Parked my Defender in one of the worst suburbs for car theft in Australia, and next door to a pub, for five years, rarely locked it. Never had anything stolen out of the cab.
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Parked my Defender in one of the worst suburbs for car theft in Australia, and next door to a pub, for five years, rarely locked it. Never had anything stolen out of the cab.
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Seems like a pretty good idea :D
Ala Mr Bean:pQuote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
I hope they were deadlocks, otherwise the door can be removed by undoing the hinges.. Easier still, drive out the door pins:cool:
My Stage 1 had a long shank lockwood lock locking the gear lever to the dashboard. More of a visual deterrant as it could have been shifted into neutral ratio & moved- but the thief would need to be aware of that..
The solution to that problem is to attach under the hinge bolts on the door short plates that when the door is closed overlap the door frame, preferably bent so they close firmly against it. If the nuts on the hinges are replaced by self locking ones turning them from the outside would not help - they would just turn once slightly loose. Probably would anyway, even with the original nuts. An alternative would simply be bolts through the frame of the door to have the same effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeeJay
John
I leave the transfer case in neutral, fuel tap midway (twin tanks) and have a hidden kill switch. if they do get it going, it's not moving and by the time they do get it mobile, it's run out of fuel.
During summer when the door tops are off, I have in the past left a note on the steering wheel mentioning I have a pet python in the car who knows my smell but not yours. Never been broken into.. and it doesn't have door locks either.
Where have you read theseQuote:
Originally Posted by TomBrulinski
Seen a lot in the uk but there again lots of stuff is getting nicked over there. But have not seen many over here.
Check out LandyWatch, tons of security ideas and lists of how the vehicles are being stolen.
http://www.landywatch.co.uk/
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Just a few of things had done, drilled out alternate hex bolts on doors and screw heads on bonnet.
My Series lands don't have door locks. They must have been a late model thing, perhaps on the Puma. In keeping with the period, perhap you could fit a hasp & staple with a padlock... on both sides of the doors.
You only have to stop a certain fluffy white dog from taking them on joyrides though, so you're already at an advantage :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Slunnie
Up here I think you could probably park a Land Rover on the street with the keys in it here and no one would bother.
Toyota thats a different matter
