STOLEN FROM NELSON: TOYOTA STARLET RALLY CAR

[stiwagon]

STOLEN from Moutere (Nelson) Saturday night - Craig Watson\'s white Toyota Starlet rally car, rego JQ5753. This car has a lot more than money value to him as it belonged to his late brother so we need to get it back. Please spread the word and any sightings or info please contact myself or police.

The car was last reported seen just south of Reefton heading towards Christchurch at around 4pm Sunday - It was being driven, NOT on a trailer. SO everyone PLEASE keep your eyes and ears open especially in Christchurch.

Heres a picture of the car:

[Joker]

argh dumb!

[B4_685]

Will keep eyes open

[wrxguy]

The car was recovered a week or so ago. Stripped & in a VERY sad condition. F*cking drop kicks had even done a piss poor job taking out the rollcage.

What makes it worse was Craig was going to use it to enter Hamner rally in it this year as a memorial to his brother Royce who died there lat year.

Car thieves need to be eradicated I say!

[Joker]

any arrests

[soopersubaru]

Makes me sick to hear this. Words cannot describe these lo life types.

Every car ive had stolen(4) has also been trashed. Worst thing is the cops cannot find anyone responsible. If there was a murder committed in it they would though. Go figure? Stop the lo life scum and they will not progress to higher crime. Simple?

Heres hoping they get someone for this crime however. Even if they only gets a slap over the wrist with a wet bus ticket as usual.. Name and shame them anyway!!

[stiwagon]

Being an auto dismantler I often buy stolen/recovered cars from insurance companies and it gives you a good idea of how dumb some of these guys really are when you go through them.

For example I had a stolen/recovered Legacy arrive yesterday. The car was stolen and stripped. They just tore out motor and box causing a lot of damage in the engine bay. They unbolted the bonnet and just threw it on the ground. They obviously didnt realize it was a sought after alloy bonnet worth $250 minimum!

They thought they where really smart and removed chassis tags, vin etc to hide they cars identity but left the rego slip on the windscreen with the plate number written in bold!

They ripped the dash apart to get stereo etc as youd expect and then for some reason they went around and cut all the seatbelts?

There is some real idiots out there without a clue what they are doing but it dosnt matter how dumb they are, even if the cars are found and the thieves are caught the cops dont do a damn thing and these thugs walk free to do it again to somebody else\'s car. It wouldnt be hard to to connect the thieves with this certain Legacy as the left greasy fingerprints all through the interior!

And no, there has been no arrests for the starlet and the police arnt interested even though the theives are known...

[Joker]

seatbelts are usually cut and used as a impromptu tow-rope

[Ledge`]

 Dansco Auto Dismantler said:

For example I had a stolen/recovered Legacy arrive yesterday. The car was stolen and stripped. They just tore out motor and box causing a lot of damage in the engine bay. They unbolted the bonnet and just threw it on the ground. They obviously didnt realize it was a sought after alloy bonnet worth $250 minimum!

This wasn\'t a silver Blitzen Sedan from Wellington was it you speak of?

Rat sh** as always .. Feeling for the owner to find it in such a state.

[lachlan]

wtf are they going to do with a rollcage that is now 50 mm short in every dimension ?

[stiwagon]

 Ledge` said:

This wasn\'t a silver Blitzen Sedan from Wellington was it you speak of?

Rat sh** as always .. Feeling for the owner to find it in such a state.

Yes, Did you know the car?

[Ledge`]

It was a friend of a friend that owned the car. Turned up not far from me on the side of the road.

I could see they had removed the engine and trashed the interior. Removed bonnet etc etc.

Not pretty.

[stiwagon]

 Ledge` said:

It was a friend of a friend that owned the car. Turned up not far from me on the side of the road.

I could see they had removed the engine and trashed the interior. Removed bonnet etc etc.

Not pretty.

Yea, They made a mess of it alright!

But luckily the car is structurally fine and I have already replaced the damaged panels with stuff that was in stock so outside its immaculate.

I will be putting it all back together using a crashed donor car and it will be going back on the road and be better than ever. No point sending a nice car to the scrap yard to be turned into a fridge!

[Guest]

 lachlan said:

wtf are they going to do with a rollcage that is now 50 mm short in every dimension ?

coz mini race car

[Joker]

rwd starlet worth more than the cage to them, they will be using the bars for propping the coffee table up by now