Two Impalas, a 57 Bel Air snatched up without paying at auctions, and this real nice Corvette rolled away from a hotel in my home town. The whole car week of events is a real cool time to live in Monterey - there are many free admission events to go to and even the rolling show of hundreds of unusual classics, rods, exotics on the streets all week is a joy.

Ticks me off that the police chief says it's unusual for cars to be stolen during the events. The same thing happens when the Moto GP races are in town, motorcycles are stolen left and right.

I feel real bad for the Vette owner - see the thread on what looks like a sister site for Corvette enthusiasts.

1962 Corvette Stolen in Pacific Grove - Corvette Forum

 

Hi Barovelli, & thanks for posting/sharing & reminding `us that there is always Bad people in our world. It's sad & I hope the thieves get caught & sentenced to a Bad Place 4 Bad People

That 62 `Vette is awesome...If I had possession of those cars, I'd have full time security around them with order's to > Shoot any attempts to tamper or take any of my rides...

Sometimes, ok, many times it is stressful to have a nice ride & worry about someone hurting `it or taking `it...I hope there's a special place in hell for people like this...

 

I hate thieves. They're the lowest form of life

 

Same here. No use for thieves.

 

I remember a thief drove away with one of the cars for the Detroit Auto Show a couple years ago. I think it was a Mercedes if I remember correctly. Took advantage of that vulnerable time when the cars are being off-loaded from the trucks, and are sitting outside in the staging area waiting for their turn to go inside.

That's what happens when people just assume "he must work here".

 

That would suck to have your car stolen, especially a rare classic. I dont know how they do it, I'd be too scared to get caught. I knew a guy that would take guns from stores like kmart and just walk out the front door with them. Around here they just had them on the shelf behind the counter so he would wait until the staff was busy and he'd grab one and stick some paid tape on it and off he'd go. Nobody even ever stopped him

 

Corvette found - a bit beat up but it's back in the hands of it's owner

Classic Car Week thefts: Vintage Corvette found - MontereyHerald.com :

 

Man that's a real shame the shape of the Corvette. Probably thousands of dollars in damage from a stolen joy-ride

 

That's so screwed. I feel bad for the Vette owner...glad they got it back, to bad it's damaged though.