Last night about 10pm-11:35pm, my mothers truck and my neighbors truck was tampered with. Even though we had our porch light on, they still tried. Thanks to my mothers battery cage, they were only able to get the cables off.

Now, my neighbor, they punctured the casing, trying to get the cables off. So, he had to replace his battery today.

Both hoods on the trucks were up about an inch last night, the neighbor says.

Then I find out there was a window broken in a car down the street (in an apt complex). We're constantly having issues with the apartments, loud music, etc.

Here's the kick. Another neighbor said his vehicle got smacked, with damage. Then it happened again, this time my neighbor chased him down the street. He hit him on the back of the head with a bat, and the jerk called the police on him. Can you imagine that?? They almost took my neighbor away, for assaulting the guy.

So, that being said, what do you do, besides yell at the person to get away, even though you have damage to your vehicle? I just recently had a new motor put in mine, and it makes me nervous about what happened last night. My neighbor and my mom and I, all own 70's trucks. I think we all need to chain our hoods down.

My biggest fear? What I will grab on the way out the door. I don't really fear the burglar, I fear my own reaction.

 

Just make sure you have something untraceable with no fingerprints to plant on the body.

Did I say that?

 

Its that way around here, the jerks doing stupid stuff have more rights then the people they harass. Just waiting on the police doesn't work (at least around here, its more of a hassle than what its worth most of the time). So yes I keep a baseball bat in the truck and I have a variety of things in the house. My biggest fear is I'll chase the person and make matters worse since I'm a relatively small female.

 

Can you say security system. Not your average run of the mill loud screaming ricer alarm. Nope a quiet system hooked up to 2 or 3 coils. Now since you said you had 70's trucks there all steel, can you say your battery won't be touched. HEHEHEHEHE.

 

What's creepy, while our neighbor was installing his new battery, and we were measuring for chains on our hoods, we were being watched. From these apartment complexes, there was a guy, watching every move we made. Even eye contact didn't make him turn away.

So, my neighbor left, my mom left, and when I left was where it got odd. As I pulled out of my driveway, this guy watches me leave, then walks towards the complex. I got 3 houses away, put it in reverse, and pulled back to my house in reverse. This guy walked back towards where he was, and watched me.

I called the complex manager, left a message there was a suspicious person eyeballing neighbors in the parking lot. As I pulled away from my house, the guy walked the other way, but stopped, as to not let me know where he lived.

SO, I bought a chain for our trucks, told another neighbor down the street that owns an old Ford too. We're all going to stay up late tonight. Mom wants to sit on the porch with her gun, lol.. Did I mention my mom (JK13 on here) was a hunter? We won't be having guns out, just sitting on the porch with the light out.

Hopefully, nobody will try anyting. I wonder what time Java City closes?

 

That's why there's always an axe handle near the garage door, and a 36" lead filled kickory baseball bat in the cab of my truck.
Not to mention, no one in our house is less than an expert shot.

 

If there is one thing I hate its thieves. I keep a big maglite in my truck (4 D cell batteries). A variety of weapons in the house. No gun yet. Mostly knives and club type things. Have yet to have anything of mine broken into. Keepin my fingers crossed.

 

Some double edged razor blades superglued to strategic locations on the hood release seems to be in order here. Do the same with the stereo. I've seen the effectivness of this on stereo's, it's a dandy. What is the crook gonna do, call the cops on ya? Hail no, revenge is nice and crime just don't pay.

 

78 thunder,
Man,,,, ive alwyas thought about that,.... told all my friends... theres no way they can grab a thing...
heh anyway what would be the best way goin about that??
Ya im not to fond on the no lock hood.... kinda risky.

 

There are, in cab, keyed, hood release units available for the 70's trucks. would be a lot easier than dealing with a chain every time you want to open the hood. I have seen them on ebay for sale .

 

I know I have a lock on my hood release lever for my 81 bronco. I think you should be able to "adapt" a similar feature to a 70 model Ford. I would be careful about putting razor blades in strategic locations. In this day and age, you would probably face civil and criminal charges if someone was to get hurt trying to make entry or procure some of your possessions. Fortunately for me, I live in a rural area and dont even lock my doors at night.

 

Set up a camera in the truck so that as soon as the hood opens, the guy is on film. Get one with a time feature so that you know what time the photo was taken.

 

i have confronted theifts like that with "the club" steering wheel lock.

i always keep little intersting goodies within a arms reach when im working on my truck and even inside the truck

 

coils work, but get some of them "less than lethal" beanbag shotgun shells that the police use, (them things will knock you down) sit and wait then aim for the nutz and "unload" they'll think they got hit with real shot and will not came back if they can get past the pain of brused ***** to run.
did I say that?

 

Well if the coil didn't work the beanbag shotgun shells would be good, I particularly like rock salt in a 3" Turkey Mag, That's why you don't mess with Ford owners.
Hey LongView1 if you would put a separate coil(s) on your fenderwells, and wire the tower of the coil to a bolt and the pos. to your battery, and then put an INSULATED switch on your frame somewhere wired to the Neg when you flip it on as soon as someone would touch it, it would ground and ZAPPPP! Its either the pos to the switch or the neg I don't remember but I have seen it. The only way to make sure it works is to of course test it. Now if you happen to have a nieghbor hood "pet" put some lunch meat on the bumper to test it HEHEHE.