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oldford1930

oldford1930

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Has anyone who has traveled a great deal with their Model A's ever invested in a Lojack security unit for their car? A cross country trip is planned. The plan is to visit some major cities as well as other assorted stops along the way that catch our fancy. In this day & age is this a good idea or just over kill?
 
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It's not as though any of today's car thieves could get in a Model A and drive it away. The only way your car might be stolen would be someone with a tow truck, roll back truck, etc. And even if they did haul it away in the dead of night from your motel parking lot, what would they do with it? I have heard of antique cars in enclosed trailers being stolen, trailer and all. They just hook their pickup truck to the trailer and drive away.
 
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Anybody that really wants to take a car will get it no matter what...Its just that simple. If you want to slow down the joy riders and the ones looking for easy pickings, put the rotor button in your pocket when you get out.
Good Luck to you.:)
 
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I think an A in neutral can be pushed into a covered truck, on a trailer or down the street to a garage. Steal one of those police wheel locks....that should take care of that.
 
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you probably have more of a chance of vandalism
either way theft or vandalism thats what insurance is for so up your agreed value
 
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I agree that there is little incentive for anyone to steal a Model A. However, the main thing I worry about when parking my wife's roadster is someone stealing the quail radiator cap or the oogah horn from the headlight bar. The $400 gazelle rad cap on our Chrysler first gets replaced with an old beat-up one if the car is going to be parked in a shopping center.

Glen
 
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Plan your stops at a motel that affords parking directly in front of your room.

Buy a Club anti-theft steering wheel lock at Walmart.

Turn the fuel petcock off at night.

Sleep soundly.


Jim
 
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Lona said:
I agree that there is little incentive for anyone to steal a Model A. However, the main thing I worry about when parking my wife's roadster is someone stealing the quail radiator cap or the oogah horn from the headlight bar. The $400 gazelle rad cap on our Chrysler first gets replaced with an old beat-up one if the car is going to be parked in a shopping center.

Glen
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Remove the nut that holds your horn on, and drill and tap it from the side for something like a 10-24 Allen screw. Insert the screw and reinstall the horn with the modified nut. Tighten your newly installed Allen screw. It will be almost unseen. That can't completely stop a determined thief, but it may slow them down enough that most will give it up. The same principle is already built into and employed on the quail caps.

I worry more about my original gas caps, so I keep a cheap repro in the cars for those times when I feel a threat. Unfortunately, there are lots of things that can quickly be removed from an A. Thirty years ago I had a Zenith 3 stolen off my Tudor... At a national Model A meet!
 
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Let's face it. If they want it bad enough they are going to take it. The best we can to is deter and make them think twice.

I installed a battery master shut off switch that is INSIDE under the front of the drivers seat. Not sitting in the engine compartment by the starter where it can easily be seen. I try to park in well lighted areas. I always shut off the gas as mentioned before.

And lastly, My little friend makes himself noticed by blinking his eyes red and blue while he watches and starts SCREAMING real loud if someone tampers with my sedan...:eek:

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Mike Peters said:
I have heard of antique cars in enclosed trailers being stolen, trailer and all. They just hook their pickup truck to the trailer and drive away.
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I read in one instance where they did this and dumped the Model A's at a gas station. All they wanted was the trailer. Probably to steal some cars that would be easier to sell, like Ricers.
 
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I would think a car cover with cable locks through the grommets would help to stop theft of the caps and horn.
 
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If yours is a 12volt system there are systems that can br user installed and used cell system to monitor your car in real time. I used such a system on my Moms car during the last year of her driving her own car. The company I used was nextraq they now have moved towards fleet management but you will get the idea.
 
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