1964 Anglia Van Stolen, 25/26th Jan 2016 - Kent

[choptop]

as above , see rods n sods , chat section , spred the word .

[VIP]

Not exactly spreading the word yourself, are you?

Anyway, after foraging around R'n'S to find the info...

"There has been a 1964 Thames 7cwt Van stolen from a elderly mans drive in Kent. The reg is 355 HLU, chassis number is H31 DO 31 001, it's dark blue and is taxed and tested till May 2016 - Please keep your eyes peeled and contact Kent Police if you see or hear any thing there is a reward being offered for the safe return of the van with successful prosecution of the low life"

[avengertec]

A member of the Anglia Owners Club has reported that his 1964 Thames 7cwt van was stolen off his driveway in Tankerton, Kent on Monday/Tuesday 25/26th January 2016 from behind locked gates. Vehicle registration mark was 355 HLU and the chassis number H31 DO 31 001 (as supplied by owner) the dark blue van was not mint but it was all up and running and was taxed/tested until May 2016 other distinguishing features are it has no battery tray under the bonnet area, both front wings have been filled by the headlamps and both front and rear doors were showing signs of rust, the seats were original van type both of which were worn. There is a reward on offer for its safe return leading to prosecution of the low life's that stole it. don't hold out much hope but if anyone hears of anything could they please get in touch with me or the Kent Police (I do have a crime number if needed) It belonged to an elderly gentleman of 84 who had owned it since 1978 and it was his pride and joy which he used to take his wife around to the local shops (she unfortunately passed away just before Christmas) so he now has a double loss to bare.

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[skylinedave]

So whats that 6-7 old Fords from Kent in the last 6 weeks ?

[Mercdan68]

Yep our ford is clamped , blocked in and immobilised !

[bmcnut]

I really feel it for the owner, thoughts go out to him. Lets hope this gets found.

[roccoguy]

As if it's not bad enough him having to deal with the loss of his wife, the poor chap must be devastated. Hopefully there's some kind of happy ending to this story.


It's crazy how many classics are going missing in that area atm.

[escortmad79]

[dodgerover]

Does anybody else wonder if the majority of these thefts are the work of one gang and these vehicles are going straight out of the country? Surely those Ford pickups would have been spotted and the classic scene for those is small enough alarm bells would have sounded had a new one suddenly appeared (with or without an ebay ringing kit), weren't the cortinas spotted heading in Tilbury direction?

[pugmyster]

Malta has a lot of old fords out there..parts could be getting a bit scarce now..
Maybe something in what you said about them leaving the country..
A lot of scrap dealers send diesel engines out of the country..
Could be worth a look..

[dodgerover]

The export market has gone a bit odd at the moment, a friend weighed in aToyota hi ace last week, 6 months ago there would have been a queue of people for it. The normal stuff that used to go well doesn't seem to be at the moment, I guess people could have 'diversified'

[BT]

There has been a lot of thefts of Audis around the same area of Kent as the cortina thefts.

I had a run in with some chaps last Friday night but the police were not interested.

[skylinedave]

Do tell ...

[mikehamid]

This just breaks my heart! Of all the thefts recently, this case really takes the proverbial! I've written a post to help out once again. If you want to share it on social media, let's help make his day!

motorhipster.co.uk/2016/01/30/stolen-64-anglia-van/

[Rob M]

Jan 29, 2016 11:52:45 GMT dodgerover said:

Does anybody else wonder if the majority of these thefts are the work of one gang and these vehicles are going straight out of the country? Surely those Ford pickups would have been spotted and the classic scene for those is small enough alarm bells would have sounded had a new one suddenly appeared (with or without an ebay ringing kit), weren't the cortinas spotted heading in Tilbury direction?

Well, how difficult would it be to put a couple into a container, ship it out to Malta, get hooky paperwork for them out there, perhaps a basic repaint etc etc then ship them back to the UK to be sold to people with way more money than common sense.
It would probably cost in.
The Anglia and Thames is a possible, we all know where the Cortinas have really gone though.

[mikehamid]

I've just got this to be run in the Canterbury Times too. If anyone has contact details for the owner, I'd love to get in touch with him too.

[skylinedave]

Excellent work Mike a big thumbs up from me .

[escortmad79]

Jan 30, 2016 19:54:37 GMT mikehamid said:

I've just got this to be run in the Canterbury Times too. If anyone has contact details for the owner, I'd love to get in touch with him too.

I've sent it to Kent Messenger & Kent News too

[escortmad79]

Jan 30, 2016 18:17:02 GMT Rob M said:

Jan 29, 2016 11:52:45 GMT dodgerover said:

Does anybody else wonder if the majority of these thefts are the work of one gang and these vehicles are going straight out of the country? Surely those Ford pickups would have been spotted and the classic scene for those is small enough alarm bells would have sounded had a new one suddenly appeared (with or without an ebay ringing kit), weren't the cortinas spotted heading in Tilbury direction?

Well, how difficult would it be to put a couple into a container, ship it out to Malta, get hooky paperwork for them out there, perhaps a basic repaint etc etc then ship them back to the UK to be sold to people with way more money than common sense.
It would probably cost in.
The Anglia and Thames is a possible, we all know where the Cortinas have really gone though.

There are rumours flying about & speculation that classics maybe heading out to Africa as they love easy to work on cars out there & classics make the ideal vehicle for their needs.

Been speculated to me from 3 different sources that this might be the case. There is a consignment of Land Rovers apparently heading back to the UK that were discovered in Africa having been stolen in Leicestershire a few years ago.

[skylinedave]

Report from the telegraph @2009 saying 112 land rovers stolen in that year from shropshire , herefordshire and worcestershire stripped and shipped to Africa , due to them being easy to break down into spares and a thriving market in rural ares for parts .