Author |
Message |
oasis Samba Member
Joined: December 12, 2002 Posts: 2168
|
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The Wolfburg West shift lock is nice and not too expensive. Here is my assortment of security -- none of it that great but collectively requires time. I have a battery cutoff similar to citroen thanks to the previous owner.
Double lock at storage area -- can't take it with me but there's a CCTV camera overhead as well.
The classic -- my dad would say it's enough to keep the honest people out.
The cable goes around the bumper and a five-inch pipe (or the pipe portion of a fence if at home). I have a 25-foot cable I take with me if it has to be parked alone for any period of time like at the train station when I use Thing to commute. Just another layer of annoyance.
_________________ Now: 2003 New Beetle Turbo S / 1990 Single Cab Transporter / 2014 Tiguan R-Line 4motion / 2013 Tiguan S / 2002 Golf GLS TDI
Past: 1974 Thing Acapulco / 2009 Eos Komfort / 1997 Jetta GT / 2002 Cabrio GLX / 2002 Passat GLS / 1971 Super Beetle / 1993 EuroVan MV Westfalia / 1981 Pickup LX / 1985 Vanagon / 1986 Jetta GLI |
|
Back to top |
|
|
hobie16 Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2013 Posts: 244 Location: Maui
|
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The steering wheel bar can be overcome by taking a hacksaw to the steering wheel. _________________ Don't be fooled by appearances. In Hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen.
--- Matt King
If anything’s going to happen, it’s going to happen out there.
---Captain Ron |
|
Back to top |
|
|
oasis Samba Member
Joined: December 12, 2002 Posts: 2168
|
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:29 am Post subject: |
|
|
hobie16 wrote: |
The steering wheel bar can be overcome by taking a hacksaw to the steering wheel. |
Of course. There's nothing there preventing anything. It's just another layer for more time consumption. Heck, the bumper could be a goner, too. Having a gun is only useful if I'm in or near Thing 24-7.
In the long run, I have more concerns about the curtains and doors being stolen. And since getting in Thing is no problem, popping the front lid isn't a problem either. So, nothing of major value goes there either. I certainly don't drive Thing as regularly as I did Cruiser (my name for my '71 Super) because of the security differences and Cruiser was no Fort Knox either.
The steering wheel bar is the one carryover from Cruiser. I felt it was visual enough to imply other deterrents awaited the bad guys. Besides, I'm not all that worried about folks walking the streets and parking lots with hack saws. Anyone that determined is going to target semi-modern cars where they can flip the parts much more readily. _________________ Now: 2003 New Beetle Turbo S / 1990 Single Cab Transporter / 2014 Tiguan R-Line 4motion / 2013 Tiguan S / 2002 Golf GLS TDI
Past: 1974 Thing Acapulco / 2009 Eos Komfort / 1997 Jetta GT / 2002 Cabrio GLX / 2002 Passat GLS / 1971 Super Beetle / 1993 EuroVan MV Westfalia / 1981 Pickup LX / 1985 Vanagon / 1986 Jetta GLI |
|
Back to top |
|
|
strelnik Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2010 Posts: 352 Location: Michigan
|
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
oasis wrote: |
hobie16 wrote: |
The steering wheel bar can be overcome by taking a hacksaw to the steering wheel. |
Of course. There's nothing there preventing anything. It's just another layer for more time consumption. Heck, the bumper could be a goner, too. Having a gun is only useful if I'm in or near Thing 24-7.
In the long run, I have more concerns about the curtains and doors being stolen. And since getting in Thing is no problem, popping the front lid isn't a problem either. So, nothing of major value goes there either. I certainly don't drive Thing as regularly as I did Cruiser (my name for my '71 Super) because of the security differences and Cruiser was no Fort Knox either.
The steering wheel bar is the one carryover from Cruiser. I felt it was visual enough to imply other deterrents awaited the bad guys. Besides, I'm not all that worried about folks walking the streets and parking lots with hack saws. Anyone that determined is going to target semi-modern cars where they can flip the parts much more readily. |
These are all good ideas.
Another suggestion: Has anyone ever thought of cutting the gearshift level way low, then making a threaded collar of an odd size with the rest of the shift lever?
What's the chances the thief can shift the level if he/she can't grab or move it?
You leave the rest of the lever in the trunk and just carry or hide the collar _________________ L'audace! L'audace! Toujours l'audace! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
HMVWNAB Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2006 Posts: 1089 Location: Sunshine State
|
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
sxuxrxf wrote: |
Shoyrtt wrote: |
Any idea if a locking shifter from a type 1 will work on a Thing? Gene Berg sells one for $500+ (seems a bit pricy) and I have seen several vendors that sell just the lock for around $100 but they claim to be for 71 and earlier Bugs with stock shifters only. |
I have the WW shift lock in my '74.
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=ZVW36LATEA
|
Added security, replace the standard Phillips screw that holds the halves together with an Allen head
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
mlwmerk Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Windsor, CT
|
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
When I was in the Army in Korea in 1963-1965 and driving Three Quarter Ton Trucks w/o ignition key locks - we used to carry a heavy duty chain and lock.
One wrap around the clutch pedal and around the steering wheel would successfully deter thefts. Also the fact that barbed wire and chain link fences were everywhere and every one was armed also helped.
It wasn't so much the Koreans we wanted to deter but our fellow sticky fingered US GIs. It was a major PIA to lose a Govmt vehicle. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
JBall8019 Samba Member
Joined: April 09, 2012 Posts: 115 Location: Trumbull County, OH
|
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
Is it easy to get the shifter lock keyed like the ignition key? _________________ John |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Semper_Dad Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3510 Location: Indiana
|
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:10 am Post subject: |
|
|
JBall8019 wrote: |
Is it easy to get the shifter lock keyed like the ignition key? |
Good question, but I believe it's an entirely different profile. _________________ Walküre Restoration Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=737492 |
|
Back to top |
|
|
sxuxrxf Samba Member
Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 1338 Location: Oceanside, CA
|
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Even if it were possible to match the ignition key, it wouldn't matter.
The shift lock works like the ignition...both keys must be inserted into their mechanisms in order to start the engine and shift. The shift lock key is only removable in the "locked" position. You can see in the picture above that there is a key ring on the key. It's a detachable unit so you can clip it to your main key chain when you lock up the car and walk away. _________________ (ignore the X's ) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
wbrown45 Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2008 Posts: 1318 Location: ada, ok
|
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
They must have changed them since I had my Wolfsburg West version from the late 80's. On mine you could take the key out in the locked, or unlocked position. _________________ OK Thang |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|