The thief had a long list of charges from the last month including using a stolen credit card multiple times. He is still in our local county jail with a 10000 dollar bail.
Along with hastily painting the car flat black and sanding the new yellow paint job with 120 grit paper all of the Plexiglas was either broken ,or scratched, broken front bonnet from losing a front wheel, broken tail lite, and cut the wiring to the headlites. Estimate will be close to 10,000 dollars. Jordi Reddy with CAV in South Africa has been so helpful researching replacement parts for this early carand I am so grateful.
This is what I have learned:
Be very cautious about cars following you to your storage garage. These replicas draw a tremendous amount of attention on the street.
Be careful about underinsuring your car. I had made the decision to insure the car for about half of its retail value to save money which was really dumb.
If you don't have a GPS tracking unit in your replica order one tomorrow and install it immediately. They are cheap and they will message you on your phone if your car moves just a few feet. I would have given my right arm to have had one hidden in the car
You have to be your own advocate in the event your car is stolen. Social media is your friend. It was a tip from a citizen that had read about my stolen car on Facebook that made this all happen
Make sure the police dept. knows that you really want the car back. There are many cars stolen daily so they aren't the highest prority . Offer a reward.
This has all ended happily for me because Hagerty Insurance will make me whole again.