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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Varche on 01 February 2019, 18:37:51

Title: Car canibalism
Post by: Varche on 01 February 2019, 18:37:51
Anyone see the Ford Fiesta which had the front end stolen overnight on BBC.?  Bonnet, bumper , lights, radiator(s).........:

Police havent turned up yet. Any similar coloured Fiestas recently SORN in the area? Any similar coloured cars had a front end crash recently?  Maybe they are secretly watching the gang and do not want this sort of attention !
Title: Re: Car canibalism
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 01 February 2019, 18:45:37
Far from an unusual type of theft... Corsa D prone as well, but any car that can easily be dismantled without setting off the alarm is potentially vulnerable...
Title: Re: Car canibalism
Post by: biggriffin on 01 February 2019, 21:14:45
Eastern Europe. Just go on eBay ro/bg/Lt/ very ready supply of used car parts, Bedfordshire police have seen Vauxhall front ends for sale in EE. A few van loads have also been detained at Dover.
Title: Re: Car canibalism
Post by: Rods2 on 01 February 2019, 22:33:43
Complete cars disappear to order over to Eastern Europe for use as doner cars along with drain covers, copper cabling, metal signs, gates, war memorials etc, etc. It is a big problem in their own countries where any metal is stolen for scrap. In Ukraine place names are usually big lumps of cast concrete and stay put.
Title: Re: Car canibalism
Post by: Viral_Jim on 01 February 2019, 23:06:47
Far from an unusual type of theft... Corsa D prone as well, but any car that can easily be dismantled without setting off the alarm is potentially vulnerable...

I believe LR defenders too. As you seem to be able to take them apart with nothing but a bent spoon.
Title: Re: Car canibalism
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 01 February 2019, 23:48:28
Far from an unusual type of theft... Corsa D prone as well, but any car that can easily be dismantled without setting off the alarm is potentially vulnerable...

I believe LR defenders too. As you seem to be able to take them apart with nothing but a bent spoon.

I think you can just go round picking up bits and pieces of Defender that have fallen off by the roadside!  ;D
Title: Re: Car canibalism
Post by: 2boxerdogs on 02 February 2019, 05:54:33
My father had a Mk 4 Zodiac back in the early seventies had it stolen one evening got it back minus the spare wheel all jacking tools & the air filter!