My ’66 GTO was stolen and destroyed. Update post #70

[S42N8]

This thread needs a crying emoji. I am happy nobody was hurt, but that bites. The value aside, the time you spend with your father working on it is priceless. Best wishes for a clean restoration, and poetic justice for the little ***** who damaged it.

 

[shouldazagged]

Couldn't give your post a like because it's a tragedy for you.

 

[rwsmith]

Can;t say anything....

...that hasn't already been said. This is just bad wrong on so many levels. Sickening

 

[Onomea]

Jinglebob, very sorry to hear this. Very best wishes for a successful restoration.

(Let’s hope whoever stole and wrecked it is laid up, hurting badly.)

 

[swsig]

All I can say is, !@#$%^&*?!!

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

In the old West they hung horse thiefs.

 

[vonn]

Sorry just doesn’t seem enough. Hopefully it looks worse than it is. A lot of those were crashed in the past and repaired but it may take a while finding the parts. Good luck with it.

 

[Muss Muggins]

You can be sure they weren't saved by airbags or shoulder strap seat belts . . .

I hope whoever did it got hurt when they wrecked it. Scum that does something like this deserves it.

 

[bigwheelzip]

I'm sorry you had this heartbreaking event, and hope you can suitably repair the damaged car. Please let us know how it turns out.

One thing that these vermin can't damage, is your father's relationship with you. The love and respect that manifested in that auto is something immortal, and something they never had.


Please raise a Lone Star to your fathers memory this Fathers Day, and remember the good times.

 

[Old_Cop]

What a shame.

 

[wingriderz]

Very sad news . Pure Scum out there

 

[03hemi]

Insurance is you're friend in these cases. Good luck with that.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Most of y'all know that I am against the death penalty, period. There may be extreme instances where it IS warranted-but those are few and far between indeed. I have seen one so far in my career, when a thief sawed off the barrels of a mint Parker A grade. What happened to your GTO makes #2.

 

[kraynky]

I couldn't bring myself to click on the "Like" button either. Look at the bright side, and be glad the original engine is still there. It wasn't stripped or even worse, set on fire. That car can be repaired, and it will probably be even better when done. There's bound to be some DNA left behind after a crash like that. Here's to getting it fixed right, and finding the peckerwoods that did the damage!

 

[djt17]

I love old cars as much as I do old firearms; it hurt to see your pics.

 

[Tom S.]

Having had the same thing done to my 1964 Impala SS convertible, I can relate and feel your pain. In my case, they caught those responsible, all juveniles, and didn't do anywhere near what I wanted to do to them. I look at car thieves in the same light as horse thieves of the old west, and believe the punishment should be the same.


Sorry for your pain!

 

[Funflyer]

I am sorry to hear about your GTO and seeing those pictures make me sick. I've owned my 66 GTO for 37 years now and can't imagine having it stolen and wrecked. The worst thing is that original parts are very hard to find in good shape so shops will want to use aftermarket parts which are so-so and require lots of work to fit properly.

 

[6518John]

Having had the same thing done to my 1964 Impala SS convertible, I can relate and feel your pain. In my case, they caught those responsible, all juveniles, and didn't do anywhere near what I wanted to do to them. I look at car thieves in the same light as horse thieves of the old west, and believe the punishment should be the same.(

Tom that is exactly what I was thinking—this had to be kids joy riding. No professional car thief would do this to a classic car like that. Most joy riders don’t know how to hot wire a car to start it, so I wonder how they stole it?

 

[6518John]

Most of y'all know that I am against the death penalty, period. There may be extreme instances where it IS warranted-but those are few and far between indeed. I have seen one so far in my career, when a thief sawed off the barrels of a mint Parker A grade. What happened to your GTO makes #2.

Post of the year.

 

[keith44spl]

When we had a place in Henderson County Tx....

Between the professional thief's and the meth head tweekers,
they'd steal anything and everything that wasn't nailed down or
anything they could pry loose.

Hope the law finds and deals with the perpetrators swiftly & firmly.





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