not a ford but a stolen classic returned after 2 years

[bortaf]

I thought seeing as we were hearing about all the OSF going missing i would warm the cockles ect with a storey of one that actually came back

Taken for BSC but it's in the members area so posted here for non members to also have there cockles warmed

 

"Two years ago our 1970 Merc 280 SE was nicked from the garage where we had put it after the fuel injection packed up, it had sat there for a couple of years and one day when we went to look at it, it was gone and an old C class was in its place. It wasn't insured and I thought we'd seen the last of it, especially as the police didn't seem to understand what had happened and didn't think the old C class had anything to do with the case.

 

Not so, the bloke who nicked it didn't pay his council tax, the bailiffs arrived on Monday to clamp the C class but decide the 280 SE is the one to go for, matey then locks himself in the car to prevent it being removed, then Plod turn up, run the plates and find out the car is nicked. The thief's day rapidly turns to . as he is arrested and the car is hoisted onto a truck and taken to the pound, he spends the day in the cells and is charged with burglary.

 

We have just got back from reclaiming the car from the pound, the thieving scum has fixed all the mechanical faults but has let the paint get very dull.

On the way home the brakes slowly faded away and the dashboard lights didn't work but all in all I am very pleased, unlike matey who is left threatening to sue us for the money he spent fixing our car. rofl.gif rofl.gif rofl.gif rofl.gif

His story is that the car was obviously abandoned so he got a V5 in his name from the DVLA and therefore the car is his. rofl.gif rofl.gif rofl.gif rofl.gif

 

The change in reg happened well before we noticed the car had gone, so it's a mystery to me why it didn't come up when we reported the car stolen.

Anyway, It's a happy ending for us and a suitably miserable one for the garage burglar who has lost all the money he spent as well as a boot full of crap tools and some awful cassettes."

 

 

So the moral of this storey is well done the rozzers for doing the right thing and bollox to DVLA for NOT doing their job propperly in checking the cars stolen list against cars that are still taxed or that have recently had V5 applyd for

I meen i know their job despription is now the official bully boy tax/fine collectors for the goverment so it can afford to dable in other countrys polotics but i really did think there "might" have been some time left over to do what they were created to do but then i guess they can allways just blame the PO for loosing the letters ect

[Rick]

wouldnt suprise me if he won his case to reclaim the money he spent on the car but all in all a good ending

[Vista]

I'm having a little trouble following that story, it was knicked from their garage and a C class was left in its place? Or they left it in a commercial garage and didn't visit for several years and a C class was left in its place? Or none of the above and something completely different

 

Anyone else confused?

 

Also I thought the DVLA had to write to the registered keeper when they got an application for a V5C in a new name without the current V5C being present?

 

 

Glad they got it back anyway.

[bigglesmk2]

Im abit kerfufulled with it too.

 

I think the DVLA is at fault,the guy spotted a car that may be abandoned applied for a log book and started to do it up.

 

Car theive's usually sell it on for a quick buck/scrap it or dump it.

[bortaf]

It was in a lockup garage

I expect the DVLA woll take the old "well we posted it, blame the PO" line

[Vista]

It was in a lockup garage

I expect the DVLA woll take the old "well we posted it, blame the PO" line

 

Something still sounds odd though, someone broke into a lock up garage, stole his car and left their own as a replacement?

[oldskoolfred]

so what happend to the c class that was left ??? was it he guys who slole the se's ????

[bortaf]

when the older merc was found missing the c class was in there instead, that dissapeared from the garage a few weeks later.

Fast forward to last month and both cars were in the blokes front garden when the bailifs turned up, when they tried to take the older merc the "owner" locked himself in the car and called the police and they nicked him on the spot after PNC ing both the mercs

so DVLA will send out a new V5s even when the car it's for it registerd as stolen

[oldskoolfred]

Oh right how wierd was that ??!?!?!? so did the bloke who stole them think he was in the right or did he know he did wrong ???

 

dont think he was thinking at all ?!?!

[bortaf]

well put it this way he rekons he's gonna sue me mate to get back the money he spent fixing the car up

total tinker lol

[Cossie_Power]

thats nuts good to here the police are out there doin stuff

[X-pack-Glyn]

Who's Rachel?

[bortaf]

Who's Rachel?

Rimmers inflatable friend ?

also the name of my staffs fav shag cushion ?

[Deano1351]

Who's Rachel?

Excellent!!

Great news on the car BTW

[Amy86]

what a result lol

[FredTransit]

I saw the merc story on BSC. Kind of related, I was convinced I was following one of ours that was stolen a year ago. It was green with mould like it had been stood for a year, and on some other plates. I had to get up the passenger side to see if it was ours (same age, make model and even same body) as there was some distinctive marks I would recognise. There was 3 blokes in it, and I swear I would have taken them all on if it was my van. Sadly it wasn't.