Today, I got really pissed...another Chevelle stolen & a fully restored one at that. There was just a stolen 66 Chevelle not too long ago. Please keep an eye out for em guys! Click on the little envelope going through the door. I'm gonna keep me eye open for that one from Oakland. Just pray to God they didn't take that thing to Mexico(insert prayer hands icon here). Watch your Chevelles men, their are some weird people in this world.
Click here for details on the stolen Chevelles: www.chevelles.com/alert.html (http://www.chevelles.com/alert.html)

------------------
Jay W.
In-the-works 67 Malibu
genxrodsandcustoms.8m.com (http://genxrodsandcustoms.8m.com)
surferwagons.8m.com (http://surferwagons.8m.com)
www.angelfire.com/ca4/67malibu (http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/67malibu)

[This message has been edited TWICE by SoCalRat (edited 09-24-99).]

[This message has been edited by SoCalRat (edited 09-25-99).]

Also, is there anyway we can get these thiefs alone in a room with Tom P.(DZAUTO) & give Tom a brick and a hammer?

I think that the message here is multiple: Firstly "they don't make 'em anymore." Secondly the value will become greater as the cars become more rare. It is possible that the black market value will go up as the Yen goes up in value; it is rumored that many American Muscle cars end up in Asia. They are owned by wealthy types who do not care where ( or how ) the cars came from. I know that this sounds like some kooky conspiracy theory, but these cars are becoming more valuable and money talks. So, lock up your car as best you can. Or paint it really ugly and hope for the best.

Guys, it only gets worse. I just added ANOTHER one after that. Watch any 'specials' on used parts in your area, you never know what they did with these cars. Let us know any leads, with a few thousand of us together here, maybe we can make a difference.

I'll bring the bats (and a bag of bricks http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif )
Al

What's the loudest sound in the world? When a would-be car thief hears a round being chambered in an AK at two in the morning. I like the pliers and blowtorch idea from Pulp Fiction.

Bamboo shoots under the fingernails and porkupine needles between the toes. Then here in Texas, its still legal to hang horse thiefs.

You know what I'm going to start doing. Make note of the VIN etc from your list and check the local car shows and Cruise in's. You never know, some of these people may be stupid enough to go brag about their so called new car.

One more obvious thing. Stop posting your last name and City or State your from in your signature file.

Mark

[This message has been edited by COPO (edited 09-23-99).]

Someone needs to develop a cheap, reliable tracking device, kinda like the G.P.S. deal in the newer Cadillacs. That way, when the d*ckless pieces of s--- decides to swipe one of our rides, we can follow them home, or to Asia or wherever, shotgun, blowtorch, powertool in hand. Just a thought from a frustated Chevelle owner > http://www.chevelles.com/forum/frown.gif

Any chance a picture or pictures of the stolen cars can be added to the report???

well....
my 66 454 was stolen too days ago. from infront of my house while I was sleeping. I woke up to go to school and my car wasnt there. I called the cops and filled all the reports. the cops made it sound very common and that I wasnt getting my car back.

well I was going to the store to pick up a auto trader. because I still needed transportation to school for he rest of the semester.

well I ended up finding my car about 5 blocks from my house. and, about 6hours after I relized it was stolen.

I popped the hood and all that was gone was the air cleaner.(asswipes took a trophy)they tried to stuff my hood pins in the carborator. the morons were smart enough to use some wire to crank the ford starter solenoid. but dumb enough to think the only way to get the ignition on was a screwdriver in the ignition switch.

they stole my CD player but left over 100 CD's(guess they done like my taste in music http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif)

so whatta ya think. luckiest day of my life huh? needless to say I went to circut city the next day and had one of the best alarrms they had installed. oh yea.. and since they took a trophy... I havet the wire they cranked over my starter with hanging from the review mirror.(hope they see it)



------------------
Justin McIver
Sacramento CA
66-454-th350

Justin,
Lucky, lucky man! You've all got me worried now about ours. It's sitting out in the parking lot here at work with no hood! The neighborhood is upscale and the complex is on a dead-end street, so no thru traffic. I just got it running last night is the only reason the hood's off. Sucks we can't just enjoy our stuff that we've worked so hard on.

