Bob Lembcke's Stolen Cars (Florida)

There was a break in at Bob Lembcke's shop and his Westfield Lotus 11 and a Ford powered Sprite were stolen. If anyone hears of something like this offered for sale please let me know.
Fred Veenschoten
fredntoni
AT cox.net

Pass the word of this to HSR / SVRA / VDCA / and what other Vintage Bodies you can think of.

Maybe Lotus forums and clubs, too.

Hate hearing this, the bastards. A best friend has a Westfield 11, and I wish you all the best.

Makes me ill at ease.

I live 45 miles from Bob. I will be hyper vigilant.

Thanks guys. His Ford Taurus stationwagon was taken also; just used to carry all the stuff they took. It was reported to have been used in a drive by shooting and then dumped at a Taco Bell. We suspect they were only looking for sellable stuff. They cut the cat convertor off the Taurus. Why they took the other two cars is kind of a mystery. Maybe just for a joy ride and then dump them. The didn't seem to know anything about British cars. They came back a 2nd night and tried to get the TIG welder and Bob's tow truck; failed on both.

I simply don’t get it.

I had posted about the stolen cars in a few Sprite FB pages, someone just saw the Sprite pop up in Marketplace. I've emailed Fred, hopefully the authorities can recover the car for Bob's family.

I don't think I should do anything else that might disrupt an official investigation.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...9711586652919/

Here are some pix of the Westfield 11.

Thanks to Gary the Ford powered Midget may have been located; don't know for sure yet.https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...d=106489&stc=1https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...d=106490&stc=1

I'm not familiar with Lotus pages so I'll ask some friends to post these pictures.

Bob had described the car to me in this way:
Lotus 11 clone (similar to Westfield, Eastlake body, both street and vintage...)

Posted up on Historic Lotus Register FB page and I have asked the admin on Westfield Sportcars FB if they will post up too. Someone on HLR is going to cross-post to 7Spot, which is specifically for Lotus replicas.