E9 STOLEN IN TORONTO

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Hello fellow e9'ers. I'm posting this on behalf of a gentleman in Toronto who had his e9 stolen in Toronto yesterday night (Aug 29th around 3:55 am). I'm simply relaying his daughters message to keep an eye out. As you may imagine, if the car was kept in North America, it'd likely be found within a matter of time. My worry is it may see a shipping crate off to who knows where. It's been spotted by 3 people in Hamilton/Stoney Creek last night as of 10 pm.

Here's her message.

"Friends, I can't even believe I am writing this, but at 3:55AM on August 29th, my Dad's 1972 BMW 3.0 CSI was stolen out of the garage of my parents condo at Avenue Rd. and Lonsdale. He bought it in 1974 and has loved and cared for it more than any thing in this world for the past 44 years. When he proposed to my Mom he told her he loved her more than his car! I've attached a few pictures (2,3 and 4 are the actual car - look for the custom wheels!). It's two toned - silver on top and silvery blue on bottom and the license plate is "HAPPY1". It's one of 4 in North America! If you or anyone you know has seen this car please contact me and the police right away. No thing on this planet means more to my family, all I want is to make my classic Dad, Waldo, a HAPPY1 again. It's his 70th b-day next week! Please share with anyone you can. Thank you!!"

If you have any information, please email Ruby (his daughter) directly. [email protected]
 

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Well, if they don't change the appearance it should be easier to find than, say, a Polaris and blue coupe. I wonder if the town/city has any security cameras they can check.
 
Those unique mirrors are a give away too. Maybe the thief doesn’t know that even if ‘he’ fixes the paint job.
Hopefully there will be a happy end to this sad and aggravating situation.
 
Not that I expect this car to roll past me for me to spot it, chase the thieves down and bring everyone to justice, but I am confused about the pics. The first pic seems to be a different car than the last three. The stolen car is the 2-toned one with the unique mirrors, yes?
 
autokunst said:
Not that I expect this car to roll past me for me to spot it, chase the thieves down and bring everyone to justice, but I am confused about the pics. The first pic seems to be a different car than the last three. The stolen car is the 2-toned one with the unique mirrors, yes?
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Yes, the text explains that photos 2-4 are actual car. I don't know why the first one was posted.
 
dang said:
Yes, the text explains that photos 2-4 are actual car. I don't know why the first one was posted.
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Every Coupe owner's nightmare. The thieves must have known how to hot wire a car, a lost art at best. About 15 years ago an "older gentleman" escaped from a State Prison here in PA. He was caught rather immediately as he only knew how to hot wire older Detroit products. He could probably roll an odometer back on cars of that vintage.
Did not mean to hoist the heist post, but wondering if the Coupe was hot wired or there were keys hidden in the car?
 
oneills said:
Every Coupe owner's nightmare. The thieves must have known how to hot wire a car, a lost art at best. About 15 years ago an "older gentleman" escaped from a State Prison here in PA. He was caught rather immediately as he only knew how to hot wire older Detroit products. He could probably roll an odometer back on cars of that vintage.
Did not mean to hoist the heist post, but wondering if the Coupe was hot wired or there were keys hidden in the car?
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Yeah, the older stuff is definitely simple. The really old stuff is just plain funny. My '51 GMC has three wires on the ignition switch.

Either way, it's still a lot harder to get away with stealing a car like this than it used to be, including this post and conversation. Did anyone post it on the facebook e9 page?
 
dang said:
My '51 GMC has three wires on the ignition switch.?
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e9's aren't quite that simple; there is a steering wheel lock to overcome, as well as the electrical connections. My guess would be that they used a slide hammer to pop out the ignition lock (which does damage the car) and then a screwdriver to actuate the switch behind the lock.
 
jmackro said:
My guess would be that they used a slide hammer to pop out the ignition lock (which does damage the car) and then a screwdriver to actuate the switch behind the lock.
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Hmmm. You seem to know a lot about how to steal a car. . . [emoji6]

That said, I hope someone spots the car before it’s parted out and sold off in bits. [emoji31]


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jmackro said:
e9's aren't quite that simple; there is a steering wheel lock to overcome, as well as the electrical connections. My guess would be that they used a slide hammer to pop out the ignition lock (which does damage the car) and then a screwdriver to actuate the switch behind the lock.
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True. I was comparing really old, to old, to new. New anti-theft technology can be quite complex. But enough of the hijacking... :D
 
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