PROSPECT HEIGHTS (WPIX) - More than three years after a Brooklyn woman's car was stolen, she got it back -- drag-race ready.
Amanda Pogany, an eighth grade Hebrew teacher, had her 1996 Honda Accord stolen off her block in Prospect Heights back in 2006. Naturally, cops had very little confidence they would be able to track it down.
"It was a used car that I bought for them," said Peter Pogany, Amanda's father. "When the car got stolen we were all upset about it. I thought it was long gone."
But an unexpected call from the NYPD ultimately led her to the Red Hook impound.
"It was totally unbelievable. [The officer] proceeded to tell me it wasn't just my car, but it was a new version of my car, a really fancy version of my car."
Pogany found her Honda, souped up and ready to race. The previous "owner" had installed a brand new V-TEC engine, tinted windows, oversized tires with special hubcaps and, best of all, custom valve stem caps shaped like bullet casings.
Stolen Car Returned To Owner 3 Years Later, Completely 'Pimped Out'
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