Van stolen.Tewkesbury Gloucestershire
Forum rules
By using this site, you agree to our rules. Please see: Terms of Use
By using this site, you agree to our rules. Please see: Terms of Use
Van stolen.Tewkesbury Gloucestershire
Hello all.I am new here, and had been meaning to register,but the theft of my van has brought me here.
Dark green,(when it was stolen!) sign written "Folly Gardens Veterinary clinic"
1969 morris minor van.
POM 530 G
Not in the best condition,but much loved.My wife is heart-broken.<br><br>
Dark green,(when it was stolen!) sign written "Folly Gardens Veterinary clinic"
1969 morris minor van.
POM 530 G
Not in the best condition,but much loved.My wife is heart-broken.<br><br>
-
- Minor Legend
- Posts: 3798
- Joined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:46 am
- Location: Burnley
- MMOC Member: No
Sorry to hear that.
Alex Holden - http://www.alexholden.net/
If it doesn't work, you're not hitting it with a big enough hammer.
I bet this van sadly didn't have the pump isolated! Very few 'opportunist' thieves will even think about (or know about) hot wiring a petrol pump - of course if it's professionals, then almost anything is a waste of time - they will drag it onto a trailer if needs be!
The beauty of the pump isolation is - the engine starts - the car moves a hundered yards or so - and then it conks out! The thieves have no idea why - the car has been moved and so is now 'obvious' - hopefully the thieves abandon the car and run away and don't start thumbing through Haynes to consider why the thing has stopped!
The beauty of the pump isolation is - the engine starts - the car moves a hundered yards or so - and then it conks out! The thieves have no idea why - the car has been moved and so is now 'obvious' - hopefully the thieves abandon the car and run away and don't start thumbing through Haynes to consider why the thing has stopped!
-
- Minor Addict
- Posts: 687
- Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:55 pm
- Location: kenilworth
- MMOC Member: No
Thanks for all your support guys.The odd thing is that the vets was broken into the following evening.Hmmm.I spoke to Vetty and he told me that when he was selling the van he kept getting a lot of calls from one bloke who used several different names each time,and that this chap was known to come from the local Gipsy site.I'll leave you to form your own opinions......
-
- Minor Legend
- Posts: 2495
- Joined: Sun May 06, 2007 11:09 am
- Location: South Wales
- MMOC Member: Yes
That's exactly the point. It allows the crooks to get the car going, as they think and then when they are out on the road, in everyones' way it dies (And they panic). I remember some years ago, a retired couple were staying in the same hotel as me, in Austria. The husband had worked for Rootes but had owned a Mini. His Mini had an electric pump and it had been stolen on several occasions. On each it had been abandoned a short distance from where he had parked it, always with both doors left open.bmcecosse wrote:Yes - if it's that serious an operation - nothing will save it!
I did say 'opportunist' - which implies no real planning ahead/transporter etc !
How about a rifle barrel for a steering column......just remember to remove the bullet before you get in .
-
- Minor Legend
- Posts: 3023
- Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 6:17 pm
- Location: Gloucester
- MMOC Member: No
Re: Van stolen.Tewkesbury Gloucestershire
90% sure this was the one I saw parked up the Back road to Beckford - certainly 2009!!!jonster wrote:Hello all.I am new here, and had been meaning to register,but the theft of my van has brought me here.
Dark green,(when it was stolen!) sign written "Folly Gardens Veterinary clinic"
1969 morris minor van.
POM 530 G
Not in the best condition,but much loved.My wife is heart-broken.<br><br>
(picked up an injured fox whilst delivering newspapers in the early hours and was returning from the Wildlife place!)
Van was parked (if memory serves me correctly) at the entrance to a field!
POMM Man
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!