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Car thieves are ‘bloody mongrels’ Jacob Chandler
Workers at a Brightwater car yard say thieves who stole one of their cars and left it on the Spooners Range without it motor are “bloody mongrels”. A salesperson at Dowell Wholesale Cars, Vanessa Gilbertson says they noticed a car was missing last Thursday morning. When it was discovered to be a $12,000 Mitsubishi Triton ute she took to social media to spread the word of the missing car. It was found two days later on the Spooners Range, missing its engine, radiator, tailgate, spare tyre and tool box. It also had its dashboard and windows smashed. “We’re not happy, they’re just bloody mongrels. “The insurance company believe it was targeted for the engine because it not a common vehicle to be stolen.” Although upsetting, the theft isn’t thought to be linked with a recent spate of car thefts in
the region. Last week, Nelson police arrested two teenage boys in connection with the thefts. Police say the offenders are searching for cars that are unlocked. They then take anything of value and, if the keys are still in the car, they take it for a joyride. “We have had very few cars broken into. In the majority of these cases people have left their car unlocked and with keys inside. “Offenders are telling us they go around trying car doors and when they find one unlocked they’re straight in. They’ll take anything of value and if the owner is generous enough to have left the keys as well, they’ll take the vehicle for a spin as well,” says Senior Sergeant Shane Miles. Over the past month, 26 cars have been stolen from the wider Nelson region. “My message to the public is lock your car, even when it’s parked at home,” says Shane.
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Organiser of New Zealand’s biggest ready-to-run slot car event, the NSR Challenge Cup II, Tony Cook, with some of the cars that will be raced this weekend. Photo: Monique Bergman.
Slot car comeback in Hope
Monique Bergman
Slot car racing is making a comeback, with New Zealand’s biggest ready-to-run slot car event being held in Hope this weekend. Tony Cook has always had a passion for slot car racing, it started back in 1967 when he stumbled across a commercial raceway in Bolt Road, Tahunanui. From that moment on he was hooked and used to bike down to the raceway
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and pay fifty cents to race cars all afternoon. Over the years, time and family commitments got in the way, but the love of racing never left him. Once a very popular hobby and sport, sadly, there are no commercial race tracks in New Zealand nowadays, however, Tony says the sport is making a resurgence. “Around 12 years ago, the Nelson Slot Car Racing Club went into hiatus, but a friend approached me
about four years ago and said that we should start it up again. The club awoke from its slumber and it just all grew from there,” says Tony. There are now 18 members in the Nelson Slot Car Club, with other members from outside the region travelling to Tony’s property in Hope to take part regularly. Last year, Tony organised the first NSR Challenge Cup which saw 27
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