WW2 Jeep Anti Theft Device

1941 - 1945, MB, GPW modifications, sugestions, and ideas, official MWO's and unofficial WWII field mods NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
User avatar
hell-fire
G-Major General
G-Major General
Posts: 3443
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:06 am
Location:

WW2 Jeep Anti Theft Device

Post by hell-fire » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:52 am

Hi,

It is hard to say which country or who originated this "Mod" Possibly just an idea some guy came up with & the idea caught on. :shock:
John
Australia
Member VMVC #192
1942 Willys MB-BRT 135673 D.O.D. 4-16-42 Now 97% finished
Image


User avatar
Melchy
G-First Sergeant
G-First Sergeant
Posts: 148
Joined: Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:34 am
Location: Aldershot, UK

Post by Melchy » Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:36 am

My March 45 GPW has this mod too, ex greek but no idea when or where it was done. I'm guessing it was before it went to Greece as all they seemed to do was chop bits off...

Image
Some people are like slinkies, not much good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
GPW#258848

User avatar
hell-fire
G-Major General
G-Major General
Posts: 3443
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:06 am
Location:

WW2 Jeep Anti Theft Device

Post by hell-fire » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:56 am

Well, This seem so wide spread it could almost been as an official mod'

Thanks for the photos everyone. Jeep theft must have been a problem everywhere. :shock:
John
Australia
Member VMVC #192
1942 Willys MB-BRT 135673 D.O.D. 4-16-42 Now 97% finished
Image

User avatar
Tanker Dawson
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Posts: 268
Joined: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:33 pm
Location: Stephenville, Texas

Post by Tanker Dawson » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:23 am

I don't know that I'd call it all "Jeep Theft" more likely just call it "Midnight Misapproiation".

My understanding from my Dad(WW2) was that in some groups it was common to pull the Rotor when parked overnight.

In this case his group placed the rotor on top of the left rear wheel for easy access.

Of course this was not done in the front line area where their Jeeps were left ready to start.

User avatar
Ingo
G-Colonel
G-Colonel
Posts: 1703
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:33 am
Location: Thanks god back in my area, far from bleeping Rhine Main scum!
Contact:

Post by Ingo » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:02 am

wasn´t there a thread about that before? I remember a bike lock around steering wheel and windshild frame.

Ingo
MB January 1945

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showgal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... &ppuser=59

User avatar
Gdcast
G-First Lieutenant
G-First Lieutenant
Posts: 680
Joined: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:58 am
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Contact:

Post by Gdcast » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:39 pm

Indeed it has Ingo, here it is:

http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.ph ... ft+devises

Check out my contribution on page 3 :wink:
Guillermo "Billy" Castelli
Image

User avatar
BarMan1918A2
G-Corporal
G-Corporal
Posts: 28
Joined: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:59 pm
Location:

Post by BarMan1918A2 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:50 pm

I Had to Share this with you guys

[img][img]http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4713/jplor3.png[/img][/img]
GPW 16582*
DoD_4-8-42

Sometimes ya gotta just roll with what you got.

User avatar
hell-fire
G-Major General
G-Major General
Posts: 3443
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:06 am
Location:

WW2 Jeep Anti Theft Device

Post by hell-fire » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:57 am

Bartman, That is possibly more efective then the mod' described here, certainly more frightening :shock:
John
Australia
Member VMVC #192
1942 Willys MB-BRT 135673 D.O.D. 4-16-42 Now 97% finished
Image

User avatar
Gdcast
G-First Lieutenant
G-First Lieutenant
Posts: 680
Joined: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:58 am
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Contact:

Post by Gdcast » Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:48 am

Can´t see the pic!!! :cry:
Guillermo "Billy" Castelli
Image

User avatar
Glen
G-Lieutenant Colonel
G-Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 1170
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2002 6:10 pm
Location: Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

Post by Glen » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:44 pm

One very easy anti-theft device for the points type distributors is a switch, one side hooked up to the "-" side of the coil and the other grounded to the body/chassis. When the switch is on, the ignition system will "think" the points are always closed and the engine will not start even if the coil is hotwired straight from the battery. Works every time and people can not figure it out.......

User avatar
Ingo
G-Colonel
G-Colonel
Posts: 1703
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:33 am
Location: Thanks god back in my area, far from bleeping Rhine Main scum!
Contact:

Post by Ingo » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:41 pm

Park another car behind your Jeep....

Ingo :lol:
MB January 1945

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showgal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... &ppuser=59

User avatar
Tanker Dawson
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Posts: 268
Joined: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:33 pm
Location: Stephenville, Texas

Post by Tanker Dawson » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:03 pm

Park another car behind your Jeep....
I would guess you have never seen a real pro at work. A repo man finds this a simple problem, much less a thief.

Thief or Joyrider simply pops the car's column lock, rolls it out into the street and drives off with the jeep while the car is setting in the middle of the street with it's alarm chirpping.
If it ain't done right, it ain't done.

DBF

Triplecdad
G-Sergeant
G-Sergeant
Posts: 42
Joined: Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:09 pm
Location: Tucson, Arizona

Post by Triplecdad » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:55 am

Uh, Tanker, how do I say this politely? It just seems you know an awful lot about that last subject. Maybe too much . . . :D

User avatar
Tanker Dawson
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Sergeant Major of the Gee
Posts: 268
Joined: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:33 pm
Location: Stephenville, Texas

Post by Tanker Dawson » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:41 am

Triplecdad
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Uh, Tanker, how do I say this politely? It just seems you know an awful lot about that last subject. Maybe too much . . .
I grew up when motorcycles had toggle kill switches and we left our homes unlocked.

Joining the service provided me a new view of life and of those who would gladly remove any items you had laying around loose.

This served me well when, while in Hawaii, my sports car turned up missing one morning after I had camped out in a young lady's front room.

I had no sooner called the the Five "O" when I found my ride just down the road. A "Blue Light Special 442" was just pulling up to ease the traffic jam caused by the Spitfire laying dead in the middle of the lane.

My security system of electric fuel pump, with toggle switch and a fuel cut off valve in the trunk saved the day and proved to the Cops that I had not parked in the middle of the road!

Experience seldom beats Crimp One Off House luck but it does have its times.
If it ain't done right, it ain't done.

DBF

Florent
G-Sergeant Major
G-Sergeant Major
Posts: 185
Joined: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:50 am
Location: France

Re: WW2 Jeep Anti Theft Device

Post by Florent » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:50 am

Hi,
I have seen this jeep for sale in France some months ago with this interesting mod for Anti Theft I suppose.
It seems to be a wartime mod ?

Image
Trying to give a new life to Willys MB # 383324 - DoD 10-30-44


Post Reply

Return to “MB GPW Modifications”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 29 guests