I was. It sat with the left front corner on a jack stand every night after that, with the wheel chaned to the semi. I figured they might be back.
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Anyone here had a k5 stolen?
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I was. It sat with the left front corner on a jack stand every night after that, with the wheel chaned to the semi. I figured they might be back.
And now you know why they stole your doors even though they weren't in great shape. I had the rear side window stolen out of my extra cab 2500. Came out to find the window missing and my heard dropped because like a moron, I had left an expensive watch I picked up for a friend in the center console pending going by his house to drop it off. Oddly enough, though, the door was locked. Then I looked inside, no broken glass. Outside, no broken glass. These guys popped the latch with a screwdriver, then used a sawzall to saw through the hinges and took the window. Never even went inside the truck. Out here, they're parts shopping for something they need. It took the dealer over a month to find another window, they were out of stock everywhere, and the junkyards were bare. They wanted your doors for a job or maybe their own truck.
The fact it was February in the dead of winter was mostly why they couldn't get any doors--of course,once spring came,several of the junkyards called the body shop to say "we have two doors in decent condition"--they were on trucks buried deep in the back part of their property that wasn't easily accessed with 2 feet of snow on everything..
Also had several customers at the parts store I worked at ask me later that year "are you still looking for doors for your truck"?...
But yeah,there wasn't a lot to be had around then in decent shape--lately on FB marketplace there seems to be a glut of 67-72 trucks being parted and doors,hoods,and noses in good shape up for sale..stuff people had hoarded the past 25 years I guess ?..
Ditto for SBC engines--you couldn't find one carbed one around here for under $500 for the past 15 years,and most were in need of a rebuild--past few months there have been dozens of 283's,305's,327's and 350's for sale in "useable" condition for $100-$600...guess the LS swap craze has made them "obsolete",people are yanking good running SBC out in favor of those and selling them cheap....
Also had several customers at the parts store I worked at ask me later that year "are you still looking for doors for your truck"?...
But yeah,there wasn't a lot to be had around then in decent shape--lately on FB marketplace there seems to be a glut of 67-72 trucks being parted and doors,hoods,and noses in good shape up for sale..stuff people had hoarded the past 25 years I guess ?..
Ditto for SBC engines--you couldn't find one carbed one around here for under $500 for the past 15 years,and most were in need of a rebuild--past few months there have been dozens of 283's,305's,327's and 350's for sale in "useable" condition for $100-$600...guess the LS swap craze has made them "obsolete",people are yanking good running SBC out in favor of those and selling them cheap....
I was helping my buddy work on his 89 blazer and we called it a night. No valvecover on, all the tbi stuff mounted to the intake was disconnected except the throttle body. Truck fired up in the middle of the night and drove away on halloween, parked right in front of his house. My buddy didnt get it back for a month. I bought it as is, it needed a motor but still ran and the entire engine compartment was an oil mess. So technically my blazer was stolen, just not when I owned it.
Doors?? We don't need no stinken' doors!
One of my friends from college I have long since lost touch with kept having a bunch of his shit stolen/attempted stolen from his family's shop a little over ten years ago. It's not in the best part of metro Detroit. Things were real bad, recession and all. People's aluminum siding getting stolen when they're on vacation kind of bad.
Some back story. This guy I met in college and was friends with, I had no idea he was like 7 years older than me after knowing him for a year, went wheeling with him all the time. And he was an Army Ranger. Turns out he got shot in Kosovo or some shit and left because he was kind of gimpy. The only reason I ever knew is one day I saw the big ****ing knife he wore under his right shoulder blade and asked him about it. He said something like "They trained me to do things with this knife that will either makes things way better or way worse" and of course I had to ask a billion questions. Never talked about it, no tattoos, not even free military license plates on his vehicles. Probably why I was friends with him is we were both the same kind of hillbilly and neither of us drank. He was a little crazy though. One time, I watched him climb up a tree like a monkey after a raccoon. Hand-to-hand combat with a racoon in a pine tree. Yeap.
