People w/ muscle cars: how do you protect your car

[MuffHugger]

My dad wants to put an alarm system on his 70 Chevelle SS. What is the best/most practical way to do this? He wants an alarm because of the peace of mind and our insurance agent will give us a discount. Is this possible or is my dad a dumbass?

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[Dasfinc]

My dad wants to put an alarm system on his 70 Chevelle SS. What is the best/most practical way to do this? He wants an alarm because of the peace of mind and our insurance agent will give us a discount. Is this possible or is my dad a dumbass?

Depends on what kind of insurance you have...

I know with Regular insurance Alarms will ONLY help with items stolen OUT of the car (Parts of Comprehensive), but has VERY small effect otherwise?

I assume it has to be different for a collectible?

 

[Burtonrider10022]

y not, i would protect my investment if i were him. custom uphlestery ad interior work is expensive, i would want that shit locked up tight. and u really want ur daddys favorite child to get stolen?



get a Club on that bitch!

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

lol@ the club. A hacksaw to the steering wheel takes care of that.

Mount a hidden switch somewhere to kill power to the fuel pump. Nobody can drive off without that running.

 

[Burtonrider10022]

i <3 my club

 

[bikrboy128]

an alarm system wouldnt be all that difficult. of course he wouldnt be able to use the power lock feature, but he could manually lock it and use a door jam and shock sensor that would set the alarm off. not really sure how it could be done, but im sure others are in the same boat as your dad.

 

[02BlueGT]

^^^they make ones with door lock actuators now, so lots of install, but you gain alarm and key-less entry

Edit:
This is for a 4 door, but you get the idea
http://cgi.ebay.com/CAR-ALARM-REMOTE-START-KEYLESS-ENTRY-4-DOOR-LOCK-KIT_W0QQitemZ320283363245QQihZ011QQcategoryZ48611QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

 

[CamaroSS]

stock alarm bitches.... unless of course any of you want to steal the car, then of course, it has a robotic hand that comes out from under it and grabs you by the nuts if you try to touch it....... and a big dog then jumps outta the trunk to eat your face.... so yeah, enjoy

 

[02BlueGT]

You were forgetting that the dog has a red cape, and metal teeth

 

[CamaroSS]

You were forgetting that the dog has a red cape, and metal teeth

woah woah, lets not get outta hand here, thats just crazy talk now

 

[WhiteDevil]

I had a PRO install mine on 3 cars(66 nova,68 impala SC, 78 mino) the first two worked great, 2nd one had a short and fried the ignition wiring and onto the rest of the wires.

It is possible.

It actually wires in alot easier then a new vehicle.

You can also have no alarm, say you do, put a dummy light in there and 12v positive to the door handles.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

lol@ the club. A hacksaw to the steering wheel takes care of that.

Mount a hidden switch somewhere to kill power to the fuel pump. Nobody can drive off without that running.

yea that sure would take care of mechanical pumps no problem.


my buick was a combination of no choke spring and ratchet shifter... worked well ironically the only person to be able to start and drive my car was my mom; go figure.

 

[Fish]

Trunk Monkey bitchs.

 

[WhiteDevil]

just wire in a double kill switch. one to activate the coil and one to activate the ignition, it is an anti-theft system, I got the discount for it.
They will never be able to steal it.