OH man, I had an old 70 something Ford Maverick. I put a note in the glove box that if you stole this, come to my house and get the radio.
But for reals, I had my 86 Caprice stolen and they found it a few months later all jacked up. My dad helped me replace the steering column and i used it for several more years (love that car, and it got vandalized multiple times when i moved to KC 
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