Bizzare theft

[landyacht67]

I just had a guy in work to buy an alarm because someone stole the catalytic convertor off his oddessy van!?!?!? They torched it off, :eek: they didn't even unbolt it! I've never heard of this, they didn't even steal his cd player.


Julian

[WS6]

hahahahaha that's great. now please let all of us know where this took place so we can be sure never to go anywhere near that area.

[68BNUT]

Thats just odd! Ive never even heard of that. Tell us how much it is when he replaces it maybe that will explain everything!

[mikey]

It was probably stolen for scrap some have a high platinum content. Last time I took some to sell a few were up to $100 plus.They've been stealing the copper out of the substations around since the price sky rockected.

[Bill Howell]

Mike is correct, scrap converters are big business now, and some cars have extra high dollar ones. Must be knowledgeable theives.

[Stupidnewbie]

Someone once stole the starter off my Ford Ranger while parked at the college dorms. They crawled under and unbolted the thing, I couldn't believe someone would go to that effort for a $55 part.

[EFI69Cam]

I thought "It fell off" or "someone stole it" were excuses for a aftermarket high flow converter.

The cats fell off my 99 Corvette a couple months after I got it.

[Norwoodx55]

The cats fell off my 99 Corvette a couple months after I got it.

How unfortunate. Bet it runs like crap now.:razz:

[gman]

I live in the san francisco bay area, and they just had a story in the newspaper last week about converters being stolen alot around here now.

[*i2ayman*]

you guys have really strict emmissions laws dont you? Could this be a motivator behind the theft?

[cudaman]

I saw one last fall that had been removed in an apartment complex lot with a hacksaw. The owner was just baffled. I think it was a small Japanese car, if memory serves.