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Stolen 1911 EMF - Central California

Steve_S

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I know this isn't British but please keep an eye out for this one and contact the owner if you have any information. It breaks my heart to see an irreplaceable piece of history disappear forever. It's probably bound for a recycling yard but there's always hope.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Hello Everyone- I just found out about this earlier today- please pass the word to your local club members and friends. This could happen to any one of us. A member of the local Horsless Carriage Club chapter had his truck and trailer stolen from in front of his home in Pitsburg,CA last night. Worst part is his restored 1911 EMF was in the trailer.

Please send this to all your old car friends and clubs so Don and Joyce can get their car back.

Here is Don's e-mail with the information:

Everything was at my home in Pittsburg. Police reports have been made.

The truck is a white Ford F250 1996 with a white camper shell. It is a 2-door cab and a half with a short bed. License Plate Calif #5M67546. Mileage is about 40,000. Very clean and loaded.

The enclosed trailer is a black color 16' x 8' x 7' with a rear door ramp, tandem axle, with the large HCCA decal on the top right corner of the rear door. License #4GV7121 and is California permanent trailer tag. Trailer has an electric winch mounted inside.

The EMF ia a 1911 5-passenger touring complete car black fenders and burgundy body, excellent brass with speedometer (Stewart & Clark 26). All brass have cloth covers. License # HC 4978. Engine # 22959.

Also in the pick-up are a pair of all brass Solar 1177 headlights for a 1911 Chalmers. There is CMC on the bonnet. Lights have burners and glass reflectors.
Please respond to me at"imnuts4fords(AT)comcast.net" Thanks. Feel free to forward to friends and other car clubs. Thanks.

Don & Joyce Azevedo[/QUOTE]
 
That's wretched. My father's got a 1909 EMF touring car and he uses it extensively on road trips and tours. Great machines.

I imagine that the whole rig was stolen for the truck and trailer, and I fear that the poor EMF may be scrapped. There are so few of them that pawning it off to an unsuspecting buyer would be quite difficult. And the typical car thief wouldn't even know what to do with it.

B.
 
Do you think it would help to put "Wanted" listings on eBay and area Craigslists? Thieves aren't exactly known for copious amounts of active synapses.
 
That thing is gonna end up in a collectors Quarry and not see the light of day.
Unless the guy was stupid it was sold before it was stole
 
I hate to hear of another one stolen - there was a Lotus Cortina
in a trailer stolen out of Sacramento awhile back.They dumped the car,&
I can't remember if they ever found the trailer.
I think that if you have something that rare,or expensive,that
getting a LoJack system is a good idea.

- Doug
 
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