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Stolen! Brown \'71 Kombi

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shan Learner Dubber

9 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#427518
Heya all,
Someone stole my '71 Kombi this morning from Beach Pde, Broadbeach, Qld. Lisence plate 470 GPO, QLD. It's a brown pop top, 1600, with a surfer girl badge on the back and "campervan" writtin down the side. . It had hit a pole on the drivers side and was about to be towed away for restoration today! Timing. If anyone knows anything please let me know. Apparently it was towed by a white '98 commodore sedan at 5.00am this morning Fri 11/11/05. The male driver was about 6 ft with long brown hair. He had a girl with him apparently. It had been there for a few weeks so he might thought it was abandoned... but it wasn't.... :cry:vader

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kombi-troppo Seriously Crusin Dubber

123 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·

#427534
Mate that sux, but that is the worlds smallest photo.
Any chance of a bigger one? I'll keep an eye out up here.👎
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shan Learner Dubber

9 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#427544
Yeah it is prettty small huh.... here's a bigger one.

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shan Learner Dubber

9 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#427549
Missing that Kombi...

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Midlife crisis Nartispuddlejumper, Bureau of Toxicity

2,282 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#427561
We will keep ans eye out for it as well

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twoguns simply aircooled

4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#427562
make sure youve reported it and checked the local council. at least hten if some oen is trying ot register their car after using bits form yours, then the engine number might come up and send a siren or two off.

sounds like some bastard has come along and thought thats been there a while. i will use it to fix mine. certainly not a lot of respect, is it? WNKRS! 😬

hope ya find it mate.
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shan Learner Dubber

9 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#427572
Thanks for the eye's and ears dubbers. No, the surfboards were not in it luckily. I'm not too phased about pressing charges or anything if someone knows about it andd just want's to return it. No questions asked. As I said, it was crashed and needs some serious TLC to get back on the road.

slowbay70 Seriously Crusin Dubber

153 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#427618
mate that looks like caba on a great day, i think i used to see you around kingscliff?

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#427619
Looks like some nice waves you scored! Sorry to hear about the thieven bastards - there is not many things in life I hate more than someone who steals someone else's property. I'll keep my eyes open - I live on the goldy so hopefully someone will spot it.
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ClassicVW(pacific) Custom Title Time!

1,627 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#427667
nice early bay too.
Post it on the kombi club site, the more people looking out the better
Cheers
Roy

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#427686
man what a bummer.. sorry to hear about that..
but if you left it there for a coupla weeks, i thought the council would of towed it away by now..
will keep an eye out tho.. cheers
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824 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·

#427703
I have posted your notice on an Aussie tow truckers forum, if the car turns up I will let you know...


ps, anyone that drags a car away at 5:00 o'clock in the morning knows full well it wasn't dumped....!!!

I hope the first people you told were the cops...

[ Edited on 11-11-2005 by WABaja ]

[ Edited on 11-11-2005 by WABaja ]
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karmen Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,648 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#427715
actually the sun comes up here on the G Coast already by 5

I cruise the Bruce hwy for work every day nth of Gympie see a lot of Kombis
so will be watchin ....what does it owe u ??? not insured ? sorry did not read all but hope u /we find it
Karmen
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ratty 63 Custom Title Time!

1,083 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#427839
I'm looking too - Let the local workshops know about it (with photos as the rego plates are more than likely landfill by now) - the more people that know, the better.

I'll let all the delivery guys and gals at work know to keep an eye open for it (although more than half of them wouldn't know what a Kombi was if it ran over them :duh)

Keep us up to date!

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shan Learner Dubber

9 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#429029
Yep we were living in Kingscliff for a while so you would have seen the bus around there for sure slowbay. It wasn't the council who towed as they were the first people I contacted. So it was definitely someone who had scoped it for a while. The council had just put a yellow warning slip on it so it was probably presumed abandoned. It wasn't insured but I wish it was of course. It wasn't rolling and the steering column was almost on the front seat after the crash so I don't know how far they could have taken it... It owes me $3000. I reckon it's pretty close to Broadbeach still. Any way... some one scored. I hope it lives on. Maybe they'll fully restore it then I'll somehow get it back in mint condition. Or maybe I'll just have to get another one...

Thanks for the tips crew. I'll keep posting it and we'll see what comes up.

We did score heaps of good waves for a while there didn't we.... Missing the bus... missing waves like that! 😏
Shan

karmen Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,648 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#429036
some really cheap ones on ebay atmo

no reserve if u need a pepl. seems no-one is bidding on vw's atmo
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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#429139
damn that sucks. makes me really paranoid about mine, sitting infront of a mechanic in the middle of no-where waiting to be towed home. i have some mates up that way, will let them know to keep an eye out. i must say nice choice in boards, how does the hydro fin ride?
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Secoh Fahrvergnugen

926 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#429243
why the heck was it left there for so long? That's just asking for trouble.
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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#429251
I don't condone what happened first of all. They could have left an offer letter under the wiper or something, even if it was a cheeky offer of towing it away for free.

I was just looking at our neighbourhood watch newsletter thing, and every couple of weeks dozens of cars get broken into, some stolen. They are always on the street. The safest place is off the street. Usually a lot of the brats that do car theft havent got the guts to walk 10 metres down your driveway to break into your car.

Just my thoughts anyway. Our cars are all going to be in a locked and alarmed garage so I will feel much happier.
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