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05-14-2014, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dallas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
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Good question.
I guess it depends on the car and the location.
Mine is a track car so I don't get too worked up about dings and scratches. I intend to repaint the car anyway when I decide to sell it.
Also, our area isn't as prone to vandalism as some other areas might be.
If I had a nearly perfect car in a high crime area I expect I would feel differently.
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05-14-2014, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Williamsport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kellison Stallion 468 FE
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i never park it anywhere unless its fully within my eyesight all the time.
it would take about 3 minutes to steal one of these cars if you know what your doing
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05-14-2014, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by FWB
i never park it anywhere unless its fully within my eyesight all the time.
it would take about 3 minutes to steal one of these cars if you know what your doing
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Agreed. If I ever did have to leave it unattended for a while, I'd pull the QR on the Moto Lita and take it with me. You can hot wire cars with a Ford solenoid on the wall almost as fast as you can start them up with a key. |
05-14-2014, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
Agreed. If I ever did have to leave it unattended for a while, I'd pull the QR on the Moto Lita and take it with me. You can hot wire cars with a Ford solenoid on the wall almost as fast as you can start them up with a key.
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As a general rule, most BEIGE Cobras with two roll bars are considered safe pretty much anywhere. Even thieves have taste.  |
05-14-2014, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rodknock
as a general rule, most beige cobras with two roll bars are considered safe pretty much anywhere. Even thieves have taste. |
Well, I can't get the "cry" emoticon to work properly. <sigh> |
05-14-2014, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Haslet,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #888, Keith Craft 408
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I park mine where I want.... I got the Trunk Monkey Option....
Kevin.....
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05-14-2014, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dallas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grey 65
I park mine where I want.... I got the Trunk Monkey Option....
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oh, I want that too!  |
05-17-2014, 03:32 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Rockland County,
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Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast Cobra/427
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FWB
i never park it anywhere unless its fully within my eyesight all the time.
it would take about 3 minutes to steal one of these cars if you know what your doing
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Ditto here too, If I go to a restaurant, the car is parked where I can see it at all times, being the fact that my navigator (aka wifey) has a handicap permit it allow us to park in a larger spot and dings from doors are less of a danger. I am annal about my car. for I show it a lot I hate to see any imperfections on the car. Being painted in black you can see everything!! There are always the onlookers who take countless pictures etc, that don't bother me.
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05-17-2014, 05:27 AM
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Location: Naracoorte,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CR Cobra 3169
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On a previous car I set up a smoke alarm. I wired a phone cable inside a Bakelite tube, wired to the ignition. if I didn't turn of a hidden switch, it would short to earth, drawing only 10 amps, and it would create an instant smoke cloud from under the dash. Would be enough to scare the crap out of any would be thief. 
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05-17-2014, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FWB
it would take about 3 minutes to steal one of these cars if you know what your doing
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Very true if no hidden kill switch. Two pieces of wire or one piece of wire and a screwdriver and I don't think it would even take 3 minutes to drive it away. |
05-17-2014, 01:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanEC
Very true if no hidden kill switch. Two pieces of wire or one piece of wire and a screwdriver and I don't think it would even take 3 minutes to drive it away.
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Pull the coil wire and put it in your pocket before you walk away.
And if you are concerned that the would-be theives would be smart enough to look for such things and to keep a spare on hand, you could even devise a fake coil wire to put in its place.
Of course as already mentioned, this would be only if no other means had been built in. A battery with a switch in a locked trunk to prevent it from even being turned over with hotwire attempts would be better. This would hopefully make any would-be thieves realize it's time to move on when nothing happens on the first attempt. Prevents any arcing and sparking damage, too.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different rumble. Let him step to the sidepipes which he hears, however measured or far away. - H.D. Thoreau...if he had owned a Cobra
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05-17-2014, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Big Apple,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Nissan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanEC
Very true if no hidden kill switch. Two pieces of wire or one piece of wire and a screwdriver and I don't think it would even take 3 minutes to drive it away.
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You can get a GPS car tracker for under $100 and sync it to your cellphone. it's awesome and a sinking sensation to see your car being stolen in real time on your cellphone screen!  |
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