Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I have a friends OTR truck at my dad's shop to repair and paint the hood. well i pulled the hood and parked the truck outside the shop for the last few weeks.
tonight i went to pull the truck around and re-install the hood. some no-good low-down roten ... . stole the intercooler, piping from turbo and to intake and the A/C condensor. about $1600 in parts.
Now I would be willing to bet my first born it was one of these junk men that come around daily to gather the car parts to scarp out for money. they took every nut and bolt they took off and just hacked through the boots with a knife.
the truck was parked out by the corner of the building where the scrap metal is kept until someone hauls it off. I can garantee you they looked over at that big 4ftx4ft aluminum condensor and air to air and said "looky there, I can just come back tonight and steal that and probably get $40 bucks for it"
I dont know why these guys are not required to be licensed and report to the secretary of state where they gather car parts from and catalog vin numbers etc. , along with the recyclers that accept these parts from these guys.
I stood and watched a guy one night (he didnt know i was there) at the abandoned building next door. He pulled some metal flashing off the curb, went over and shook the old drive-up microphone to see how hard it would be to pull out of the ground and did the same thing to the street lamp before i stepped out and told him to leave. These damn gypsies will take anything that isnt bolted down. well in this case they stole something that was.
Now, I cant ask my dad to turn it in to his business insurance, I was the one doing the work, just using his shop. So i now have to eat the paint job costs plus pick up the remainder of whatever these parts are going to cost to get this thing on the road again. the stinkin intercooler is nearly $600 alone.
they better hope I never find out who took it. Plus I told dad to run every one of those guys off from now on and tell them why and to spread the good word. I take the crap and get rid of it and buy lunch for the shop gang with the money.
tonight i went to pull the truck around and re-install the hood. some no-good low-down roten ... . stole the intercooler, piping from turbo and to intake and the A/C condensor. about $1600 in parts.
Now I would be willing to bet my first born it was one of these junk men that come around daily to gather the car parts to scarp out for money. they took every nut and bolt they took off and just hacked through the boots with a knife.
the truck was parked out by the corner of the building where the scrap metal is kept until someone hauls it off. I can garantee you they looked over at that big 4ftx4ft aluminum condensor and air to air and said "looky there, I can just come back tonight and steal that and probably get $40 bucks for it"
I dont know why these guys are not required to be licensed and report to the secretary of state where they gather car parts from and catalog vin numbers etc. , along with the recyclers that accept these parts from these guys.
I stood and watched a guy one night (he didnt know i was there) at the abandoned building next door. He pulled some metal flashing off the curb, went over and shook the old drive-up microphone to see how hard it would be to pull out of the ground and did the same thing to the street lamp before i stepped out and told him to leave. These damn gypsies will take anything that isnt bolted down. well in this case they stole something that was.
Now, I cant ask my dad to turn it in to his business insurance, I was the one doing the work, just using his shop. So i now have to eat the paint job costs plus pick up the remainder of whatever these parts are going to cost to get this thing on the road again. the stinkin intercooler is nearly $600 alone.
they better hope I never find out who took it. Plus I told dad to run every one of those guys off from now on and tell them why and to spread the good word. I take the crap and get rid of it and buy lunch for the shop gang with the money.
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