Hi troops, here is the quick story. Someone stole the trailer I bought from Jim Murphy on Friday night (01-29-05) and the MasterCar was inside. An Alcohol funny car racer saw it on the street in Ontario, he thought it was weird, still had some OSH signs on it, he called Kurt Kuhns who call Jim Murphy who called me...Alex and I are on the way to retrieve it and from what the guy said it is a mess, they tried to pull the engine but failed but all tools etc are gone...they did steal the fuel tank which is very unique and I don't know what else...this is a heads up as that tank is one of a kind and could lead us to someone...more later after we see what is left. John

A big thank you to a guy named Rick Murdoch, he works on a alcohol funny car, he found the trailer near his home, looked funny to him being there, saw it was broke into and saw my dragster. He called Kurt Kuhns who called Jim Murphy (the trailer still had some OSH logos on it and the WW2 logo) who called me...had Rick not taken notice of the trailer I am sure by the end of tonight there would have been nothing left.

I can not tell you all how pissed I am...Alex And I picked up the trailer, they tried to steal the engine and only managed to F--- things up. Body is thrashed, fuel tank and lines are gone. Drive line cover gone. At a quick glance here's what else is missing...

Aluminum floor jack

Two of Larry Mursch's battery packs for my starters

All the aluminum supports for the canopy

Two custom Radius rods that Alex made at his American Roadster and two sets of his custom engine mounts (can be see on his website americanroadster.com)

four fuel bottles (I hope the full one blows up!!!!!)

A full Craftsman tool box worth of tools

Trailer generator (the trailer has thousands of dollars of damage)

a bunch of Firestone Destination BigFoot die cast cars

EZ Lift Trailer stinger and mounts

Four brand new Aluminum jack stands

Four brand new Aluminum wheel dollies

To top it off the assholes shot a can of EZ Off oven cleaner all over the car and trailer (it was there for Youngblood to use to remove some paint) All the aluminum will need polishing at least.

I'm sure we will find more missing after we check the shop. Anyone in the Ontario area keep your eyes open, I figure all the aluminum parts will show up at a scrap yard out there.


Thank you all for your concern...we will fix it...I have to...it will be the only way I will settle down...when it is all pretty again. John E

DETAILED LIST:

The detailed list is VERY long (mainly tools) but here is a general list of what was stolen that can be posted.

Aluminum NASCAR floor jack

Aluminum 8 foot folding car ramps

Custom dragster fuel tank

Custom aluminum case with two Lenco 8" long driveshafts with greek couplers and collars.

Chrome drive shaft cover

3 Stainless braided fuel lines, approx 8' long

Hydrometer

Two Miersch battery packs for my starters

Large Craftsman tool box worth of tools, everything needed to work on a fuel car.
Craftsman and Mac

3/8' & 1/2" air tools

All the aluminum supports for the 30' X 12' canopy & 30' X 12' canvas canopy

Two custom Radius rods that Alex made at his American Roadster and two sets of his custom engine mounts (can be see on his website americanroadster.com)

Four 5 gallon fuel bottles with nitro

Gentex 750K generator

12 Firestone Destination BigFoot die cast trucks
M&J Machine Stabilizer bladder

EZ Lift Trailer stinger and mounts & anti sway bar

Four brand new Aluminum jack stands

Four brand new Aluminum wheel dollies

Portable air tank 5 gal. blue with WDIFL.com lettering on it.

Electric scooter, all aluminum, red & black

Large car cover

10 X 20 EZ up canopy, blue

Two vintage custom painted Bell helmets, one orange and one blue & white both with John on them.

Two Bell Helmet soft helmet bags

A black two piece Simpson fire suit with my name and BankAmericar AA/FD on it.

Two pairs Simpson new style driving gloves, one red, one black

A vintage silver two piece Simpson fire suit with two sets each of gloves, boots, masks. vintage goggles.

One piece Simpson single layer fire suit, blue in color.

Simpson racing shoes, black size 11.

Pyrotec racing shoes, red size 11.

Display stands and photo boards.

Fender amp/speaker system and microphone.

Large Halon Fire extinguisher.

8500lb Tow Rope 8500 yellow - 20'

Two 3" wide 6' long ratchet tie downs

Pair of hand held Cobra walkie talkies

Cirello Buzz box

Camera tri pod and dolly

Hi everyone, thanks again for the kind words...the bad news continues...I have found much more missing that may show up at swap meets and Ebay...My black Simpson firesuit, has BankAmericar AA/FD on it and Firestone patches. My vintage silver Simpson firesuit, gloves, boots & mask. My black goggles (like Brenden sells) My silver goggles (the originals) Simpson driving shoes. Both Bell helmets, Orange (the MasterCar) with John on it and the candy white, & blue one like the BankAmericar colors with John on it. These items are going to be hard to replace so please keep your eyes open. They also got the drive shafts for both cars (I only put them in when we push start) Lenco can make new ones. They even nailed my electric scooter ( guess Don will have to walk at the next CHRR) trying to keep my humor up but I feel so close to just throwing up...this is a very sick feeling. Here's what Alex and I found when we recovered the trailer. John

They tried to use the cross beam in the trailer to lift the engine.

Even though the keys to open the cabinets were in the doors on a few they still ripped off some doors.

Tool box destroyed and empty, engine all un-bolted ready to lift out, that is the side body panel sticking out to the left.

Weird, they removed the Zeus buttons but still mangled the cowl..I need to kill someone...

The morons taped over the OSH logo on the rear door, like that hid what it was?

What's left of the tool box, just trying to remember what all I had in there makes me dizzy...God this sucks!

The shelf on the left held all the rigging for the full length canopy, all aluminum...now headed for a scrap yard...shit!

Side door was just ripped open.

Please keep your eyes and ears open as I know you will, spread the word to your other groups...nailing these guys would make my century! The police can't do much...just hope some parts show up.

This was 10 years ago, the chances of anything that was stolen being found is next to impossible. However, if any of this rings a bell, contact me at: John's Parts