I think I would have still had it if it hadn't been stolen. I did so much work on that baby and them some **** stole it, flogged it, and torched it.

A witness near to where it was found said a bunch of teenagers ran straight past him in the direction away from where the car was found. He didn't notice the car burning when he passed it just that the rear tyres were shredded.

The police thought the kids must have come back and torched it to get rid of any evidence in case they had been recognised.

I was devistated, it was due to be stripped and resprayed the day after it was stolen and it was booked in for an insurance re-assessment on the following Wednesday.

I think the kids who stole it didn't have any idea what they were knocking off and would have been pleasantly surprised by what was hidden underneath the poo brown exterior. I was looking at having it insured for close to 20K, the engine alone would have been worth more than 10k with all the mods we did. And that was back in '90.

It was insured for 2.5K, the cops initially thought I'd done an insurance job until they realised the work we had done to it and how much it was insured for.