I'm just all about reviving threads this week. Going back to Philly for the winter towards the end of September. I'm going to be in University City, so not a terrible neighborhood but not like home at all. I'd like to make my truck a little bit harder to steal is all. As far as I'm concerned nothing stops a determined thief, but I'd like to slow him down or deter him from bothering. I'm not worried about anything being stolen from in the truck since I have nothing worthwhile in there, but I'm hoping if they see that, and that it will be a pain to get into they'll just move along. Not to mention it isn't very flashy from the outside. For the city anyway haha.
Plans at this point include sliding a bike chain through the holes in the front of the hood and padlocking that down. I may also drill a hole in the backside of the latch support bracket to put the padlock through as well so it isn't as obvious. I'll be parking it in one place for about a week at a time, so every time I find a spot I'll disconnect the positive cable from the battery, lock the hood, and remove the wire going to my fuel pump as well. That should only take a few minutes at most and would make me feel a lot better.
Besides that I would like to lock my vent windows, but I'm not a huge fan of the way the ones from LMC look. If I have to get those I will, but does anyone know if these will work on the 67-72 style trucks?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GMK-4144-419-80L/
On top of that, I haven't pulled my door apart since I replaced the window seals, but I imagine it is possible to use a slim jim to pop the door lock from the outside. Has anyone welded a plate or just put something over/around the latch on the inside of the door to prevent that?
Last thing. I have a roll up tonneau cover for my s10, but since I won't be driving that I need one for my c10. As far as I can tell no one makes a locking tailgate handle for these model trucks. I like the versatility of having a roll up cover as opposed to a hinged one, but I'd much rather keep my things safe so the plan is to relocate the handle to the inside of the tailgate and buy a locking bedcover. I know there are retractable and semi-soft top covers that lock, but at close to a grand I'm not sure that is in the budget at the moment. Not to mention a fiberglass cover is harder to put a knife through. But please if anyone knows of a locking tailgate handle please let me know!