Guest lfelton Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Had to share this one! I was picking up my supe from the body shop (parking ding) & got chatting with the manager. He was saying that they repair loads of imports these days, but he hadn't seen a UK one like mine for ages. Which got us chatting about supras he had repaired. Apologies if this one's a well known story! A main dealer had a brand new silver supra in the show room and it needed to be moved outside as they were moving vehicles around. It was only going to be there for a minute, so the bright spark moving it left the keys in the ignition! It was promptly nicked and then found its way into the hands of a gang of robbers. Realising that nothing the police had at the time could catch them, they were just left with the problem of the colour - and promptly repainted it matt black! It was stored in a lock up between "jobs" and was recovered by the police following a tip off. So, the bodyshop got the lovely job of stripping all of the matt black paint off, repairing it and respraying it silver! I wonder if the new owner knew any of this? Talk about an interesting "history". So - owners of silver UK supras - go out and check for any remaining bits of matt black paint! Imagine that - owning the car "the police couldn't catch"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffy Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 they obviously didnt steal anything big! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 they obviously didnt steal anything big! and one of them had to catch a taxi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I remember one with 20inch wheels that was stolen from a paint shop about a year ago - no one ever heard of that again. Also vaguely remember one which got stolen from Toyota but it was so long ago can't recall the full story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Didn't the Police have any helicopters back then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 they obviously didnt steal anything big! and one of them had to catch a taxi :rlol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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