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kimber
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 30/12/2011 : 12:04:51
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This has appeared on the VSCC website today:
Recently stolen: 1932 MG Midget, VRN MG 2041, colour Green, from a garage during the holiday period.
Being the (legal!) owner of a P-type that was once stolen from a lock-up I have some indirect experience of this situation. 
My thinking was that the thief was either a complete idiot and that the car would inevitably surface (which in my case was exactly what happened about a year later  ) or, he/she knew exactly what they were doing and the only way of disposing of it was to break it up for spares. I suppose changing the I.D. /colour might be another option.
Anyway, I wish whoever the unfortunate owner is good luck recovering their vehicle.
No doubt we'll all be keeping our eyes peeled.
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greg
United Kingdom
829 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2011 : 14:14:52
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| Where abouts in the country did this happen? My dads brother sold someone a td a week later it was stolen out of the new owners garage and it was never seen again. This was over 30 years ago. |
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tonym
United Kingdom
651 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2011 : 15:43:38
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Very sad - what a world we live in!!
Perhaps it would be a good idea if the Registrar contacted the unfortunate owner, so that the owner could post info on all the identifiable parts that the thief might try to dispose of - especially on this site.
To confuse things, I note from the Register that MG2041 is both an M-type and a J2 !!! |
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Peter Green
United Kingdom
1682 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2011 : 19:44:47
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I am pleased to tell you that the owner of the car has told me that it has been found today.
Peter. |
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greg
United Kingdom
829 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2011 : 23:15:24
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| Peter can you tell us the story of this stolen car what kind of people took it? I knew it would turn up lucky it's all in one piece not burnt out. |
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Peter Green
United Kingdom
1682 Posts |
Posted - 31/12/2011 : 01:19:41
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Greg,
All I can tell you is that the car was found undamaged.
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gsrun
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 31/12/2011 : 12:19:42
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This remids me of a friend who reported his car as stolen to the police but to his great embarrassment found it a day or two later in one of his own lock-ups - just not the one he normally kept it in!
Graham R.
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Wyn Lewis
United Kingdom
153 Posts |
Posted - 31/12/2011 : 15:38:23
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Thats great news Peter, a nice late Christmas gift for the owner.
I got up one day last summer, went out of the house to the drive as I was going to neet a customer but my VW Golf GTI was gone, I was devastated. I rang a few people in the village to tell them to be the lookout and be careful as they had similar cars. Arranged to borrow a car off a garage owner friend and rang the police. They took all the details and said someone would call in around an hour. I cancelled my appointment with the customer and walked the 300 metres to the local Spar store to get some milk. What was parked outside the shop with a note 'please do not park here overnight again' correct, my Golf. I had driven down there the evening before and walked out, past the car and walked home. How embarrased was I ringing the Police. Thankfully, I rang them before they called or there would have been some serious leg pulling.
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Richard Hardy
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31/12/2011 : 19:59:57
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Today I found that my daughter had left the car door wide open on my BMW when parked up in a London suburb for 2 days. I was horrified to find the car like this but relieved to see that the cabin supercharger was still sat there for my return!!
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Hamish McNinch
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/01/2012 : 23:37:32
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Some vandal broke into my P-type and tidied it up....
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