*Stolen Defender*(Post from Dweb) - Land Rovers Only

LANDY96 · 12-13-2006, 12:52 PM

Just tryin to help the guy out! This SUCKS!!

Hello 4x4 enthusiasts. I'm writing you due to a really sad and unpleasant experience. Someone has stolen my pride and joy 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 right out of my back yard while I slept! The larceny occurred around 4am early Sunday morning, December 10, 2006 in the Hillsboro Village area of Nashville, TN. She was unlocked and parked in my back yard, but behind a double locked gate. If you see her, please phone me immediately! 615.429.4502. I'm offering $500 for information that leads me to her, and $1000 for information that leads to the arrest of the scum that took her from me! If you forwarded this email/message to someone who gets either of those rewards, I'll give you $100. The VIN is SALDV3243VA122379.

As I'm sure all of you know, these are extremely rare and pricey vehicles, so even if the insurance company gives me everything that I've put into her over the years, I can't exactly go up to the local dealer and buy a new one. So recovering her is the best I can hope for. Here's some pictures attached. These pictures were taken awhile ago, but she essentially looks the same. You enthusiasts know that you've always got at least one or two projects going on at any given time but this is basically the last state she was in.

She's a NAS D90 SW #2342, Arles blue with Alpine top, auto trans, with air conditioning and the 4.0L petrol engine with two of the four jump seats installed. She has about 97K miles on her and is due for an oil change. The front windshield has a large spidered crack on the passenger side that's about a foot wide. Of note are that she has black diamond plating armor on the hood wings, side sills under the doors, and rear wings above the rear wheels. The trail lights are IPF, both on the bull bar and the light rack. Of particular note is that she has a custom installed Pioneer AVIC Z1 GPS/Audio/Video system that sits in the center console where the switches for rear defrost and such used to reside. The cigar lighter is relocated into the top of the console next to the shifter and there are several more located inside the console under the hatch. She also has a duel battery kit, with the switch on the bottom left of the drivers dash. She still has my vanity plate, "OLD PUNK", with expired tags (Sept 05) using the old style plates, NOT the new green Tennessee hills plates. She also has the spare tire off the rear carrier and a lighted skull in the rear hitch socket. She's got an OME suspension kit, but if you're looking underneath her, then something even worse has happened! Again, if you see her, phone immediately! 615.429.4502.

CASH REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HER RECOVERY AND/OR PROSECUTION!!!!

Thanks!

http://discoweb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29369

cellulararrest · 12-13-2006, 05:53 PM

Man if that was closer to me I'd go drive around the entire state to find that guy... And not for the money.

WCURoverD90 · 12-14-2006, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cellulararrest

Man if that was closer to me I'd go drive around the entire state to find that guy... And not for the money.

X2....Thats shitty that it got stolen....

daway · 12-26-2006, 12:18 PM

dam, that really sucks! just read the post. any word if he found the def? i wonder if he posted this w/ TN LR dealer, TN LR club? ben, TNLR3 lives down in that area. now it sounds, like the guy had it in the back yard lock up in a fence in area and someone was watch it for sometime? hopefully it didnt get copped up for parts.

TN-LR3 · 12-26-2006, 01:04 PM

Thats a local d-90, it's really nice and I have been looking for it every where I go

daway · 12-26-2006, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TN-LR3

Thats a local d-90, it's really nice and I have been looking for it every where I go

sounds like he put alot of mods and time on that def. that good that your looking around. u dont see that color on def's that much.

TN-LR3 · 12-26-2006, 10:36 PM

It's the only blue hardtop in town

antichrist · 12-27-2006, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TN-LR3

It's the only blue hardtop in town

Was. It's probably out of the country by now.

TN-LR3 · 12-27-2006, 06:46 PM

The area of town it was stolen from is a nice area but it's right near a place called edge hill which is not good at all. People from ede hill roam around the area alot and maybe it was a case of them needing a ride? but who knows, this is why i'm getting lowjack on top of my python alarm already installed which disables the ignition if triggered

coutermarshp · 12-28-2006, 07:32 AM

Man that's awful! I Too live in Green Hills and never have even thought about someone stealing anything nevermind a car behind a locked fence. I will keep my eyes open. Is there a tag on the Defender?

You should call LRN and see if anyone has inquired about service, sales, or parts for it.

Good Luck!

Patrick

acornhoek · 12-30-2006, 07:30 AM

That's some bad news......sounds like someone knew what they were going for. I suspect it's having a paint job and a rebuild title from a totaled D90 slapped on it.

flynn23 · 01-21-2007, 05:55 PM

Friends, my baby is back! Metro Nashville PD called me on January 8th (exactly 30 days) to say that she was in an impound yard. I rushed right over there to see her. She was listed as an abandoned vehicle and towed out of an apartment complex. Apparently someone at the complex called Metro between the 8th and the 18th. The officer who responded simply put an abandoned vehicle sticker on the windshield and called it a day. Didn't run the tags so they didn't know that it was stolen.

