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My Hot Rod vandalized
Yeah, kept my '29 Chevy in my daughter's garage, someone broke in and stole a snow blower, some tools and stuck a knife in two of my tires. I was not pleased.
That appears to be the only damage to my car, glad in a way that I didn't catch them in the act....because I didn't have a knife and might have ended up with one stuck in me. So now I just ordered 2 Cooper Cobra tires, and try to forget it ever happened.  Picture from last fall. The tires (Coopers) always come with white lettering and I wanted to put the lettering out, but my friends wont let me they say it will ruin the look of the car. Anyone have any thoughts on that, let me know. Last edited by yellowperil; 02-21-2025 at 12:56 PM.. |
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02-21-2025, 10:37 AM
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Time to talk to an alarm company? They'll probably return...
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02-21-2025, 10:42 AM
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Wtf would someone knife the tires???
Theft has a motive. This is senseless vandalism. Look for some dumb kids I think. |
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02-21-2025, 10:52 AM
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What kind of Dick head cuts tires when they're robbing the place.
Given the winter we're having, I can understand stealing the snow blower, but come on! Glad no one was hurt. Tires and stuff can be replaced. Best Les
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That's a damn shame.
Keep an eye out for someone blowing snow who never did it that way before too. As to the lettering, yeah, not on a car like that, keep it black wall out. And I'd go so far as to black out the lettering inside too. Just because.
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02-21-2025, 10:56 AM
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First of all, your '29 makes the world a better place...sorry for the damage.
Given that: If you put the white lettering out you will violation of all that is right in the world. No pressure 
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Now, redlines, maybe..
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02-21-2025, 11:10 AM
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Nah. More for muscle cars.
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02-21-2025, 11:11 AM
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Sorry to hear.
Blackwell for the win.
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02-21-2025, 11:29 AM
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There's NEVER a good argument for white letters out.
They look bad, it's a scientific fact.
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02-21-2025, 11:30 AM
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Well, I'm glad to know your opinion. Black walls it is then. Thanks
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That sucks! I hope their ***** turns a funny color and stops working.
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Sorry to hear this, slashed tyres suck but could have been so much worse Hope they get sacked into the snow blower and parts of their body turn into a red mist Another vote for hide the white tyre lettering |
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02-21-2025, 11:51 AM
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02-21-2025, 11:54 AM
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Had my car get vandalized in high school.
Found out who did it and salted his parent's yard. Everything died.
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02-21-2025, 12:08 PM
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Quote:
 I like the black wall look.
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02-21-2025, 12:18 PM
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Black walls out for that car. I had a thread a year ago or so and did white lettering out on my mustang.
Sorry you had to deal with that, pain… |
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02-21-2025, 12:20 PM
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Fixed my awful spelling of VANDALIZED if you didn't notice. Lost my sense of spell after I had Covid, can't help it.
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Sorry to hear that. Maritimes are certainly not what they used to be. I'm in Moncton and everything has to be locked up. Perhaps yoiu can find a set of white letter canadain tire Tornados for the car?
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02-21-2025, 01:12 PM
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Fixed my awful spelling of VANDALIZED if you didn't notice. Lost my sense of spell after I had Covid, can't help it.
 That pic was taken a while back before I fixed the front fenders. |
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My former car
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1983 Porsche SC
