Car swap in Waiouru
The person, or persons, who stole a 1972 Mustang from Auckland recently and drove it to Waiouru where they abandoned it, were not too particular about their choice of a second car to complete their journey to Wellington. They stole a 1971 Austin 1300 Estate from where it had been parked just after midnight in front of Waiouru's Pine Tree Motors whilst the owner travelled to Wellington on the overnight NZR Road Services bus. The thieves weren't to know that the tank was almost empty and they
couldn't have got far before having to return to Waiouru to obtain some more petrol . . . a report was received that some people had been seen acting suspiciously in the vicinity of some parked cars at about 5.30am - the following morning. However they managed to continue their journey south after topping up with petrol and short circuiting. the ignition. The car was found four days later in the Williams parking building in Wellington with the interior vandalised and the coil burnt out as a result of the shortcircuiting. The owner of the Austin — an Ohakune man — commented that when he learnt his car had been taken to Wellington that night he could, had he known, got a lift with them instead of catching the bus!
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 2, 14 June 1983, Page 8
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