by Rissy » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:41 am
There WAS a DeLorean supposedly stolen in and around the St Helens area, near Manchester, from rough memory, around about 2012.
As Julian suggested, they almost did bring it back!
About 3 days to a week later, it was found in patch of wasteland completely smashed in, every panel and glass, and the bonnet was missing, only to be found at a scrappy within a week of finding the rest of the car due to a tip off. The owner had to buy his own bonnet back from the scrappy before he crushed it after he said he'd report him for handling stolen goods. The scrappy basically told him "you call the police pal, and I can guarantee by the time you return with them, that thing will be crushed".
I met the owner the year before that. Nice chap. Can't remember his name now. Never seen or heard from him being in the DeLorean circle for a long time. Last time I heard anything (after the above event), he had hopes for turning his car into a time machine.
All of what I heard was hear-say of course. So some of the story could have been embellished, or of course, it could have been an insurance setup rather than a real stealing, as is usually proposed by sceptics after such events.
Who knows.
After that event, I bought a disclok for my steering wheel, and that thing lives on the car whenever it's left anywhere, including my garage. I also have a tracker and a remote-abled ignition disabler all wired in as well of course as an alarm.
Rissy
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