Carrier stolen

Nigel Watson · #1 14-05-11, 22:11

Bob Drysdale has just called me devastated. He's been working abroad for 6 months and returned to find that his lovely original MkI* carrier has been stolen from the farm where he kept it. Two guys saying they were friends of his appeared at the farm, spoke to the farmer and uplifted his carrier onto a low loader just before Christmas and took it.

Bob asked me to put this up in the hope someone somewhere may have seen it being transported, been offered it or heard of someone offering it etc.

It was very distinctive being in desert camouflage of sand base, green and brown patches.

WD No. CT 65296
S/N 3821

It was fairly complete with certain parts missing. If any carrier friends here or abroad hears anything please contact me or Bob when he gets on line (his membership has been stopped because he has been away for so long and is having to re-register).

Thanks
Nigel

RichardT10829 · #2 14-05-11, 23:00

it has to be a collector but to what end ? surely they know it cannot be sold on as the community is so small ? methinks this will end up in bits......absolute tragedy !

Hendrik van Oorspronk · #3 14-05-11, 23:17

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Originally Posted by RichardT10829

it has to be a collector but to what end ? surely they know it cannot be sold on as the community is so small ? methinks this will end up in bits......absolute tragedy !

Could be worse, as scrap.... here in Holland a funfair? attraction worth of €200.000,== war stolen just for the price of the metal.....

Hope we find it back

Best Regards

Hendrik

Rob D · #4 14-05-11, 23:19

My greatest fear Richard, though won't stop looking for her!

RichardT10829 · #5 14-05-11, 23:26

get on to CMV and every military forum infact Lads you can cut and paste this link to any other forum you may be on.... unfortunately other than the bluebird K7 forum, this is all iam on these days.... i would go in to all the scrap metal dealers in the area with a photo....

the only other thing....which you may not want to hear is the carrier may have been mistaken for tracked plant.... 99% of stolen plant in the UK is exported to Eastern Europe... and there is a frightening amount going out on a weekly basis

Rob D · #6 14-05-11, 23:36

Thanks for the advice Richard. Have several scrapyards in area.

shaun · #7 14-05-11, 23:37

Really sorry to hear this news, the scary thing is scrap was £200 a ton around christmas time. I would be really shocked it was a collector. I will spead the word in the museum circles.

Rob D · #8 14-05-11, 23:45

Thanks Shaun. Its not just the fact that its my carrier.....even after ten yrs of ownership was still exciting taking off the tarpaulin every weekend when i took her out......its the destruction of our history!!!

Little Jo · #9 15-05-11, 09:31

Hi All

That was not good news, but I suggest it would have been someone who has been on the property before and knew the owners movements. All I hope is it was not someone known in the MLU fraternity. There are some real low lifes out there!!!

I hope the carrier turns soon and the cuprits caught.

Tony

Nigel Watson · #10 15-05-11, 11:45

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Originally Posted by Rob D

My greatest fear Richard, though won't stop looking for her!

Glad you're back on Bob. I hope we can all help with this. It is what we all fear so if we can sort this one way or another it would be a great message. Please ask around, anyone you know and report any new carriers appearing on the scene worldwide that have new paintwork etc.

This will be hard for you Bob, but I for one will be on this with everyone I know in carrier circles. If it would be helpful I would put a leaflet with every book that goes out. Let me know.

A word of caution. If you suspect/see anything please don't use the forum for any special information, contact Bob privately. This forum could be being monitored for our reaction. If you know the carrier I think its important not to divulge too many things about it.

Lets find it. Contact everyone.

Nigel