VW Campervan Stolen on friday night

[Mary McGeown]

I had my lovely campervan stolen on friday between 9pm and 7am saturday morning. It was parked on Crystal Palace Rd opposite number 32. Its a westfalia circa 1978 red and white, reg 0AA 231T. I think it was checked out earlier by two men who were parked up nearby for a while in a grey car - I know that's not much to go on but if you have a campervan look out because they are being stolen, and if anyone has any info /thoughts whatever please let me know

[TheArtfulDogger]

Sorry to hear about your bus being stolen

Was it alarmed in any way ?

I will keep an eye out, do you have any pictures ?

[HannahSE23]

So sorry to hear this. I have a VW camper and would be devastated if it was stolen. Have had an immobiliser fitted but they're worth money these days. Hope you recover it.

[Mary McGeown]

Heres a photo - not the best but gives an idea - and no it wasn't alarmed - something I hadn't got round to which is now a source of some regret - its usually parked elsewhere so I wasn't as alert to the theft issue as I could have been....

[computedshorty]

DVLA Trace reveals;

OAA231T Volkswagon

Please be aware that if the vehicle has recently been relicensed or a SORN declared, these details may not yet be updated on the vehicle record.

Might have been impounded.

[dv1]

computedshorty Wrote:

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> DVLA Trace reveals;

>

> OAA231T Volkswagon

>

> Please be aware that if the vehicle has recently

> been relicensed or a SORN declared, these details

> may not yet be updated on the vehicle record.

>

> Might have been impounded.

If you'd checked DVLA you'd have seen that it's taxed until 1 Mar 2013. So what was the point of the message?

[TheArtfulDogger]

Nice looking van

It's a bit too late to advise Mary to fit an alarm or tracker, but other dub owners should if they haven't already as they are old (and valuable)vehicles which aren't that hard to steal compared to modern cars and vans

Mary, I can advise putting a stolen notice on http://thelatebay.com/ in the stolen section as someone may have seen it

I hope you recover it soon as it is upsetting when a classic vehicle is stolen

[Mary McGeown]

Thanks for this - will do

[Mary McGeown]

thanks for this

[Mary McGeown]

well - thanks for this as well....

[Albert Fegg]

Ouch. Sorry to hear about this Mary.

I hope it gets returned to you one way or another.

I was advised to always park with the front wheels turned so they are tightly in contact with the kerb. This makes it difficult to get apparatus under the wheels to lift the vehicle on to a flatbed.

[Charlotte1988]

Sorry to hear about this - I hope you get it back :)