So then she sat there until Jan 7th when the wrecker picked her up for being abandoned! ARGH!!!!

Overall, she's in really good shape. I can't beleive the theives were dumb enough to just steal my AV system and two of my IPF trail lights! They even left 4 other lights! IDIOTS!!! The interior is a mess as you can see. The only 'mechanical' damage that I could determine was that there was a vacuum leak in the intake manifold (have had the same problem before, probably a hose with a hole in it) and the brakes felt really soft like there was some air in the hoses. She's at the local dealer getting the interior patched up and then back to the electronics store to replace the AV system installation.

Thanks again for everyone who sent me emails and encouragement. I really appreciate everyone trying to help out. Hopefully you'll be seeing me in her on the trail sometime soon!

discoverychannel · 01-21-2007, 07:26 PM

Glad to hear you have your baby back

Fortunatly most thieves are idiots lol

WCURoverD90 · 01-21-2007, 07:48 PM

Glad you got her back....Although you can buy another defender, theres nothing like the one you have regardless....No other one can be give you the same kind of relationship as you have with your first one....

keptin · 01-21-2007, 11:01 PM

congrats, im sure you are very very happy right now.....I'd nearly be in tears after hearing the good news if I were in the same situation.

Glad this story had a good ending.

12-13-2006, 12:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
LANDY96 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaumont, Texas Posts: 781 Gallery: 0	Stolen Defender(Post from Dweb) Just tryin to help the guy out! This SUCKS!! Hello 4x4 enthusiasts. I'm writing you due to a really sad and unpleasant experience. Someone has stolen my pride and joy 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 right out of my back yard while I slept! The larceny occurred around 4am early Sunday morning, December 10, 2006 in the Hillsboro Village area of Nashville, TN. She was unlocked and parked in my back yard, but behind a double locked gate. If you see her, please phone me immediately! 615.429.4502. I'm offering $500 for information that leads me to her, and $1000 for information that leads to the arrest of the scum that took her from me! If you forwarded this email/message to someone who gets either of those rewards, I'll give you $100. The VIN is SALDV3243VA122379. As I'm sure all of you know, these are extremely rare and pricey vehicles, so even if the insurance company gives me everything that I've put into her over the years, I can't exactly go up to the local dealer and buy a new one. So recovering her is the best I can hope for. Here's some pictures attached. These pictures were taken awhile ago, but she essentially looks the same. You enthusiasts know that you've always got at least one or two projects going on at any given time but this is basically the last state she was in. She's a NAS D90 SW #2342, Arles blue with Alpine top, auto trans, with air conditioning and the 4.0L petrol engine with two of the four jump seats installed. She has about 97K miles on her and is due for an oil change. The front windshield has a large spidered crack on the passenger side that's about a foot wide. Of note are that she has black diamond plating armor on the hood wings, side sills under the doors, and rear wings above the rear wheels. The trail lights are IPF, both on the bull bar and the light rack. Of particular note is that she has a custom installed Pioneer AVIC Z1 GPS/Audio/Video system that sits in the center console where the switches for rear defrost and such used to reside. The cigar lighter is relocated into the top of the console next to the shifter and there are several more located inside the console under the hatch. She also has a duel battery kit, with the switch on the bottom left of the drivers dash. She still has my vanity plate, "OLD PUNK", with expired tags (Sept 05) using the old style plates, NOT the new green Tennessee hills plates. She also has the spare tire off the rear carrier and a lighted skull in the rear hitch socket. She's got an OME suspension kit, but if you're looking underneath her, then something even worse has happened! Again, if you see her, phone immediately! 615.429.4502. CASH REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HER RECOVERY AND/OR PROSECUTION!!!! Thanks! http://discoweb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29369 __________________ Eric The Red 93 Range Rover Classic We will never "arrive" so the goal is to keep moving forward on our journey so we can periodically declare, "I am not what I want to be, but I am not what I used to be!" 96 DISCO SE7 5-SPEED SOLD ....okay couldn't live without a disco! 96 DISCO SD 5-SPEED -ARB Bumper -OME 2" Lift -2" spacers -Safari snorkel -15" steelies

12-13-2006, 05:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
cellulararrest 94 Defender 90 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chester, NH Posts: 1,055 Gallery: 0	Man if that was closer to me I'd go drive around the entire state to find that guy... And not for the money. __________________ S.N.H.L.R.

