Posted on 04/30/2007 9:18:53 AM PDT by bedolido
A WORKER at a UK boat-building firm has been caught trying to steal a luxury yacht one piece at a time.
James Light, 35, stole hundreds of yacht parts worth £55,000 ($133,000) over a period of seven years, Bournemouth Crown Court heard yesterday.
He stole the parts from his former employer, Sunseeker.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Shades of the old Johnny Cash tune, “One Piece At A Time”.
(About an auto worker trying to steal a Cadillac.)
before the flames start, I know that they're different manufacturers.
"Oh I got it one piece at a time....."
I heard about someone who got themselves a slightly used M-60 machine gun that way.
cheeky bloke
“Now, the headlights, they was another sight - there was two on the left and one on the right,
But when we pulled out the switch, all three of ‘em came on.”
The O-riginal psychobilly Cadillac.
Back when I was in the military we built a Jeep this way. Ordered it one part at a time!
(Guess I should’ve read the article.)
I used to work for the guy on the left.
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Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs.
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.
Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin.
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."
So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around.
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.
I got it one piece at a time
And it didn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I got the only one there is around.
[Spoken:]
Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER
This is the COTTONMOUTH
In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on
Huh, This is the COTTONMOUTH
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way
Uh, what model is it?
Well, it's forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one,
fifty-two, fifty-three, fif-ty four, fif-ty five,
fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight automo-bile.
Yeah, it's a fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two...[fade]
I wonder how he planned on sneaking the hull out.
Did you see the pic in the Sunday NYT of the Chevy 789?
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E10FC385B0C768DDDAD0894DF404482
It’s a car built to include the styling of a 57, 58, and 59 Chevy.
A cool looking ride.
Better off if he'd just gotten the munchies...
I remember that song, pretty silly! The car is a hoot—does anyone still give it a spin?
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