secure your van

[frank133]

Hi guys,
I live in Liverpool so am classed as a thief,[I am not really]
but forewarned is for armed,
I want to keep my camper so,added a few security measures that might do that.
Most are home made at little cost,
The steering wheel lock is a advantage but if it doesn't cover the steering wheel centre,the thief will remove your wheel and use his own,I adapted a steering lock to cover the centre of the wheel

I just welded a plate to the lock and added a padlock,that is a visible deterrent,
I also have the usual alarm,and a battery isolator.
Then I thought of locking the brake and clutch,it was a lot of hassle,
I then found a easy solution,it was a old scissor jack,I cut it in half,welded a plate on the top to take a padlock,
it is easy to fit,and should be hard to remove?,



I have secured my van as much as I can,if somone wants it ,they will have to bring a angle grinder a electrician,bolt croppers,and sort out the isolator,
But then again I did watch gone in sixty seconds

[Luke]

that aint going anywhere

[bigmastif]

some heavy duty deterents there mate

[Britishbulldog]

That scissor jack's a neat idea

A similar kind of mod I would probably convert two jacks with a solid plate in between to secure "all" the peddles myself

Nice bit of DIY all the same m8

[transitgeoff]

most "stolen recovered" we see have had there steeringlocks broken, if they had a steering wheel lock they cut the steering wheel to remove it, then they tow the vehicle away and brake with the handbrake thats normally on mk6 and above where they cant start them theres normally a broken window as well where its dead locked, they break the window and the crackhead jumps in and its towed with an old mondeo or the like

[frank133]

True ,Geoff
I know nothing is secure,on my van you have to get in the door,[a piece of p.ss]
the alarm goes of,rip the siren out,you will struggle a bit because the bonnet release is dead tricky,
Then break the steering lock,cut the steering wheel to remove that cover I made.
You wont have any ignition ?so you sort that out,
Then you get the clutch working,quite hard I think.
Remove all that and you can tow it away,
Now I have told you I will have to kill you sorry.

[dingdangdo]

you've done some cracking stuff, any plans on setting a transit custom parts business you've got me off my backside to get my bull bar fitted

keep up the good work fella

[transitgeoff]

i didnt meen to piss you off thats good work you have done and im pretty sure the theiving scumbags will walk passed yours and go to the next one round the corner that has no "extras", good work mate, a handbrake lock is a good accessory as well

[frank133]

Cheers,not good enough to sell,
I just enjoy playing with metal and stuff,
I can look at a piece of junk and see a alternative use, [scrap heap challenge must have done this to me]
MY wind turbine,waste oil burner,and garden motorised roller,but to name a few,
Once they are made I give them away or scrap them,

[frank133]

i didnt meen to piss you off thats good work you have done and im pretty sure the theiving scumbags will walk passed yours and go to the next one round the corner that has no "extras", good work mate, a handbrake lock is a good accessory as well

Geoff you never p.ssed me off at all mate,
I know what you said is fact,
I was only joking with you,take care dude frank