Anybody with a '67 got good suggestions on how to install an unseen hood lock?

Oh, and for all would-be thieves: our car doesn't even HAVE a radio of any kind!

------------------
Tom H.
Member #259
Indianapolis,IN www.iquest.net/~bharold/chevelle/ (http://www.iquest.net/~bharold/chevelle/)




[This message has been edited by TH (edited 09-23-99).]

[misfire]

[This message has been edited by michael j (edited 09-23-99).]

Justin,

I live in Jersey City, NJ. One of the worst places to live if you have a car. Though hood pins are cool as hell and a piece of automotive history, they easily allow people under you hood who really shouldn't be there.

Something that I've done is to replace the hood pins on my 70SS with hood locks made by Mr. Gasket. The sad thing is that I had to. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/frown.gif The practical upshot is that I can completely disable the ignition (pulled coil wire) and then LOCK THE HOOD DOWN. Now there is now way other than a tow truck that my car is going anywhere.

I learned this lesson the hard way as some one went shopping underneath my hood and took my cowl induction air cleaner, DieHard Gold 900, and the cover to my brake MC(???). The car was disabled at the time when a ball joint pulled through the control arm.

What I've lost in coolness of a by-gone era I've earned back 20 fold in peace of mind. WHENEVER the car is parked anywhere other than inside my garage out of sight, the coil wire is pulled and the hood is locked tight. No system is perfect, but this system can greatly deter the casual criminal who likes your car.

------------------
??michael j Team Chevelle Gold #77
70 Chevelle SS396 4sp, Fathom Blue/White Stripes - Canadian built

All I can say is, if I ever get my car completed, it will have one of the most confusing theft-deterent electrical interlock protection circuit known to man... http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif

ETAYLOR72-

I agree totally, I found a perfect spot on '70-72's for an "in-flight data-recorder" http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif

Well i say if they r in your yard steeling something and u see em they should make it law u can shoot them dead on the spot i sure would. If they find a car/truck that had been stolen all they do is send a wrecker to pick it up and say call the insurance agency. know from when dads truck was taked from our front yard. they don't even look at the steering wheel for fingerprints hell u never know they might find something. Any ways i say have an alarm system, the club or something like it both of them steering wheel one and gas pedel to steering wheel one. If my car ever gets on the road it will have a alarm system before it gets a stereo system gonna have to use stock AM radio for now. but hell DZ should be put in a room with them.
Let's pray everyone gets their cars back togeather!!!!


------------------
OWNER OF A 66 CHEVELLE MALIBU
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/nascar97/Chevelle.html page about the progress on my resto. still being made

OK, if I use the brick treatment, are you guys going to go my bail?

------------------
Tom Parsons

I will Tom, and even help with the lawyer fees. Worth every cent.
Ron

------------------
70 Chevelle SS396, 71 Z28-RS, 95 Z28 Convertible. Aces 3081, TC #54 Gold

I think DZAuto and Gene Chas are brothers!!

Tom,
I'll put in some money as long as I see some broken heads...
Everyone,
We need to make an international anti-theft device for our cars so that you don't need an alarm. Nowadays, if an alarm goes off people keep walking cause it's so common. We need to design a anti-theft device with some kind of code that can't be broken or hell, even take the flamethrowers Brazilians put on their cars & torch the bastards when they try to break in would help.

[This message has been edited by SoCalRat (edited 09-23-99).]

DZ on the bail damn right as long at you kick some @$$ real good.
I think that is true SOCALRAT not many people do anything anymore but some systems can tie into the cop shop and they will track the car and send a cop to check on it. I am not sure who all has it but Viper alarms do. buddy of mine had one tested it and it works like 3 cops came

------------------
OWNER OF A 66 CHEVELLE MALIBU
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/nascar97/Chevelle.html page about the progress on my resto. still being made

I think I heard of another contraption that is a spring loaded blade underneath the car. It's located right underneath the drivers door. Hmmmm.....nah, first time you forget about it, SWIPE!, and you're instantly about a foot shorter. What about riggin a device to send a constant electrical charge through the body of the car when the doors are locked and engine is off? You just throw a piece of wire on it to ground it, hop in and take off. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif Personally, I think the laws should be a little more VICTIM friendly when this crap happens. Understandably, the chances of gettin your ride back are usually slim to none, but the police could be a little more understanding about your loss when you've put as much blood, sweat, and MONEY into these machines as some have.

