Bumbling criminals have botched the theft of a uncommon Australian race car as a result of they could not work out find out how to drive it.
Raced to a world championship in 1966 by Formula 1 legend Sir Jack Brabham, the automobile is considered one of solely six on this planet.
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The piece of Australian motorsport historical past was stolen from a locked trailer at racing fanatic Peter Williams’ Toorak house.
“You’ll be able to think about I had a reasonably sick feeling at about that second,” Williams informed 7NEWS.
The BT21 is value near $500,000.
“I heard a little bit of noise at about 4 o’clock so I went exterior and went to the trailer and noticed that it was all burst open and the automobile was gone,” Williams stated.
Brabham racing vehicles don’t want keys to begin, nonetheless there’s a complicated start-up process and the thieves couldn’t determine it out.
“I informed my spouse that the automobile had been pinched and about 10 minutes later the police knocked on the door,” Williams stated.
“He (the police officer) stated, ‘now we have discovered your automobile’.”
The thieves had tried to bump begin the automobile on a hill, which seized the gearbox.
When the automobile wouldn’t begin, the thieves deserted the automobile and left it on the aspect of the highway.
“Why would folks even wish to pinch one thing like this, as a result of you may’t promote it,” Williams stated.
“How may you promote a automobile like this?” There are solely six of them on this planet.”
Police consider the thieves might need deliberate to ransom the automobile, however clumsily left fingerprints and CCTV footage.
