More people than you think work on their cars in storage units, I have bought units with BMWs in them and I have seen units with Bentleys tucked away from   prying eyes. There is a lot that goes on in that world. The biggest thing I have actually seen in a unit was a fire truck. It was beautiful!

Storage units can be modified to be fully outfitted shops complete with air compressors and pneumatic tools, transmission and engine lifts, the works son; it can be classified as amazing what you will find in storage unit auctions.

Many of these shade tree mechanics leave in those units some really pricey tools; you could say there is passion in this hobby that goes deep. Clear down to the bone, deep enough for a guy to drop 12 gs on some tools and a big red chest to store his shiny tools.

Happens a lot…

This is a case of where I screwed up! The property manager and district manager did not look at this unit that well. There was a tuned Honda Civic in the unit under the bags of clothes and other stuff. The unit was crammed from the Root to the toota.

There were boxes stacked on side to the ceiling and a strange collection of garbage bags stacked in the middle. The bag were fully of pollen, you could tell this stuff was not disturbed since it was placed in the unit.

“Car” was  the first thing that came to my mind, when I saw the ‘lie” of the bags, after a while you can guess fairly accurately what is under some bags. I quickly surveyed my competition at the auction.

Pa Clampett was there, we all are looking and I see the outlines of the car, before I could make a move a newbie moves a bag. I knew this was not going to turn out good. Stuff starts falling and it doesn’t reveal the car, but dumbass was given and inch, he took a yard and moved some more bags, before the manager could shut him down. You are not suppose to touch anything….but it does happen.

“Hey there is a car in there!” dumbass screamed like a dude getting some for the first time. In my mind I am Florida Evans DAMN  DAMN DAMN!!! If I had just started bidding and knocked my touchy feely out, just maybe…..

To understand my frustration, tuner cars are hot and often expensive to modify, I have seen engines priced between $15-75,000 there is no telling how much that engine was worth.  Suspension, hardware there is a lot that goes in the tuner cars.

What is a tuner car you ask?- if you saw the movie  2 FAST 2 FURIOUS you saw a lot of tuner cars. This one was blue sitting on 17s brand new rims and  tires, this little ride was clean!

He had the Nitris tanks and really well made seats. It was clear this guy put a lot of money in this car. The sound systems I know was worth a g. However since Mr. New Stuff let the car out of the bag, the manager pulled the unit!

Cars can be very tricky to sell, nine times out of ten there is a lien on the car, which mean the lien holder has first rights to the car…if they can find it.

I am not saying I did this….

However I know a of a guy…well I heard of a guy, yeah that it it, that did this,  if you find yourself in a situation where you get a car out of a unit and no one knows you got the car out of the unit. In reality it was never in that unit if you feel my drift.

Say you know a guy with a shop and that guy you heard of knows how to “chop” a car up and part it out. Understand stolen and having a lien on it are two different things. If it is stolen it could get very dicey on a legal tip.

Now if you “honestly” do not know if there a lien on the car and you in good faith part it out, if would be pretty damn hard to pin anything on you. I would not know anything about that, I just heard some thangs. You dig?

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