Security

[mcmental]

Hi there at the moment my t bucket is parked on the driveway whilst I make room in the garage so I'm wondering what you lot do for security on your soft tops?
Cheers
Chris

 

[lincolnuT]

Hope, the locals are good and don't mess with it.......?

Mike

 

[Northstar T]

Russ

 

[mcmental]

Hmm pitty that in UK those are illegal

 

[railroad]

Set an empty box of 12 gauge buck shot on top of it.

 

[T-Odd]

Mister 9mm (second Gen Glock 17) and Mister .40 (third gen Glock 22).

And Tennessee Castle Doctrine.

 

[tfeverfred]

I sometimes keep mine in the front driveway. It's 5' from my front door and den/living room. I have a large flood light. My T is covered fully with a car cover. I'm lucky, in that my neighbor across from me is nosey as hell and retired. His living room and bedroom face my front drive. He's home all the time and watches the whole street. I have an alarm on my T and as a back-up, sometimes I stack tin cans under the car cover.

I'm also licensed to carry a gun. Here in Texas, you can shoot trespassers in time of danger.

 

[Track T-4]

Make sure you're insurance doesn't require that it be locked in a garage when not being used.

 

[PotvinGuy]

Oh boy, do I have a story for you. A few years ago we trailered the bucket from Dallas to the LA Roadster show. I was crazy with fear that bad guys were going to steal or hurt my car. I added a proximity alarm to the existing alarm, such that it would sound if anyone got within a few feet of the car. I added a variety of padlocks, chains, steel cables, a steering wheel lock with alarm and even a wheel boot like the cops put on a car! And I installed an electric fence charger on the trailer. While checking it out, I leaned against the pickup truck, which was hitched to the trailer, and got a whopping shock. My friends fell down laughing. And I packed my .380 auto pistol. So now we're in an LA motel, and the damn alarms are going off, and I'm out the door in my underwear, waving the .380 around like Dirty Harry. But nothing happened. As my wingman said, the scariest thing he saw on the trip was me half asleep with a deadly weapon in my hand.

My advice: wrap a chain or cable around one of the wheels, use a car cover with a locking cable, disconnect or remove the battery, and sleep well.

 

[Gerry]

Russ

Now that really funny and as pointed as you can get. I like your style.... yet again

 

[WMG]

Oh boy, do I have a story for you. A few years ago we trailered the bucket from Dallas to the LA Roadster show. I was crazy with fear that bad guys were going to steal or hurt my car. I added a proximity alarm to the existing alarm, such that it would sound if anyone got within a few feet of the car. I added a variety of padlocks, chains, steel cables, a steering wheel lock with alarm and even a wheel boot like the cops put on a car! And I installed an electric fence charger on the trailer. While checking it out, I leaned against the pickup truck, which was hitched to the trailer, and got a whopping shock. My friends fell down laughing. And I packed my .380 auto pistol. So now we're in an LA motel, and the damn alarms are going off, and I'm out the door in my underwear, waving the .380 around like Dirty Harry. But nothing happened. As my wingman said, the scariest thing he saw on the trip was me half asleep with a deadly weapon in my hand.

My advice: wrap a chain or cable around one of the wheels, use a car cover with a locking cable, disconnect or remove the battery, and sleep well.

Now that is funny. and your last sentence is the best advise there is

 

[rbsWELDER]

In the April 2012 issue of Street Rodder there was an article about a satellite surveillance system, for hot rods, by a company called Eclipse Engineering (www.arrowtrackingfromeclipse.com). Apparently it sends a text message to your cell phone every time your vehicle is moved, reporting it's current location! That should make recovery easy, if your ride is taken.

Mark

 

[donsrods]

With the way hot rods and antique cars are disappearing every day, I wouldn't trust the car in my driveway for even a few hours. It seems every day there is a new thread on forums like the HAMB where someone has lost a car, even out of locked garages. A bright yellow 57 Chevy was just stolen right out of a guys garage in a town where people do not normally even lock their homes at night. Luckily, it was found with some damage about 30 miles from home.

Don't know how much you value your car, but I would be very careful if I were you.


Don