Boomyal
Supreme Mariner
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- Aug 16, 2003
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Just a note to keep you abreast of my boat restoration project. Some time this last weekend, someone(s) gained entry into the 40 foot storage container that housed my new 331 longblock and my original 302 (still extremely servicable) and carted them both off. Fortunately, I had most of the engine accessories in my garage, but they got the fuel pump, motor mount bolts and rubber pads (omc) and the remainder of the ARP engine bolt kit. The 331 also had the OMC adaptor plate bolted on it. I am sick to my stomach and am having trouble coming to grips with it. I am not in any position to replace it, not to mention the effort to round up all the ancillary parts.<br /> <br />My containers are in a gated industrial facility and whoever it was must have known the combination to the gate. There were no signs of forcible entry into the yard. I have two containers, sitting one behind the other and the motors were in the rear container which has low visibility to the common area. Even should someone have walked by the front container while I had the doors open to the rear container, they would not have been able to readily discern that there were two motors under various wraps. Further more, for the last two months, any vehicle access to the rear container had been blocked by the neighboring tenant's equipment, so these motors had to be carried out about 30' by hand. I had been waiting for the landlord to get the Tenant's goods moved, so I could access the container with my forklift and take the motor to an enclosed area to paint it.<br /> <br />There are no witnesses and of course the Sheriff did no more than file a perfunctory report. I assume that the deed was done by someone who worked, or had worked for one of the businesses that use the yard. I have notified several of the owners regarding the event. It would be a miracle if any leads were to develop in this matter. I'll have to just play it by ear from here on out. I guess I'll finally get the trunk of my Mustang cleared off. Not the way I had planned that it would happen, however.<br /><br />It's times like this that you really have to keep in mind that there are others with real problems that pale in comparison to this.
<br /><br />However, there may be a silver lining. When that sort of thing has happened to me it has taken longer to reach the goal, but having to replace and adapt has often produced even better results.<br /><br />Good luck. 
