It was a rogue moderator who is now gone. We have removed the delete function at this point and only use recycle to ensure all posts/threads can be recovered.

I have the lost threads and am working on restoring them. There is an easy way and a hard way. I hope the easy way works because that one is actually hard and the hard way is REALLY COMPLEX!

Either way I'm fairly certain I can get back 99% of the posts in all the lost threads. The now ex-mod deleted all the largest car threads here. I will be consulting an attorney about filing suit against him for loss and damages so he can now sit, wait and wonder what will come from his actions.