Security tips?

Hire a 6-10 ex special forces guy.
Have stand next to drivers door.
Make sure he's decked out in all his gear

 

If they want your car, they will have it. The tow trucks round here have special dollies they can hammer under the wheels and drag it on to the back of a ramp truck. A tracker is your best bet along with visual deterrents to slow them down.

To beat trackers though, the thieves do a 'pinch n park', they pinch the car, then park it up in a random out of the way neighbourhood, if its still there a week or two later, they know it is not being tracked, then take it to their shop for stripping.

 

Hey Jay -
Although I like the wheel chock thing, a simple toggle switch grounding the negative side of the coil will keep anyone from driving it away. Just hide it in a place that you won't be seen reaching for it - you know, under the dash, by the vent cable, etc.

 

Pervert, sure, thanks for the compliment. But Chebby lubbin? Yeah them's fightin words alright!!

 

Lots of good ideas; thanks. The designs of these old cars allows so many ways to steal parts or the whole car!
I think the kill switch is a good idea, and pretty simple to do, assuming I can find the correct wire under the dash. I've thought about the Club, and wondered where best to connect it- steering wheel to brake pedal, or clutch pedal? Floor shifter to a pedal?

 

Honestly, like a few others said, putting the rotor in your pocket is pretty damned effective too, and the cheapest option. Or rig a shotgun to the door handle. Or of course, the Trunk Monkey.

 

If you use a club turn the wheels all the way to one side so it won't tow straight.

 

Or, they get put on a boat and sent overseas. That's where the nice ones go.

 

The cops here tell me that "some" individuals collect the "clubs" as trophys, bending the steering wheel to remove them. Kill switch is easy, just run a small black wire from the negative side of the coil to the switch, then from the switch to ground. Done. Won't fire anymore, just crank.

 

Thanks Phil; I may give that a try. That or removing the rotor sound like good choices to begin with.

 

The kill switch has to be accompanied by a locked hood.

 

I always have the hood locked. Otherwise it flies up at higher speeds and that's a problem.

 

Yup, if you can get it locked w/o first latching it, the lock will do that for ya

Latched and locked is my preference.

 

'splain this to me, Lucy??

 

With the hood open you can hot wire an older car in seconds with a wire with two alligator clips and a screwdriver.

 

I have an extra CLUB, PM me and I will send it free of charge be glad to help keep your chero safe, ANDY

 

Winner winner chicken dinner!

 

Not if the coil is grounded (by a switch) , most people wouldn't know there was an extra wire there.

 

Most people won't know where to put the jumper in the first place, the rest of us would spot a modification right away.
Security is only information.
One fathers day about 15 years back I took the kids to 6 flags. Upon leaving I found my ignition key had somehow been broken off during a ride.
Using pieces of metal my kids (wifes car, no tools) scrounged in the lot I was inside the car, had it started and the steering wheel lock disabled (without removing the steering wheel or damaging the column) in about 20 minutes. AAA had said 1-1/2 hours to get there. The car was a 3 year old Cavalier station wagon.