Stolen Mk3 S

[Ant Hines]

My beautiful 1970 S was taken from Barnsbury St, off Upper St, Islington between 11am and 3pm yesterday. Eyes peeled please!

[SteveG]

arggg bastards!

Are there parts you could easily identify if things start popping up on e-bay? Hope you get it back in one piece

[rich@minispares.com]

the bastards


hope you get it back ants

[The Moog]

Ant that's horrible news, I hope the police are actually taking it seriously, it's a pretty distinctive car nowadays.
Make sure you let the Mini Cooper Register know.
I'm near Old Street so will keep my eyes peeled. Brings back memories of my white MK2 S that was stolen from SE26 about 8 years ago, I was nearly physically sick when i saw she was gone. Miss her badly.

Fingers crossed for you.

[The Moog]

P.S. not quite in the same league but a friend had a MK2 Escort stolen from just down the road. It turned up a few days later about 500 meters away behind a council estate - so there is hope!

[Ant Hines]

Thanks for the comments. Some identifying features are...

Over sills
Original Sicursiv glass
Twin Tex door mirrors (no haters please!)
Konis (red/orange)

Original navy interior, inc carpets
Switch panel with no central ignition or screen wash button (has steering lock, ignition switch on column)
Original steering wheel and badge (mint)

Original black finished S engine, but with twin HS4s and a Brett Sims head (stamped B.S.M.)
Original dull plated S brake master cylinder, but newer shiny clutch master
Conical K&N air filters
Side entry distributor cap with rubber boot

[rolesyboy]

Feckin Vermin...sorry to hear your bad news. I hope you get it back and quickly.

[In the shed]

Christ on a bike!

I find this sort of thing sickening.

I suppose it's unsurprising, given the nature of ebay. I'm sure if I had a few hundred quid, I could get a V5 off ebay before it was removed and get minispares to make up some plates and then get it exported.

I remember being a bit naive when I (in 03) paid £800 for my Morris SDL which turned out to be a lot of cornflakes packets and filler. I was very very concerned about losing all of my money. When I ebayed it about a year after, I got £1800 for all of it. Ebay is a fantastic way of selling stolen stuff and there is nothing anyone can do about it. "Been in my shed for years, guv"

[mk1]

Hi Ant,

I'm so sorry to hear this.

I will keep my ear to the ground and will pass any info on that I hear, but I am a long way away from Islington.

I hope you hear something soon.

Mark

[pad4]

really sad for you there (being a MK3 fan) - thieving fkrs need there eyes gouging out with the end of a hot heater cable

IM always on the look out for mk3 bits so ill keep my eyes peeled for you if anything crops up

hope it comes back to you

pad

[steve1071]

That's shocking news. Really hope it turns up.

Like Pad, i'm always looking for mk3 S bits so will keep a close eye out.

[foxy52]

My beautiful 1970 S was taken from Barnsbury St, off Upper St, Islington between 11am and 3pm yesterday. Eyes peeled please!

....Feckers !!!... when I recently renewed my insurance I was given a bottle of special fluid to mark all of the cars bits and bobs from body work to engine,gearbox,carbs,wheels etc etc everything !! it has a unique bar code stored re my records so in the event of car theft and being broken up at least we could possibly I.D parts if found/offered for sale by forensic evidence... they also supply window/screen stickers "THIEVES BEWARE.FORENSIC CODED i.D PROTECTED"....!!!... I suppose anything helps ???... hope its returned to u and they catch the shits !!! but if its kids slap on wrist and let go with a ticking off !!!!...does not bear thinking about to equiv punishment 60-70 years ago !!!.. that's Liberal life eh ??? foxy52

[mk1coopers]

Terrible news Ant, I will keep an eye out for it

[mab01uk]

Very sorry to hear this.

I have posted a link in the Mini Forum who have a dedicated area of their forum for stolen Mini reports as they are now so common in UK.
http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/to ... ?p=3063636

With all the recent publicity and TV programmes the downside is every man and his dog now knows or thinks a classic Mini Cooper is worth 25k+. and easy to steal.......if you wish to use a Mini as an everyday car and leave it unattended these days, it really is necessary to invest in fitting a professional 'Tracker' device as approved by the Police.

[foxy52]

Very sorry to hear this.

I have posted a link in the Mini Forum who have a dedicated area of their forum for stolen Mini reports as they are now so common in UK.
http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/to ... ?p=3063636

With all the recent publicity and TV programmes the downside is every man and his dog now knows or thinks a classic Mini Cooper is worth 25k+. and easy to steal.......if you wish to use a Mini as an everyday car and leave it unattended these days, it really is necessary to invest in fitting a professional 'Tracker' device as approved by the Police.

...totally agree MAB... that's the downside of the publicity old minis are now getting ie... cars that rock ,cars the star etc etc......shame there are people who think nothing about stealing others posessions...a nation of people with no moral fibre,lack of respect and self discipline.. I could go on !!! makes me seethe !!!!.. foxy52

[hanlminiman]

Sorry to hear this. Have posted link on MCR Facebook pages, Herts, Thames Valley & Kent pages.
Cliff

[Ant Hines]

Many thanks for comments and for spreading the word - really appreciated.

[mab01uk]

Also added to Mini Cooper Register Forum:
http://forum.minicooper.org/forum/news/ ... 3-cooper-s

and classic Mini section of the TotalMINI forum:
http://www.totalmini.com/forum/20-class ... post111345

[Pete]

There's not too many S/H Mini bits suppliers in London are there(?), worth letting any potential unsuspecting purchasers of parts know in advance, there's enough eyes about on the internet to make stealing a car like that a pretty dumb move I reckon.

Good luck getting it back mate.

[JC T ONE]

I feel for you really hope it gets recovered.

Posted it on my FB wall too.


Jens Christian