I sent the Bandit a near complete, numbers-matching car, and a long list of associated parts. There is reportedly now considerably less there than what I sent - just a shell without the motor. They stripped (stole) and sold parts to my car - which is basically what car thieves do. I wonder if this will ultimately be the bigger crime for the Bandit that will have him making friends in a prison shower. He cannot just say, that he got into financial trouble and wasn't able to finish orders for cars from customers (victims). No matter what trouble/difficulty he may claim, he has no cover for not returning numbers-matching and documented parts that he received ...that will clearly be theft.
If anybody comes forward with parts they bought, or found on their car, from another customer's car (like mine), they resale of stolen property will be crystal clear, he goes directly to jail.
(For example, the Bandit sent me an email saying that my 400 motor from my 1976, which also had a cam and other power modifications, had a cracked block, and that he would "do me a favor" and find me another motor to replace it. Well, more likely, my motor was fine, and worth $$, and he sold it or put it in another customer's car, and planned to give me a junk motor. If my numbers-matching motor is revealed by one of his other customer/victims, the trail is clear, and he is cooked.)