James- Thanks for the head's up.

Scott/All,

I've posted replies in the past when this topic comes up, regarding my father's 1966 Plymouth Belv II 4 door Hemi, factory 4 speed car. Here are the details of the car- as documented by my father in 2004:

"My car - Belvedere II 4 door sedan, forest green metallic with citron gold cloth interior, drum brakes, light package, foam seat padding, wheel covers, drum brakes, manual steering, wood grained steering wheel, 4 speed, am radio with rear speaker. The car was ordered by Franklin Motors on 3/22/66, and built almost immediately in St Louis, Missouri. It arrived at Wyckoff on Thursday, 4/7. I drove it as my only car for 72,000 miles during a 22 month period. In March 1968, my second cousin Allen Greg Bull bought the car. I believe he sold it to owner #3 who sold it to owner #4, who owned a gas station in Hackensack NJ. I bought the car back in March/April 1972, with 112,000 - 115,000 miles on it."

In 1976 the car was freshened up with new quarters and allot of NOS parts, and my father installed a full factory air conditioning system removed from a 66 Coronet. It had 180,000 miles on it when it disappeared 7/4/80: often the car was parked in a municipal parking lot adjacent to our home. Car was discovered missing on the morning of 7/5/80. In September of 1980, we received a failure to pay notice from the Paterson, New Jersey Police Department regarding an overdue parking ticket issued against the car on 7/9/80. We know who stole the car: a guy who was interested in my mother's 1968 383/4 speed Sport Fury convertible. At the time, the Hemi car was parked (gas crunch) and my father was considering selling it: so he showed the car to this guy (named "Ed": reddish hair, in his 30's at the time, and from Paterson NJ, driving a blue 1973/4 Mustang Conv) when he came to look at the Sport Fury Conv.

I grew up with this car- it did exist. I have few pictures, of poor 1960's-1970's quality, and none of the interior. All documentation that would possibly have a VIN have long been discarded (registrations/insurance cards). Also, within the past few years, a board member attempted to locate the police report from when the car was stolen in the NICB database: no luck in locating a record. If anyone is willing/able to make another 'go' at locating the report- I would be grateful: I just want to get a VIN on this car.

I've been meaning to scan in the pics I have and at least get them to Scott for his records: maybe this year it'll get done.

Thanks for reading: it sickens me this car is gone.