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Jan 31, 2016 20:48:18 GMT
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As I Said before in another thread, there is definately a gang operating in the kent area,and venturing into essex.
And I'm sure Id recognise one of them,who was checking out the celica at the bromley pagent,in a unsavory manner. A lot of people looked over the car that day,but you just get a feeling when someone has the wrong intensions. 100% id pick him out of a line up.
Also,as said trackers on classics are no issue to thieves.
As for the met police being helpfull ? Well,the few officers that are left, have more to deal with than stolen old cars.Sad but true.
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voodoo57
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Jan 31, 2016 22:15:51 GMT
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There really needs to be a 'sting' operation.
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Jan 31, 2016 22:48:30 GMT
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Last Edit: Jan 31, 2016 22:48:52 GMT by southside
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Jan 31, 2016 22:59:11 GMT
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FIT TRACKERS TO THE LOT OF THEM! Sorry to shout, but this really needs to happen. The way I see it is you wouldn't fit £10k's worth of modern motor with a 1970s security system. The same should go for classics tbh, and I can't see the shocking spate of thefts will stop until something like this happens. Why on earth don't insurers insist on it? Tracker blockers are readily available on the Internet for as little as a fiver. They even make ones which will plug straight into a cars cigarette lighter, a mate was going to buy one so he could do foreigners in his work van without his boss knowing. Any kind of organised car theft gang will already be well aware of any gadgets that can help them have cars away. Trackers really ain't the answer to this problem unfortunately
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Last Edit: Feb 1, 2016 8:55:44 GMT by 93fxdl
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Oh FFS stop blaming banger drivers for every missing older vehicle, I'll bet the majority of transits at that meet will be mk6s, if you want to do something constructive email the promoters - trackstar etc and make drivers send a picture of the car/ van before booking in and a shot of the chassis number. They can check them again at scrutineering to make sure they tally.
Transits are popular in Pakistan as well
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foldy
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Looks like the local News Shopper could be interested in running an article on the recent local thefts.
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As I've said before, whether these thieves are restorers, racers (banger, rally or track) it means they are scumbags and they are in our communities of car enthusiasts. If a bloke turns up at a local meet in a car no-one knew about before, or completes his restoration of a wreck in an uncanny timeframe, then ask questions. If someone turns up to the oval in a car that looks a bit too solid to be a race car, then ask questions. When the rally team reshells the car they crashed at the last round and no-one knows where the shell came from, ask questions. Those cheap bits you've been offered? Ask questions.
I guess someone should be compiling lists of logbooks that turn up on ebay too - sellers, registrations and buyers.
They are amongst us.
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This is sickening, truly sickening.
The one thing that I don't get is that with CCTV seemingly located in every nook and cranny on this island how a stolen vehicle cannot be located (up to a point) via these useless, sorry, useful little cameras...?!
As for the banger connection I just don't know what to think any more as the majority of banger folk are genuinely good eggs. Unfortunately it is the minutia that ruin it for all by being thieving, dastardly scoundrels...!!!
I do hope this van gets found but I just don't think it's going to happen which is really very sad indeed!
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That van will NOT have been nicked to banger....id put my money it's not far away on one of the local traveller sites, just my opinion
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That van will NOT have been nicked to banger....id put my money it's not far away on one of the local traveller sites, just my opinion Anyone got a drone? Lol
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Nobody here knows where its gone, and i personaly wouldnt put money on my opinion of where its gone. As said before a number of different sorts of classics have gone missing for what seems to be a variety of reasons and if you'd put money on where it might be, go find it.
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Interesting you say that Mercdan, as there are a few travellers sites within 12 miles of where the van was stolen
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There are a few, I have had a look whilst walking our dog at the local one , didn't want to go to close, the local old bill don't!!!
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Last Edit: Feb 2, 2016 19:29:28 GMT by Mercdan68
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If that is where it may or may not be the police would want a good reason to go in there, unfortunately an 'old van' isn't one of them. The biggest problem is motivating the relevant agencies into doing something about the thefts of relatively low value vehicles which would or should have insurance cover.
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skinnylew
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Interesting you say that Mercdan, as there are a few travellers sites within 12 miles of where the van was stolen Understatement of the year! There's several within 2 to 3 miles of there, but i'd be surprised if it was ON any of them. I'll keep an eye out as I'm not far off and my job means I drive the area lots.
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There was a mk1 escort from here on a local site and the police wouldn't go in there ... As I've said its my opinion
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Interestingly today at work , due to a invasive squirrel i looked up motion dectector cameras . You can get a small one the same size as a usb stick which is preety good according to reviews [ someone put one in there car as someone was tinkering with it at night ]
Might be just the job in someones garage hooked up to a spare battery .
Worth baring it mind , it was a £10 .
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Interesting you say that Mercdan, as there are a few travellers sites within 12 miles of where the van was stolen there's a site 30 seconds from where he lives, when i drove past late last week one of the garages was wide open, thought it was odd but sadly i never stopped, kicking myself for that =*(
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