My framed picture of the family that stole my car 

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The SS is another one of those cars that not many appreciated until they stopped producing it. Pretty badass family cars.

Travis is one of my very favorite VINwiki storytellers. Great guy with great stories!

He framed it! That is absolutely hilarious!

My mom had a friend who had an Audi she hated and one day it got stolen they found it later that day.she looked at her husband and said "see they hated it too!"

What a sad, funny and heartwarming way to tell a stolen car story. Loved it, Travis you are a great story teller and from what I have seen over the years a pretty good dude. I would have a beer with you anytime lol.

Nice to see children raised in a good home

That is HILARIOUS! I know what it's like to lose a car... but it's AWESOME that he was able to find it and get photos of the jerks that stole it.

By the way, a "P-Touch VIN" is a VIN sticker produced by a Brother P-Touch device. This is a small handheld printer with a keyboard that produces sticker labels on rolls of proprietary tape. They use batteries and cost about $40, I have one and put labels on all sorts of stuff around the house. I really find them indispensable, but I've never heard of one being used to produce a VIN overlay....

Travis told that story so well, and it's a pretty funny story. Dan sounds like such a nice guy to know

Diamond Dan is the man ! My official Indianapolis tour guide when I’m there. Great story as always Travis Matthew ! - Rabbit 😎

My ‘17 SS doesn’t leave my sight or leave the garage if it’s raining. Maybe I care too much about a car the world doesn’t know about. Lol

How many of us paused the video and google earthed “11th & College”?... DAMN! THERE IT IS!

Right around the time that the 1st fast and furious came out my friend had a civic stolen from him. The police found it a few days later in the hood but was fine. So he gets it amd starts driving it and notices it's way louder and hhst different. Lol he opens the hoid and they added a head and some headers and intake lmao and they also put sime subs and a dvd player in it. Obviously wasn't fast or anything after that but still free parts

I can’t believe the type of family that would drive around in a stolen car would also be the type of family to have family photos done.

Love that you keep calling it the Commodore

Great story! I was in Alberta, Canada about 6 months ago and visiting a friend of my mum's. We were about to walk in when I saw the 2 x G8's sitting in an open garage (VE Commodores). I'm Aussie, so it was very interesting to see and my dad and I had a chat with the owner, who had done a few mods along the way - but it's always great seeing Aussie cars in other countries (I also spotted a VE SS in the middle of London about 10 years ago - my wife is English)! Thanks for sharing!

I had a 2017 SS. Had to sell it for financial reasons unfortunately. But I will definitely be getting another one. Favorite car I've ever owned.

SS sedans are so clean. As a mailman I’m always seeing cars, always interesting seeing what some people drive

Should have talked to the insurance company and got that car back for like $1000

Indy got rid of their stolen vehicle investigation unit years ago; I had a classic stolen shortly thereafter. If there's a recovery now, it's because a cop happened upon the vehicle like this and had already had his donut for the morning and had nothing better to do.

My dad woke up one morning to discover his car gone…..reported it stolen…..a week later he gets a call from a friend wondering when he was coming to get his car. Dad had left it in his driveway and went partying elsewhere and just forgot he had ever been there. He goes to pick it up and gets pulled over on the way home for driving a stolen car lol.

Man, that story is full code.

As girl gearhead in Indy, I used to party right around where Dan lives. My guess is that the car was found between Sherman and Keystone...

I did some yard work recently for a disabled lady, and sitting in her carport, all covered in dirt, with flat tyres, was a VF SS (same as car in story. It belonged to her son, who I suspect has been locked up.

I hope to see you at the holden extravaganza this weekend Travis!!!

I'm an Aussie and I own the same type of Commodore SS with 550hp Brilliant car, comfort and power, fantastic daily

The last times my friends cars were stolen and they actually got them back. It was a nightmare nobody paid for the damage they never ran right afterwards. People who steal cars aren’t the brightest so they don’t care about oil or anything else.

