Key Switch???

[`Michael Southard]

Does any body know why A 1969 coupe would have a Key Switch in the rear, between the tail lights, at dead center? Was a burgler alarm an option on that vette? I know it wasn't to access the trunk! Sold my 69 a couple of years ago and never did find out why that was there.
Mike S.

[Joe L.]

Re: Key Switch???

Michael------

Yes, the key operated switch at the location which you describe was used in 1969 for the optional UA6 alarm system.

[`Michael Southard]

Re: Key Switch???

Great, I'll tell the fellow I work with...He bought it from me. Go figure, A factory alarm in 69'?
Mike S.

[Reba Whittington]

Re: Key Switch???

Yes, Mike, alarms became available as an option in 1968 and standard equipment in 1972. In later years (late 1977 I think), the activation switch was integrated with the door lock, and some people do not know it is there.

We once had a customer who wanted us to find a problem with the $200 alarm he had paid someone to add to his 1978. We asked what had happened to the factory system, and he asked with a blank look, "What system?"

[`Michael Southard]

Re: Key Switch???

Reba,
To activate the system, did you just turn the key in the rear when you left the vehicle unattended? I never did see any sensors in the door area either.
Mike S.

[Jack H.]

Re: Key Switch???

Sensor ARE in the door.... Without the optional anti-theft alarm, the sensors serve to trigger the door ajar warning lamp.

The 'how to' of arming and disarming the anti-theft system is covered in your copy of the owner's manual as well as in the NCRS Performance Verification manual. Yes, it's as easy as inserting a key in the rear deck's lock assy and turning it ON/OFF....