STOLEN: Edelbrock X2 & Flamethrower distributor

I just went out in my garage just now to show someone some other parts, and noticed my edelbrock X2, and NOS grant/spalding flamethrower distributor were missing off of my 1960 Pontiac 389. I had them sitting on it, not bolted down. May have been taken a while ago, I just cant rember the last time I checked it.

The X2 was in good shape, but the driver left rear mounting tab was broken off.

The flamethower was NOS, and in perfect condition.

I live in Plano, TX., and it was taken from my home garage.

If anyone knows anything about this, or has seen anything like this for sale please let me know. Its not exactly common stuff. I dont have much cash to spare, but If its recovered I will try to give a cash reward.


Thanks,
Cory

 

And I thought we had all the thieves in CALIF. Sorry to hear that.

 

Dude.. keep a sharp eye out on ebay... damn i hate a theif

 

Man that sux. I will keep an eye out.

 

lock the doors !

 

isnt a swapmeet coming up? oh and check the s****metal yards....... man , i hate people sometimes!

 

My buddy bought an old gas station, and it had a room that was full of old brake drums, a couple of flathead blocks, and intakes, and a few stromberg carbs, etc. Right after he got it, s****pers broke in and stole everything made of metal...Theives ****.

 

Im thinking that is someone that you had over to your place. Im real funny about who comes over to mine. I worked too hard for all my **** to let some lazy basterd steel it from me.

Think about whos been over and how well you realy know them.

 

Im kepin an eye on ebay, and going to be checking all of the pawn shops. I also called and filled a police report.

What is really strange is that I havent noticed anything else missing. From what I can tell, all of my tools, and other speed parts are still there.

My sister did have a party about 3 months ago, where some stuff turned up missing from inside the house, and some stuff inside the garage was out of place. Just seems I would have noticed it sooner if thats when it walked off. There was also a guy in and out of the garage and house instaling DSL a few weeks ago, but I cant seem to nail down the last time I saw it for shure.

I dont know anyone else in the area who's into early pontiac stuff, and shure as hell no one that would steal something like that. It just seems really strange that these seem to be the only things missing.

The intake also still had an alum. water neck on it, and had been bead blasted. Another thing to take note of is that it was drilled for 4 bolt base carbs, where most of these are drilled for 3 bolt carbs

 

I'm with Mule Farmer on this one. No random guy broke into your house and took those parts, someone who knew they were there and knew what they were took them.

Or, they're still there, just moved around. I'd do a thorough search of your garage and house for two reasons. One, to see if your stuff is still there, just moved, and two, to see if anything else is missing that you haven't noticed yet.

 

Yea, Im pretty confident it was not some who just happend to going down my alley(and Im good about keepin **** closed or attened). The few freinds I have over there on a regular basis, would take a bullet for me, no joke. So Im not worried about them. And very few strangers are ever allowed in my garage, and never un-attened. Unless my sister let them out there, which is something Im worried about. In which case they would probably have little to no idea what they have on their hands.

But its not the kind of part that can easily be sold, like a welder or something, kind of a limited crowd, and you'd almost have to put it out in the open on ebay or at a swap meet or something. Its also not the kind of think you can put on your car if you stole it. If anyone around here shows up with an new flamethrower and/or an X2 on their pontiac, that would at very least raise some suspcion.

 

Sounds like an inside deal to me! think back on who was over and appeared to be interested in every thing you owned.
Catch em and stick there hand in a vise and crank it down until in hurts and after 5 minutes stwister another turn to get there attention!!!!!!

 

I'll keep an eye out in this area.

 

post some pics of the stuff.

 

Make sure you hit the Chicksha Swap Meet here in Oklahoma. That would only be a three hour drive to unload the stuff and one of the meets (happens 2 times a year) is the biggest in Oklahoma.

 

Yeah keep a saved favorite search on ebay so it emails you when that intake pops up.

I have a problem with my neighbor's children. They p*** through my shop to get into the back yard to play with my boys and everytime, every ****ing time, something ends up missing. Luckily they haven't taken anything worth much yet but that cause they're just kids. Can you imagine what they'll be like when they're older?

Hopefully they stole it and try selling it on ebay because if they stole it and plan on just keeping it, you'll never find it.

If there's anything I've learned from having **** stolen from me is that if it was stolen from home, it's ALWAYS someone close by. Neighbors, neighbor kids, friends, guests, family.

 

Pretty wierd someone would steal those.

No chance they're misplaced?

 

That ****s Cory. There is only a handful of these out there, and only a few more people who would know what to do with it. It should turn up. The thief can't realize how rare it is. Better than that, there is a small market for buyers. This should turn up.

