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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

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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    I thought the trick with these was actually keeping the doors closed.

    I did see one up at KLR Automotive that had household door locks fitted. True!
    Ala Mr Bean
    I hope they were deadlocks, otherwise the door can be removed by undoing the hinges.. Easier still, drive out the door pins

    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..

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeeJay View Post
    Ala Mr Bean
    I hope they were deadlocks, otherwise the door can be removed by undoing the hinges.. Easier still, drive out the door pins
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    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomBrulinski View Post
    Hi guys, I've been reading all of these threads about stolen Land Rovers.
    I'm in the market currently for a 70's or 80s Series 3 LWB. Can these be easily broken into? If so, is there a trick to make them more secure?
    Thanks,
    Where have you read these

    Seen a lot in the uk but there again lots of stuff is getting nicked over there. But have not seen many over here.
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    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    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
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    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

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