Anyway, I set him up with security cameras (the people were orchestrated, disguised, pros, but cameras were only so good back then). Then I got him set up with some burner cellphones for GPS tracking.
They stole his Grandpa's K5 (I want to say a 79 with a SBC 400, and way too clean, but I forget). One guy cut the fence (and smooth about it, just unlaced the wire instead of cutting each link) while another guy cut the bollards off with a torch set. Backed in with a rollback. Used other bollards and tackle to winch other crap out of the way. Jimmied the hood open and unplugged the battery on the K5. Then winched the K5 right up on the rollback. Put one of those Cushman yard trucks up there also, rolled it on snowmobile rollers after lifting it up onto them using a high-lift jack. Whole thing took 30 minutes. That sent them over the edge (up until that point, it was all insurance taken care of).
My friend went with his brother to pick up the K5. They came back with a K5 on the rollback that was used to steal from them and a 30' tri-axle trailer filled with most of the shit that had been stolen from them over the prior 3 months. They brought back shit that wasn't even theirs including 3 driver's licenses. I asked him about it. He said "Raymond K. Hessel". I pressed him for more information and he said to me, "what's the first rule about Fight Club?"
Some back story. This guy I met in college and was friends with, I had no idea he was like 7 years older than me after knowing him for a year, went wheeling with him all the time. And he was an Army Ranger. Turns out he got shot in Kosovo or some shit and left because he was kind of gimpy. The only reason I ever knew is one day I saw the big ****ing knife he wore under his right shoulder blade and asked him about it. He said something like "They trained me to do things with this knife that will either makes things way better or way worse" and of course I had to ask a billion questions. Never talked about it, no tattoos, not even free military license plates on his vehicles. Probably why I was friends with him is we were both the same kind of hillbilly and neither of us drank. He was a little crazy though. One time, I watched him climb up a tree like a monkey after a raccoon. Hand-to-hand combat with a racoon in a pine tree. Yeap.
Anyway, I set him up with security cameras (the people were orchestrated, disguised, pros, but cameras were only so good back then). Then I got him set up with some burner cellphones for GPS tracking.
They stole his Grandpa's K5 (I want to say a 79 with a SBC 400, and way too clean, but I forget). One guy cut the fence (and smooth about it, just unlaced the wire instead of cutting each link) while another guy cut the bollards off with a torch set. Backed in with a rollback. Used other bollards and tackle to winch other crap out of the way. Jimmied the hood open and unplugged the battery on the K5. Then winched the K5 right up on the rollback. Put one of those Cushman yard trucks up there also, rolled it on snowmobile rollers after lifting it up onto them using a high-lift jack. Whole thing took 30 minutes. That sent them over the edge (up until that point, it was all insurance taken care of).
My friend went with his brother to pick up the K5. They came back with a K5 on the rollback that was used to steal from them and a 30' tri-axle trailer filled with most of the shit that had been stolen from them over the prior 3 months. They brought back shit that wasn't even theirs including 3 driver's licenses. I asked him about it. He said "Raymond K. Hessel". I pressed him for more information and he said to me, "what's the first rule about Fight Club?"
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I have not, but my brother in law had his K10 Stolen, never recovered.
I have however, had numerous lowlifes atempt to steal my 3rd gen camaro with a simular insecure steering column in various very public locations 3 times in broad daylight, 3 times at night. Caught em in the act one time in broad daylight & my brother in law & I laid into em I was still wailing on a passenger as they drove off in their car with me hanging out the window swinging...
I jumped off without issue...
Since that time the camaro has a column guard, club, 3 remote kill switches, alarm with a pa and motion detectors and gps if they somehow get it anyway.
On the k5 I just have a column guard, club, 1 remote kill switch.
