I hate to say it, but when I was in college, our local sports car club
would occasionally have a scavenger hunt as a club event. I recall such
things as: a Mercedes Star and a Rolls-Royce Hood ornament being among
the items that were listed.
However, Stealing was highly frowned upon for these events. Although
there were several Mercedes hubcaps that showed up, I never did see a
silver lady in the collection of goodies. (THey were all returned to
their rightful owners when the event was over)
Joe
John Knox wrote:
>
> That sounds kind of interesting. It makes me wonder if they are using a list
>that
> has been handed down for a few years. Maybe a fraternity, flight school or
> something like that. Collecting british car parts would have been easy 20 or
>30
> years ago when they were ubiquitous, and many of the parts would have been
>falling
> off anyway. However now they aren't and the parts are getting scarce. It
>might
> be worth hunting around to find out, or have the police ask around. It seems
>that
> a large group activity, done in fun (moronic as it might be) would be
>huntable.
> Pressure them to solve the crime or ask the DA to help, if not ask the Mayors
> office or city council. Seems if it happened on a military base it would be
>easy
> to get someone's ear. Investigations like this are hard to get going, but
>once
> started take on a life of their own. I would hazard that the police might
>have a
> pretty good idea of who is doing this after so many years. If they knew how
> valuable, the parts were they might help. Remember to include the search
>time for
> a part like this. What would you charge per hour to track down parts? Maybe
>that
> bumper overrider is worth $500.00.
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