**cars stolen from goodguys columbus**

First, let me say these are NOT my cars. Also some may be O/T but please can we make this a sticky? There have been several reported thefts of cars. Cars guys spent their hard earned cash on. HAMB has big eyes, lets keep 'em open for our brothers and help them get their cars back!

Here are links to the stolen cars I know of. Please ad info or other cars that you know of.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=605687

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=606470

 

Bump

 

I'll keep a watch out fo em. BTTT

 

This deserves a sticky. OT or not.

Keeping an eye out for them cars..


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How do 2 cars get stolen at same event?? Feel for you guys, hope they get found.

Mike

 

I believe it said 12 this year in the area.

 

I love this world of LOSERS we are living with.

 

wow that is a lot for 1 event

 

12 cars!
thats fucked up.

if only there was a department around that gave a shit

stuff like this is going to hurt car shows reputations, and hurt the economy of these shows more and more, if something isnt done to stop this.
If you knew your risk of going to look at the other cars, was going to have the impact of you walking back to your empty spot, It could get to a point of impact on the amout of participants in the following years and shows of this size

 

I got the impression that most often these cars are being stolen from hotels, etc. and not the actual events.

Have any actually been stolen at shows?

 

i'll be looking in illinois...jones

 

I believe that too, but those cars were there for the show, no other purpose.
It will reflect on that show, because that was why they were there.
Target? I think so

 

12 cars YTD, not 12 FROM GG Columbus weekend event.

 

Although a sad and depressing situation, this ain't any thing new. Happened to me at the Knoxville NSRA event in 2000. It has been 11 years now and I still haven't heard any thing about a theft recovery.
A Knoxville Police Department detective told me, "Smart theives don't get caught. Hell it is all we can do to deal with the thugs that fall in to our laps. The US is a big place it can be tough to locate some thing the size of a car if some body is trying to hide it."

 

Ahh ..ok
It was sounding like a pretty rough show for 12 to come up stolen.

12 cars YTD in that area?

 

Where's the security at GG Columbus? We show horses at that same place in Columbus every year in October. We have to get special passes to bring our golf carts in and our trailers are inspected on the way out and we have to have special passes to get our own horses and golf carts out, just because so many carts were being stolen and hidden in horse trailers. Why can't they do the same for cars? I know alot of people complain about us having to get the passes to get the carts in and out of there, but I has almost totally stopped the golf cart thefts that had been going on for years.

 

what a shame. I wonder if hotel security cameras showed anything

 

You have to read what he wrote. Cars that belong to event participants that are stolen out of motel parking lots, from in front of restaurants or bars or out of box or mall parking lots leaves a black mark on the area as far as going back for an event goes.
Club member gets his car stolen and the whole club decides not to go back to the event or that motel next year. Loss of room rental, food sales and gas sales along with all of the other things that people tend to buy.


I doubt that few if any of the stolen cars got taken by joy riders or casual thieves.
Pro theft rings that ship the vehicles out of the country, racers looking for a strong running engine to replace a broken one, someone looking to jack a car to put most of the parts on his project, a custom/rod/restoration shop that has decided that stolen parts equal bigger profits along with thieves who part out the cars and sell them off piece by piece at swapmeets, on craigslist or Ebay.