Bill T SS70 - good suggestion on the picts!

I asked Eric and he sent me two photos. They are on the alert page, but here is a quick pict.
http://www.chevelles.com/stolen_eric2.jpg

Amhpd17, naw, I've never met tommy and hopefully someday I will. He's a freckle older, wiser and a much meaner SOB that I am. Kinda like ol Geno on steriods. None of us should tolerate ice holes, it's that simple.

Frankly I had no idea that these cars of ours are such a hot commodity. I thought it was 1995 Honda accords or something. Sounds like the old hidden microswitch is something my 67 may get over the winter. Maybe an EE type out there can give me some help. Hidden, tiny and untraceable.

[This message has been edited by Gene Chas (edited 09-23-99).]

Yikes! Both (Hayward & Oakland) of those are in my neighborhood :/ Im glad mine isnt as aesthetically pleaseing as the last two that were stolen. NO theft system is 100%, hell NO system is even a 75% guarentee. If someone really wants your car they are going to take it, period the end. Weather they only have to hot wire it, or tow it away. The best protection and piece of mind is a good insurance policy. And no, I dont sell insurance! :P A *good* full coverage plan isnt that much more expensive than a libality plan. For a few extra dollars you not only get fully compensated if it is stolen but you also get piece of mind. I use AAA and I am fully covered for EVERYTHING as long as I have reciepts. I know its very dishearting when you are violated but there is really nothing you can do short of...well there really is nothing, thats the sad part.

Masterwoo, yeah but the point is, it not the money. It's the time and attachment. I mean if someone stole my leased car/biz car, who cares? If someone stole my Chevelle, it's like stealing my son. Lock and Load, going on patrol honey, be back when I get blood. Find me a lawyer and call me insane. Seeeya!

[This message has been edited by Gene Chas (edited 09-24-99).]

just a side note, if some rotten bastard does steal your ride i hope you've got a recent apraisel (sp) in your pocket or the insurance company will only give the blue book value, probably 5 or 600 bucks. good luck to you guys and getting your cars back.

John, most of us ( I hope ) have agreed upon value insurance. To me, that's the only way to go with a classic. But again, it's not the stinking money... it's the blood, sweat and tears and the notion that someone thinks they can have it all for nothing.

DOOM TO THOSE WHO DESICRATE OUR RIDES!

They best pray the police do find them before someone like DZAUTO goes. Jail time sure beats disembowlment.

[This message has been edited by Gene Chas (edited 09-24-99).]

Here is what I do the 68 blown chevelle that I have.
1.The Club
2.Battery in the trunk with shutoff switch
3.Electric fuel pump with hidden switch.

These may seem a little extreme but I still have the car.

I have had experience with Lo Jack as one of the previous replies made reference to. I actually tracked a car down with Lo Jack when I was a full-time police officer back in 1993. Basically a chip is installed somewhere in the car. Even the owner does not know where. It is installed by Lo Jack certified employees. Certain police cars will have Lo Jack devices installed in them. I cannot remember the exact range. I picked up on my car within about three miles of it. I was able to narrow it down to a parking lot. The Lo Jack number displayed on my screen is cross referenced with the Lo Jack number for a specific vehicle, i.e. if the number displayed is 11111 then I can determine via police communications what kind of car I am looking for, example 11111 references a blue honda Accord, etc. The key is when a lo Jack vehicle owner gets his car stolen he/she must report it to the police and the Lo Jack chip is activated. The problem is that if a Lo Jack car gets stolen then timing is everything. If the owner is slow in reporting or a there is not a Lo Jack equipped police car in the area you may have trouble retrieving it or it may be slow in being retrieved. The cost for Lo Jack I believe is in the $ 600.00 range (that is what it use to cost).

