[ihc] Busted (was Re: ihc-digest V7 #226)

["T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

-David,

--- Were you the one who had your axle stolen off the Scout, while it sat in
front of the garage in the driveway... or something to that effect, maybe
between the garage and house. Someone a year and a half or so ago said that
there axle was stolen right off the front of the Scout and it was within a
stone's throw from the house.

---If so, COOL! I love to hear when a thief is caught with their fly open.
The biggest... ummmm "Kelly" I knew was a girlfriend's little brother. He
had taken a gun rack full of firearms from my house in Michigan and would
have gotten away with the theft unsuspected, if he didn't try and sell them
to a best friend's father. The kid was only two years younger than I and
was* well respected and trusted by me.

---Thank you,
-T.R.E.Jr.
-`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
-`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
-`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
-`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Nuenke" <dnuenke@domain.elided>
To: <LIFTED79CJ7@domain.elided>; <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 9:53 PM
Subject: [ihc] Re: ihc-digest V7 #226


> I don't usually participate in these discussions, but I think you
> need to see the other side. Good for you if you pulled your axles
> from a rusted beyond repair rig. Unfortunatly it doesn't always work
> that way. I had a case last year where I had a front axle jacked from
> UNDERNEATH a truck. It was an 800 parts rig that I had at a buddy's
> house, went over to see him and noticed something looked odd and took
> a look. I was pissed more due to the principle than anything because
> it was a Dana 27... (this was in Rapid City SD where theft of any
> kind is quite rare, especially something that obvious). Well fast
> forward a year and a bit, I ran into a group of Jeep guys playing in
> the snow the other day and joined in for a bit. Afterwards we started
> talking about our rigs, and one of the guys started bragging on how
> he and one of his buddies made a visit to the "midnight auto parts"
> last year to get his Scout front end. I let him continue to dig his
> own grave deeper until I opened my mouth. I simply asked him for $150
> or my axle back, his jaw just about dropped. He started talking BS
> until I grabed my cell phone from my pocket and offered to call the
> Sherrif to report his aquisition. Suddenly he became much more
> negotiable......
>
> In short I commend you for deciding to restore a Scout, however
> please understand that IH guys have plenty of good reason to be
> apprehensive about Jeep guys asking pointed questions about Scouts.
>
> Dave