A 27-year-old man has clung onto the back of his stolen ute for 20 minutes, wearing nothing but a towel, in an attempt to stop thieves from stealing his "pride and joy" from his house on Brisbane's northside.

Bobby Cook was about to have a shower when he heard his Toyota Hilux start up in the cul de sac driveway of his home in Springer Place at Bracken Ridge about 10:30pm on Wednesday.

Mr Cook, who considers the ute "part of his family", decided to run after it and jump onto the hard cover on the back of the vehicle.

"I'm still in my towel that I've run out the front of the house and seen my car starting to roll down the street," he said.

"I've proceeded by running and jumping on the back of it, on the hard cover, only because it's my pride and joy."

Mr Cook clung onto the tray as thieves took his ute for a joyride for about 20 minutes.

"They were trying to swerve and get me off the back of it," Mr Cook said.

"We were then doing 140 kilometres [per hour] down the highway in my towel.

"At that stage in my mind I was thinking, 'I've got to keep the towel because if I've got to get off this car, I can't walk into a servo stark naked'."

One of the offenders threw a glass coffee cup at him, which struck his head.

"[As] soon as it hit my head I saw the blood going on the ute, so I knew it was a big one [cut]," Mr Cook said.

"I've just grabbed and pulled my towel … and put it up against my head.

"I'm still holding on with one hand, the other hand with a towel around my head, still on the back of the ute doing 80kph in a 60 zone."

Police are still looking for the stolen ute. ( Facebook: Bobby Cook )

The ute eventually pulled over on Castle Hill Drive at Murrumba Downs and a small, white car with friends of the thieves pulled in behind them.

The occupants of the car allegedly threatened Mr Cook.

He jumped off the back of the ute but both vehicles sped off.

Mr Cook walked to a nearby, late-night supermarket at Murrumba Downs and, with blood streaming down his face from the cup injury, he called police.

He was treated for a minor injury to his head.

'Thankful to be alive'

Mr Cook was picked up by his dad, who took him home.

"[I] had a beer and a cigarette — just sat down and thankful to be alive and just to give the missus a cuddle," Mr Cook said.

"It's over now. I'm done, I'm knackered.

"I've got all my family here now. This is the best thing you could ever ask for."

Mr Cook said he had only recently paid the car off.

"I've worked the last five years for that thing — it's finally paid off — I'm not going to let it go that easy," Mr Cook said.

Police are still looking for the stolen ute.