Everyone likes a good mystery. Hell - I drive a Towncar.

Solid plan. (Have a look at the pictures then recommend a tool to accomplish that.)

 

The plot thickens.

 

So Cal MINI Maniacs has their own forum, you might get some takers there. Not sure if it's okay to link to the forum, but you can easily find it with Google. :-)
Poor car. Doubt that anyone is going to come and haul it away. The insurance was probably paid long ago. Not exactly fixable!

 

JoanieB, it's ok to link to regional club forums.
So Cal Mini Maniacs:
http://www.scmm.org/

 

You might note my mentioning their own forum up there ^^. It's got an implied pay wall, so I aborted mission on that.

 

If you can get the driver's door open, the VIN should be on the door jamb.
I know it's also somewhere in the engine bay, I want to say towards the back of the passenger side, but not certain about that.

 

Should be interesting to see if you can find out anything.

 

I did. Appears to be access to that corner and can't tell if the damage would prevent it from being visible, Mr. Eye Roller.

 

Some other places to look per a website I found:

B pillar
Firewall
radiator support bracket
Steering column

 

Pass side strut tower has a plate on it as well.

 

You guys are never going to believe this... it's gone!

I'll post pictures later.

 

I guess they finally got it recovered.

 

This makes me sad. lol.

 

Now we'll never know the story...

 

BOOOOOOOOO!!!!