They must have wanted a trophy

[WFODAN]

Well I stayed home from Glamis this weekend to get some stuff done on the race truck . I woke up this morning to get started , and when I got outside I see that some waste of life has stolen my hood . As I looked at the truck a few things ran threw my mind . First off is the hood is un useable to anybody else but me because of its modifications . It will stick out like a soar thumb . Second , they didn't try to take anything else . I guess you could say i was lucky , but I look at it more like they were really stupid theives . Third , if you are going to steal my hood and then try to wipe off my car to get rid of your fingerprints you left ................... Make sure you wipe both sides idiot !!!! Nevertheless somebody got nothing more than a wall trophy , because like I said it has been modified to be a one of a kind hood , so having it on their truck would be a dumb thing to do . With how close knit the dezert community is , somebody will see it someday , either in someones garage on the wall or on their truck . Then i will come and run you over for fun . Until then enjoy my hood !!!


The sad part is that I have parked my race trucks in the same spot for over 7 years now without ever having any problems . Nothing really gets stolen where I park them . I guess because of a loser now I have to keep my truck at the shop 24/7 . That's sad !!


To anyone that might know who took it ......... I'll make you a deal ............ I'll give you $1,000.00 to get me info on it and I will handle it myself . Simple as that . You get a grand , and I get back a $200.00 hood , and some satisfaction of knowing that someone has been educated on the consciquences of stealing someones stuff .

[In_the_works]

A bounty! I like the idea. Hope you find the jackass.

[Tyson]

Hey Dan, what if I get you another 200 dollar hodd then I keep the difference of a grand??

No I'm sorry to hear this BS as well, I keep my truck parked on the street in the same city. I just dont like to hear crap like this.

You know I'll be keeping my eye out - you talk to the neighbors yet?

Tyson

[GFC]

Dan, i have never taken an up close and personal look at your hood before, what are the distinct characteristics of it so that i can keep an eye out for it. a grand in hand would be nice but watching the thief get educated would be reward enuff if you ask me!

[mattrick8888]

i posted this on the dezertrangers.com forum for you dan. hope you catch him!

[WFODAN]

Thanks Matt for putting it up on DR .

As for the hood ............ I had to make two holes in the back corners of ( 1 1/2 inch holes ) it to clear the top of the King Bumpstops . The front is also cut where my bumper runs threw it . Like I said , it must be someone that wanted to put it in their garage , because there is no way you can miss it on a truck . I have only seen one other truck ever with the same Hanneman coversion glass in the front that my truck has . That's one total !!! Some punk might have taken it though thinking it fits his tacoma , and he thought the scoop was cool ........ Who knows . When he finds out it doesn't fit then he'll probably try to sell it or something , or like I said just keep it on the wall . Thanks for the help guys .

[Bonzen]

Dan that F'n sucks..I know the feeling. I'll keep my eyes open for it and I'll spread the word to the SD crew down here. Talk to you later man.

-Ryan

[martininsocal]

Hey Dan- Good luck in finding this piece of CR^P! And I will agree with you...don't involve the cops, otherwise nothing will happen except your hood will end up in an evidence locker and the $hithole who stole it will most likely get probabtion for 60 days! This whole attitude about letting people steal your stuff because it is only stuff is BS! I work for the stuff I have, no one gives it to me. It is not easily replaceable, and it did cost ME money, so why shouldn't I be able to maim or mangle some guy trying to split with my Foxes?

And just a few words of advice...-throw down butter knife-

[WFODAN]

Actually the cops did come out and make a report and also took the prints off the truck that the idiot forgot to wipe off . I would just rather get it myself because I know they never will . Like I said it was never the money of the hood that made me mad , it was the time I took on it to make it fit perfect and such . The funniest thing I remembered was the RDC stickers that were on the hood . I wonder if the clown is reading the threads right now ?? Oh well one day I will find who did it , then vengence will be mine !!

[WFODAN]

Funny thing happened to me over the weekend .......... A guy called Total Chaos and asked Nicole if she could get ahold of me to have me sign an old hood of mine he has . She gave him my number and he called me up . I told him I wasn't going to sign it but I did want it back since it was stolen . He came up with a bs story about buying it from an asian guy at the swap meet for 20 bucks . When I asked how he knew it was mine , he had no answer . Anyway , I got his home number and address so I will be going over to get my hood this week . Should be exciting to say the least !!! After all this time someone calls and asks if I can sign the hood .............. Fish has three words for situations like this .

[tim_krueger]

i wanna go

[matt_helton]

you should roll over to his place and sign his jaw with your knuckles.............i wanna go too.....how sweet would it be for like 20 guys to show up at this poor saps house.....hahaha

[empire231]

yeah...if he's the one who acctually stole it, I doubt he would want to get a hold of you to have you sign it...think about it. he probably bought it from the guy who did steal it...and if he did know it was stolen, again, he wouldn't want to contact you.

[frankh]

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yeah...if he's the one who acctually stole it, I doubt he would want to get a hold of you to have you sign it...think about it. he probably bought it from the guy who did steal it...and if he did know it was stolen, again, he wouldn't want to contact you.

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Yea but if that is the case he should have no problem giving it back for $20.

[WFODAN]

[ QUOTE ]
yeah...if he's the one who acctually stole it, I doubt he would want to get a hold of you to have you sign it...think about it. he probably bought it from the guy who did steal it...and if he did know it was stolen, again, he wouldn't want to contact you.

