Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:15:09 -0700
Reply-To: "Phil S." <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: "Phil S." <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Self-tapping Theft Prevention
In-Reply-To: <FCEEIGDOKPNNIFBPGKDJEEBLCPAA.steven@epochdesign.com>
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A while ago I used to live in a high crime area so to
keep from
getting my CD-Tuner/radio stolen i used dremel tool
and scratched
up the face plate, then i put masking tape on the LCD
screen and LED lights
and painted the face plate bright orange spray paint,
then i wrote "Sparkomatic"
over the Pioneer logo. I could leave the face plate
attached all the time and nobody
messed with it even though it was a $350 Pioneer CD
Tuner which sounded great.
Phil 84 Westy Tiico
--- Steven Dodson <steven@EPOCHDESIGN.COM> wrote:
> A guy I knew back in the 80's, had a Dasher. Someone
> kept stealing his
> radio.
> He glued razor blades to the back of the 3rd
> replacement.
> Well, regardless of the blood all over the interior
> and having the sh#t
> kicked out of the passenger side of the car, his
> radio was never stolen
> again.
>
> -Steven Dodson
> Kneeland, CA
> "Inga" the 87 Syncro
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of George Goff
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 7:56 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Self-tapping Theft Prevention
>
>
> In a message dated 9/4/02 9:46:50 AM,
> 72510.1173@COMPUSERVE.COM writes:
>
> << Does anyone have any clever prevention
> techniques? >>
>
> Abstinence. No, really now, it is common knowledge
> that the greasers during
> the fifties were known to line their fender skirts
> with razor blades in
> order
> to prevent theft. Sure. While I cannot attest to
> that, I did once see the
> bloody trail left by the one too many drunks who
> tried to tear down the
> hanging sign over the entrance to my buddy's go-go
> bar (known today as a
> gentlemen's club).
>
> It takes some balls to do something like this. But,
> more importantly, it
> takes even more presence of mind whenever the van is
> taken in to have the
> coolant changed.
>
> George
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