Heh, well as you should know if you've seen ANY Overhaulin'...
They usually contact the local PD before they pull off the stint. In this case though, Chip even called a former Overhaulin' mark who happened to be a sheriff. He had the sheriff run his car in the system. Since the Overhaulin crew already contacted Chip's local PD, the car didn't come up as stolen even though Chip tried to report it as such. The sheriff, being the intelligent man that he is, put two and two together and realized Chip was being Overhauled. He called the producers of the show, and the producers got the sheriff in on it too, and the sheriff told Chip that it was reported stolen, 100% legit. Gotta love it!
