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norwegianc10 · 10-10-2008, 11:58 AM

I am restoring a 69Camaro and I found something that looks like some sort of a tracking device. Anyone have an idea what this can be?
It was hotwired to the cigarette lighter, and connected to ground, this were the only connections. The device had a 12V battery attached to it, and an antenna under the dashpad. The device was found hidden behind the kickpanel.

68shortstep · 10-10-2008, 12:04 PM

Sounds like a tracking beeper device or an audio eavesdropping bug transmitter. Most of those use a 9-volt battery though, from what I've heard.

Conspircay Theory, anyone ?????

lowriden58 · 10-10-2008, 12:09 PM

sorry someones gotta do it

**steelhorse** · 10-10-2008, 12:10 PM

Maybe a lojack?

norwegianc10 · 10-10-2008, 12:18 PM

Here is a pic

**Classic Bowties** · 10-10-2008, 12:31 PM

Part of a pager alarm system? ? ?

68shortstep · 10-10-2008, 12:35 PM

Transmitting device of some kind, because of the FCC paper tag with it.

Should be able to find out what that is by checking the FCC number with them.

I'm betting on a Lojack type anti-theft tracking device, though I wouldn't really know one if I saw one.

Somebody on here will know more than I do about those.

sneakysnake · 10-10-2008, 01:04 PM

Was there a cover on the (curcuit board) box?Any numbers
The thing in the bottom of pic is a battery.

mr48chev · 10-10-2008, 12:12 PM

Photos? Inquiring minds want to know.

RunninLo · 10-10-2008, 12:58 PM

It appears to be a paging unit that was popular on alarms in the 80's.

I'll bet that there was an alarm that someone already removed but left the page unit behind because they lost the dedicated pager.
The box would have had a red hot wire, a black ground wire, and an orange "trigger" wire that would have sent the paging signal when it recieved a ground input from the alarm brain.
The supplemental battery allowed the signal to be sent even if the main vehicle battery has been disconnected.

based on my years spent as a MECP certified audio/security/cellular installler that's my best guess.

Josh

norwegianc10 · 10-10-2008, 01:16 PM

No orange cable, only red 12V+ and black grounded. And a black coax antenna under the dashpad.

FCC ID: IDILJU-02

sneakysnake · 10-10-2008, 01:35 PM

I think he means this one went to the alarm sys, (the trigger wire).If alarm has been removed then the wire wouldnt be hooked up.

72swbcamo · 10-10-2008, 01:55 PM

Because it was attached to the cigarette lighter I think it may be an anti- smoking warning devise. It is installed to send a signal to your wife every time you use the lighter to light your cig. These units were sold by the anti-smoking people to rat out husbands who promised their wife they would stop smoking and then smoked in their cars. Not many people know about them because the program was kept a secret. As years passed and guys sold their cars the devices were discovered hidden in different places in the cars by the new owners. Those wives and anti-smoking people will go to any extent to advance their no smoking agendas. LOL

gator2511 · 10-10-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 72swbcamo

Because it was attached to the cigarette lighter I think it may be an anti- smoking warning devise. It is installed to send a signal to your wife every time you use the lighter to light your cig. These units were sold by the anti-smoking people to rat out husbands who promised their wife they would stop smoking and then smoked in their cars. Not many people know about them because the program was kept a secret. As years passed and guys sold their cars the devices were discovered hidden in different places in the cars by the new owners. Those wives and anti-smoking people will go to any extent to advance their no smoking agendas. LOL

You are a very sick man and should be instituionalized.

RocketChevy56 · 10-10-2008, 02:47 PM

And all this time, I just thought the Smoke-Out deodorizer wasn't working......damn

RunninLo · 10-10-2008, 01:54 PM

Snakes got what I'm sayin

Josh

Sinister · 10-10-2008, 02:21 PM

WMD, car bomb...

norwegianc10 · 10-10-2008, 03:28 PM

Sorry to mislead you RunninLo. One orange and one black cable to the battery, one black to ground and red one to 12V+. No triggerwire for alarm

RunninLo · 10-10-2008, 08:38 PM

no worries norwegian. It's been at least 15 years since I've seen a paging unit anyway so I was mostly grasping. FWIW I'm glad the went with the 2 way in the remote fob instead of the pagers. My #1 least favorite alarm feature was the REALLY old style that had a keyed lock cylinder that a lot of people mounted in the driver fender just behind the wheel opening. I still cringe when I think of all the mint sheetmetal that got a hole in it.
Josh

72Subby · 10-10-2008, 09:51 PM

it is probably an alarm pager as suggested...

