UPDATE: Entitled girlfriend sends BF's 1967 project car worth $11k to scrapyard while he's on vacation: 'I told her... to pack her things and leave'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 21, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

I don't know about you, but if a loved one damaged my belongings on purpose, I'd take a good long look at our relationship. 

Have you ever seen that one type of "prank" where someone destroys a freshly-completed puzzle? In the prank, someone watches their GF or family member put the final piece into a puzzle. Then, while that person is still grinning ear to ear from finishing the puzzle, the prankster smacks the puzzle back into 500 or 1,000 pieces, rendering their hours of work totally useless. This is not the kind of prank that can be undone. Once something is shattered like that, it requires time to rebuild, if that person even wants it to be rebuilt. It's not about the cost of the puzzle, or about the end result. It's the damage caused by ruining an object that your loved one holds near and dear. 

This guy probably also has a few words to say about that subject. His GF did something unforgivable to his project car, which he sank roughly $11k into! Check out the full story below, as well as the updates and the shocked comments from readers who couldn't believe the GF's audacity. 

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  • 01
    'While I was gone, she hired some people to come over... and take it to the local scrapyard' 22 TIMIJ
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  • 02
    I'll try to keep this short. I had a 1967 Impala 4 door that I bought in Feb 2019. A couple months ago I bought my first house that had a 2.5 car garage. I moved the car in and started tearing it down for a complete restoration. I had the body in one bay and the chassis in another, plus the whole garage filled with parts. About two months ago my girlfriend came to live with me during this whole crisis and the whole time has hated that car. She wants to
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  • 03
    park in the garage but I have 2 acres of land with a lot of nice places to park under shady trees or h I even in the barn if it has to be inside. I tell her tough luck its my house and its not like I can just throw it back together real quick. Anyways I was out of town for a couple days on a business trip for the small local company I work for. When I got back, my girlfriend was all smiles. Making me food all the time, doing all the chores, all that. I though maybe
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  • 04
    she just was happy to have me home but then I realized that I didn't see her car in it's usual spot. I asked her where she parked so I could make sure I mow that area and keep it clean and she said not to worry because she parked in the garage. I asked how and she told me to go check it out. Turns out that while I was gone she hired some people to come over and move everything related to that car, including the drivetrain, body, and chassis and all parts,
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  • 05
    and take it to the local dump/scrapyard. I was absolutely dumbfounded. I had spent over 11k on that car including new parts, services, and the car itself. I told her that I was going to be taking her to court for that and she brushed me off like I was being dramatic. I told her that its done between us and to pack her things and leave. I admit I was a really angry but I did end up getting a lawyer, and as I have all the receipts for all that money
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  • 06
    spent and I have her on my house's security cam footage letting the guys in and watching them take it all I think I can win. Her family and friends are absolutely blowing me up saying its just a stupid old piece of junk and that she cannot pay back all that money I spent, and that I should just let it go. But I have been putting all my time, effort, and money into that car for a year and a half now and goddammit if I am not going to get justice for what she did. AITA
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    Edit: Thank you all so much for the support and awards and everything. I'm glad I have some people on my side. I got a call from her mom about 20 minutes ago and she told me that i was ruining her daughter's life over a stupid car. I told her she ruined her own life. I've been gathering documentation and stuff and I'm about to head down to the police station and file a report, as suggested by lots here. Once again thank you all
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    UPDATE: went to the police station last night, was told to come back in the morning. just got back and filed an official report against her for grand larceny and grand theft auto. i showed them all the receipts i had for the car and the footage of her letting the guys come and take it as well as the title for the vehicle in my name. they said
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  • 09

    Here's the car in question!

    AT 3781 W Chevrolet 03392 टट TIMIJ
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  • 10
    they will be in contact with all 3 parties (me, ex gf, and junkyard guys) soon and they will hopefully be able to recover some or all of the car. just have to wait now
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  • 11
    HUGE UPDATE : THEY FOUND MY | CAR!! the junkyard guys apparently were in the middle of hiding it when the police came to ask them questions. it was on a forklift and they were gonna put it on top of a pile of cars that was hidden behind more piles of cars. they said it was theirs and they had the title, but obviously didnt have the title for it and since they matched the vin on the chassis
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    and body to the vin on my title, it was obviously mine. I know at least one person there has been arrested, i think he was in the camera footage i talked about earlier but idk if it was the boss or whomever or even his specific charge, they also told me they would be looking into this specific junkyard for any other vehicles reported stolen. they
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  • 13
    said they haven't been able to get in contact with my ex just yet but they're working on it. im just so glad they found my car. luckily i made quite an album of pictures detailing me tearing down the car and so i can use that to prove what parts they had were mine so i can hopefully get most or all of it back. police haven't let me take it back home yet as they say it is
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    evidence or something so hopefully i can get it back eventually. thank you all so much for the support and advice! SHES GONNA BE ALRIGHT
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  • 15

    A lot of people thought this was an offense worth suing over

    diabolicaldeb NTA - sue her a . Sue her for the cost plus a few extra thousand for the time and money. Have her prosecuted for theft, destruction of private property and have the guys that came to get it prosecuted for receiving stolen goods. Nail them all to the wall.
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    Other folks were just gobsmacked by the utter audacity of this lady

    BeM... NTA: Holy sh, definitely not the a hole. That's like your girlfriend selling a dog out from under you while are on a business trip you because she didn't like it!
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    The audacity. If she didn't. like it, she could've just ignored it. The most toxic part is that she sees no issue. Your property, your house, she throws it away? And if any judge knows the worth of that car they would understand suing her for the costs. LET ALONE THE TIME YOU SPENT ON IT.
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  • 18
    That's a hobby, and a good one. If she couldn't support you and your project, that probably would've been a red flag for anything you do later on. I think this is all justified.
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  • 19
    karebear3513 I would file a police report and see if there was any way that you could get her prosecuted. NTA.
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  • 20
    TogarSucks NTA. Relationship wise: this was a gross overstep on her part just to get her way on something minor. Ending the relationship immediately was the right thing to do.
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  • 21
    Legal wise: Don't destroy something you can't afford to replace. Take her down, let her pay it off over the next few years.
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  • 22
    imakesawdust Absolutely NTA. Did you file a police report? OP, I'd do a in-depth survey of the rest of your house to see if anything else has gone missing.
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