Licence Plates !!!

[Victoria McKenna]

Hey fella's After all this discussion of expencive old California plates, I came out of the market tonight to find someone had stolen the plates off my 2000 Dodge Durango. They did it in plain sight! This got me worring about my TC. It is of course garaged, but when I do start taking it out how do I prevent someone from swiping my nice original gold on black plates? Are there some special locking bolts or something? Victori McKenna TC5839 1948

[capaciousmg@aol.com]

Victori Go to the hardware store and get some bolts that fit in place of the existing bolts on the license plate, however, get bolts that have a strange or not-common head pattern. Allen head bolts, torx drive, or the such. This will not stop them, but your average dirt bag usually only has a screw driver to work with. Joe Potter In a message dated 1/29/2002 6:42:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, vmckenna@inreach.com writes:

Hey fella's After all this discussion of expencive old California plates, I came out of the market tonight to find someone had stolen the plates off my 2000 Dodge Durango. They did it in plain sight! This got me worring about my TC. It is of course garaged, but when I do start taking it out how do I prevent someone from swiping my nice original gold on black plates? Are there some special locking bolts or something? Victori McKenna TC5839 1948

[Locktc7440@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/29/02 9:42:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, vmckenna@inreach.com writes: > A suggestion... See if you could find some of the nuts and bolts that they use to assemble stalls in mens and ladies rooms. They have a head that is easy to put on but most difficult to remove. Needs a special tool or possibly even vicegrips. If that doesn't work how about a very small padlock????

[Austin R. Baer]

Hi, Victoria... I'd like to suggest a "Pop-rivet". They are available in a variety of sizes, and are available at most large hardware stores and auto supply centers. You will need an application tool (kind of like a large pliers) that forms the rivet. The rivet is hollow, but has a core that "pops" off before it's pulled through by the tool. Ask for a demonstration. If the locally available rivets do not appear to be sturdy enough (use the largest ones in galvanized steel, in any event) put two or three through a couple of appropriately sized washers placed on each side of the mounting locations. Better yet, drive the car in to an auto repair or welding shop and have them install the plates with solid rivets and washers. You (or anyone else) will need to grind them off to remove the plates, but if California uses annual stickers as we do in Colorado, that won't be for some time. Good luck... Austin ('46 and '49 C's)

[Diecuts@aol.com]

Small stove bolts with a lockwasher or double nuts on the back would frustrate the average plate stealer. Threaded rivets, while hard to find, would also work. A little epoxy to hide the nuts would really make it tough. But if they are determined, you will lose the plate. Years ago, my '53 Chevy lost not only the plate , but the bumper as well! Used a massive bolt cutters. Cheers, Lee Jacobsen, Dearborn, MI

[Joe Gates]

Is a solution not found by creating a latent electical circuit between insulated securing nuts/bolts and the number plate that is completed when tampered with - a "shocking" though practical solution? Joe Gates TC8675

----- Original Message ----- From: diecuts@aol.com> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Cc: Diecuts@aol.com> Sent: 30 January 2002 04:45 Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Licence Plates !!! > Small stove bolts with a lockwasher or double nuts on the back would > frustrate the average plate stealer. Threaded rivets, while hard to find, > would also work. A little epoxy to hide the nuts would really make it tough. > But if they are determined, you will lose the plate. Years ago, my '53 > Chevy lost not only the plate , but the bumper as well! Used a massive bolt > cutters. > > Cheers, Lee Jacobsen, Dearborn, MI > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

[Roger Furneaux]

Re: [mg-tabc] Licence Plates !!!

[quote]Joe - that reminds me of a true story: several years ago a farmer had to go "up to town" i.e. London on business, and having heard about the levels of car crime in the big city, he wired up his electric cattle fence unit, so that his Landrover would give any prospective thieves a bit of a shock. The trouble was, these units give out a ticking noise (probably an old type with a motor turning a cam working on a microswitch to power up an auto type coil at intervals) and this attracted the attention of a passing traffic warden. Caution should have warned them off (IRA and all that) but he/she grabbed the door handle and got quite an electrifying sensation! Result: farmer got taken to court and was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm, although nobody was. In the good ol' U.S. of A. the lawyers would have had a field day, the farmer would have wound up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars compensation, he would have gone bankrupt, and all his farm workers would have been out of a job. Don't know what that says about the British sense of humour compared to the American, perhaps you need to watch Basil Fawlty to discover that... happy [b]M[/b]otorin[b]G ! [/b]Roger >Is a solution not found by creating a latent electical circuit between >insulated securing nuts/bolts and the number plate that is completed when >tampered with - a "shocking" though practical solution? > >Joe Gates >TC8675 >----- Original Message ----- >From: [u]diecuts@aol.com[/u]> >To: [u]mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com[/u]> >Cc: [u]Diecuts@aol.com[/u]> >Sent: 30 January 2002 04:45 >Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Licence Plates !!! > > >> Small stove bolts with a lockwasher or double nuts on the back would >> frustrate the average plate stealer. Threaded rivets, while hard to >find, >> would also work. A little epoxy to hide the nuts would really make it >tough. >> But if they are determined, you will lose the plate. Years ago, my '53 >> Chevy lost not only the plate , but the bumper as well! Used a massive >bolt >> cutters. >> >> Cheers, Lee Jacobsen, Dearborn, MI >> >> >> >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to [u]http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [/u]>> >> >> > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to [u]http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/[/u] > >

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