HOWEVER, I will suggest a different story:

Step 1) cheating spouse
Step 2) private detective
Step 3) messy divorce

...ask me how I know.

--steve

hewlett2002000 · 10-11-2008, 03:01 AM

the FCC ID is for a LoJack tranmitter certified before 1995. since its that old its not gps. probably uses triangulation. there watching you...... lol good luck with that.
John

10-10-2008, 12:04 PM	#2
68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Re: Tracking Device Sounds like a tracking beeper device or an audio eavesdropping bug transmitter. Most of those use a 9-volt battery though, from what I've heard. Conspircay Theory, anyone ?????

10-10-2008, 12:09 PM	#3
lowriden58 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chesapeake Beach, MD Posts: 812	Re: Tracking Device sorry someones gotta do it __________________ 71 cheyenne lwb 300rwhp best 1/4 time so far 12.8 @103 http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...en58/001-2.jpg

10-10-2008, 12:10 PM	#4
steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Franklinton NC Posts: 1,309	Re: Tracking Device Maybe a lojack?

10-10-2008, 12:18 PM	#5
norwegianc10 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 90	Re: Tracking Device Here is a pic Attached Images __________________ 67 c10 Short Step 350/th400 daily driver 69 Camaro work in progress

10-10-2008, 12:31 PM	#6
Classic Bowties Always on the hunt... Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portland, OR. Posts: 5,563	Re: Tracking Device Part of a pager alarm system? ? ?

10-10-2008, 11:58 AM	#1
norwegianc10 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 90	Tracking Device I am restoring a 69Camaro and I found something that looks like some sort of a tracking device. Anyone have an idea what this can be? It was hotwired to the cigarette lighter, and connected to ground, this were the only connections. The device had a 12V battery attached to it, and an antenna under the dashpad. The device was found hidden behind the kickpanel.

10-10-2008, 12:35 PM	#7
68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Re: Tracking Device Transmitting device of some kind, because of the FCC paper tag with it. Should be able to find out what that is by checking the FCC number with them. I'm betting on a Lojack type anti-theft tracking device, though I wouldn't really know one if I saw one. Somebody on here will know more than I do about those.

10-10-2008, 01:04 PM	#8
sneakysnake It's a catastrophic success. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,077	Re: Tracking Device Was there a cover on the (curcuit board) box?Any numbers The thing in the bottom of pic is a battery. Attached Images

10-10-2008, 12:12 PM	#9
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,411	Re: Tracking Device Photos? Inquiring minds want to know.

10-10-2008, 12:58 PM	#10
RunninLo 3DrDwn--the 'burb not the band Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 598	Re: Tracking Device It appears to be a paging unit that was popular on alarms in the 80's. I'll bet that there was an alarm that someone already removed but left the page unit behind because they lost the dedicated pager. The box would have had a red hot wire, a black ground wire, and an orange "trigger" wire that would have sent the paging signal when it recieved a ground input from the alarm brain. The supplemental battery allowed the signal to be sent even if the main vehicle battery has been disconnected. based on my years spent as a MECP certified audio/security/cellular installler that's my best guess. Josh __________________ Slo and Lo that is the tempo. '72 burb build page here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=259256 '89 GMC Dually crew build page coming soon. 88 4x4 crew DD duallys past/present pics here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...46#post4001246 89 1 ton Dually rear flip kit install here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=354327

10-10-2008, 01:16 PM	#11
norwegianc10 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 90	Re: Tracking Device No orange cable, only red 12V+ and black grounded. And a black coax antenna under the dashpad. FCC ID: IDILJU-02 __________________ 67 c10 Short Step 350/th400 daily driver 69 Camaro work in progress

