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[Rick]

Saw this on facebook just now (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151410265203818&set=a.404344753817.180629.5869668817&type=1).

Stolen on Saturday night.

YYO 350H



RJ
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[Ironhead]

makes me sick,thieving scum.

[Mog]

My Aussie. Ford had a pull on hand brake under the dash. I made up a stainless steel box that slipped over it. A 1/2 hole was drilled in the right place and a big pad lock bought. The hand brake was pulled on, then the box slipped on and the pad lock. I would put this on if parking in "unsafe " places. I did not have comprehensive ins. After a few years, the car was not worth so much, so I used it less.

[Bitumen Boy]

I use a device called a "clutch claw" which locks the brake and clutch pedals together, and braces against the floor to stop them being depressed too. It's a little awkward to fit - I find I have to kneel down on the road next to the open door, though removing it (with the key!) is easier. Very sturdy construction, bolt croppers aren't going to touch it and even an angle grinder is going to be awkward working in the footwell. They're really designed for vans and 4x4 vehicles, but it just fits my Herald without modification and so will probably fit lots of other classics too. Expensive new but like most things they do turn up on fleabay if you keep your eyes open

[Riley Blue]

I'm surprised at the number of classics parked on the street. Probably the best security device you could get for your car would be a council lock-up garage, mine costs less than a fiver a week and is in a compound with a padlocked barrier and the door has two locks.

A gps tracker is also a good idea and not expensive either:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=gps+tracker&_sacat=See-All-Categories

[baconsdozen]

A few years back I caught someone inside my motorhome. He'd forced the back door open to find somewhere to sleep off a hang over.
When he woke up he had a nightmare,I know,because I was in it.

[Jim.Walker]

Any vehicle that age is rather distinctive.
What is the reason for taking something like this which is difficult to hide.
Is it to break for spares? Or what?
From the picture it is obviously looked after and NOT "just a car" to someone.
Thieves are vermin. Whoever stole that is less than vermin, but I cannot think of a suitable description.
Jim.
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[peter scott]

Banger racers don't need registration plates or an expensive paint job. They probably don't require any VIN plates either.

Peter
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[Mog]

My mother used to live in a housing commission flat. The druggies/ no hopers used to take her car for a drive ? and then return it when there was no petrol left. They forced the way in on the drivers side door.

[Riley Blue]

I would be devasted if one of my Rileys was stolen - how do you keep your classics safe and secure? I never see anything about the subject either in the classic press, on the internet or at shows.

[D4B]

[Rick]

[Riley Blue]

[Richard H]

A tracker, secret fuel pump cut off switch or huge disklok are good precautions against theft.

Hope the Oxford turns up undamaged
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