Fordnatics List Archive

This read-only message was archived from a public mail list.
Mail From: (email redacted) (Tommy Penick)

I have a 1984 Mustang GT with 207,000 miles on it. The heads and oil pan
have never been removed. It still doesn't use any oil and performs well.
I would reconsider the 130k engine swap.

tomcat

This read-only message was archived from a public mail list.
Mail From: Robert Arabian <(email redacted)>

To Eugene Y C Chu Regarding the auto security stuff..

I read some of the threads regarding the suggestions made, and I think all
of them are pretty good. I do have one thing to add. I have been on the
LAPD for about 6 years and have interviewed many car thieves. I also had
the opportunity to hear an "Ex-car thief" lecture on the subject. He is
not an auto security consultant..wouldn't you know it! Well anyway, the
basic scoop is as follows. The average car thief (street hood) is
generally looking for a vehicle to help him further his criminal
objectives (buy/sell dope/robb etc). Theu dont hunt down 5.0's for this
kinda stuff. However, they do occasionally get an "order" for a car, and
if they have one, they will stop at nothing to get it. Many of them do
not have the knowledge about how vehicle ignitions work. They know how to
cut "the Club" off of a steering wheel, and how to break apart the
steering colum, or bypass the cheap alarms. The Consultant guy said that
when he was into it real heavy, he would be "capering" 24 hours a day. He
said that if he had to have a car, he would get it no matter what it cost
him. Generally, he would look for cars without visible signs of alarms. I
asked him about the "club" and he stated that the club is a good deterrant
if it is applied properly. Most people put the club across the steering
wheel. This makes it easy to remove in about 8 seconds. All one does is
cut the steering wheel(a cheap piece of metal with pad around it) and slip
the club out. To properly install the device, you should tilt the mustang
steering wheel all the way down (where it would hit your legs. Turn the
wheel to full lock either right or left, and then apply the club so that
the handle is wedged into the upper part of the windshield. The goal is to
have as little movement as possible, so that if the wheel is cut, there is
not much room to slide the club off.. The ex-theif says that if he say a
car that had the club applied properly, and a red LED light (alarm), he
would look for one that did not have these devices. If it takes longer
than 35 seconds to steal the car, thieves generally wont attempt to take it.

However, Stealing your radio is another story, so we'll have to deal with
that another time./

Robocop.

This read-only message was archived from a public mail list.
Mail From: (email redacted) (Robert King)

> [good advice sacrificed to the bandwidth god]
>
> However, Stealing your radio is another story, so we'll have to deal with
> that another time.


Keep talkin' buddy!

- -- Robert King


+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Robert A. King | |
| Systems Software Engineer | "Dulce et decorum est en |
| Kodak Health Imaging Systems | medio coitu mori" |
| (email redacted) | -- Nelson Rockefeller |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The opinions expressed here ain't even mine, much less my employer's! |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+