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White mk3 Cortina 2000E reg MEC890P was stolen from a garage at the owners house in Haughton Green, Manchester at some time in the 2 weeks prior to Friday 24th July 2026 when a new logbook was issued. The car has been off the road for a number of years. The car had a grey bonnet, had the side trims removed & the vinyl roof had been removed & the roof painted in primer. The car is fitted with 90s 14" Ford 6 spoke alloys. The owner has had the car for over 30 years so holds sentimental value

Black 1990 Sapphire Cosworth reg TLA30 was stolen at 23:20 from outside the owners house in Dorking, Surrey on Monday 27th July 2026. The car is fitted with black Cosworth lattice alloys, has smoked rear lights & 4x4 bonnet vents. It has had the rear spoiler & boot badges removed. The car has leather Recaro's which are showing wear, especially the drivers seat. The paint has some damage & the windscreen is cracked. The car has a stainless exhaust fitted.

Silver mk2 Granada 2.8i Ghia X reg A60LJK was stolen in Rochester, Kent on 12th June 2026. Limited details known at the minute, will update if/when I get more info.

Red mk5 Cortina Estate reg YBJ886X was stolen from outside a house in Hackney, E8 at around 11:35pm on Saturday 21st March 2026. The car is a red 1981 South African imported 2.0GL & is fitted with a roof rack & towbar & has a Krueger National Park sticker on the rear window. The car was originally a manual car but was converted to automatic when in Africa. The car is missing the chrome side trim on the nearside rear long window & the chrome roof rail trim has been snapped so the rear is missing. Aside from the trim, the car is in very good condition apart from a dent on the leading edge of the bonnet & has rust spots on the tailgate. The car has South African 16 slot steel wheels as opposed to the UK spec "dartboards" & also has unusual mudflaps with FORD picked out in white. The car drove South on St Mark's Rise before turning left onto Ridley Road. It would then have gone onto Dalston Lane.

Yellow 1977 4dr mk2 Escort reg SKG397R was stolen from Firella Motors car park, Stockwell, SW9 at 9:35pm on Thursday 12th March 2026. The car was driven out of the entrance on Union Road & turned left. The car is a South African import so has round reflectors on the front panel. The car is in very good condition. The car has a 1600 Crossflow fitted & has an automatic transmission. The exhaust has been repaired/rewelded in several places. The car has a brown interior with full height door cards. The clocks are GL ones with the shield in the centre of the dials & the speedo is in km/h. The car is fitted with 7" JBW alloys. Aside from the alloys, the car is standard. The car has an FORD grille fitted. The rear shocks are grey coloured Gabriel Technomatic ones made in South Africa. The headlights have been replaced with new ones. The nearside tail light wasn't working at the time of theft. The car has an opening front quarter light window on the drivers side but not on the passenger side. The Chassis number is TJ651062 The Engine number is BKA3965M

Red series 2 RS Turbo reg D199WNU was stolen from the car park in Park Road, Queensborough on the Isle of Sheppey between 6 & 8pm on Wednesday 4th March 2026 whilst the owner was having dinner locally. when he returned at 8pm, he discovered the car gone & broken glass on the floor. The car is fitted with 30mm lowering springs, 17" Wolfrace Voodoo alloys, a 4" Magnex exhaust & a dump valve.

Red mk4 Escort XR3i cabriolet reg H441FDF was stolen from a yard in Spring Street, Stockton on Tees either late on Saturday 7th or early on Sunday 8th February 2026. The car is a red XR3i cabriolet with full series 2 RS Turbo bodykit, 90 spec front bumper, series 2 Recaro interior & series 2 RS Turbo alloys. The car will have been removed using a truck or trailer as the car had a Disklok fitted & the coil pack had been removed. There was a possible sighting of it on the back of a truck, heading towards Scarborough on Monday 9th Feb. Anyone with any info can contact the police quoting crime reference number: SE26025960

Nimbus Grey mk2 Granada 2.8 Ghia X reg A694RHK was stolen from an address in Bromley at 7pm on Tuesday 10th February 2026. The car is in very good condition aside from some surface rust on the front edge of the bonnet. The car is completely standard & has a boot spoiler & Ghia alloys fitted

Gold mk5 Cortina reg HGU63V was stolen from the driveway of a house in the Motspur Park area of New Malden, Surrey between 3 & 4am on Monday 9th February 2026. The car is a gold 2.0 Ghia with brown interior. The car has some surface rust & bubbles in places & the drivers side rear bumper end cap is missing. The passenger side is now fitted with a door mirror. It is fitted with Cortina Ghia alloys. It is an early car so has a 2 hole front valance which will make it stand out. The car has been passed down through generations of the same family so holds massive sentimental value to the owner.

