Sucks to be him!

I'm betting the car probably doesn't even exist anymore. A lot of time has passed since 1988.

Maybe the guy's Ex wife took off with the dude, he probably wasn't looking for her, only his car and the dude. If they took off shortly after the band tour started, they had a 3 month head start on him. The car could have been anyplace in the country by that time.

Now that everyone knows his SS number was engraved in the car next to his name, he might hope no one can find it and it has long since been crushed.