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Re: Anti Theft Devices

To: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
Subject: Re: Anti Theft Devices
From: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 07:35:18 -0700
Mine is a length of scaffolding tube, flattend at one end and drilled
with a 1/2" hole, cut to fit over the handbrake lever in the 'on'
position, the other end up against the gearlever in 1st or 4th, with a
big padlock around it through the hole.

The tube need heating to bend it to face the lever, and painting bright
red or yellow.

It is an instant put-off for the theif.

My other, illegal idea, would be to fix a steel spike under the drivers
seat, fired by a cartridge on energising the ignition.....but I forsaw
the odd problem

Neil.

Mike Lishego wrote:
> 
> My personal favorite is the battery disconnect switch.  Since I installed my
> rollbar, I moved the battery to the trunk, where it is securely tied down.
> I installed one of those brass cut off switches on the ground cable.  I
> unscrew the knob, and the car won't start...Since the battery is locked in
> the trunk, the car is almost theft proof.  Unless, of course, the thief
> watches me park the car and lock the trunk, then he pries my bootlid open
> with a crow bar...If he wants it that bad, he'd find other ways to steal
> it...
> 
> Michael S. Lishego
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706/
> 
> >To all:
> >What are your suggestions for *cheap* reliable, easy to install and operate
> >anit-theft devices?  I have a few of my own, but am interested to find out
> >others...
> >thanks for your info,
> >Sincerely,
> >Steve Sanchez
> >"Still under the hood in a '77 'B"
> >
> >PS   Thank you to all who replied to my "out of breath" post...I have since
> >replaced the fuel pump, and have not had any other problems with it.  I
> added
> >a little toggle switch to the pos. wire in the trunk...just a flick of the
> >switch renders the car "undrivable" after just a few minutes.

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