Blue mk3 Escort 1300GL Estate reg A668XCF was stolen from a set of private lock up garages in South Ockendon, Essex at some point between the end of Nov last year & 20th January 2026. The car has only done 39k miles from new & is in excellent condition. The car is in original condition & has been off the road, in storage for around 20 years so will be covered in dust. Also taken was a quantity of Fast Ford bits: RS Turbo Seats, dashboard including white dials, full Scorpion exhaust, Ford Motorsport Rocker Cover, Ford 4 spoke steering wheel, RS1600i front bumper bib, 5 x clover leaf alloys along with other bits. A gold 1971 Mercedes 250 (reg BHJ402J) was also stolen from the lock ups.

It was recovered in Northampton in September 2010

Blue mk1 Escort reg WJY524M was stolen from the driveway of a house in South Croydon at 8:10pm on Thursday 27th November 2025. The car is olympic blue with RS2000 graphics & the bonnet is fitted with bonnet pins. The car has a normally aspirated Cosworth engine in 48mm Jenveys mated to a Quaife straight cut box. The car has Bilsteins & Willwood 4 oot brakes & 4 spoke RS alloys Inside the car has been stripped out & has Cobra Monaco bucket seats, full roll cage, OMP steering wheel, custom dial assembly, carbon fibre dash top & door cards.The heater has been removed & the heater vents are no longer in place. A custom switch set up also replaces the heater controls on the dashboard. The battery is in the boot & the battery cable & fuel lines run through the cockpit. The car was pushed down the road & sightings suggest it was towed by a silver Mitsubishi jeep using a dolly.

1953 Ford Pop Hot Rod registration KTL899 was stolen from a residential garage between 9am & 4pm on Wednesday 29th October 2025 from Tottenham N17. The car has a 2 litre Pinto with an automatic gearbox from a Cortina fitted. The car has Vauxhalll Viva C front suspension & has a Cortina rear axle fitted. The car is painted in a metallic Nissan Note blue & has wide fibreglass arches fitted, tinted teardrop rear lights with round oldstyle Mini indicators on the rear. There is also a similar style clear light fitted to the NS rear arch which is used as a reversing light. The roof rails have been removed. The car is only fitted with a wiper on the drivers side. The car has angel eye LED headlights fitted into chrome headlamp housings. The drivers side has a round door mirror fitted. The car has bits of rust & paint damage notably on the rear panel & bootlid next to the handle & near the rear of the drivers side sill. Inside the car is fitted with red & cream Fiat 500 seats with the rear trimmed to match. It is fitted with a red leather 4 spoke Mountney steering wheel & an aftermarket speedo mounted in a diamond plate. The car has MG Rostyle front wheels & wider slotmags on the rear with BF Goodrich Radial T/A tyres.

Light blue mk1 Ford Sierra reg B511EBB was stolen from a locked unit on a farm in Doddinghurst, near Brentwood, Essex on Tuesday 23rd September 2025. the theft is thought to have occurred at around 4 pm. The car is a 1300 base model 3dr (no sunroof shell) fitted with a genuine Cosworth bodykit & bonnet vents. It is used as a track car. The front bumper has small round indicators instead of normal Cosworth indicators. it is fitted with a Luke tow strap. it is fitted with an orange background sun strip with Apple Tree Farm in white writing. The car is fitted with a high spec Cosworth engine painted orange. It's a 200 block with long studs. The turbo is fitted with a turbo damper. The interior is fitted with a full roll cage with cross bracing, painted orange, additional switch gear, fuses & relays in a custom pod on the dash, it has Sparco pedals & a stainless gearknob. The car is also fitted with a pair of rare Noble bucket seats. The car has a lightweight wiring loom. It has a rose jointed rear end & is fitted with Compomotive alloys. The car was running standard base model headlights due to a massive intercooler being fitted behind the grille & headlight apertures. The car will have to have been towed, trailered or removed using a flatbed as the front brakes weren't fitted at the time & the Omex ECU was also out of the car.