The one with the case hardened american made padlock is on the k5 the one with the keys is on the camaro
I have however, had numerous lowlifes atempt to steal my 3rd gen camaro with a simular insecure steering column in various very public locations 3 times in broad daylight, 3 times at night. Caught em in the act one time in broad daylight & my brother in law & I laid into em I was still wailing on a passenger as they drove off in their car with me hanging out the window swinging...
I jumped off without issue...
Since that time the camaro has a column guard, club, 3 remote kill switches, alarm with a pa and motion detectors and gps if they somehow get it anyway.
On the k5 I just have a column guard, club, 1 remote kill switch.
The one with the case hardened american made padlock is on the k5 the one with the keys is on the camaro
My suburban was stolen from in front of my house.
I forgot the keys in the ignition when I was working on it and got interrupted and never went back to check.
It was recovered a week later and now I just make sure I don't leave the keys in it.
Otherwise here people are after the easy ones, not enough motivation.
I forgot the keys in the ignition when I was working on it and got interrupted and never went back to check.
It was recovered a week later and now I just make sure I don't leave the keys in it.
Otherwise here people are after the easy ones, not enough motivation.
My truck has the ultimate theft deterrent..a 6.2 diesel..
The only way anyone could steal my truck by driving it would have to pop the ignition before the 6.2 cools off enough to not start without using the glow plugs..unless they had an education in using a manual glow plug setup chances are excellent it wouldn't start--even if they did--it still might not..
..plus its ratty enough not to be worth taking,period..
A ramp truck is what most thieves use now--few people ever question someone picking up a vehicle with one,they just assume it broke down,and the owner called them to tow it...unless of course,it happens to be their truck!..
The only way anyone could steal my truck by driving it would have to pop the ignition before the 6.2 cools off enough to not start without using the glow plugs..unless they had an education in using a manual glow plug setup chances are excellent it wouldn't start--even if they did--it still might not..
..plus its ratty enough not to be worth taking,period..A ramp truck is what most thieves use now--few people ever question someone picking up a vehicle with one,they just assume it broke down,and the owner called them to tow it...unless of course,it happens to be their truck!..
That's a wheel lift aka stinger.
I have done the same exact thing. I don't like to tell that story but reading yours cracked me up.
Well I am here to entertain
But seriously my life is chaotic and I have on occasion left things thinking I will be back and then the next day I realize that I didn't. I am lucky it was the only time it was stolen.
We have a really safe neighborhood
We went to Colorado for a week over July 4th. I could not find my keys while I was there. Needed them to get in the house when we got home.
Used the hide a key to get in the house. It was weird that both locks were locked. Can not happen without a key.
Local PD had walked the property a couple of times and sat in the driveway doing paperwork. Neighbor walked through a couple of times looking after Eileen's garden.
Found the keys the next morning. Hanging in the garage man door knob. Yep. All week. Right where anyone driving by could see them.
Thankfully no one did.
Used the hide a key to get in the house. It was weird that both locks were locked. Can not happen without a key.
Local PD had walked the property a couple of times and sat in the driveway doing paperwork. Neighbor walked through a couple of times looking after Eileen's garden.
Found the keys the next morning. Hanging in the garage man door knob. Yep. All week. Right where anyone driving by could see them.
Thankfully no one did.
I did that one time at the business. Left my keys hanging right there in the front door under the illuminated awning. Luckily one of the employees had gone back to the office to grab something later that evening and found them.
My ‘86 K5 got taken from my work. Busted the passenger window then broke into the column. Police found it a few days later out in the desert on blocks.
They took my wheels/tires, crappy stereo and a bag of tools. Insurance totaled it. They offered me $3k. I argued it was worth more than that. They came back with $4600. I then bought it back for $400 and put some of the money into rims, bigger tires, new stereo and a better anti theft systems.
They took my wheels/tires, crappy stereo and a bag of tools. Insurance totaled it. They offered me $3k. I argued it was worth more than that. They came back with $4600. I then bought it back for $400 and put some of the money into rims, bigger tires, new stereo and a better anti theft systems.
