My neighbors SD got stolen Tuesday Night
 

:eek:

An 07 F250 CC SB. Right out of his driveway.

It was recovered today - dash removed, all of the led's removed (he is a city employee), and the Alpine head unit removed.

Tow yard won't release it yet as it's still being "investigated" by the Sheriff's dept.

:eek:

Bummer! Steve, Hope you have an Alarm!

arnt you glad you were on vacation?

Damn - that sucks big time!

Sure does damn

I thought you couldn't start the new trucks, that they had to be towed away if you wanted one bad enough. It doesn't seem cost efective to do all that just for a radio and lights, are all the air bags gone along with the dash?

hopefully they blew up in the face of the thief...

Cheers to that. :-drink

I'm sorry to hear about your neighbors misfortune Steve.

I'll guess the Alpine unit got the thieves attention. F'n bastidges!

Hopefully they didn't beat up his Super Duty too much.

Once again I'll get on my soapbox.... Ravelco and Lojack were two of the best additions to my SD.

Dash and airbags gone.

Should anybody be interested in the Ravelco device, here's the link: California Ravelco Dealer, Mobile Car Truck Anti Theft Devise Installation Sacramento

Bummer! I hate thieves.

Russ, whats the difference between the ravelco product and the factory anti theft device on my '03? I have the second key that plugs in underneath the steering wheel.

piece of s#$t people. Get a job and quite stealing.

Hey Mike,

I don't know anything about the Ford 2nd key system. Does it disable the ignition/starting circuit?

When I pull the Ravelco 'plug' the engine immediately dies and cannot be started. It won't make a sound when I turn the key unless the ravelco 'plug' is in place.

I 've got the installers coming out to set me up on Wednesday.

That night you will sleep well Grasshopper! :-X17

i had an alarm on my truck and the radio still got jacked, i dont think it slowed them down, it might slow down someone from stealing the whole truck, cuz mine had an ignition cut out, but still it sucked 600 bucks for a loud noise

The device on my truck disables the starting circuit. Everything but the starter is functional w/o the key, and you can even pull the key back out once the truck is started. It looks more like a connector than a key. 2004 was the last model year I have seen the device on any Ford.
Just wondering how similar it is to the ravelco device.

Just an update -

Neighbor got his truck back on Saturday.

South Bay Ford did a nice job on it.

the only problem is that it will never be the same now...

I don't know - looks the same to me. Better, actually - new dash, new stereo etc.

It might not feel the same to him since it's been thieved, but he was glad to get it back.

yeah they can make it look right but it will never feel right....atlest to me it wouldnt, just something in the back of your head always telling you it isnt right...i would be happy to get it back too.

Good to hear we got another Super Duty back.