10-10-2008, 01:35 PM	#12
sneakysnake It's a catastrophic success. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,077	Re: Tracking Device I think he means this one went to the alarm sys, (the trigger wire).If alarm has been removed then the wire wouldnt be hooked up. Attached Images

10-10-2008, 01:55 PM	#13
72swbcamo Active Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Waterbury, CT Posts: 591	Re: Tracking Device Because it was attached to the cigarette lighter I think it may be an anti- smoking warning devise. It is installed to send a signal to your wife every time you use the lighter to light your cig. These units were sold by the anti-smoking people to rat out husbands who promised their wife they would stop smoking and then smoked in their cars. Not many people know about them because the program was kept a secret. As years passed and guys sold their cars the devices were discovered hidden in different places in the cars by the new owners. Those wives and anti-smoking people will go to any extent to advance their no smoking agendas. LOL

10-10-2008, 02:47 PM	#15
RocketChevy56 Certified BFH Operator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 154	Re: Tracking Device And all this time, I just thought the Smoke-Out deodorizer wasn't working......damn __________________ - 1969 swb C/10 fleetside -LSx swap and Resto in progress LQ4/TH400/Ed Curtis cam/Pro Flo intake/Brian Tooley Goodies ..... a couple snails may be trying to crawl into my engine bay... -1997 Z/28 - LT1/T-56 - Bolt ons, 9 inch, built trans/clutch and on the bottle

10-10-2008, 01:54 PM	#16
RunninLo 3DrDwn--the 'burb not the band Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 598	Re: Tracking Device Snakes got what I'm sayin Josh __________________ Slo and Lo that is the tempo. '72 burb build page here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=259256 '89 GMC Dually crew build page coming soon. 88 4x4 crew DD duallys past/present pics here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...46#post4001246 89 1 ton Dually rear flip kit install here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=354327



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10-10-2008, 02:21 PM	#17
Sinister Between Trucks... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA. Posts: 3,830	Re: Tracking Device WMD, car bomb... __________________ Beat it to fit, Paint it to match... Last edited by Sinister; 10-10-2008 at 02:21 PM.

10-10-2008, 03:28 PM	#18
norwegianc10 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 90	Re: Tracking Device Sorry to mislead you RunninLo. One orange and one black cable to the battery, one black to ground and red one to 12V+. No triggerwire for alarm __________________ 67 c10 Short Step 350/th400 daily driver 69 Camaro work in progress

10-10-2008, 08:38 PM	#19
RunninLo 3DrDwn--the 'burb not the band Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 598	Re: Tracking Device no worries norwegian. It's been at least 15 years since I've seen a paging unit anyway so I was mostly grasping. FWIW I'm glad the went with the 2 way in the remote fob instead of the pagers. My #1 least favorite alarm feature was the REALLY old style that had a keyed lock cylinder that a lot of people mounted in the driver fender just behind the wheel opening. I still cringe when I think of all the mint sheetmetal that got a hole in it. Josh __________________ Slo and Lo that is the tempo. '72 burb build page here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=259256 '89 GMC Dually crew build page coming soon. 88 4x4 crew DD duallys past/present pics here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...46#post4001246 89 1 ton Dually rear flip kit install here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=354327

10-10-2008, 09:51 PM	#20
72Subby Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 68	Re: Tracking Device it is probably an alarm pager as suggested... HOWEVER, I will suggest a different story: Step 1) cheating spouse Step 2) private detective Step 3) messy divorce ...ask me how I know. --steve __________________ Help! My project parts hauler became a project!

10-11-2008, 03:01 AM	#21
hewlett2002000 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cleveland, Tx Posts: 1,619	Re: Tracking Device the FCC ID is for a LoJack tranmitter certified before 1995. since its that old its not gps. probably uses triangulation. there watching you...... lol good luck with that. John __________________ Respect: 1. A feeling of appreciative, often deferential regard; esteem. 2. The state of being regarded with honor or esteem. 3. Willingness to show consideration or appreciation. When you fail to show consideration to others values you are showing disrespect.

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