FOUND! Gary Cooksey's VW Thing

VWSwap · Post by **VWSwap** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:11 am

Gary Cooksey got his VW Thing back last night. Five were on the ground getting cuffed when he called me at 11 pm. Take a look at the pics below, the top pic is of his motor in his Thing before stolen, the bottom pics are after they put it into a Baja bug. Leaving that car out in their driveway was sure a smart move.

I hope they enjoy prison.

fortyeye · Post by **fortyeye** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:13 am

Butchers! Hope the engine hasn't suffered too much and that Gary's Thing can be put back to its previous glory. It is a lucky day when fools do their deeds in plain sight ... and get CAUGHT! Gary ... add one NOS rabid dog to your rebuild ... butchers should feel what its like to be on the receiving end of a hack job!

74 Thing · Post by **74 Thing** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:05 am

That is good news - what happened to the Thing and where do those guys live so I remember never to leave my VW in that town.

Bob Ingman · Post by **Bob Ingman** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:42 pm

thanks for the update. Thats too good to be true. I really didn`t think he`d ever see that car again. Its my favorite thing. Bob

MASSIVE TYPE IV · Post by **MASSIVE TYPE IV** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:49 pm

I like the Bungee cord.....

I'd like to kick them in the ribs with my steel toed work boots!

Or perhaps fire up that engine, remove a plug wire and stick it in their ear- Then fire it up and rev it to about 4500 RPM for 30 or so minutes...

I hate a damn thief!

pkipta · Post by **pkipta** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:03 am

Mark one up for the men in blue. Good thing, (pun not intended), he had his shoud painted with that paint drip pattern, really easy to identify from the street.

Jersey Thing · Post by **Jersey Thing** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:56 am

GREAT AND Congrats!!!! Nice to see that Five -O is on thier game...Really a good deal that you found it only in pieces instead of chopped and sent to the four winds.

Jersey

VWSwap · Post by **VWSwap** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:29 am

UPDATE:

Arrested for stolen auto/chop shop/ drugs ,were Albert Liberini- 18yrs, Patrick Williams- 19yrs, and Raymond Williams- 20 yrs, from the 4300# blk of Hazlenut in N/W Modesto. A few others on the property were also arrested for drugs.

Kubelmann · Post by **Kubelmann** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:30 pm

Just after I put together the Kymco super Thing exhaust group buy, Jeff Bancroft got ripped for a lifetime of tools and a number of "Things" --- the worst "Thing" that the evil ones took was a motor that he had 18 months of work and a lifetime of experience invested in to make a dream come true. The deal really turned sour. In the end I got my exhasut (albeit not the system that Jeff and I had planned) Marc got rubbed hard and eventually got his $$ back.. Interestingly enough the only guy who reaped benefit from the deal was a feller from Texas. This goes to prove the theory that fate has no rhyme or reason. I have a small hollow pit of sorrow for never creating the exhaust system that was meant to be/// Folks who steal the hard work of AC VW devotee earn a special place in the universal wheel of destiny. For the rest of us.. i wish the best to y'all. For this I say howdy High.. K-mann K-Panzer et all