Vent window lock?

[boogie67]

Have any of you ever made a lock or something to keep the vent window from being open.Somebody got in to my 72 while I was on vac.They did not take anything but its just the thought of how easy they got in.

[brak]

I'm pretty sure you could swap to the later style latch....

My '81 C-10 had a button you had to push in order to turn the latch.
They look different, but i'm pretty sure they would work.

[Longhorn Man]

how do they open it?
Honestly, my train of thought has always bee, if you lock it, then they'll remove a window getting in, and normally the only tool they use is a hammer.
The local meth heads have prooven this time and time again.

[Fred T]

After my g/f locked the keys in my 74, I learned I could put a pocketknife blade through the rubber and lift the latch. A piece of sheet metal glued between the rubber and the vent channel would stop that.

[boogie67]

I'm not sure how they opened it.When I came back from vac my truck was unlocked.They had wrap a string around the vent handle.They slipped it in between the rubber around the vent window.You just pulled on the string and the lock would open.If you lock the door on these trucks can you unlock it by pulling up the inside door handle?I think it was kids cause they did not take anything.

[masterbeavis]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

how do they open it?
Honestly, my train of thought has always bee, if you lock it, then they'll remove a window getting in, and normally the only tool they use is a hammer.
The local meth heads have prooven this time and time again.

I agree. You invent ways of stopping thieves who don't want to break your stuff (noise)to steal from you, they invent more destructive ways of still stealing from you.

I also gave up on making my stereos theft proof. The last rig I did that on, I would up with a destroyed dash, and a ruined $400 CD player. I don't think the $400 was worth having my dash ruined.

[68jimmy]

Originally Posted by boogie67

Have any of you ever made a lock or something to keep the vent window from being open.Somebody got in to my 72 while I was on vac.They did not take anything but its just the thought of how easy they got in.

I think that LMC carries a kit that replaces the normal vent window handles with ones that have a lock. I have not used or seen them but you may want to check them out...

good luck.

[Longhorn Man]

the doors don't unlock with the inside handle... they probably reached in, rolled the window down and unlocked it that way.

[stsalvage]

hAY ALLI'VE HAD THAT PROBLEM IN MY 1965 3/4 TON TRUCK THIS WAS SOME TIME AGO A FRIEND OF MINE HAD A 1967 NOVA SS THEY WENT THROW THE VENT WINDOW AND THEY WANTED HIS KENWOOD PULL OUT TAPE DECK WELL HE DID NOT WANT THEM TO TREAR UP HIS DAS EATHER BUT HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMTHING TO THINK ABOUT AND HAVE A SOME WHAT LOSE OF HEARING FOR A LITTLE WHILE AS WELL THIS BACK IN 1994 WHEN VIPER ALAMS WHERE MAKEING THERE WAY IN TO ARE CARS WELL EDD TOOK IT ONE NOCH FURTHER HE TOLD ME IF THERE WANTING TO STEEL MY STUFF THERE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PAIN OF TAKING IT. HE PUT A ALARM IN IT BUT DID NOT PUT THE BLINKY LIGHT IN IT NO STICKERS WARRING YOU IT HAD A ALAM HE PUT A KILL SWITCH IN IT SO YOU COULD NOT START IT BUT HE PUT A PERSURE SWITCH UNDER BOTH SEATS AND IT HAD A 1 MIN DELAY IN IT SO YOUR IN THERE WELL HE HAD THE SPEEKER UNDER THE HOOD A SMALL ONE UNDER THE SEAT AND ONE UNDER THE DASH MAN I FELT SORRY FOR THAT DUM BLACK KID THAT TRYED TO GET SOMTHING FOR FREE HE NEVER SAW EDD COME AROUND THE CORNER WITH THE ALUM BAT EDD TOLD ME HE WAS IN A DAZE WHEN HE WALKING AWAY FROM THE CAR I ASKED EDD HOW MANY LUMPS DID HE ASK FOR AND EDD TOLD ME 2 LUPS PLEASE lol