"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
09/25/2014 at 12:44 • Filed to: None
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"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
09/25/2014 at 12:44 • Filed to: None | 3
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No SR20 but I'll describe. Many of you may have heard of this trick but it was new to me so I thought I'd share. We hired a tutor to help two of my daughters prepare for the SAT and he rolled up in a very nice '66 notch Mustang. I was chatting with him after the lesson and he showed me the creative kill switch he and his dad came up with for his car.
Rather than hide a switch under the dash somewhere they modified the cigarette lighter to do the jerb. They ran the ignition wire through the lighter and modified it so it no longer gets hot. When the lighter is plunged the circuit is connected and the car will start when you turn the key as expected. When it's "popped out," as it normally would be, the circuit is disconnected. I thought this was a great mod for a classic car like his and thought y'all would appreciate it.
For Sweden
> Brian, The Life of
09/25/2014 at 12:45 |
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And kill my resale value?
#HellaStockYo
jvirgs drives a Subaru
> Brian, The Life of
09/25/2014 at 12:46 |
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I would never think of the cigarette lighter as being a kill switch
Sweet Trav
> Brian, The Life of
09/25/2014 at 12:52 |
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my favorite design for a kill switch was a floor activated hibeam switch and an old caddilac running light timer, the car would start and run for about a minute then cut out, leaving the would be thief stranded three houses down and your car not very far away.
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Brian, The Life of
> jvirgs drives a Subaru
09/25/2014 at 12:53 |
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Thieves prolly wouldn't either ;)
Nibbles
> Brian, The Life of
09/25/2014 at 12:55 |
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We had a two position fuel cutoff switch installed in between the 50-50 split bench in the old '66 Rambler American. It was a pain to jam your hand down there, fish around for the little nub and flip it, but I'm sure it would've been funny to see any potential ne'er do wells try to take it - only to be left stranded 500 feet out :)
StoneCold
> Brian, The Life of
09/25/2014 at 13:06 |
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My dad did this with his Corvette! :)
Although it pissed off his smoking friends on long drives...
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Brian, The Life of
> StoneCold
09/25/2014 at 13:18 |
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"Fuck you, this is a classic Corvette. You are NOT smoking in my car!"
;)
Jedidiah
> Brian, The Life of
09/25/2014 at 13:24 |
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That's a good idea. Stops fuckers from stealing and from smoking in your car.