[SactoJim]

My thoughts are typical alarms are kinda a waste....yeah they are somewhat cool with long reaching remotes, auto locks, remote start, chirp noises, blinking lights, and the lovely alarm sound that everyone tends to ignore.

I say keep it stealthy......once the thief sees a blinking alarm light or an "alarm decal", it just pre-warns him of the obstacle. The more hoops you make him jump through to steal it, the less likely he will.

Have an electrical shut off switch (like what's require for race cars) hidden some place (Painless even makes one that uses a wireless remote), then a simple ignition cut off (easy with an HEI) switch hidden somewhere, Then maybe one of those steering wheel club things, and finally, a fuel cut off (easy with an electric pump, but a little more involved with a mechanical pump....but doable)

So the guy gets in the truck (hell..leave it unlocked so he doesn't screw up the door), probably gets the club off pretty easy, then messes with the ignition only to find out there is no power. Let's say he's prepared and figures all that out, starts the truck and gets down the block only to have it die in the middle of the road......I think at this point he's gonna bail instead of trying to figure out the problem while it's in the middle of the road.

For what a nice alarm system costs, you could easily do all these mods for less and in my opinion have better protection.