stolen battery

[variationperson]

is there a way u can put something on a 69 gmc so these dumbass can't steal my battery again ? lmk thanks

[Jcfcamaro]

Chain a German Shepherd to the front bumper.

[Aberdare]

Originally Posted by Jcfcamaro

Chain a German Shepherd to the front bumper.

Yep... very good idea. A motion detector with Camera is a good idea too... with warning sign the area is under video surveillance.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Jcfcamaro

Chain a German Shepherd to the front bumper.

Hilarious but true.

Depending on your parking situation motion lights and dogs are very effective. But if you park where that is not an option I would try some hardware that is not standard and clamp it down with something that not every crackhead is going to have a wrench for. Just you. I use this on my license plates. You need a special wrench or they don't come off. Kind of like the wheel lock lug nuts they put on expensive wheels that you need a special key for.

Just don't forget where you put it. I just spent an hour looking for my wrench when I put the new registration sticker on my car.

[Zeroman]

Check this thread......

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646825

This one also......

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=714133

I am installing one, but I am using the 7 foot model, running it under the radiator core support, and modifying the hood latch as the lock similar to the first post.

[jjzepplin]

Be glad that's all they took. When they stole by battery from my 67 Firebird I was kind of happy I still had the car. Was it bolted down? Mine was not...

[bigmac73]

My old uncle had a 65 Dodge truck with a 426 Hemi he built up to drag/street racing and also used it as an actual daily driver a few times to work a week, he actually mounted a loop underside of the hood and ran a chain down to the frame rail and kept the hood locked down with a pad lock , ( a little paranoid you might say) but a lot of cash invested under the hood.,
then once he put his fuel injection mod on he ran a kill switch to the pump power source and kept under the right side fender well

[Rich69shortfleet]

A bicycle cable or a chain and padlock can be easily used to lock your hood. No need to make it anymore complicated than you have to.

[Jim Boy]

When I was a kid we use to mount razor blades on the back sides of our fender skirts to stop them from being stolen. Some mornings the skirts were there but so was a pile of blood. Once bled twice shy. I'm just saying??

[B. W.]

Brothers & LMC sell a remote hood latch kit (looks like the same kit?)

https://www.brotherstrucks.com/69-70...tinfo/HLAC070/

[davepl]

Yeah, I grew up in an area where we had to chain our hoods shut. Inside the garage. No joke. Heck, we chained our BBQ to the studs inside the garage!

But I digress... my Dad had a chain on his hood with a key on they keyring since about 1972 onwards. There may be more elegant solutions, but it was quick and easy. Used a bicycle inner tube to insulate the chain from hitting anything.

[In The Ten Ring]

You can put a lock onto your hood....there are ways (and threads describing how) to do that.

Get a garage for your truck.

Big dog, big teeth, aggressively defends its territory is another good way.

Is your state Stand Your Ground and/or Castle Doctrine? That really does matter. Word gets out which homeowners have zero tolerance for thieves.

The sad state of affairs is, no neighborhood is safe. Drugs are so bad in USA, even "good neighborhoods" are rife with theft.

A bit risky, but how about hooking up a system to give them a good shock the next time some punk tries?

[harpo231]

Yay , let's shoot em over a battery

[In The Ten Ring]

Harpo harping over the real world again.....

[toolboxchev]

Originally Posted by davepl

Yeah, I grew up in an area where we had to chain our hoods shut. Inside the garage. No joke. Heck, we chained our BBQ to the studs inside the garage!

But I digress... my Dad had a chain on his hood with a key on they keyring since about 1972 onwards. There may be more elegant solutions, but it was quick and easy. Used a bicycle inner tube to insulate the chain from hitting anything.

Still works, IMHO. Use one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Kr...SIN=B000NOO3ZQ

Add a good quality lock, and it will slow em down long enough to frustrate them to move along to easier pickings.

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by toolboxchev

Still works, IMHO. Use one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-Kr...SIN=B000NOO3ZQ

Add a good quality lock, and it will slow em down long enough to frustrate them to move along to easier pickings.

That's good, thanks for the suggestion and link. Most security is there to encourage the guy to move on to the next house, car, person.

Now the biggest problem with unauthorized intrusion into a 1971 or 1972 hood is the perp ends up breaking the grill!

[harpo231]

Woot !

[In The Ten Ring]

I'll bet my truck you'd go completely ape the second someone stole anything of yours. Projection is a real thing. I've seen it many times.

OP, standing up for yourself does have a way of getting around. You can't make people like you, but you can make them respect you. It's not without risks but it works.

As my neighbor from Detroit said "two kinds of people don't get robbed in Detroit: the mean and the crazy."

[harpo231]

How about the guy who tried to stab me in my driveway ? Naeryeo kick to collarbone Had my sidearm, never pulled it cuz was outside.

[El Dorado Jim]

Originally Posted by harpo231

How about the guy who tried to stab me in my driveway ? Naeryeo kick to collarbone Had my sidearm, never pulled it cuz was outside.

what? you had a side arm and didnt use it?

[harpo231]

LOL no bone broke and he didn't wanna play anymore

[Hubscrub]

side arms most have two i just used mine anyways i hate a thief, i believe a member named putter modified his latch to open with pull cable in the cab like later models and eliminated the one behind the grill.

[Hubscrub]

found it http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=458433

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by El Dorado Jim

what? you had a side arm and didnt use it?

harpo has "DE" as his residence. If that stands for "Delaware" he didn't have a right to pull his gun, not without attempting to run as far as he could first. Correct me if I am wrong, but according to www.findlaw.com Delaware is a "must retreat" state. Harpo did state "cuz was outside." So outside the home in Delaware, one must run away. I am not sure if that includes one's driveway but I'd be on the safe side and assume it does.

I will always support a victim's right to fight back and kudos on his kick but if it had failed and a shooting been forced, the local DA might have brought charges.

Since not every carpentry problem requires a hammer and since I couldn't kick anyone above their crotch, I also carry pepper spray. I've pulled it twice and both times the bad guy backed off. Problem solved, nothing "happened," so no reason to take further action.

[67ChevyRedneck]

This is a true story I posted in 2008:

I posted this on another forum under "weird stuff that people have stolen" and I thought it was funny, so I'll post it here.

My (soon to be) father in law gave my girl and I their old family boat, a really nice 18' '96 bayliner. They had to move last year, so the boat sat unused for almost two years and wouldn't start, so I drained about 10 gallons of old gas from it, splitting it in two 6 gallon cans. I still live in an aptartment ( )and left it on my porch because I didn't know what to do with it. This was back in early May or so. I'm also on the bottom floor.

I had completely forgotten about the old gas. I'm moving out next week and just realized on Saturday when I was cleaning everything out off my porch (you wouldn't believe how many truck parts will fit in a 4x6 storage closet!) that I was missing my two new gas cans with all the old boat gas in it. Some dumb ass stole and dumped 10 gallons of 2 year old 2 cycle mixed gas and put it in their car. It's so funny I don't care my cans are gone.

This is kinda dumb, so feel free to turn this into a stupid criminal thread or whatever....

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=stole+gas+can

I say put a dead battery in it so when they take it again, they won't come back