[MitchGM]

HerdsWoman asked me to post this for her:

Member Bill Kluasing's 1963 Catalina Safari Race Car and Trailer were stolen
Wednesday April 25. Be on the look out for a two tone silver Catalina Safari
wagon or it's rare parts at swap meets or events. The car had a medium silver
carbon fibre hood with a black Super Stock Mopar ram air hood circa 1967.
Carbon fibre grill. Plexaglass windows. 455 with Jim Butler heads. American
Torque Trust D front runners and Weld Wheels with slicks. The car was fully
caged with a fuel cell. View the car in the clubs web site photos. Look at
all the club events to get a better idea of the cars appearance.The car was
originally black in the early photos and medium silver upper with light
silver sides in later photos and now. Call Bill at (248) 844-8977, let ring
at least 10 times than leave message. Or e-mail Durastoy1@aol.com.

[MitchGM]

HerdsWoman asked me to post this for her:

Member Bill Kluasing's 1963 Catalina Safari Race Car and Trailer were stolen
Wednesday April 25. Be on the look out for a two tone silver Catalina Safari
wagon or it's rare parts at swap meets or events. The car had a medium silver
carbon fibre hood with a black Super Stock Mopar ram air hood circa 1967.
Carbon fibre grill. Plexaglass windows. 455 with Jim Butler heads. American
Torque Trust D front runners and Weld Wheels with slicks. The car was fully
caged with a fuel cell. View the car in the clubs web site photos. Look at
all the club events to get a better idea of the cars appearance.The car was
originally black in the early photos and medium silver upper with light
silver sides in later photos and now. Call Bill at (248) 844-8977, let ring
at least 10 times than leave message. Or e-mail Durastoy1@aol.com.

[bonneville Joe]

Mitch, where was the car stolen from??

[MitchGM]

That's a good question.... HerdsWoman.. Do you know which State and City that vehicle was stolen from?

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[Brian Baker]

This reminds me of when Paul Spott's 9-sec. Firebird was stolen last year. Sad to say, Paul never saw "hide nor hair" of that car again. I suspect the same may come true for this Catalina. Probably a professional job for some overseas collector. The police thought Paul's car was cut-up and parted but I think not. Someone overseas is enjoying it (like a Jap capitalist or some Arab shiek's nephew).

[herdswoman]

The email we received did not say where the car was stolen from, but the majority of the members are in southeastern Michigan (Ann Arbor-Detroit area) or Toledo, Ohio area.

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[bonneville Joe]

I frequent Moroso Motorsports park in West Palm. Not to say it would show up down here but ya never know. Kinda hard to hide a 63' Cat Safari drag car no matter what color it is. They don't realize Pontiac people are a tightly knit group, even nationwide. If I see anything I'll be sure to inform everyone. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

[Jerry Brock]

The car was stolen from the Pontiac, Michigan area.
The Royal website is http://clubs.hemmings.com/royalpont/
Scroll to 'pictures', click on 'members', and click on Bill Klausing's wagon. The car was still black in the picture.
It can also be see at www.stationwagon.com/gallery/1963_Pontiac_Catalina.html
Any help is appreciated.
Thank You!

[Andre]

I took a good hard look at the Catalina Wagon that was stolen. It seems like quite a nice car, but not super rare or extremely desirable(not counting the owner). However, based on its low 12 second 1/4 mile times, I think it was stolen for it's drivetrain, which will undoubtedly show up in a smaller car(GTO Firebird). Probably a local job, pulled by weasels who frequent the same 1/4 mile track that the Catalina often did.

[herdswoman]

Jerry, thanks for the additional info and hyperlinks. Good to see you back on the board...but what are you doing up at 2 AM?

[Banditone]

WEASELS--You said it right--my friends baby blue 97 T-BIRD was just stolen. That 63 wagon looks sharp.I hope the POLICE can get it back for him.

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[dwbrenner]

I'm really sorry to hear about Bill's Cat Wagon. I met Bill a couple of years ago. When I was working on putting the Pontiac 400 engine in my '39 Pontiac street rod, Bill came out to the house to check it out and make up a custom AC mounting bracket for me. He didn't know me from Adam, but because I asked, he was there. He loves his '63's. I hope the Cat shows up somewhere and he gets it back in one piece.

[Txbobcat]

sorry about the stolen wagon probably local thieves and probably will be parted out but i will check some places in texas maybe an ad in a local paper and a reward will tell the thieves that they can expect a lot of trouble if they plan on keeping it let them know you have got people in 50 states and canada loking for it keep the heat on them