All Right!
Now all your son needs is a baseball bat, a small room and the scumbag who
thought he could swipe the car and have it repainted.
Q
At 05:07 PM 6/26/97 -0400, eugene faust wrote:
>My son retreived his Midget yesterday after a chase which ended about a
>mile from where it was originally stolen. Between the members of our local
>MG Car Club and my son's sailing buddies we had quite a network watching
>out for the car and it paid off! On both Monday and Tuesday he got reports
>of it being seen in the vicinity of a local beach.
>So on Wednesday he took his winter wheels (4 wheel drive pickup) and
>patrolled the beach parking lot. It was a hot sticky day and by about 4 in
>the afternoon he was just about ready to give up when he spotted it as it
>passed it going in the opposite direction. A quick U turn while he called
>the police on the cell phone and the chase was on.
> After a few zigs and zags through some side streets the miscreant made the
>mistake of trying to take a shortcut across a muddy field. Bad move when
>your'e driving a Midget and being chased by someone in a four wheel drive
>truck.
>Well, the MG got stuck, the truck didn't, my son got his car back but the
>driver got away on foot. However, the police collected fingerprints and a
>large bag full of the guys personal belongings which they thought might
>lead to him. The car was undamaged and if fact several things pointed to
>the possibility that the guy was going to keep it. For example the was a
>folder of paint chips and a businees card from a local body shop on the
>front seat!
>Sorry if the story is too long but I thought it was an interesting episode.
>Gene
>
>
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