Stolen Taco update

[INJUNTOM]

Just got home with it. Someone saw my craigslist reward ad and called me. The story that I got and believe is that the the dad and older son bought it from a guy at the corner store for the younger brother, then saw the ad on craigslist when they realized what happened. Long story short is I gave them their money back and gave them a doodlebug project I had so the little brother wouldn't be so bummed out.

Only a couple chips in the powdercoat that are hardly visible and some fuel issues on the Clinton 2 stroke tank's paint that I can fix quickly.

Unbelievable considering how large this area is.

 

[Square_Chopper]

:thumbsup: Glad you got it back Tom!

 

[butch63]

awesome news man:thumbsup: i love happy endings:smile:

 

[1stlegendtx]

Your a lucky guy.

 

[catfishman]

glad you got it back, and way to go giving them money back, and a another toy. it still looks good to me:thumbsup:

 

[Bikerscum]

Great news :thumbsup:

Curious as to how much they paid for it? Just how dumb was the thief?

 

[Mr Graphic]

Great to hear Tom!

 

[cheezy1]

Awesome!:thumbsup:..And that was very nice gesture to the people who had it. You couldve just taken it and left them with nothing. That was a class act thing to do.:thumbsup:

 

[Phil1958]

Good news all around! You got your ride back and
an honest dad showed his son its best to do the
right thing :thumbsup:

 

[manchester1]

WOW....That is just awesome. I am very happy for you:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Toycartony]

Pretty cool!! I bet you thought you would never get it back?

 

[YOOP]

good to hear.nice there's some standup people still out there :thumbsup:

 

[INJUNTOM]

Yep, never thought I'd get it back. I visualized it painted over, stripped, crashed and thrashed, etc.

Definately good people out there still.

 

[INJUNTOM]

I also worried what would happen to the engine if they used straight gas. Looks like they did fire it because I painted red inside the pipe after we ran it on the test stand and never fired it again. They said the fuel bowl was off so I imagine it didn't run right so they started tearing into it.

 

[mrpat]

Congrats on getting it back!

 

[Neck]

Great news! Boy if that bike could talk.

 

[buckeye]

Now there some good news!:thumbsup:

 

[superflea]

Tom you are a class act! You definitely paid it forward and I'm glad you got the Taco back in the process. Way to go Bud!

Fred

 

[old-timer]

That's fantastic Tom !! Honestly I never thought you'd see it again. As others have said, it's nice to see that there are still honest stand up people in this crazy world of ours.

And kudos to you for what you did as well :thumbsup: I'm sure the father+son who bought it had no clue it was stolen by the sounds of it. Happy ending for both parties :wink:

Really happy for you my friend !!

Vic

 

[Stangrcr1]

Great news! Glad you got it back. And way to go for the guy's son. :thumbsup: