STOLEN CARS - PLEASE READ!

[Jimmyhindle]

Hi people,

Just recently been getting back into 1/10th scale RC cars after almost 15-20 years off! Have had my garage broken into and a couple of cars stolen, both of which I had just finished kitting out and getting set up exactly how I wanted them. I would be very grateful if people could keep an eye out for anything that matches the description being sold (by someone dodgy!) any time soon, probably in the Leeds or West Yorkshire area. If so, please email [email protected].

The first car was a Durango DEX410, which I had kitted out with all (literally all - I even went as far as ordering the front alloy Tresrey gearbox hoop from America because it was discontinued over here!) the Tresrey red alloy stuff. It had titanium 'buckles, all the other Tresrey stuff (big bore coated shocks, alloy shock caps, NiTi pivot pins, the lot!) and was fitted with Tekin RS Pro speedo, first gen redline 5.5t motor, Core RC radio gear and battery. The shell was clear, unpainted. It cost me a fortune to set this up, and I'm seething!

But not as mad about that as I am about the other. It was my old Cat 2000 ec with 2 shells, one painted (badly!) with a phoenix on a grey/black background and one clear, it also had all the carbon bits and all the purple alloy bits too, plus titanium 'buckles. There were no electrics in this, plus the lower chassis was the black fibreglass as I had removed the carbon one temporarily to send off as a template to have a carbon tub chassis made. This was the last thing I had to do to pimp up both of these cars, and some scrote nicked them! This one is very sentimental for me, first car I ever owned and I have put weeks or months of time and effort into it over the years.

I would be very grateful indeed if anyone hears anything, or sees anything, if they could contact me straight away and try to get some contact details for the seller. Again, my email is [email protected].

Many thanks and sorry to ramble on, I'm just gutted about this!

James

[Nas]

Any pictures of these cars?

[CARB]

Hi

I had the same thing happen to my Durango, I got them back just last week.

Check out the local play grounds.

[TARTMAN]

get some pics on here if you have them, reeeewaly helps.

keep checking all the normal ebay, gumtree, loot ads etc. and yes go to the local playground, BMX tracks etc and you may spot them.

[Jimmyhindle]

Yeah, I wish I had some pics of the Durango but I don't take many and hadn't got any of it I'm not much of a photographer!

On the Cat - again don't have many apart from some when it had its carbon tub on, which I was sending to fibrelyte to see if they could make a new one (it suffered under my driving and cracked at front gearbox mount!). It now has the standard black fibreglass chassis on because to tub is with fibrelyte, otherwise its exactly as the pic just without electronics:

[Jimmyhindle]

Oops - that's one from before I fit the carbon tub lol!