Stolen Royale??

[race2fast]

E-mail pasted below should be self-explanatory.

JB

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>From: "Colleen Worthington" <colleen@thunderhill.com>
>To: <office@oregonscca.com>,
> "H.Duck Allen" <howduck@qwest.net>,
> "Todd Butler" <todd.sherry@verizon.net>
>Subject: possible stolen car found in Washington
>Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 08:18:09 -0700
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>A call was received here in the Region Office on Friday Aug. 31st
>regarding what is suspected of being a possible stolen vehicle found
>in the state of Washington. He says it looks complete as if it was
>just rolled off a trailer and abandoned. He thought the
>circumstances surrounding where it showed up in the middle of the
>night made him very suspicious so he wrote down the following information.
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>The tag in the driver's compartment reads Royale Racing RP16731 Type FF
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>The last rollbar sticker is from San Francisco Region (that's why he
>called me) but all he could read was 25&26 signed by G Schlaman. I
>looked back and we had a Vintage in 2003 on the 24th, 25th & 26th
>but didn't find a car listed as a Royale.
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>It is Red with 09 on it covered over in white tape to make it
>19. It has 3 Club Racing stickers on it and has some indication as
>to Vintage on it as well.
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>I contacted Bruce Goronsky from the Vintage world and he put the
>word out to his Vintage email lists.
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>I have the name and phone number of the person that called if anyone
>knows whose car this might be or who else I should let know.
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>Thanks
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>Colleen Worthington
>Customer Service Manager Thunderhill Raceway
>SFR/SCCA Race Entry Administrator
>P.O.Box 966
>Willows, CA 95988
>530-934-4455 ext 100

[Al Murray]

The owner (Gino Borland) of the Royale and the person who found the car on his property have gotten together. Gino did not even know the car was stolen from the place where his car was stored. I recognized the combination on the color and number and the Fall SCCA Vintage event tech sticker, called Colleen and the case has been solved.

AL Murray
SOVREN

[scorp997]

glad to hear that the owner was found! I hope I never have to use this service, but its great to know its there.

I didn't know there was another RP16 in the area. Do you have his contact info that you can send me offline?

[Al Murray]

John,

The owners name is Gino Borland. He is not in the SOVREN roster. Try calling Colleen at the SF SCCA. Or call Judy Buckingham and she can look in a older roster for you.

Gino bought the car from Jim Garner who had restored the car with help from Ken Muth. The previous owner raced the car in IRDC and lived near Maltby. Can't remember his name. Saw him at the Historics though. I think this car had the Bob Earl body work on it.

Gino lives somewhere in the Puget Sound area.

AL

[Rick Kirchner]

If either of you find out the serial number, my best friend has been looking for his RP-16, #49, and it had the Bob Earl bodywork.

[scorp997]

based on the original post I suspect the serial number is "RP16/31", instead of the "RP16731" that was listed. The "/" could be mistaken for a "7". That would make this chassis number 31..