Travis is awesome. Reminds of the time my truck got stolen from the apartment complex I was living in. Crappy winter day in Nov. We did have a drug dealer living on the first floor and I guess some of his customers decided they didn't want to walk home so they busted the door handle to get in and broke the bottom of the steering column open to remove the wheel lock. Filed a report but the cop was honest enough to say it was prolly gone. Exactly 1 month later the called that they had found it about 1 mile from my place. Only reason they found it was the city had it towed cuz the plow drivers asked for it to me removed so they could clear the street. Then insurance totalled it when all it needed was a new steering column and door handle. The adjuster gave me some BS about they would have to spend $3500 to have it inspected. They said cuz of the damage to the door and rocker panel the cost was more than it was worth. I told the adjuster that the door dents and rocker panel damage was there when I bought it but he just ignored me. Ins. paid me $6400 for a dented/rusted 1992 GMC Sierra SLE extended cab.

As soon as I saw Travis, I knew it’s gonna be good

Just had my SS stolen from right outside my house yesterday! Hearing this story just confirms my thoughts that my car is never gonna be found in the condition I had it in if at all. 😢

Travis tells a classic Indianapolis story! I used to live a couple of blocks from where this tale happened. Got rear ended just north of where this happened, played music just east of there. Ah Naptown!

That has got to be one of the BEST stories ever posted to this channel!

I just hope "Uncle Tom" doesn't come and steal or vandalize Dan's SRT8, now that they know where he lives and what to look for. But I do love the fact that you/he took the photo and it hangs on the wall, LOL.

I’m glad these big cities no long punish these stunning and brave people for their culture ❤

I seriously hope charges were pressed against that guy.

Always love seeing Travis Bell!

Poor old commdore. Or as they known in OZ, the dunny door. An aunt had morris minors for years and one got stolen one day. 10 years later.... the police knocked on her door to tell her it had been recovered and was available to be collected from a storage yard. She had bought another in the meantime so it was sold. it had been parked in a ware house for ten years. Tracking devices are the way to go with some very clever devices out there now and a lot cheaper than trying to find your stolen car.

Best part of the year is when Travis hosts his annual Midwest Holden BBQ

3:35 I perked up like a dog when you call it’s name when he said North Wilkesboro. I was like “hey that where I live!!!!” 😂🤣😂🤣

I live in NH, and in about 2011 I flew out to Texas to pick up my new drag car. Ended up competing down there with it for a day to get a feel for the car, loaded it up on a trailer and brought it home, figured out my 4 wheeler was stolen right out of my back yard while i was gone. Found it a month later, the guy that stole it broke the rear carrier an dropped it off at a buddy of mine house to be welded and realized it was mine. Luckily I got it back and $3.5k in restitution for my time and damages 😊

Love Travis and his awesome stories.

The most midwestern thing to do. Tilt your hat goodbye as you stroll out the door to the person that robbed you to get your passive aggressive revenge. 😂

I’ve lived in Indy most my life and one of the weird quirks of Indy is one block will be sketchy and the next block is nice.

I saw that car come into auto return a while back! I work next door to that place in indy.

Proud GXP second owner here. Those of us that have kept tabs on the muscle car food chain have watched these vehicles evolve from Down Under starting with the two-door GTO which for a small family like mine was not an option might as well bought a Corvette. But if you had been following them you knew even when they launch the GTO that they had plans for a four-door muscle car so I waited along with people like minded. Then finally 2008 comes around and here they come G8 GT's but the price was ridiculous so a little bit more research and patience and hopes that the price will come down but the reality is because of the difference with Australian dollar they're never coming down. My local Pontiac dealer went belly-up sitting on five of them should have been four but they'd rather go bankrupt over $500 and hold onto all five, I was okay with that cuz I really didn't want the GT anyway I wanted the GXP, which at that time were sitting on a boat circling in the Pacific, when they did finally get unloaded most went to Chevy dealers and obviously those dealers Marked those damn things up as much as $25,000 so again I was out of luck cuz there's no way in hell I was going to pay 75 grand for one of those cars lo and behold two years later when people start getting rid of them a lot we're willing to take it in the shorts just because The Thrill was Gone. It was amazing to watch those things sell for their sticker price 4 years later. I was lucky in finding an owner that didn't believe that his car was still worth sticker, I was able to negotiate a price that was acceptable to the both of us. Committed to purchase sight unseen and drove 400 Mi to pick it up blindly. Like the original purchasers after driving it daily for close to a year The Thrill Is Gone but I still love my baby and take it out every now and then, I'll keep it until somebody else has thirty thousand reasons that they want it more than me or I can get into an equivalent replacement for 30,000 which you can't.