------------------
Steve Petzer - Richmond, VA
1969 SS Chevelle Convertible project
members.tripod.com/~The_Petzers/chevpic01.html (http://members.tripod.com/~The_Petzers/chevpic01.html)
1977 El Camino Classic

Here's just one more cheap way to make it harder for would-be thieves to steal cars with automatics. When I had leave my 69SS in the drive a few years ago, I unplugged the neutral safety switch under the console shifter plate. If the plate isn't screwed down, its a breeze to unplug it every time you leave the car. Like someone else mentioned though, if they're good and they want your car, they'll get it.

------------------
Rainer Seitz
Vancouver, WA
Team Chevelle Gold #50

'68 SS396 (soon to be for sale!)
'70 LS3 400 Malibu
'70 Malibu convertible 350/300hp
rseitz@chevelles.com

Any motor vehicle is a target out there, and car thieves will do whatever they want to have the vehicle in their possession.

One thing about the 1969-present GM steering columns is that a pry bar can be used to crack open the housing, and start the car. Another thing on older vehicles is that the dash-mounted ignition switch can be circumvented in any way to start the car, even if removing the lock cylinder from the dash.

It's not just the FBI's Top 10 Most Stolen list that's affected; this includes classics. Oldies that are obsolete are also prey for auto theft, since these vehicles are exotic, and often, can be stolen from your driveway, parking lot, or garage, and end up in Latin America or any other parts of the globe. Even the garage or storage facility isn't immune to auto theft; look what has occured to the Aston Martin DB5 (from Goldfinger and Thunderball) being ripped off a couple of years back. The car was stored in an airplane hangar in the Greater Miami area, and someone stole the 007 movie car. Not much is known today, since there are no whereabouts on the present state of the car. Probably, the Aston Martin might be in a Latin American nation or some other foreign country.

Those that put a lot of hours in building projects should focus attention on planning ahead and have a total awareness in auto theft. Flashing off the chrome under the hood, leaving the windows fully open, or just driving the car invites auto theft, and the average car thief would rob anyone of their prized possession.

ALWAYS invest in a security system for your daily driver, since the auto theft problem is not going to be eradicated off the face of the earth. Wheel locks, smooth door lock knobs, auto alarms, The Club, hood lock, or detachable-face car stereo serves as a deterrent, but it's best to have whatever is of your disposal.



------------------
Quark
descendant of a former Chevelle owner
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/lonestarclassics/acar.html

1969 Chevelle Memories Page
http://members.tripod.com/~seributra_d/time_and_memories.htm

Chevelles (and A-cars) On Screen
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5196/a_car.html

Disco-Era Classics
http://homepages.go.com/~55498/hooptie.htm

You guys are open targets when you list your Cars and City/State in your signature file. If I was a car stealer and was looking for a 70 LS6 Chevelle, all I have to do is find the guy who has one in his signature file and look up his address on the Net and valla. I just stake the house and when alls clear I steal the car. Pretty simple.
Just my .02 cents. I don't trust anybody. Ya I know someone could follow you home too.

Mark

Well i say if they r in your yard steeling something and u see em they should make it law u can shoot them dead on the spot i sure would. If they find a car/truck that had been stolen all they do is send a wrecker to pick it up and say call the insurance agency. know from when dads truck was taked from our front yard. they don't even look at the steering wheel for fingerprints hell u never know they might find something. Any ways i say have an alarm system, the club or something like it both of them steering wheel one and gas pedel to steering wheel one. If my car ever gets on the road it will have a alarm system before it gets a stereo system gonna have to use stock AM radio for now. but hell DZ should be put in a room with them.
Let's pray everyone gets their cars back togeather!!!!


------------------
OWNER OF A 66 CHEVELLE MALIBU
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/nascar97/Chevelle.html page about the progress on my resto. still being made

pass a law to shoot them dead on the spot??
Already have one...
God I love being a Texan!