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Heel n Toe 01-19-2017 02:06 AM

Guy who stole Wayne's 914 has been caught...
 
...and he's in jail, but not talking. Wayne has replaced his baby with this beauty:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1484823451.jpg

Undoubtedly, some of you already know about this, but I didn't know about it until receiving a PP email yesterday, and there was a link to a thread about his journey to get the car: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/936704-just-case-you-thought-i-getting-too-old-do-crazy-stuff.html

Cool find, Wayne. :)

I'm guessing those tires are BFG, based on the decals on the rear quarters and the bit of a look in the photo... which tire are they and how do you like them? (I'm considering the BFG G-FORCE COMP-2 A/S as a replacement on my car, based on favorable reviews.)

DanielDudley 01-19-2017 02:49 AM

Well, that closes a chapter, but I am assuming the car is long gone.

I'm thinking that a Pelican Parts script and logo would look good where the resort ad is now.
The car certainly seems to have a good provenance.

RANDY P 01-19-2017 03:02 AM

fry him like chicken.

PS what's up with that Hedonism II? Hmmm?

wdfifteen 01-19-2017 03:58 AM

Heck with tires, I want to know what Wayne thinks of Hedonism.

id10t 01-19-2017 06:48 AM

Skip to 3:00 ....

<iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tHgMsvpFm08?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

BeyGon 01-19-2017 07:02 AM

Glad to hear some actually catches car thieves. Let us know if they do any time.

pwd72s 01-19-2017 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeyGon (Post 9438721)
Glad to hear some actually catches car thieves. Let us know if they do any time.

Couldn't agree more.

Mark Wilson 01-19-2017 10:39 AM

Any background on the story?

JJ 911SC 01-19-2017 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Wilson (Post 9439023)
Any background on the story?

Not much... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/911752-waynes-914-6-conversion-stolen.html

Wayne 962 05-11-2018 10:14 AM

Bingo. Baby is back home again! The full story is coming soon, but the moral of the story is "don't mess with Wayne". The fellow who stole it went back to jail (he was out on parole). The car has relatively minimal damage that I can see, although I have not been able to get it started (the ignition switch is all "screwdrivered up").

:)

-Wayne

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1526062414.JPG

JJ 911SC 05-11-2018 10:18 AM

Great.

edgemar 05-11-2018 10:19 AM

this is awesome!!....it's great to see a car that is irreplaceable back in its owners hands.

Baz 05-11-2018 10:21 AM

"Hang him from the highest yardarm!"

Good to see you recovered her, Wayne!

speeder 05-11-2018 10:27 AM

That’s amazing. They don’t usually come back.

I also can’t believe that you still have the Mini that you loaned me once 10 years ago. I’ve gone through about eleventy million cars since then. :)

astrochex 05-11-2018 10:33 AM

Great news. Car looks badass.

flipper35 05-11-2018 10:47 AM

Good news on the car.

To the OP, I have the BFG G-FORCE COMP-2 A/S and they are a great tire and actually work decent in snow if that matters. Much better in the wet than any other tire I have had, except the Goodyear Blue Streak rain tires. They were really good.

(Mine are on a sportsy sedan.)

onewhippedpuppy 05-11-2018 10:52 AM

Awesome you got it back. Like Denis said that's pretty rare, the guy must have been an amateur.

masraum 05-11-2018 11:15 AM

Great news, and we miss you, Wayne.

Glad to see that you're not completely gone.

matthewb0051 05-11-2018 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne 962 (Post 10033420)
Bingo. The fellow who stole it went back to jail (he was out on parole).

That's never a good thing. Pretty much pisses a judge off and only one result is coming for the guy. Back to jail for you my friend..

Bill Douglas 05-11-2018 01:02 PM

Yay, good news.


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