Automotive exhibits are a good way for like-minded fans to get collectively, they usually’re typically a approach for followers to get near vehicles they couldn’t afford to purchase and drive.

Sadly for John Hotchkis, founding father of Hotchkis Sport Suspension, some lowlives determined that not with the ability to afford a modified classic muscle automotive wasn’t going to cease them having one, they usually helped themselves to his.

The thieves stole Hotchkis’s fast Dodge Challenger from the Fairfield Marriott resort at Myrtle Seashore, SC, whereas he was on the town to attend the Run to the Solar occasion. However the scum didn’t solely make off with the 1970 E-Max Challenger on Saturday night time whereas Hotchkis was sleeping. The 5.6-liter, triple-carb Dodge, which is valued at greater than $150,000, was locked inside a trailer so the thieves took the 22-ft Hallmark trailer and the 2001 Ford F-350 Tremendous Responsibility tow car as nicely.

“It was an actual powerful loss for us. That is certainly one of our iconic vehicles and we had been having such a good time in Myrtle Seashore then abruptly issues turned horrible,” Hotchkis instructed WMBF Information.

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“We’re hoping it doesn’t get placed on a ship and despatched someplace else as a result of the automotive is so common,” he stated of the traditional E-body Dodge that has been featured in magazines and even immortalized as a Scorching Wheels toy automotive through the greater than 10 years Hotchkis has owned it. “It’s so well-known. There’s various those that constructed vehicles due to this automotive.”

The automotive and towing rig had been final seen between 9 P.M. on March 18 and 9 A.M. on March 19, however sadly the resort’s cameras weren’t operational so police don’t have any footage of the theft happening.

Run to the Solar is an annual occasion open to pre-1989 vehicles and is among the hottest automotive exhibits within the southeast, attracting over 3,300 automobiles. Anybody with details about the lacking automobiles is requested to contact the Myrtle Seashore Police Division at 843-918-1382, reference report #23-004145.