Don't 10 e your keys
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'But . hat if I 10 hening, shielding or reposit-
my eys?" ioning locking systems, e
That the first qu s- can slo down thief
tion Ford otor Co. engin- to the point of discour­
eers usually are ed after aging him - especially the
demonstration the com- amateur joy riding variety."
pany' ne st anti-theft Th main objective in
lockin systems on car foiling car thieves . to
doors, trunks and ignitions. protect the e ring-column
"The only er e locking ystem so the ve-
gi is, 'Don't lode hicle cannot be driven a y.
them?" id Gerald R. Thie s ttempt to defeat
illiam, vehicle regulations the eering-column lock 10
man er, Envirorunental by twi ing it, or pulling
d Safety Engineering it out . th a "slampuller" - .
staff. 'In the p t fe device d in body
've make it repair shops.
tougher for the In 1978, Ford rein-
to gain entry or forced it eering-oolumn
ay the hicle.' lock, illiams id, that
Although there is no it takes more time for
p ctical ay to make a a thief to mobilize the
theft-prof Illiarns vehicle.
y dded, t tisti Engineers designed
that "by trengt- .. the teering-column 10
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sylinder so that if it is
pulled out, a piece of the
cylinder breaks' off in . de
the teering column, pre-
nting the ignition from
being acti ted and the
erring wheel from being
turned.
"Some thieves e en go
so far pull off the steer­
ing heel in order to defeat
the steering-column lock,"
illiams explained, "but
e ha designed a system
that m it no ea ier to
extract the cylinder even
hen the eering heel
is removed."
The main objective in
discouraging most car thie-
s is, of course, preventing
easy unauthorized entrv
into the car. Recent door­
loc de' im rovements
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have made it alrno t impo
ible for true es using , slim
jims" - flat trips of metal
th t slide be een the car
windo and the door •
to trip the door loe .
Through cont ct
with la enforcenment
groups. ho ever the com­
pany's body and electrical
product engin ers learned
that thie ere using
longer slim jim to trip
the door-latch cover' that
will shield the latch from
these theft device ."
Other anti-theft protec­
tion on 1977, 1978 and
1979 t o-door Ford v
vehicles include "slide-lee "
buttons in the arm rests
of the t o-door 1979 Ford-
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used on the 1979 Ford
ercwy four-door hid .
illiams . d that the
company e trern Iy
pie d with the effecti -
n of the protection pro­
vided for the leggage com­
partmen of Ford and
Lincoln ercury four­
door vehicles. ' e ha
added rein for ment
brae ets and trengthened
the loe cylinder so that
e can effedtively pre ent
ces by mo common
punching, xtractin or
twisting devices," he said.
, e belie e our sy em is
the best in the industry. '
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