Re: Anti-theft Devices

Posted by HH56 On 2023/6/19 22:59:12

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All good ideas.

A second concealed switch cutting power going to the coil would help if someone tried to hotwire at the ign switch but might not help much if someone actually opened the hood and tried to hotwire the coil directly. A locking hood would help in that situation.

Perhaps one of the universal cable operated hood latching kits could be fitted or you could make a custom assy by finding and modifying a stock latch mechanism. Shorten the handle to a point the lack of leverage would make it almost impossible to be worked as normal and fasten a cable to the stub. You would probably also need to change the spring to one slightly weaker so it could be cable operated from inside the car. If that was not feasible a second pin that would extend thru the upper splasher could be added. Some hood anti theft kits have a pin and latch affair that has a key lock portion although that assy might be hard to reach thru the grille. Some are electric and probably only available in 12v but maybe a commercial 6v solenoid could be found and made to fit.

With the extra power cutoff or the hood lock you could also add a concealed switch to the distributor side of the coil. Connect a wire either at the coil or distributor terminal and have the wire disguised as it goes to another concealed switch which would be grounded. Turning that switch on would ground the points so even if the car was hotwired it would not start. If the car has an overdrive, depending on type adding the wire and switch at the OD relay or kickdown switch to parallel the ign cutoff circuit would completely hide it. Unless the thief knew Packard wiring it would not likely be found.