12-26-2006, 12:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
daway Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: St. Croix Valley, MN Posts: 1,293 Gallery: 0	dam, that really sucks! just read the post. any word if he found the def? i wonder if he posted this w/ TN LR dealer, TN LR club? ben, TNLR3 lives down in that area. now it sounds, like the guy had it in the back yard lock up in a fence in area and someone was watch it for sometime? hopefully it didnt get copped up for parts. __________________ 1993 RRC, county LWB "bertha" 1991 RRC (dad's), parting out (email me or check out the link below) myroverworld

12-26-2006, 01:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
TN-LR3 Ben Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nashville,TN Posts: 641 Gallery: 0	Thats a local d-90, it's really nice and I have been looking for it every where I go __________________ 1997 D-90 #1345- Bunch of stuff 1992 RRC LSE- for sale/ maybe crawler project 2002 Dodge ram 2500CTD- dd/tow rig

12-26-2006, 10:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
TN-LR3 Ben Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nashville,TN Posts: 641 Gallery: 0	It's the only blue hardtop in town __________________ 1997 D-90 #1345- Bunch of stuff 1992 RRC LSE- for sale/ maybe crawler project 2002 Dodge ram 2500CTD- dd/tow rig

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12-27-2006, 06:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
TN-LR3 Ben Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nashville,TN Posts: 641 Gallery: 0	The area of town it was stolen from is a nice area but it's right near a place called edge hill which is not good at all. People from ede hill roam around the area alot and maybe it was a case of them needing a ride? but who knows, this is why i'm getting lowjack on top of my python alarm already installed which disables the ignition if triggered __________________ 1997 D-90 #1345- Bunch of stuff 1992 RRC LSE- for sale/ maybe crawler project 2002 Dodge ram 2500CTD- dd/tow rig

12-28-2006, 07:32 AM	#10 (permalink)
coutermarshp Patrick Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nashville Posts: 18 Gallery: 0	Man that's awful! I Too live in Green Hills and never have even thought about someone stealing anything nevermind a car behind a locked fence. I will keep my eyes open. Is there a tag on the Defender? You should call LRN and see if anyone has inquired about service, sales, or parts for it. Good Luck! Patrick __________________ 2002 Discovery II SE Rovertym 3" lift ARB Bull bar Rovertym rear Bumper Goodyear 285/75/16 MTR's Custom rock sliders and skid plate Warn M8000 Hella 500's DBA rotors and kevlar pads ""Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.""

12-30-2006, 07:30 AM	#11 (permalink)
acornhoek Getting the mud off..... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: OKC Posts: 962 Gallery: 0	That's some bad news......sounds like someone knew what they were going for. I suspect it's having a paint job and a rebuild title from a totaled D90 slapped on it. __________________ ’61 IIA 88 \| ’63 IIA 88 \| ’69 IIA 109 Carawagon \| ’98 D1 \| ’96 D1 5spd \|'97 D90

01-21-2007, 05:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
flynn23 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 Gallery: 0	Found!!!! Friends, my baby is back! Metro Nashville PD called me on January 8th (exactly 30 days) to say that she was in an impound yard. I rushed right over there to see her. She was listed as an abandoned vehicle and towed out of an apartment complex. Apparently someone at the complex called Metro between the 8th and the 18th. The officer who responded simply put an abandoned vehicle sticker on the windshield and called it a day. Didn't run the tags so they didn't know that it was stolen. So then she sat there until Jan 7th when the wrecker picked her up for being abandoned! ARGH!!!! Overall, she's in really good shape. I can't beleive the theives were dumb enough to just steal my AV system and two of my IPF trail lights! They even left 4 other lights! IDIOTS!!! The interior is a mess as you can see. The only 'mechanical' damage that I could determine was that there was a vacuum leak in the intake manifold (have had the same problem before, probably a hose with a hole in it) and the brakes felt really soft like there was some air in the hoses. She's at the local dealer getting the interior patched up and then back to the electronics store to replace the AV system installation. Thanks again for everyone who sent me emails and encouragement. I really appreciate everyone trying to help out. Hopefully you'll be seeing me in her on the trail sometime soon! Attached Thumbnails

01-21-2007, 07:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
discoverychannel Anywhere Is... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: WV home/VA school Posts: 36 Gallery: 0	Glad to hear you have your baby back Fortunatly most thieves are idiots lol __________________ Happy with my 96 Disco...[SIGPIC]

01-21-2007, 07:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
WCURoverD90 RIP Trooper Shawn Blanton Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lake Wylie, SC Posts: 6,742 Gallery: 10	Glad you got her back....Although you can buy another defender, theres nothing like the one you have regardless....No other one can be give you the same kind of relationship as you have with your first one.... __________________ "All those that believe in Telekinesis, Raise my hand' "If I wanted a Hummer, I would call your girlfriend" Rovers 97 Defender 90 Soft Top 2005 LR3 HSE 1956 Series 1 107 Tow Truck

01-21-2007, 11:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
keptin Roads?...Where we're going, we don't need roads... Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,365 Gallery: 0	congrats, im sure you are very very happy right now.....I'd nearly be in tears after hearing the good news if I were in the same situation. Glad this story had a good ending. __________________ Josh Shapiro DII Photos at www.kep1.com

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