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Mon Aug 25, 2003 12:23 am

C'mon... everyone (well maybe not everyone) has experienced theft and our bugs or buses or whatever they may be are valuable and when something goes missing, we get cranky, so tell us... what is the most unusual thing you have had stolen!?

I'll begin: I took my bug to the beach last week and when I came back home and went into the engine compartment, I found that one of my air circulation pipes (don't know its proper name) was missing! It was there earlier that day because I checked the oil and my hand brushed against it. There is no other way it could have fallen out and the beach I went to is known for thieves so my 'hood' was popped and the part yanked out. Finally, no auto shop had one that was the right size (too big they were) and a replacement part cost me $4.60 from a VW auto store!

You're probably asking why I didn't just lock the compartment, well I tried (that morning infact) and the key snapped in two.

Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:32 am

My 1970 square back. By my EX wife. I was in California the Sqb was in oklahoma and she took the police to my dads house and stole it. Nothing my dad could do HE almost went to jail
Her B!t@# a$$ name was on the title. Oh well. my 60 baja 64 hard top and 63 rag top make up for it. Stupid Okies white crazy women

Mon Aug 25, 2003 12:32 pm

i had valve stem caps with he wolfsburg crest on them. i bought them several years ago and at a show earlier this year someone stole one of them. i know it didn't fall off either because i had just tightened all 4 of them the day before when i was detailing my car. the thing that really pisses me off is that i can't get a replacement. i contacted the owner of the company that used to make them and he said there was nothing they could do. now i have 3 wolfsburg crest valve stem caps sitting in a parts box in my garage. i know it's a small thing, but it really pissed me off. i just wish i could have walked up on the guy as he was taking it off my wheel!

Mon Aug 25, 2003 12:42 pm

they stole my whole dam 65 bug! i just finished restro on it and put in a kick ass 1600 DP stole it right in front of my house!!! found it two days later completely stripped :evil: :evil:

sold the pan to friend who had a 68 so he could put all his parts on it to avoid smog.

Mon Aug 25, 2003 1:30 pm

I used to make my lunch the night before work and leave it in a small cooler in my bus so I wouldn't forget it. I came out in the morning to find my driver's door open and the cooler empty on the front seat. Nothing else including cd player, speakers and a few cd's touched. I guess they were just hungry.

ThrasheR

Mon Aug 25, 2003 1:42 pm

My dad has a VW/Porsche in Cincy that's in a not-so-good neighborhood. One day in my '70 Beetle I came aorund the corner and caught a teenager going through my glovebox! :evil: I chased after him but, he got away. I went back and found all he had stolen was condoms! :lol:

Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:41 pm

the wing nut off of one of my dual kadrons.

Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:48 pm

Where to start,reflectors off my 69 Ghia rear Quarters,1 taillight off formetioned Ghia,same car different times,chrome off top of doors(both sides),rear view mirror with light,2 bullit lenses,1 deck lid script...think that car was cursed..71 super,air cleaners of dells....66 daily nothing yet but i'll get back to yall...Donald..

Mon Aug 25, 2003 9:36 pm

i got my dirty wet DC's and socks stolen out of my bug, we went to the river and i fell in with my shoes on so i took them off and stuck em in my passenger seat and i layed my DC socks on the side of them when i came back my sunroof was pulled all the way open and they were gone i dont care how bad i needed shoes thats just wrong:-& , my windows were down to so why didnt they just open the door ???

Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:30 am

I've had two small jerry cans of spare gas stolen off the luggage rack of my westie stolen this summer. I'm gonna have to get a cable and lock it to the roof! Jeremy

Tue Aug 26, 2003 2:00 pm

OK here goes:

1: Roof rack off of my oval
2. My '57 oval stolen from the parking lot I worked in pushing shopping carts(eventually got it back)
3. One year (about) later my oval again from my parent's driveway.
4. Bought a bus with the money from the oval, they broke in and stole the stereo.
5. Same bus, this time they broke in and stole the detachable face from the stereo (forgot to detach it). They didn't even take the Trek mountain bike in the back, or the stereo, or my CD's, just the face.
6. Same bus, they broke in and stole nothing. Just broke the window and tried to get the stereo, but didn't get it.

If I ever meet ONE thief I'm taking all this crap out on him, so I hope he has a good insurance policy.

Steve

Tue Aug 26, 2003 2:05 pm

Just bundle the bastard up in the back of the bus & take him for a ride someplace. Thankfully only lost a set of alloy valve covers. So far :(

Tue Aug 26, 2003 4:38 pm

when i first got my bus i took it to a half assed vw shop(unbeknownst to me) and before i took it out of there(they did no work on it in over 2 weeks time)someone stole the hust shifter knob off the shifter rod!! Bastids!

Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:12 pm

well its not VW but unusual to me.
Here at work, we have a fridge in the break room to keep our lunch in. I had just brought a new container of that KC Masterpiece BBQ Roast beef sandwich meat and a brand new package of buns. I was gonna be the Envy of the office once they smelled what I had going on that day for lunch. Well, about 11:45 I start to get the hankering for those roast beef sandwiches and guess what? Some bastard stole my lunch! The whole ensemble. I was pissed. I think it was the fat lady in the office around the corner. I put a big note on the fridge calling the thief a pittiful low life then someone took it down.
My thing is this. You can mess with a lot of things but dont mess with my food. :2gunfire:

Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:19 pm

Fuck! Thats just plain wrong!
Arial ball off the Notch!

N!

Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:30 pm

Eye lids off my bros 68 its strang at school no one else had a bug then

Wed Aug 27, 2003 12:19 pm

I've had two CD players, A box with two 15" RockFosgates, and an amp stolen. Along with the CD players, they took the CD that was in them, and my custom made in dash housing. That's what hurt the worst! Luckily I haven't had and VW stuff stolen or tools.

Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:24 pm

an 8 track tape player... this was in 2001. talk about thieves with low self-esteem.

Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:29 pm

Kind of nasty, but had a nice Lowe backpack stolen out my old 66SC...too bad it was stuffed full of old unwashed boxer shorts and socks. My name was on all articles so if anything ever pops up please contact me. :wink:

Thu Aug 28, 2003 7:40 am

vw hood emblem... someone tried to steal my speakers and head unit, but unfortunately for them they were bolted in.. especially the head unit, that isnt going anywhere