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Dan : Where did you get my hood ??

Guy on the phone : From an asian guy at the swap meet .....

Dan : Really ... What else was he selling ??

Guy on the phone : Ohhhh .... Just asian stuff ......

Dan : Ok well I want it back .

Guy on the phone : No prkblem , my chick lives right around the corner from you .... I am there all the time .

Dan : How do you know where I live ??

Guy on the phone : Ohhhhh Ummmmm I heard you live in HB right ??

Dan : Ya I do , hey by the way ..... How did you know the hood was mine ??

Guy on the phone : Ummmmm hey man I got another call ..... I'll get ahold of you again after the weekend . By the way , do you race or something ?? If you do it would be cool to go to a race . ( end of call )


You tell me ...............

[mustafa]

Kick his a$$ seabass!

[empire231]

OK ...now that sounds right. go get your hood!

[MikeAdams]

I used to wonder how thieves slept at night. That conversation proves that stupidity can overcome insomnia....

[Brian Mapes]

What an idiot, i cant believe some one would be that stupid.

[Timmah]

Hey Dan,
Didn't the cops lift some fingerprints after the crime? Now is your chance to make us proud and fry this Fidiot!

[5racer]

that is just way to funny you should give this story to the press and let them run with it.has to be able to make the front page of the worlds most stupidest thieves .glad ya gota back talk about gettin lucky wow .

[obr184]

What an idiot, how can someone be so stupid?? Is there any other way he could have known it was your hood?? have you actually got it back yet??

[roach]

so what time are we meeting outside his house???? can i invite some outside friends just for the sporting event?? we can have a raffle as to who goes first, you know. maybe after you sign his face with your fist, we can sign his vehicle with some spray cans, "LOSER THEIF" what do you think?

[Jordan]

If this is the guy that stole your hood, then called you to have you sign it, then didnt even think about what he would say when you asked questions.....this is probably the stupidest kid I have heard about in a while!

[John_Bitting]

Darwin Award candidate.

[Bryan_D]

Man I would drive from Phx to join in the festivities for this one. I HATE THIEFS!!!!!! Make a good whoop out of him at ROR for Dirt Wars. http://www.race-dezert.com/vb3/attachments/old/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[elcaprerunner]

Guy on the phone : From an asian guy at the swap meet .....

Dan : Really ... What else was he selling ??

Guy on the phone : Ohhhh .... Just asian stuff ......


Did that make anyone else burst out laughing like it did me?? http://www.race-dezert.com/vb3/attachments/old/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Cameron]

I wonder if he was selling RICE and CHOPSTICKS?

[LANDINX]

You should take pics of this guy I want to see this dumbass and his reaction.

[slimjim]

That is too stupid to believe. If guy on the phone stole it - whoa - shock and awe. I usually try not to be the voice of reason, but you might just call the police, because either way, guy on phone is in possesion of stolen property - whether he bought it or not. I just dont want to read about WFO DAN in trouble w/law over chump theif. I do want to hear how this story ends. Good luck.

[SANDlessNSeattle]

DAANNGG ...WHATTA FAWKTARD....Dan don't beat this kid ........he's already way tooo stupid

[gary]

dan...

what happened?? any new updates??

just curious on the outcome of this one....

[Bryan_D]

As of the last MDR race nothing had happened. I was curious as well and wanted to make a road trip for the occasion.

[tedmales]

so whats the word, i thought there was going to be some asswhoopin? the great dan vance has let this go?

[Grampsryde]

wel its been almost a year since the hood was stolen, and a few months since you found out who has it, what ever happened with this? let us know, hope you got it back

[SpareChangeRacng]

It doesn't seem like Dan got the guys info when he was on the phone, and it doesn't seem like he had caller ID to see who was calling and call them back. Might be a lost cause???

[WFODAN]

No I got his info .......... The funny thing was that he read this thread and got worried and has been ducking me for the last two months . He still has it and I will still get it back . Don't worry Tedmales I am on top of it .

[racer951]

Any news?

[WFODAN]

Well after a year and a few months I got my hood back . Of all places , I found the guy threw the good old RDC classifieds . He was selling a steal stock hood for his Tacoma , so I thought what the heck , I'll look at the contact info to see if it is the same guy that changed his number to try and avoid me . Sure enough the name was the same , and he was even nice ( read stupid ) enough to leave his work number for his ad . To my surprise , he worked at a place that I knew , so I called and made sure he really worked there . I talked to a friend of mine that was his indirect boss and told him this was the guy that stole my hood . Well he told the guy that I was coming down for my hood so he had better bring it to work with him . The kid still sticks to his lame story of the " asain guy from the swapmeet " , but needless to say I got it back yesterday . In the end karma caught upto the kid also as he is now a member of the unemployed ( of course not because of this situation ) . All in all it took a while , but as I said all along , I would get it back one way or another . Thanks to RDC for having a classifieds section , and thanks to the kid for being dumb enough to post an ad on it . Good times !!

[1450-ranger]

Way to Go dan, You should put the hood back on your new yota!

[jdillon971]

Ahhh...Sweet sweet revenge. And closure as well.

[Bryan_D]

To bad the truck is elsewhere now, is it getting shipped?? Also to bad there wasnt any physical damage as well. But I guess being unemployed is even worse especially when the next company tries to ask for a referral.

[TROPHYSEDAN]

Atleast it was only your hood and not your whole car.And it was not your brother that ripped you off.Good to hear you got it back.