RECOVERED: 1981 Z28 Camaro/1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck

[Rabbit355]

A group of people broke into my fathers shop located by Bowden, AB. They stole his 1981 Z28 Camaro, almost mint car, a little paint damage on the passenger door, dark charcoal grey, 4-speed, 16000 ORIGINAL miles. They also stole his 1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express truck, he has owned it since new, it is in mint condition. It was bought from Derrick Dodge in Edmonton so it has Derrick dodge emblems on both fenders, there is a small paint chip on the drivers side door edge just below the handle that was touched up but it is still visible, at the time it was stolen it had a "Direct Connection" front license plate but that may have been removed. They also stole thousands of dollars worth of parts, tools and equipment. There was also damage to his 1970 SS Chevelle, damage to my grandmas 1963 Chrysler and some serious damage to his '03 Silverado as they tried to move it to get at more cars. There is a reward for information leading to the return of vehicles or conviction of those who took them.
Cheers

[Rabbit355]

The Express

[Hallowed_point]

Oh man..I'll keep my eyes out for these. I just saw that red dodge last week driving around the chinook area...probably your dad.

[Rabbit355]

Thanks man, definitely wasn't him. He doesn't drive it much and doesn't really come to calgary. I've heard from 3 people an express driving around the northeast saturday night. Could be it.

[Rabbit355]

The plate on the Express is C-118.

[CompletelyNumb]

Truck will stick out like a sore thumb. I mentioned it to some people to keep an eye out. Hope he gets it back mint, thats a beautiful truck.

[Rabbit355]

Thanks completelynumb, greatly appreciated.

[spikerS]

both vehicles have a soft spot in my heart. I would totally be tempted to swipe those LOL! so I can't blame the theif(s) for their good taste.

Both vehicles will stick out and be pretty easy to spot, I will keep my eyes open.

[jdmakkord]

Saw a mint lil red pulling into bass pro a couple of days ago. Wen was the break in?

[Rabbit355]

They were taken last week sometime between tuesday night and friday night.

[amear]

Damn man that sucks! i drive around alot mostly NE and towards Airdrie ill keep an eye out!!
such nice cars!

:whipped:

[Shlade]

Will keep an eye out.
Can't say I see many old z28s rolling around either so should be easy to spot.

[Rabbit355]

Thanks guys

[bspot]

Horrible to hear :( Great vehicles and with sentimental value too. I'll keep my eyes pealed.

[soloracer]

Sounds like the theives knew something about the vehicles and your Dad's storage place (ie: not a random hit). Good luck getting them back. If I see either one I will let you know.

[Rabbit355]

Ya they definitely had an idea of what was in there, looks like they came with a couple trucks and maybe a trailer, they cleaned out alot of parts and tools. Thanks man.

[mr2mike]

On look out too.

[Rabbit355]

Thank you whoever stickied this to the top.

[Rabbit355]

The Express has been recovered! My dad got a tip from someone in Red Deer that it was at a Super 8, he got there and sure enough there it was, in the same condition it was stolen luckily. Hopefully prints can be pulled or the thief left some sort of identification. Still looking for the Camaro, by the sounds of it it will probably be in Red Deer or in that area.

[spikerS]

awesome news, and hopefully the hotel has cameras that caught this guy to make it easy for the cops to ID them.

[frozenrice]

Originally posted by Rabbit355
The Express

I actually saw one if these pulled off to the side before the exit ramp to Olds yesterday on the way back from Sylvan Lake.

[vengie]

I'm currently working in Red Deer, i'll keep an eye out for the camaro

[frozenrice]

It's actually been found already LOL..... Read the thread... :)

[vengie]

Originally posted by frozenrice
It's actually been found already LOL..... Read the thread... :)

You may want to have another read yourself... The Express was found, camaro has not been...



Originally posted by Rabbit355
The Express has been recovered! My dad got a tip from someone in Red Deer that it was at a Super 8, he got there and sure enough there it was, in the same condition it was stolen luckily. Hopefully prints can be pulled or the thief left some sort of identification. Still looking for the Camaro, by the sounds of it it will probably be in Red Deer or in that area.

[frozenrice]

Thought you were talking about the truck. I actually forgot about the Camaro.

[Darell_n]

Originally posted by frozenrice


I actually saw one if these pulled off to the side before the exit ramp to Olds yesterday on the way back from Sylvan Lake.

The big Mopar show was in Red Deer yesterday so there likely was a 1/2 dozen or so in town at that time.

[Rabbit355]

The Camaro has also been recovered, was found in a farmers field North of Red Deer, fortunately in almost the same condition as it was when it was taken. Thanks for keeping your eyes out folks.

Cheers

[forced_eg]

that's awesome news.. I did some exhaust work on the express... looks as good underneath as it does on the outside