Bruce Urie
The Ventures,CCR forever!
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2006
You could cable the suspension to the nearest telephone pole with a 3/4" thick wire woven cable like I did with my '66 Corvette. Still have the Vette...ever since 1972. 'Course, the cable is heavy and a pain to haul with you...but just throw it in the back, and arrive at work all wet and dirty, as I did this in the rain, snow, mud. Nothing like a matching mud shirt and tie in the mornings.:tongue:
But, like the guy says...the best is done by the owner.... theft prevention set-up....no one knows anything but the owner...like I did with my '87 GN and Vettes. The only obvious sign of theft prevention is the cable thing with my Vettes and the big cable lock Harley Davidson steel cable through the front wheel, (Torque Thrusts IIs) around the upper control arm and back out through the lock side of the cable....it can only be towed with one wheel moving and that is the front, locked at the extreme left or right angle. This alone has kept my GN from being taken so far. There are lots of other things done to the car...not tellin':tongue: The paragraph does give a small clue to what else I've done to the car.
For years I used to take apart the ignition shield section over the distributor on both Vettes and take the coil wire with me...stuffed it in my pocket...opening the hood you can't even tell the wire was missing as the shielding hid it...that is...if you could spend the time it takes to open a prelocked hood to the Vettes....yes, the hood locked from underneath and it took a special key to unlock it....two locks to go through...lots of trouble? Yes...pain in the ass? Yes. Lost the coil wire sometimes? Duh....Yes.:tongue: Worth it to me? Double yes. Plus, I also had a coil shut-off switch hidden inside, this grounded the coil and the car would not start. Just one of many, many things I've done. I'd love to ground out the coil on the GN with a switch, but I've been told it will wreck the computer. So, can't do.
Sigh.:frown: Isn't it a bitch what we have to go through just to keep our beloved cars that we work on, slave over, upgrade, and cherish so much? To think....the only means of personal transportation in the western days were horses....and they used to HANG horse thieves!!! I truely wish today all car thieves could be executed....I'd be the first to throw the switch. My '87 GN was stolen from my beloved late father in 2001 when he owned it. Only by the grace of God did he get it back one month later....the trash f**kers thieves had ruined a lot of his GN. Dad just had it repainted only one week before the theft. That's why I have it now...Dad was so happy I fixed up most of the damage for him and got it running again that he gave it to me just before he died. And, here in Virginia, the law says I can't shoot a car thief with my .44 magnum. That is really galling to me. I CAN'T shoot the coward who trys to steal my GN, or any of my cars. Is it like that out your way, guys?
How 'bout it, Brett? Are you allowed to shoot a car thieft if he's stealing your car out of your garage/driveway/street? What would you do? You're a respected police officer so tell me, I'm all hearing aids. You have a lot of common sense so let us know. But,like I said, the police here said I can't shoot a car thief. Hell, I'm not even allowed to shoot a thief in my house if he's running away from me...only in the front of him, not the back...so, if the idiot's walking out the front door with one of my prized guitars, I can only make him turn around and blast him....but if I shot him in the back...I'M the jerk who goes to jail......TRUE STORY as told by my gun instructor. Jeeze, what a f**ked up world this is. We citizens are being stripped of all of our rights here.
Enough of lecture. Next item.........
Bruce '87 Grand National
But, like the guy says...the best is done by the owner.... theft prevention set-up....no one knows anything but the owner...like I did with my '87 GN and Vettes. The only obvious sign of theft prevention is the cable thing with my Vettes and the big cable lock Harley Davidson steel cable through the front wheel, (Torque Thrusts IIs) around the upper control arm and back out through the lock side of the cable....it can only be towed with one wheel moving and that is the front, locked at the extreme left or right angle. This alone has kept my GN from being taken so far. There are lots of other things done to the car...not tellin':tongue: The paragraph does give a small clue to what else I've done to the car.
For years I used to take apart the ignition shield section over the distributor on both Vettes and take the coil wire with me...stuffed it in my pocket...opening the hood you can't even tell the wire was missing as the shielding hid it...that is...if you could spend the time it takes to open a prelocked hood to the Vettes....yes, the hood locked from underneath and it took a special key to unlock it....two locks to go through...lots of trouble? Yes...pain in the ass? Yes. Lost the coil wire sometimes? Duh....Yes.:tongue: Worth it to me? Double yes. Plus, I also had a coil shut-off switch hidden inside, this grounded the coil and the car would not start. Just one of many, many things I've done. I'd love to ground out the coil on the GN with a switch, but I've been told it will wreck the computer. So, can't do.
Sigh.:frown: Isn't it a bitch what we have to go through just to keep our beloved cars that we work on, slave over, upgrade, and cherish so much? To think....the only means of personal transportation in the western days were horses....and they used to HANG horse thieves!!! I truely wish today all car thieves could be executed....I'd be the first to throw the switch. My '87 GN was stolen from my beloved late father in 2001 when he owned it. Only by the grace of God did he get it back one month later....the trash f**kers thieves had ruined a lot of his GN. Dad just had it repainted only one week before the theft. That's why I have it now...Dad was so happy I fixed up most of the damage for him and got it running again that he gave it to me just before he died. And, here in Virginia, the law says I can't shoot a car thief with my .44 magnum. That is really galling to me. I CAN'T shoot the coward who trys to steal my GN, or any of my cars. Is it like that out your way, guys?
How 'bout it, Brett? Are you allowed to shoot a car thieft if he's stealing your car out of your garage/driveway/street? What would you do? You're a respected police officer so tell me, I'm all hearing aids.
You have a lot of common sense so let us know. But,like I said, the police here said I can't shoot a car thief. Hell, I'm not even allowed to shoot a thief in my house if he's running away from me...only in the front of him, not the back...so, if the idiot's walking out the front door with one of my prized guitars, I can only make him turn around and blast him....but if I shot him in the back...I'M the jerk who goes to jail......TRUE STORY as told by my gun instructor. Jeeze, what a f**ked up world this is. We citizens are being stripped of all of our rights here.Enough of lecture. Next item.........
Bruce '87 Grand National
