uncle silvia Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 My mates very special Mini that is soon to be Mag featured was stolen last night from the Plymouth area! This is a famous car Locally and has lots of national reconition throughout the Mini circles! The car and its parts stand out like a sore thumb being BRIGHT ORANGE with most of the car being totally custom with years of work being carried out!! My mate is totally distrought when he found it gone this morning!! Here is the pics of the car........................... REG - H47 SYA If anyone has any details please call the police imediately AND message me at crxboy150@hotmail.com and hopefully the car can be recovered in one piece!!! :nod: Thankyou :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 ... hope he gets it back! Posted it on other forums. ;)Put it on five forums I've used in the past, just quote the message and paste it, only took a couple of minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Bastards.Probably nicked for the engine, just to keep another bloody MG Metro on the road eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Bastards.Probably nicked for the engine, just to keep another bloody MG Metro on the road eh?Lols... anyways I hope he gets it back pronto!m0rris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle silvia Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 ... hope he gets it back! Posted it on other forums. Cheers............. spread away!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Sarcasm aside, I hope he gets it back ok. I would be gutted if anything happened to one of my motors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Sceptre Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Little bastards. Its bad enough when any motor gets nicked, but particularly horrible when its something that is quite obviously someone's pride & joy & has had a fortune spent on it.Fingers crossed that, due to it being so distinctive, it won't be long till its returned to its owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Tragic, I really hope that there's a happy end to this story with the owner getting his car returned, as it's obviously his pride and joy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 thieving b"*%^*rds , hope they find it back in one piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle silvia Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Just spoken to Ben, turns out Ben wasn't really looking to sell the car, he just put it on ebay with a huge reserve, and advertised it for £5k on pistons heads to see if anyone would be prepared to pay that much for it. Conviniently, someone called up offering to pay the full £5k and wanted to come and view it this morning. The guy had all bens details, including the address where the car was kept overnight. Ben woke up this morning expecting a viewing, only to find the car was gone! Personally, I think this seems INCREDIBLY dodgy, as the car has been kept at that address totally problem free for around 18 months. It was also parked next to a very well known 16v vauxhal powered mini worth around £10k for almost a year, again with no problems..... Lets hope "orange" is found safe and sound..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 thieving scum, hope it gets found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 shit man that sucks, really hope it gets found looks the nuts that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 A very sad tale, I hope it turns up, though I would not hold out much hope Most likely to end up as "Mini Re-shell project no V5" on ebay. As regards 'letting on' storage locations, it really pays to be careful, as you never can tell. When I was running at full-tat-capacity, I rented space from Farmer_Frank, as did Mr_Bo11ox, this guy has it pretty tight, you need a security code to get past the gate either in or out, plus all the units were alarmed, plus there was usually Farmer_Frank or one of his clan on-site, avec chien et shotgun, even then you'd get twitchy with random folk coming up there to view/buy stuff (shiters excluded - moAr AlsoMike pls). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Conviniently, someone called up offering to pay the full £5k and wanted to come and view it this morning. Surely there is a way of getting that guys number ?And then from there finding his address and "Paying him a visit" i do not endorse illegal beating the shit out of theiving scum 'wink' 'wink' Really hope he gets his mini backI know how easily you can get attached to these cars, mine was a shitter but i loved it SO much ! Poor guy Please Keep Us All Updated !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle silvia Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Well!! After lots of posting on Forums and on Facebook by lots of people AMAZINGLY we found the Mini!!! After it had been stolen it had been moved to another area of the city in a small cul-de-sac, parked up and covered over! Randomly a guy we know who is a delivery driver happened to be in this street today and spotted "a Mini under a cover" but didnt think anything of it until he saw everyone looking for one on the net! He contacted a friend of mine who passed the details to me and I passed them to the owner and we all went to check it out!Much to his relief it was his beloved car under the cover but he waited for the Police to turn up before uncovering it! They had removed the rear window completely to gain entry but didnt smash it and left it behind, They had hotwired the car damaging the ignition and stolen the CD player from the dash! Other than this the car is fine and has now been recovered to a safe location! It also looks like it was nothing really to do with the ebay ad or at very least someone wanted to steal it before it was sold!! The power of the internet is amazing!! :thumbs: Heres some pics from tonight................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I hope they picked up on the illegal tiny plates while they were there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester drawers Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I was not expecting the car to turn up on one piece. That's great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Great nes, although I have to say having had a Mini with a Peco back box, how did he not hear it when they hot wired it?I guess they maybe pushed it down the road or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Glad the car has turned up. Good ol tinterweb! On another note, why didn't the chap who owned the car, given it was his pride and joy and had set him back a fortune not bother to fit an immobiliser? Or at least an ignition cut off etc? So many people do this. A mate of mine did the same with a custom Saab 95 he built. But you could start it with a screwdriver. Hence one night it dissapeared.. The ended wasn't so happy though......... from this: to this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Great news that it's been found and that it's relatively undamaged. Bet he'll be fitting some sort of immobiliser or security now though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Great to hear that it hasn´t been broken by those dam mini metro owners! The power of the internet éy!m0rris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredTransit Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Well that's a happy ending thank god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlsoMike Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Glad it's been found, and more or less intact too! Hope it's stashed somewhere very secure.When I was running at full-tat-capacity, I rented space from Farmer_Frank, as did Mr_Bo11ox, this guy has it pretty tight, you need a security code to get past the gate either in or out, plus all the units were alarmed, plus there was usually Farmer_Frank or one of his clan on-site, avec chien et shotgun, even then you'd get twitchy with random folk coming up there to view/buy stuff (shiters excluded - moAr AlsoMike pls).I was more bothered about being led miles into teh Bedfordshire countryside by some dodgy geezer who could of had any number of henchmen hiding behind farm buildings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 As said, it's bizarre you have a 5 grand Mini and don't have any security on it. Still, how thick must you be to half inch a distinctive car then leave it parked up a mile away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Glad to hear the mini has been returned !Is abit silly he never had an immobiliser or top qual' Alarm as he has obviously spent thousands on the car.Just Glad Its Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kyle Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 My Mini is safely hidden in the middle of nowhere but i still have it immobilised and a tracker fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 My Mini is safely hidden in the middle of nowhere but i still have it immobilised and a tracker fitted.Im sure the Autoshite community can find it When i had mine i put a cruddy alarm on that Wasnt much, but scared the cats from pissing on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Great news its been found in one piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle silvia Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Glad to hear the mini has been returned !Is abit silly he never had an immobiliser or top qual' Alarm as he has obviously spent thousands on the car.Just Glad Its Back It did have a top alarm and immobiliser fitted but they got round it without a sound!! It was an integral part of the car electrics that were all custom and the only way into the car apart from removing the rear window as there were no locks or handles on the doors!! They did know what they were doing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Glad to hear the mini has been returned !Is abit silly he never had an immobiliser or top qual' Alarm as he has obviously spent thousands on the car.Just Glad Its Back It did have a top alarm and immobiliser fitted but they got round it without a sound!! They did know what they were doing!!Sounds like someone knows that car inside outBit dodgy if ya ask meA hi-spec alarm an not a peepJust glad he has his car back maybe he should fit a switch to the ignition system aswell as having a decent alarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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