Stolen Truck and Trailer from Spectre Perf in CA - THEY GOT THE BAD GUYS!!!

[thedugan]

http://www.competitionplus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9814&Itemid=6

[jephs422]

Oh that's screwed. I was just talking to them at Del Mar.

[96z28ss]

Thats a pretty big truck and trailer to take.

[Aschle]

Yeah, the average thief doesn't take that sort of vehicle... Someone had to of known the contents and how to get the truck going...

Jason

[buickfunnycar.com]

Holy cow...was just standing in their display at Pleasanton marveling at all the trick monitors.
That royally sucks...

[racebuicks]

probably went to mexico with it.:lol:

[tones2SS]

Yeah, the average thief doesn't take that sort of vehicle... Someone had to of known the contents and how to get the truck going...

Jason

Yeah. Maybe an inside job?
SCUMBAGS for sure.:mad:

[David Pozzi]

Terrible!
We were just at his booth in Del Mar! Hope they track the rig down.
David

[Steve1968LS2]

Update..

The Toterhome was recovered on Tuesday the 15th.. the Elky is still missing.

So some good news, but I fear the El Camino will be sliced up. Keep an eye open for some of the one off parts.

Pics and news:
http://www.powerflowracing.com/main/stolen.asp

[Steve1968LS2]

I just got this email:

To all of you who helped us get the word out...many thanks...it worked! Read on...all’s well that ends well...

- christine.

- UPDATE -

Thanks to the efforts of the Ontario Police Department, the Riverside CHP and the Apple Valley Police Department we were able to recover both the Truck and Trailer and the El Camino.

The Truck and Trailer were recovered last Sunday by the Riverside CHP, abandoned near an industrial area in Riverside, California..... about 20 minutes from our warehouse. At the time, the El Camino was still missing along with several items in the trailer. With the pending investigation ongoing, we were asked to keep the recovery low key until the Ontario PD investigators could follow up on all leads.

On Wednesday, Ontario PD was done processing evidence from the truck and we we're allowed to pick up the truck and trailer from the towing company (a little worse for wear..... all the locks and latches broken, one storage door tweaked out of shape and the dash torn apart..... but overall not as bad as expected). Later in the day a somewhat "enthusiastic" (quote: "we love it when we actually find stuff and get to nail someone") group of detectives from the Ontario Police Department were able to recover some of the missing property (including our 15 x 60 canopy with the Spectre name and logo all over it..... not sure why they kept that!)......... although arrests were made and the investigation continued, we still had no information on the El Camino.

Thursday brought continued investigation and conversations with Ontario PD Detectives, when out of the blue we got a call from the Apple Valley PD, who said they found the El Camino in the high desert community of Apple Valley abandoned behind a new shopping center. Fearing the worst we picked up the car Thursday afternoon and were surprised to find that other than a missing mirror and a few scratches here and there it was fully intact and drivable.

All of us at Spectre Performance would like to express our extreme gratitude for the overwhelming support and attention given to the incident. There is no doubt that without everyone’s help in getting the word out and broadcasting this to the press and automotive community at large that the results to date would have been much different. It just goes to prove that with the a little luck and a whole lot of help, the bad guys don’t always win. We’ll continue to post updates on our website regarding the results of the ongoing investigation.

Thanks again to all involved.


Here's how it was found out in the desert... just sitting there with light damage. Thank God for stupid thieves...

http://i40.tinypic.com/2wp6nfp.jpg

[89 RS]

Glad things worked out and nothing worse happened. Sounds like there were some pro-active cops also, good deal.

[caper150]

I just got this email:



Here's how it was found out in the desert... just sitting there with light damage. Thank God for stupid thieves...

http://i40.tinypic.com/2wp6nfp.jpg

Stupid is not the word for most theives, thankfully they got everything back and who knows, this may have benn the start of catching other car thieves that have been hitting the areas.

[XcYZ]

Stupid is not the word for most theives...

I think it was Paul Harvey who said criminals aren't criminals because they're smart. lol

Glad they got the car back!

[comp-spec]

Glad to hear you got your car back

[tones2SS]

That's good news.:thumbsup:
I'm glad they got the thieves as well.

[mazspeed]

I'm glad the car is back too, but did they catch the theifs? And who and why?

[waynieZ]

I'm glad you got most everything back and with very little damage.

[buickfunnycar.com]

great news...:thumbsup:

[98ssnova]

Good to see you got all the vechiles back :thumbsup:

[CraigMorrison]

Glad to hear you were able to recover your property!:thumbsup:

[chr2002ca]

I saw you guys at Del Mar and was totally bummed for your team when I read this thread when it first started. However, it's great to read and see you got your rides back. Awesome!

[Diognes56]

Glad things worked out and the damage was not worse :yes: .

David