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The Car's The Star (Dunedin) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/6/2025
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


 

Remember the great British television series of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s?

 

NHK 295 M         _ _ @ _     _ _ _ _ _

SJH 499 D           # _ _ _     _ _ _ _

SLE 71 R             _ _ _ _ _      _ _ _ % _ _

C 266 HVW         _ _ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ ! _ _ _ _ _ _   ( ! minus 5 )

VSD 389 S           _ _ _ _ $ _     ( $ minus 5 )

FAB 1                    _ _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     } _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _   ( } plus 3 )

JPL 725 K             ^ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _

248 RPA                _ _ *_ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _

NUV 647 E            _ _ + _ _     _ _ _ _ _ _ _    ( + minus 3 )

OWC 827 V           _ _ _ _ _ _ _    & _ _ _ _

 

The published co-ords are dummy.  The cache can be found at:

 

S45  ! @ . ^ + #           E170  * & . % $ }

(A = 0, B = 1 etc)

 

Check spellings carefully and avoid nicknames.

 

Bison. BYOP.

 

You will find the final in a rather insalubrious location but it reminded the CO of the sort of place where a scene from one of these classic shows would have been staged.  Picture it - a beaten-up old Jag (the baddies always drove Jags) understeers its way round the corner at speed.  Tortured tyres squeal.  A rear wheel smacks the kerb and the boot flys open.  The three occupants are all wearing black balaclavas.  A sawn-off shotgun pokes from a window.  A Ford Granada is in pursuit, headlights ablaze.  A big oversteering slide round the corner from the Ford.  More tyre abuse.  The Jag suddenly finds its way blocked by a wall of oil drums that has somehow been built across the road.  It smashes through and the driver loses control.  Close behind, the Ford drives through without hitting a single drum.  The Jag crashes into a big concrete block, presumably left on the road by the same shadowy gang that built the oil drum wall.  Two of the crims are incapacitated by the impact (seat belts? What seat belts?)  The third villain legs it.  The Ford drives after him, the passenger opens their door and knocks the member of the criminal class to the ground with it.  The passenger jumps from the car and lands a couple of gratuitous blows on the hapless ne'er do well.  He pulls him up by his lapels and, faces almost touching and spit flying, growls in the gravelly voice that 40-a-day will give you.  "We're the Sweeney, son, and we haven't had any dinner.  You're nicked!"

Magic.  They don't make 'em like that anymore.

 

IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THIS CACHE?  I no longer read Found or DNF logs on my caches.  If there is a problem with this cache (e.g. it is missing or damaged or something in the vicinity has changed and this is impacting the hide etc) then mentioning it in a Found or DNF log won't alert me.  Could you please post a Needs Maintenance or Needs Archived log or direct message me via gc.com.  Many thanks.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

TY

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)