 

It still could be random. One of my friends had a break-in at his garage one night, and the pieces that were stolen proved that the thieves didn't know what the hell they were doing. They stole a bare factory 3x2 for a 348, but left an Edelbrock 3X2 setup for a SBC, complete with tripower carbs, lying there. I'm with the posters that don't let anyone they don't know in their garage. If someone I don't know wants something I've got, I usually bring it to work with me and have them meet me there to make the deal. No sense in planting the seed in someone's mind to come around when they know I'm not there and clean me out. Any building can be broken into, locked or not.

 

Cory,
Sorry to hear about that.
Recently I had someone go into my shop and take a new Impact Nitro helmet and a new Makita cordless impact that had been modified for working on hemi heads. These were the only two items missing out of hundreds if not thousands of other items that would be easier to fence.
I have a real good idea of the guy who took it, just don't have it on video...so no ******** proof, but I have a feeling.
Funny thing is the guy I suspect of doing the deed, shows up a couple of weeks later with a Nitro helmet that has been airbrushed. Says he ordered it, I checked they are on back order.
That will be the end of that friendship, I hope to see the guy broken down somewhere between here and there....he'll still be 'there'.
Frank

 

Aren't there a lot of oil companies in TX?

 

Do most of you know what an X2 looks like? If not I can post up some pics, let me see what I have. I dont have a picture of my distributor, but could probably find one of a diffrent one so yall have an idea what it is. I just ask that especially the Dallas area guys try to keep an eye out for it, because although it its possible, I doubt it went too far....

I have very good reason to believe it was some of my sisters freinds when she had a party. I cant prove anything right now. I am almost positive thats what happend for several reasons. The party happend in July, Im working on figuring out the date, and getting the best list possible of people present. And then I am going to go from there. I just wish I had noticed it missing sooner, but I had no reason to do anything with it latley, and I dont inventory my garage on a weekly basis... I am VERY confident that it was not someone who happend to be driving down the alley, or someone who had been my guest in the garage.

No chance they are misplaced. I have searched high and low, and every nook and cranny in my garage. Kind of hard parts to just misplace in a 2 car garage.

Frank- It ****s that the dude ripped off your ****. If I were in your shoes... Well, Im not gonna talk big from behind a keyboard, but I would at very least be temped to do something that could ge my in trouble. For what its worth, some one told me if you loan a freind $100 and never see him again, that it was a good investment. Not shure how much it applies, but you get the idea.

 

Oh you'd be surprised at what I can misplace in my two car garage. I have a knack for misplacing wrenches I was just using.

Sorry about your parts, I know how that feels.

 

Here's a couple pics of mine.

 

Hey, everybody thanks for the concern, and please still keep your eyes open for the stuff.

But I do have a lead. Ive got the name of a kid, who was at that party, has an earned reputation as a theif, and was seen(by several people), hanging around in my garage. They sad he was smoking, but he had no reason to be in there, weather was nice, and everybody hangs out on the side yard. By tommrow I should have the kids name, phone number, and maybe where he lives.

Now, what to do from here?????

1. Take everything straight to the police(I have already filled a report, but I doubt anyone other than a desk cleark has looked at it or into what happend)

2. Go to his house, or track him down, and confront him about it.

Now, if he has stolen quite a bit of stuff, he probably wolnt just confess and give it back to the police. If I go and tell him Im pissed, I know he took it, and Im going to file charges If I dont get it back on the spot, he may cut his losses and just hand it over. If the police show up, hes likley to destroy it, or just trash it, so he doesnt get in trouble, and then its gone for good.

But on the flip side, Im working on hiring on to a fire department, and cant afford to be in any type of legal trouble, or I can good as kiss that job good-bye. Just something I have to keep in mind If I do confront him.

 

Not pointing any fingers, but heres one I saw on Egay last night .
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PONTIAC-SPALDING-FLAME-THROWER-DISTRIBUTOR-HOT-RAT-ROD_W0QQitemZ120027770483QQihZ002QQcategoryZ34205QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

The suspense is killing me...

 

Hey, thanks for the heads up, but thats not the one. Mine was like new,, perfect orignal paint, perfect caps, ect... I set it up on my motor, but never used it, and I dont think it had ever been used before, and if it had, it was so lightly that it would be hard to tell.

 

Hey Cory,
Sorry to hear that your"friends" ripped you off.
I notified my friends at the Sachse Rod Shop,and also
Don Ross (a local hot rod fabricator).
They can put alot of eyes and ears on the job!
MickeyD

 

Hate to say it man, but check some of the people that come over to your house. Looks to me like if thats all they took they knew where it was and probley have a use for it or know someone that wanted it. Hate to hear it anyways.