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hey guys,

received calls this morning from dave who made the treck down here with his blue sil80 to compete in this weekends drift nats finals... unfortunately between the hours of 12AM AND 7AM this morning - his car was stolen from glenelg area

spreading the word as quickly as possible to try and relocate the car and give dave a 2nd chance at hopefully slipping into qualifying this evening... if not just getting his car back before everyone drives back to melbourne!

Medium blueish sil80 with black roof... rare J's (square non projector) headlights... silviaspare.com.au stickers on both rear quarters... Victorian plates and registration sticker

anyone has any details what so ever give dave a call on 0414670725

any help is much appreciated guys... spread the word so heads can roll and dave can slide again!

Update: LARGE REWARD FOR ANYONE WHOM PROVIDES INFORMATION LEADING TO THE RETRIEVAL OF DAVES BLUE SIL80

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Guys the reward for information leading to the retrieval of this vehicle is over $2,000....so if u see anything lookin like this car or any parts being sold that look like they may have come from this car please let us know.

Other things about the car..

*The grill is missing and u can see the blue oil cooler through it

*The passenger skirts is damaged and is held on partly by tape, so it flutters alot witht he wind

*There is a dint with some paint missing on the passenger door, near where it meets the front quarter panel, as it was hit by a clublock

*as in the pics the muffler tip is very long, very distinct. If u see any exhaust resemblingthis for sale let us know asap

*Parts of the console and vents etc are painted cusco blue

Please contact us if u see or hear anything....pass the word on

2g's could be yours.....................

I just spoke with Dave - I thought I'd found his Sil80 on Port Wakefield road - but it wasn't the one :( - VERY similar though.

He mentioned a few unique items from the car, in case anyone get offered parts for sale:

- AAR leather drivers seat (he's never seen another one before in Australia)

- dished Sparco steering wheel

- cutom intercooler piping with tons of small pieces welded together Jap drift style

- a Defi boost gauge

- 18" rear mags, 16" silver front mags.

Keep your eyes and ears open for this stuff (or hopefully the car) to turn up!!

No so to top this off Dave is left in debt

Andrew have you met him before or is this the first time?

Dave and Sean stay at my place last time they were down for an event

Dave is a nicest guy, the kinda thing you would wish nothing on!

nah mate, haven't met Dave, but he sounded like a cool guy on the phone .....

damn I hope they find the car in one piece - in fact I hope one of us spots it, follows it to a locale, call in some SAU backup, and go to work on the bloody thieves!

I am going to get one of the Viper paging alarms for sale on the trading section, since so many cars have gone missing around the place lately. I have a good alarm and immobilisers already, but it would be nice to thave a vibrating pager in your pocket for when you are at the shops or someone else's house etc ....

  • 3 weeks later...

***UPDATE***

http://www.fulllock.com/forums/viewtopic.p...er=asc&start=15

Apparently the car has been recovered, mostly stripped, and 2 people have been charged so far.

Anonymous phone call, read more at the link.

chops

  • 3 weeks later...

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