Security C1

[Richard M.]

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A big 1/2" link chain looped from frame to a light pole with heavy pad lock should secure your ride.

I remember seeing a picture someone posted here long ago of a C1 with that exact security device wrapped around a big tree. Was Dennis Clark's car???

[Stuart F.]

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Back when I drove my car on a more regular basis, and was still working, I had a large HD ground interrupt switch (something like the master cutoff switches used on drag racing cars). It mounted to the same bolt on the bell housing where the ground cable used to be. It had two lugs; one on which the ground cable was connected to, and one with a short straight HD bracket which in turn mounted to the bell housing bolt. I had to just kneel down and reach under the car to turn the switch to ON. I used a section of old radiator hose to make a protective cover over the lugs. This was back in the early days when I first started working for GM Locomotive division and we all wore suits then (1978). As soon as I was able to buy a new car with the GM discount, I stopped driving the Vette to work and saved my suit pants.

With my first Camaro, a 1983 Z-28 H.O., I used a solenoid controlled fuel shut off valve with a key operated switch mounted in the panel under the steering column which included a pilot light. My thought was to let them get it started and drive into the first major intersection where it would die, and they would abandon the car there. The plan never needed to be tested as the QJ carb float bowl would barely allow the car to get into first gear before it would shut down, Ha!

Stu Fox

[Gene M.]

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I remember seeing a picture someone posted here long ago of a C1 with that exact security device wrapped around a big tree. Was Dennis Clark's car???

Dale Pearman if my recollection is clear.

[Paul J.]

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Take the coil wire with you when you leave the car. A thief told me that trick.

[Rob M.]

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Take the coil wire with you when you leave the car. A thief told me that trick.

On my C3 I always take of the wire between the coil and the distributor but putting a little switch in the coil wire similar to the suggestion made by Paul would work equally well and is much more convenient on C1 and C2's!!!

[Gene M.]

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Take the coil wire with you when you leave the car. A thief told me that trick.

EASY TO DO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RADIO, sorry about cap lock......

[Joe R.]

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Several years ago Dale Pearman invented the perfect security system for C-1 Corvettes. It's economical and you don't have to worry about someone pulling it up on a flatbed.
There is a picture in an old "Restorer" with self explanatory instructions.
Try this method and you will never loose your C-1 Corvette.
Thanks to Dale Pearman.

JR

[John H.]

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Dale Pearman if my recollection is clear.

Gene -

Yup, that was Dale's '62 driver.


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[Richard M.]

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On my C3 I always take of the wire between the coil and the distributor but putting a little switch in the coil wire similar to the suggestion made by Paul would work equally well and is much more convenient on C1 and C2's!!!

That's what I did on my '69 Mustang Coupe, my first car when I was a teenager living near Boston Massachusetts. I paid $550 for it in 1972. I put a coil kill switch under the dash as my theft deterrent system. I also had a similar switch next to it for switching the stock horns over to trumpet horns added under the hood.

One night going down Rte 128(I-95) in Woburn to pickup my girlfriend....sidenote, I married that girl a few years later and still to this day. At around 60mph I reached under the dash to switch the horns over. I hit the kill switch instead. I was just going under the I-93 overpass when the car lost power, I went... "yikes!!! I reached back and flipped the kill switch back on. I heard a loud "kaboom" and proceeded to blow the muffler to pieces. IIRC at that moment I think a little pee came out.

Gene -

Yup, that was Dale's '62 driver.


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YUP......THAT'S THE ONE !!!!

Rich

[Christopher R.]

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Take the coil wire with you when you leave the car. A thief told me that trick.

Only problem with removing the coil wire is that you also have to remove the ignition shielding to get to it. On other cars, I used to remove the good functional coil wire and replace it with a non-functional dummy coil wire. Fakes out the thief who looks. If you remove the coil wire, the thief can see that. I believe I made the dummy wire by pulling the copper wire out from inside the insulation. Or, by not connecting the lugs inside the boots. If you go to all this trouble, you may consider attaching the ignition shielding with allen head bolts. The wing nuts can be unscrewed by hand. And thieves might carry wrenches for bolts. But it's unlikely they carry allen head wrenches.

You can also ground the ignition coil. Attach a black wire to the "-" coil terminal. Attach the other end to a ground. Insert a switch in that circuit. When the switch is open, the car will start as usual. When the switch is closed, the coil is grounded, and the car won't start. It'll crank over, but won't start. The black wire looks like it belongs with all the other wires on the coil and distributor. All this is covered by the shielding. Don't put the switch in the passenger compartment. Any half competent thief will find it. I put mine in the trunk of my C1.

(Yes, half the time you'll forget whether you switched the switch, and the car won't start. I just get out and flick the switch.)

The green knob is a good anti-theft device, and is useful for other purposes. Gets NCRS judging credit too.

Consider cutting your fuel fill line at some convenient place along the frame rail and plumbing in a fuel shut-off petcock. If the thief starts the car, it'll run for a short period on the gas in the carb bowl. Then it'll die. Then the thief needs to decide whether to troubleshoot it close to scene of his crime. In addition to an anti-theft device, this fuel shut-off is useful for other purposes.

My car sits unattended for 4-6 months in a garage in the Winter. I don't look at it much during that time. But I like it that the electricity and gas are shut-off.

[Kenneth B.]

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Gene -Yup, that was Dale's '62 driver. [ATTACH=CONFIG]54854[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]54855[/ATTACH]

YEP it's him. I have a picture of the 62 chained to a tree in the Bloomington Holiday Inn parking lot in the day. Thieves were stealing Corvettes & parts back then. The state cops caught some guys in a van sleeping in the same parking lot. We ask if we could have 10 minutes with them before they took them to jail but they said NO.

[Jim T.]

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I remember Dale in his 62 driver sharing a street a couple of times. If I remember correctly his tag said VARROM. I knew he was running a all aluminum V8 in the 62 and I would not even think about any stoplight start up action with him.

[Philip P.]

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I put a circuit breaker and a switch in the main line (red wire from regulator to amp gauge) this not only protects the wiring in case of a major short the switch removes all the 12 volts from the car so to speak. I installed the switch in an inconvenient location but I know where it is, a deterrent anyway. Not a problem to put it back to original if need be.
Phil

[Tom P.]

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I have a KISS system.

[Gene M.]

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I have a KISS system.

I like your way of thinking. I think 6 shots placed in a small pattern should do it. But in most states you will be in hot water for shooting the thief taking your car. Stupid laws...........