Midnight blue mk5 Cortina AEO802V was stolen from the driveway of a house in Thames Ditton overnight on Thursday 11th into Friday 12th September 2025. The car is midnight blue with a black vinyl roof. The front wings have both been replaced in the past & are a different shade & the rear arches have been patched up. The rear bumper has been replaced & had been painted with aluminium paint. The car has Ford sport wheels & light blue seats & matching door cards.

Black over maroon 1954 mk1 Zephyr reg WSJ407 was stolen from a property in the Merton Park area of Morden, South London at some time between the 7th & 15th September 2025 when the owner was away. The car has uprated suspension & is fitted with a mk2 overdrive gear box. It is fitted with a front screen visor, headlight peaks & a peep mirror on the drivers door. The maroon paint on the drivers door was a different shade. The car has 14" chrome wheels with whitewall tyres & has pinstriping on the scuttle & dash. It also has the name Ruby painted on the rear panel next to the filler cap. The car was a non runner so will likely have been removed using a flatbed, trailer or towed.

Mallard Green Escort Cosworth reg K728EHK was stolen from the driveway of a house in Swadlincote, Derbyshire at 1:18am on Saturday 30th August 2025. The car is a large turbo car & has full black leather interior, white dials & blue hoses from the header tank to the turbo & turbo to a cone air filter. There were 2 people involved in the theft & the car was driven away.

Grey mk4 Escort XR3i cabriolet reg G101KBO was stolen from a residential street in Kidderminster between 09:00 & 15:30 on Tuesday 26th August 2025. The car is fitted with a big bore exhaust, series 2 RS Turbo alloys, RS mudflaps & RS spotlight covers. It also has clear front indicators. Inside the car has black leather seats, 6x9 speakers in custom pods either side of the rear seat & white dial clocks. The car had a flat battery so may have either been bump started, towed or removed using a truck or trailer.

Yes, exactly as it was when it went missing

Seemingly the alleged thieves like dags.

*RECOVERED* Not a happy outcome for this one unfortunately, it was found burnt out in Orpington

RECOVERED BURNT OUT Red 4 door mk4 Escort 1600 Ghia registration G860BWC was stolen from a storage yard in Bean village in Kent between the early hours of Wednesday 25th & Friday 27th June 2025. The car is an automatic & is showing just over 27000 miles. The car is completely standard including wheel trims. The car has a rusty stone chip on the passenger side rear pillar & has scuffs on the door mirrors. Inside the car is immaculate. The front edge of the bonnet has been signed by the rapper Skepta. The car was on the back of a 2006 Transit recovery truck which was also taken. Both vehicles were on SORN, the Escort has been off the road since 2017/18. Both vehicles had flat batteries so will most likely have been towed. Included a picture of the recovery truck which was also taken.

No, still missing

A green 4 door mk2 Escort was stolen at some point at the beginning of April in St Leonards, Dorset. The car was an import & hadn’t been registered in the UK so no UK registration number. The car was an ongoing project so was stripped down to a rolling shell. Paintwork was dark green with areas of primer. The dash & door internals have been removed. There was no interior or glass fitted when it went missing. The car was fitted with a Focus ST engine mated to a Mazda RX8 gearbox. The shell has been 5 linked.

Grey primered 1961 mk2 Zephyr lowline rat rod registration KGU676A was stolen from Madeira Drive in Brighton on the morning of Wednesday 30th April 2025 by 2 people posing as potential buyers. The car was taken on a test drive but didn't return. The car is in grey primer & has bonnet pins & a scoop pop riveted to the bonnet. The rear arches have been radiused & the rear doors don't have door handles fitted. The front bumper & all badges have been removed. The car has a pair of rectangular peep mirrors attached to the doors. The car is powered by a 289ci Ford V8 from a 60s Mustang & is fitted with an Edelbrock performer package with intake manifold, Mustang freeflow exhaust manifolds running into a headman twin exhaust system which come out at the sides under the rear doors, Holley 4 barrel carb, forged TRW pistons, Edelbrock cam & high pressure oil pump. It has blue Samco hoses fitted. The gearbox is a 4 speed C4 auto box with a 6 stud shatterproof Lakewood bell housing & a BM quick shifter. The car has a 9" Mustang rear axle with a limited slip differential. The car is fitted with 14" Appliance Slotmags with 195 tyres on the front & 235 tyres on the rear. Inside, the car has brown seats, wooden door cards, a rev counter & a Mountney steering wheel.