Where were you in May 1970 ? This Porsche is reported stolen!

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Peter Irlenborn recently purchased a 1964 Porsche 356C. When he wanted to register the car it was 'flagged' for inspection by the California Highway Police. They took Peter to a backroom and let him wait for an hour. When the policemen came back their very first question was: "Where were you in 1970?", as if he could have been the thief back then. As a matter of fact in 1970 Peter was hiding from the draft and military service...
The police detectives kept the car and all the ownership papers for investigation. The investigator located the original owner (in 1970) by phone, and the conversation went something like this:  Owner: "yes, I had a 1965 Porsche stolen in 1970, and the insurance company covered the loss. I then purchased another 356 Porsche, which I still have, and no, I don't want two (2) of these darn things."

The story continued for another 3-4 months, until Peter received a call the other day which went something like this as he reported to a friend: the little Red Porsche has returned; I got a call from the CHP investigator last Tuesday, that the car had finally been cleared and a good title had been established. "Come pick it up", was the instruction. I took a cab down there immediately, brought some tools just in case, as it had sat there in the back of the CHP lot now for perhaps 4-5 months. Of course it would not start. I asked for a bit of gasoline to pour down the carbs, again tried to start it, all to no avail. The sergeant who was on call that day, calmly said, "you have a fire in the engine!" Yikes; he grabbed a fire extinguisher, but I asked that he hold off for a moment, as that chemical stuff can do an awful lot of harm. It finally went out. 'Almost burned the CHP station down', was the thinking. It must have been their Karma. Oh well; no damage; all is well that ends well. AAA to the rescue and their flatbeds came to the scene, and then home, finally!!!
It then started right up in Novato; what's with that?? It didn't like the location??

Note the sellers hiding their faces when peter made photos of the 356 he was buying.

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