they found cookieman's boat!!!!!!!!!!

[taylormanss]

I just got off the phone with cookieman and he told me that DPS found his liberator sitting in a motel in corpus christi,tx. minus motor,but in one piece.Congrats Bill hope you can get down to corpus real soon to get your boat. Randall taylormanss Ross...................

[Shark In The Pond]

That is good news !

[taylormanss]

yes it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sweet-v]

Good to hear. Thanks for letting us all know.
V

[Rocket2003]

:coffeycup

[sdba069]

Glad to hear it. Good luck on locating the motor.

[blowngas]

will have to keep lookout as who turns up with a blower setup-----don't know if anyone on the boards would be going to the swap meet in San Antonio on Oct 1st and Houston on Oct 9th, but with the word out around here, the motor or parts might be tried to be unloaded to some car guys out of the area.

[texas-19]

Made my day :)

[cookieman]

Thanks Guys, my boat has been recovered by the Corpus Christi DPS. It seems that the boat has been at a Townhouse Apartments for over a week. They made a call to the Police but don't know if they came out to investigate. The Apt. mgrs made a call again this time to the DPS. They went out last night around 8pm and found the boat. I will have a few guys from the Orange Grove area picking the boat up today. I will know that the DPS officer told me the boat was in great shape, but the motor was missing. I now have some piece of mind to know I have something to work with. I would like to thank everyone for all the support and calls over the last week. It has been a big help to know that so many people have been on the look out for my boat. Thanks again to all. Bill"cookieman"

[Liberator TJ1984]

Glad to hear you are getting Her back Bill !!!!
I know what she meant to you....you can get another motor ...but the boat would have never been the Same !!!
Gopher

[jdf]

great too hear cookieman ....guess now you can build a 540 this time

[charlie f]

Great news.......

[1978 Rogers]

Congrats on getting the hull back. Its great to know the system works and things get found & recovered. Thats Awesome.

[DUECE'SDAD]

got any pics of the motor or at least a good shot that shows something that would identify, there is a lot of swap meets coming up around here in ark. oklahoma and tx. the thieves usually swap stuff with some one they know a state away so that they can "unload" the stuff in an unfamilar territory, let me know what im looking for and i would be glad to look, as I shoould make at least 3or 4 over the next few weeks/month

[Nitro Neil]

Hey you guys, A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to the guys that helped to locate and secure the boat until Bill can get down to pick it up. I talked to Bill on the phone the phone this morning, he is so happy :D he was throwing cookies every where. He mentioned names but I don't remember except that you guys are great! Bill is a freind , all you guys are friends and it is a great thing we have here in Texas and around the country. Something we can all share in as far as our interests in boats and our friendships. I just wish that the thieves were caught :mad: ! I hope that they are! No matter who they are! I look foward to meeting old and new faces at Plowmans! ;)

[Old Texan]

Go to Hot Rod Gossip website http://www.hotrodgossip.com/ and give a description of your motor. Joe Golden of Houston runs the site.
This site is read all over by drag racing fanatics. If the motor shows up they will have high percentage of getting wind of it. I know they have helped locate stolen cars. Plus they all hate thieves and may put the lowlife out of commission.

[Cliff98z]

got any pics of the motor or at least a good shot that shows something that would identify, there is a lot of swap meets coming up around here in ark. oklahoma and tx.
http://img1.postimage.org/4643/004_22.html

["TOYMAN"]

Great News, Great friends, All from TEXAS
Gives me goose bumps.
And thank you to the South TEXAS guys who went and retrived CookieMan's Ride. Would like to meet you and share a 6-pack.
:rollside:

[LewdAct]

look what Me and Tony G have!!!!!
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/2245misc_pics_058.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_055.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_056.jpg
unfortunatly somthing is missing in this picture :frown: http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_057.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/2245misc_pics_060.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_063.jpg
DO NOT UNWRAP TILL CHRISTMAS BILL :rollside: http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_065.jpg

[Liberator TJ1984]

All snuggled in at " Da Barn "
restin' up to go HOME :) Again

[daytona307]

yes it is Chris and we have the EYE IN THE SKY.

[Sweet Addiction]

I would have assumed they may have damaged the trailer when towing it with the chains they used. Looks like they did not do any damage to anything. Congrats on getting the boat back Cookieman, but sorry to see that the Dick heads took that awsome motor.
Jared.

[taylormanss]

I've been in New Orleans all day,and just got back to the bachelor pad. it's good to see the pics from cornbread and Tony Guerra.The boat looks pretty damn good Bill.If ya need any parts to put her back together give me a call and we'll put something together.Randall

[Slacker]

Great News Cookieman...glad to see you got your boat back ...Sorry to hear about the motor.

[BoatPI]

Make up a reward flyer and distrubute it in that apartment complex and at local gas stations, etc. You may get lucky and get the engine back for a few bucks. Include a photo of the engine in the flyer.

[Ol Yeller]

I'd sure like to see the thiefing punks who took this strung up by thier nads!

[toleson1]

Congrats on the return of your boat!

[taylormanss]

look what Me and Tony G have!!!!!
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/2245misc_pics_058.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_055.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_056.jpg
unfortunatly somthing is missing in this picture :frown: http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_057.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/2245misc_pics_060.jpg
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_063.jpg
DO NOT UNWRAP TILL CHRISTMAS BILL :rollside: http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2245misc_pics_065.jpg
just moving it up so I can get some pics to help me with the liberator project

[Moneypitt]

Could've been better if they were scared off before they got the motor, but good news nontheless. Now, can you give a few details of when, where, and of course how without the rest of the tongue.(I saw something about chains) A few details might help a fellow boater out in the prevention of the same thing happening.....MP
PS It also says something about engraving you SS# in out of the way places on the parts and pieces used in a high dollar motor. If ever found, your property would at least have a chance of getting back to you..........

[Liberator TJ1984]

Moneypit, it seems it is quite easy to hookup quickly ??? all you would need evidently is a section of smaller square tubing with a reciever welded to it that slided into the neck and then chained or tied not to slip back out??
It may not help ??? but I have my initials stamped on almost all of my engine components in lots of places :idea:

[taylormanss]

hey gopher do you have any interior shots of your boat? are your seats made by liberator?

[taylormanss]

just moving it up to see the pics of cookiemans rubrail.I need one for my completed liberator.