Missing NJ Camaro Turns Up 36 Years Later In California

1969 Chevy Camaro SS

Back in 1975, Newark resident Janice Maffucci's 1969 Chevy Camaro SS was stolen from the parking lot of the post office where her father worked. She never expected to see the car again...and certainly not 36 years later, all the way across the country. But authorities say that a Santa Maria, Calif. man bought the very same hot rod on eBay this past February, and they've now reunited the original owner with the car—but nobody knows where the car has been during those 36 years. Could it be like the muscle car version of The Red Violin?

Car enthusiast and buyer Keith Williams noticed that the Camaro's body was a collage of other parts, and contacted the California Highway Patrol. They were able to rebuild the original VIN number, and discovered the vehicle was stolen from Newark on July 8, 1975. Police are now trying to trace the registration in order to track down who the original thief was, but we have our own guess as to who might have been racing in the streets with that Camaro:

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By Ben Yakas in News on May 12, 2011 7:06 PM

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DORY

It's amazing, the police could find the car that it would not be possible to be back again.

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FU Boy

Love those cars. Probably the '69' of it, but damn I'd love one of those. RS, SS, don't care.

Madly Hatting

I bet a Dead Milkman stole that Bitchin' Camaro

gtraindelay

People will steal anything that isn't nailed down. Someone stole my 1989 Volkswagen Fox in 2004. Why! It was held together with bird poop and black flag stickers!