TR3 Security

[j-eichert]

Another high-tech idea seems to be the 1-2-3ignition:

The new tunable version using Bluetooth-communication has the option of being locked via smartphone. So unless your are close enough with your phone, the ignition won't work and the car won't start - with no simple (hardware) trick to unlock it.

 

As I'm using the smartphone for navigation anyway..... the cost for this ignition may pay by saving some additional safety device. And I can't Imagine thieves carrying a complete ignition with them.

Up to now I have only experience with the standard 1-2-3: Running fine without any trouble for 4 years and 15.000 miles.

 

Regards,

Johannes

[pinky]

 

I have got a few different security items fitted, the best is the tracker 50 pound,

hard wired in, tells you exactly were the car is,

 

however as I see it the biggest problem is transit vans with a winch, no matter what you do

you won't stop them bastard

 

hopefully a well hidden tracker will find the car,

 

on a brighter note,I don't believe many classics are stolen ?

 

reading the past threads, I wish those who are not well, long levity

my tors after her brain operation is still unwell, heart breaking to watch

 

pink xx

[Guest ntc]

I have got a few different security items fitted, the best is the tracker 50 pound,

hard wired in, tells you exactly were the car is,

 

however as I see it the biggest problem is transit vans with a winch, no matter what you do

you won't stop them bastard

 

hopefully a well hidden tracker will find the car,

 

on a brighter note,I don't believe many classics are stolen ?

 

reading the past threads, I wish those who are not well, long levity

my tors after her brain operation is still unwell, heart breaking to watch

 

pink xx

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Edited March 6, 2017 by ntc

[Fireman049]

Hi Pinky ~

 

Don't forget that you are 'The Wind Beneath Her Wings ~ In Sickness and In Health'

 

Best Wishes to you both ~

 

Tom & Co.

[billy l]

Are Trackers worth it? just asking. A friend of mine owns a very highly modified Mk2 Ford Escort which was hidden away in a workshop for a couple of days, you could not see the car from the outside. the would be thieves tried very hard to break in wrecking both doors but were beaten by the security of the building. The police said that the thieves probably had some sort of scanner that picked up signals from trackers and lets them know where desirable cars are located. I have never heard of this but if it is so, what is the point of Trackers. Cheers, Bill.

[Lebro]

The RBS Security Tracker, which was being sold through the Club, Acts just like a mobile phone on standby, & would only be detectable as such.

Only when you interrogate (ring) it does it send the location message.

 

Bob.

[pinky]

 

hi tom,

 

yes you are absolutely right, wind beneath her wings, yes I like that.

 

can't see how any one would no you got a tracker on board, it's contacted by your mobile,

I texted mine, it text back it's location 50 pound no yearly charge

it is exstremly accurate,

 

pink

[PaulAnderson]

This may help:

 

http://www.bertram-hill.com/classic-car-security.html

 

I'm currently considering the DB1 tracker from Rewire Security (the company in that link), partly because of the use of GNSS (tracked by more satellites than just USA ones) and hopefully a better signal when in remote locations.

Would have posted a link but can't seem to paste one in anymore.

 

 

Paul

[Fireman049]

If your TR is locked up in the garage or if it's standing on the drive why not consider connecting the car

to an anti-poacher device. This is a unit which has a blank 12 bore cartridge fitted to it and a triggering

device which will detonate the cartridge with an almighty BANG!. You connect the unit to your TR with nylon

cord or suchlike. These units are available in firearms dealers for about £15 and are perfectly legal.

 

I've fitted one to my garden shed (which is full of TR spares).

 

Don't forget to disconnect it before you move the car!!

 

Tom.

 

PS: These devices are used by gamekeepers on country estates and connected to a trip wire.

[Guest ntc]

Sorry Tom

They are not for home use.

[Charlie D]

Hello All,

 

Back in the 1970’s my TR3a was “Stolen” by the US Military Police, in Wiesbaden, Germany. (They thought I was a terrorist, and was going to use the TR as a car bomb!) What they did was lift the front using a breakdown truck. Just a rope around the front bumper, and lift…. Amazing it did not pull the thing off.

 

It made me think about how easy it was to remove my car, so I came up with an idea that I used whenever I thought the car was being left in a dodgy area.

 

I can’t remember if I had to drill an additional hole in the transmission tunnel, or if the idea worked by simply removing the rubber bung in the gearbox cover, but basically I carried a piece of 12 inch long 1/4 inch diameter steel bar in the car, and when I parked I poked the steel bar through the hole and through the gap between the yokes of the prop shaft.

 

With the carpet pushed back it was invisible. In effect it locked the back wheels. The only way the car could have been taken was to lift it from the rear.

 

I can't rember the exact details. The bar may have been thinner, and may have had a bend in it. I may have even used a simple screwdriver for the job. It's soooo long ago...

 

You do have to remember to remove the bar before you drive off though…

 

Charlie D

[iain]

That sounds like an effective transmission break brake

 

What about a Motorcycle padded chain and lock around the steering wheel spokes and the steering column behind the dash support bracket.....another pain for the miscreant to struggle with.

 

Iain

[Alec Pringle]

A mobile phone in standby mode is all too easy to trace, and if it's in a locked garage serves merely to confirm to the thief that there's a target worth protecting within said garage. The average detector is good for maybe 50m range, but the more powerful varieties can be drone mounted to overfly garages at 100-200m and pinpoint the location on GPS.

 

Classic car theft has been on the rise for several years past, simply because the component parts are so easy to move on at a profit - and of course, clots selling log books on the bay do naught but encourage theft, the stolen car is rung and sold on under a new id..

 

One effective way of spoiling a would-be thief's day is to wire into the garage locks a 24v ignition coil circuit - as soon as he tries putting key or whatever in lock, he goes live, as it were. These can give one heck of a belt, quite sufficient to deter the average thief - especially as instant loss of bladder control is a common consequence, bit of a giveaway to an observant copper.

 

Cheers

 

Alec

[RogerH]

I like the idea of Tom's blank cartridge but I would be tempted to put it under the seat (I would remove the spring loaded spike first)

or possibly where the horn push is - possibly with a spring loaded spike.

 

I read recently where thieves are putting trackers on cars they target and go after them later on. Very crafty.

 

I find dodgy door gaps and a touch of rust tends to put off the thief with a sense of quality.

 

Roger

[Hamish]

I have used the following on motorbikes before

Good insurance discounts too

https://shop.smartwater.com

 

http://datatag.co.uk/cars.php

 

Just a thought

H