# Maybe this van was with the lost wallet? Newslink

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-van-was-with-the-lost-wallet-newslink/516649>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 6, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-van-was-with-the-lost-wallet-newslink/516649 "2009-11-06T23:17:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-van-was-with-the-lost-wallet-newslink/516649/1 "2009-11-06T23:17:33Z")

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For quite some time, members of the SDMB have been seeking the owner of a wallet that was walled up in a house.

> **[Lost Wallet--Part Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458636)**
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> I’m not sure I’m doing this right since this is the first time I’ve started a thread, but I no sooner posted to a thread than it was closed! Anyway, I wanted to respond to the person that asked what new I could do for the lost wallet guy - I read...

I think they found the guy’s VW Van! Stolem in 1974, & found in perfect shape!  
[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_RECOVERED\_VAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-11-06-01-14-03](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RECOVERED_VAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-11-06-01-14-03)

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> Customs agents found the 1965 van on Oct. 19 when they opened a shipping container bound for The Netherlands, The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported. They ran the vehicle identification number and discovered it was listed as stolen.
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> Law officers said the van, which is in great shape, was stolen from an upholstery shop in Spokane on July 12, 1974 - while Spokane was hosting the 1974 World’s Fair.
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> Authorities have not been able to find the original owner, whom they would not identify.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-van-was-with-the-lost-wallet-newslink/516649/2 "2009-11-06T23:55:44Z")

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Safe bet that the vehicle was registered to the Dharma Initiative.

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**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-van-was-with-the-lost-wallet-newslink/516649/3 "2009-11-07T03:45:21Z")

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Wow! That is beautiful!!

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-this-van-was-with-the-lost-wallet-newslink/516649/4 "2009-11-07T03:53:51Z")

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> Authorities have not been able to find the original owner, whom they would not identify.

The van is owned by Allstate Insurance, after they paid off the owner’s claim.