Good find if verified...so question is "why have premiums escalated by 10 PCT"...oh...OK...thats cos they insurance companies...surely there is accountability ere somewhere...and no...was not at my place...for the sake of the breed that is cobra continuations..if legit info rather than dros...what needs to be done to sort this as I hate seeing a beautiful pup..(ahem...I mean car) not being at the right home

Well, anyone confirm this story of the car being found? Nothing in the newspapers about it.

It sounds like he found out he paid 2x for it and is looking for insurance money to pay him back... I hope not, but... all this sounds a bit too much like an ill concieved scam...

But then Insurance companies are a very well concieved scam.

This article appeared in the press late last year and a few of us were thinking: Could this be another chapter in the life of CSX 4048? Information was pretty thin on the ground due to the on going police investigation. At that stage it was pure speculation as to whether it was in fact CSX 4048.

Drugs worth $43m and exotic animals seized in NSW police raids | World news | theguardian.com

Well, further to the tale I was down at Bondi Ink getting another skull tatt and overheard the following conversation;

Kia Ora
Hey bro
How it goin mate
I think I’m gunna hurl bro eh, I’m munted eh, my emport/export business has hit a judder bump eh. I spoke to my cuz's mole and word in the big house is I was snitched on eh. My new waka which was choka with my stash of hooch. It didn’t even get over the ditch man eh, its bin sizzed by the blimmin NSW cops at some bum bandit’s bache out in the wop-wops, a place called Palmdale.
Cum agin
My shipment man and my Cobra its bin sizzed by the cops.

Now for those of you who don't speak kiwiese;


CSX 4048 was seized in a drugs bust at Palmdale on the NSW Central Coast by the NSW police. It was reportedly stashed with drugs and packed in a shipping container ready to be exported to NZ. The compliance tags, (oh hang on it probably wouldn’t have had any of those) and any identifying markings were apparently removed.
It’s reportedly been released back into the hands of its owner and is currently undergoing some repair work and major cleaning (apparently to remove copious amounts of finger print powder) at a local auto repair shop.

Bet he was pleased to get it back eh?

I had to pretend to be the Beached Az whale to understand that!
Wow, that car has an interesting history..!

Haha, thanks for the update Legless. Your description of the kiwi conversation cracked me up.

The whole story is a bit strange but the two things that I find strange in this latest chapter; Do they really export cannabis to NZ, I mean why wouldn't the kiwis grow their own? Secondly how do you rebirth such a car? Surely the intrinsic value of the car is it's VIN number? Its hard to imagine a scenario where the VIN number could be restored thereby restoring the value of the car and everyone living happily ever after. I would have thought that NZ was a bit close to home to get away with that, I suppose though that NZ may not have been it's ultimate destination.

I can't see them exporting Cannabis to NZ either. Having grown up there it was pretty common. I used to do a bit of tramping (bush walking) in my younger days and several fellow trampers had found big crops up in the bush. There's lots of dense forest and rugged terrain for them to hide a crop in.

The NZ police used to use Helicopters to spot the crops and then drop guys in to haul it out. I remember working at Maketu telephone exchange and a helicopter landing on the school footy field next door. Strapped to the underside of the chopper and stuffed in side was a veritable forest of dope plants. Waiting police unloaded into a big box trailer and then it took off again. 5 minutes later after they were all gone the shcool kids came over and picked up all the bits of plant that had been blown every where by the helicopter. There's the police trying to keep drugs out of schools LOL!

Cheers

But then again, why would you smuggle dope to Bali?
JD

Thought I'd revive this one - car now for sale for 300 big ones on carsales.com.au

I figured it would end up on a container and going a long ways away.
$300k for the car?

What? Too cheap?

Oh hell no !! Thats the goin price for them now ! :eek::D

That's probably $AU. What is the exchange rate?

Currently I thing it's about $1 USD = $1.40 AUD
So, $300k AUS would be around $214k US

I will be glad to sell you mine which is already here in the US for same price and save you shipping costs!;)

Here is CSX 4048
 

Good evening gentlemen, CSX 4048 is in Sydney for sale. The Plaque and glove box were removed when stolen and yes, it was found in a container bound for overseas with a number of exotics.

$300,000????????????????????

Damn, I need to sell my cobra in the down-under.

Tru

Try getting it shipped in first. Then registered in NSW.
Else regretting your comments you will. ;)