cracker Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Hi, my beautiful Escort was stolen from Trackspeed, on the Portsmouth Road, Ripley GU23 6HB - at 9.20pm on Tuesday 3rd March 2015. The garage was ram raid by an old Land Rover, and the Escort dragged out of the showroom on a chain, last see on CCTV being dragged towards Ripley and the A3. Police arrived within 5 minutes - no sign of it! Many of you will know my car from some of the Ford shows a few years ago and visits to Boxhill. The car is totally unique, it is exactly as pictured below - Reg: DAD 422K and number 27 is still on the door and bonnet. TVR 5 liter V8 race engine under the bonnet, full race spec. Any information please get in touch, forget the insurance money, this car is irreplaceable and just i want it back! Please please any help or information greatly appreciated. I will post more detailed pictures in the morning. many thanks for any help or leads recovering by baby. Cracker (Mark)
Paulfosk Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Robbing c----s wants stringing up, fingers crossed for you bud
seaneylad Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Horrible ... .looks like a lovely motor aswell hope its found!
mk1del Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Thieving b-----ds want chain round their balls and dragging down road, hope get it back mate
escortmad79 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Spec: 5 litre TVR V8 powered Mk1 Escort Rally Spec registration DAD422K was stolen from Trackspeed on the Portsmouth Road, Ripley, GU23 6HB at 9:20pm on Tuesday 3rd March 2015. The glass of the showroom was ram raided by a series 1 Landrover & the Escort dragged out using a chain. The Escort was then dragged towards Ripley & the A3. The was possibly another vehicle parked nearby which was used in the theft. The Landrover was later found burnt out. Police were on the scene within 5 minutes but there was no sign of it According to CCTV footage at least 3 people were involved in the theft The full spec of the car is as follows: Colour Volkswagen Jazz Blue with white Mexico stripes & 27 in black, housed in a white circle on the doors & bonnet. The shell was built by Mike Taylor Developments (MTD Rallye Sport) & has had further work by Prepfab. Notable features include bubble arches, enlarged vents on the front panel, bonnet pins, boot clips, a widened gearbox & rear tunnel & the bulkhead moved further back, the heater bubble removed to incorporate the V8. The car has a roof scoop fitted, Cibie Super Oscar & Oscar Spotlights, Quarter bumpers & full multi point rollcage with door bars. The wipers feature external washer tubes. The chassis number is BBATMG17130. The engine is a 5 litre TVR V8 built by John Eales. The engine has a cross bolted crankshaft, has been dry sumped & has a stainless exhaust system. The engine mounts directly onto the chassis rails. The engine number is 124AC. Transmission is a manual T5, 5 speed gearbox running through to a baby Atlas rear axle housing a limited slip differential. The car has a Prepfab electric power steering conversion, Group 4 rack & Gartac World Cup Crossmember. Front suspension are adjustable Bilsteins & the rear has been 5 linked with coil overs & Watts linkage. The car has over size AP brakes front & rear, Compomotive Minilites shod in Yokohama tyres, Group A fuel pump, aeroquip pipes, an adjustable pedal box, tow eyes in red front & rear & a fuel cell located in the centre of the boot floor. Any information please get in touch, forget the insurance money, this car is irreplaceable and the owner just wants it back! Any help or information greatly appreciated. The owner can be contacted by email or phone: mark_mccracken@hotmail.co.uk 07899862900
D-FENS Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 Just seen this on the bbc online news under Surrey news .
escortmad79 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 CCTV Footage: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ripley-ram-raid-cctv-shows-thieves-8780850
JP. Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 Its global now.. See report on bangshift.com http://bangshift.com/general-news/smash-and-grab-these-thieves-used-a-land-rover-to-steal-a-ford-escort-mk1/ 1
mk2 mike Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 It was left unlocked?!I did notice that from the video. To be honest they'd have still had it away but it might have slowed them down a bit had it been locked. Poor show on the showroom I reckon.
D-FENS Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 Would have thought the showroom would have posts and/or shutters on the glass as well .
tkracing Posted March 28, 2015 Report Posted March 28, 2015 any sign of this? surely if anything from this car goes for sale everybody would know, for sure.... unless its went overseas.....
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