It's kind of funny and sad that a much newer car with all it's safety and theft deterrents gets stolen. Then you have my 1998 Chevy Suburban K1500 with 204k miles that thieves broke into and attempted to hot wire it. They drained the dual batteries in that Suburban and never got it to start. Charged the batteries, replaced the ignition cylinder and its wiring, and still drive it today.

"Up & coming" translates into "Lock yo' S up or its gone"

I have a 2016 SS that I daily in Indy. Peacock green metallic. Love that thing.

Damn, that wasn't the happy ending I was expecting....

That car is the wallpaper on my phone and two computers. A red Chevy SS. Not a Ferrari nor a Lambo. I love these things.

Another vinwiki rerun?!? I don't think.....wait, Travis Bell video?!? You bet I'll listen to him again!

Good on you guys for blurring the faces, because i certainly would not. Screw them.

Great story Travis!! Thanks very much for sharing this one! 👍🏻🥃

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The kind of people that will steal a Chevy SS are 110% guaranteed to steal an SRT Cherokee so they can do donuts in an intersection.

No guarantee thar family actually stole it, could've been a hood purchase from the actual thief for a couple hundred bucks. I'd say that's more likely

That poor family photo is now a work of art all because of that story.

I tbh thought that it was gonna end with dan got his car back

Lol of course it's a family of Tyrones

There is a reason they used to clip hands off thieves in the past 🤷🏻‍♂️

As an aussie i hope dan get's a ss commodore ute dog's would love it.

When I was a kid we'd go exploring the woods near my friends house and there were all types of stripped stolen and burned out shells of cars abandoned back there...

This story is hilarious. That guy is a “car guy” too! I mean… he’s an “other people’s car guy” but a car guy none the less.

I feel like I’ve seen this car around Indianapolis.

The first time I drove one of these I thought it was just a rebadged Impala. It's really a four door Corvette!

These puzzles are getting easier and easier to solve, Pat.

Who goes on a road trip at 4:15 AM to buy ecstasy? 😂

That is just classic!!!

I love the SS I’m working my way towards ownership of one I’ve had 2 gto’s one with a super terrible ending and the 2nd with a very painful ending I also own a g8 .. Georgia is a rough place to love holdens

I'm sorry for his loss.

I have FAR less kind words for those people.

I saw that car sitting in In alley around 22nd in bellefontaine if I recall correctly? I considered it weird, but kept going!

Fantastic story!

I'm sorry I would have bought that car back from the insurance company and put it back together.

If that was my car, I would have tried to buy it back from the insurance company, I understand Dan lives in an apartment & might not have a place to put it . But that's what Jared (The Questionable Garage) for to drop off stuff you don't have room for or time to fix something

Great ending to the story

Peak Indy story lol

How do you never seen your bright red car that’s 2 miles away.

Love Travis Bell telling stories! Must watch instantly

Dan is my spirit animal!!

What I like to call a cousin car to the SS is the Cadillac V-Sport. Similar weight, similar power, both great handling RWD sedans, both woefully marketed by GM, but the V-Sport does not cost damn near more than new!

i had my car stolen once. i was very angry. its good to see some people can just roll with it. after all, what can you do in this situation.

Power wheels car in the photo probably stolen too, little future criminal.

i wish i could get my dads 68 impala SS that was stolen in Tucson, 1987. just to let him see it again before he eventually passes.

I can’t believe the folks in that picture would steal a car … I appalled!

Fuck yeah! I’ve got my eye on a vf ss redline, but the vf maloo ute is looking very pretty as well . :D

“Look in the driver seat.” “You mean the one I’m sitting in?” this sent me so hard

Hard to say you have a passion for Aussie cars that extends exclusively to holden.

Now that is an awesome story!

Seems as though the SS was not badly damaged. Would be great to buy it via Insurance Auction etc, and to keep an excellent vehicle on the road.

Why does he not show the real faces of those criminals, shame public.

Imagine listing a car for sale and you get the attention of Travis and Rob. Having them turn up would be a hoot.

Travis bell stories are the best

Dang a video that Casey isn't hopefully going to get upset with.

Awsome shirt , as a past cook County resident im soooo glad I don't live there anymore

I thought Dan would've ended up with two awesome red cars.

lmfao. I love the picture part, sad it took an epic car being ruined.

Mine was recovered 3 days later. No damage. I got lucky. Someone was watching out for me too.

Gee, what a surprise...what color are they?