops, yes it is the stolen truck and cops will eventually get there. So son gets a couple of his neighbors to wait with him and see who comes back for the truck. Eventually a fellow come out from one of the apartment and approaches the truck. Son confronts the fellow, telling him the truck is stolen and he is not leaving with the truck. Fellow threatens to kick sons @$$ and take truck. My son stood his ground with a kitchen knife in his hand. Son told fellow he had a choice to make. 1. Stick around and wait for cops. 2. Try to kick sons @$$. 3. Walk away right now. The fellow decided to leave on foot without the truck.
Cops never showed up, Son reported car recovered on Saturday morning. I got new plates, etc Monday morning. Ignition switch will have to be repaired/replaced. But right now the truck is safe in front of my house.
Have to say I am totally surprised to see the truck again, much less with not too much damage/loss. And most of all just how stupid this thief was.
Jerms he should be good, I think he filled it at Propel with HPR.......Amazing John. Just amazing.
Did your son ask him if he supplemented it with any power service ?
Hi everyone, My name is Dominic and i am the grandson mentioned in post #100.
Recently we lost Grandpa and i now have possession of the Comanche. It was very refreshing to find this forum and this specific thread. There was a lot of unknown information regarding the TDI swap and what all went into it, but now it understand a bit more.
The truck still runs great and i drove it over 100 miles home.
I know this is probably the wrong spot for this reply, but everyone here was watching this, so think of it as a little update on the build, as i plan to continue on what Grandpa started.